Valley
Soccer Club
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The following year, we moved our team to a true indoor facility, Games and Lanes in Agawam, Mass. Through our 3 years there, we were very competitive considering many teams were made up of older varsity/JV players while our side had a number of recreational players. In 1997, the Valley SC had a Freshman division team win its regular season, and then win the playoffs on an overtime goal in a very close game against an Agawam team. Prior to that, the best finish a Valley SC team had accomplished was a 2nd place finish having been beaten in the final by Bruno's of Agawam, a team made up of mostly varsity players (a team that went undefeated at Games and Lanes over a 3 session streak). In 1998, the club moved to All Sport Soccer in Northampton, Mass., a brand new facility. And after a 5-2 session record, the squad pulled off a 5-4 upset of a Holyoke team - ironically on a goal in overtime. Over the years, the club has faced many other teams from Agawam, Amherst, Hampshire Regional (Hampshire United PVJSL), Holyoke, Holyoke Catholic, Hopkins, Northampton (High School and a MAPLE team - Western United), Southwick and Westfield - and of late it seems we are viewed as the chief rival of a new, younger Easthampton team. We have had excellent players from Easthampton, Northampton, Agawam, Holyoke, Chicopee, South Hadley, and Gateway. And we've tried to maintain an attitude of fun and sportsmanship - while also working to improve as a team. The club has come a long way since its inception - what feels like so long ago. And I have hopeful expectations for where it may go. 2/1/2001: Sadly, I had to relocate from Blustery Massachusetts to sunny Florida, and thus the VSC as it was is no more. I may start a new club down here, but I would be the first to admit that it won't be quite the same, not to mention my club teams played indoor mostly, and there just are not indoor seasons down here.... Rob Wojczyk |
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