NEW YORK SALAMINA WISHES TO THANK ALL OF THE SOCCER CLUBS, PLAYERS AND FANS THAT ATTENDED OUR ANNUAL GOLDEN GOAL TOURNAMENT ON SUNDAY JANUARY 31st! SPECIAL THANKS TO ADMIRAL SOCCER, AVIATOR SPORTS COMPLEX AND OUR CLUB VOLUNTEERS FOR MAKING THIS EVENT SO SPECIAL! ALSO WE WISH TO THANK OUR NEW HEAD COACH NIKOLA DOKIC FOR WINNING THE TOURNAMENT AND BRINGING THE TROPHY HOME FOR THE REDS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR!

SALAMINA DEFEATED A GREAT OPPONENT - CHERNOMORETS IN AN OVERTIME THRILLER BY THE SCORE OF 4-3. ALSO A GREAT SHOWING BY SEMI-FINALISTS ZAKUSACHNAYA AND BRISHNA FC.

VERY GOOD TURNOUTS BY REAL CARIBE, PYTHAGORAS, PLNY FC, FC JERUSALEM, SERBIA, UNITED ALBANIANS, CEMI, BROOKLYN ALBANIANS, SUFFOLK UNITED & FVSA.

THANK YOU TO ALL MANAGERS, PLAYERS & TEAM OWNERS FOR PARTICIPATING. WE WISH TO SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR GOLDEN GOAL CHALLENGE CUP 2011!

NY Salamina had no major problem defeating Pythagoras Samos last Thursday night at the NYSSL Indoor. The Reds jumped to a 6-1 early lead with Guillermo Arbalaez and Nikola Dokic leading the way. Samos cut the lead to 6-4 as the Reds substituted deeper into their bench therefore giving everyone a chance to play. Salamina answered back with Diego Mayanga and Christian Camacho with four more goals to cap a 10-7 victory.

In other games, the Albanian Eagles defeated Lykourgos to maintain a three point first place lead. The Hoyt City Rockers "rocked" Polykratis 11-8 and are in second place in striking distance from the top. The NYSSL continues this Thursday night with plenty of action. For a complete schedule please click here.

Guillermo, Nikola Dokic and Diego Mayanga led the Salamina Reds over Lykourgos with a 10-6 score last Thursday night in the NYSSL. The Reds fell behind 1-0 early on but with Nikola's entrance into the game things changed drastically as the veteran striker assisted on two goals and added three of his own. Guillermo Arbelaez was the high scorer for the Reds with five goals and Diego added two more.

In other games in the NYSSL, Hoyt City and the Albanian Eagles marched on with convincing wins over PL NY and Pythagoras with 11-6 and 8-4 scores.

The League continues this Thursday night with the first game kicking off at 7:30 P.M.

The Reds continued their NYSSL campaign with a new loss, this time to the Polish Ukrainians. Salamina with an early 2-0 lead could not stop the fury of the Polish team that came back with four consecutive goals. Nikola Dokic and Guillermo were the only regulars in the line-up as the Reds looked to the younger players to overcome the absences.

"We needed more than the steady goaltending" added Coach Andrew Parperides. Key absences from Camacho, Victor Kotinsky and Phil Penns did not help the situation. A late minute goal by Dokic cut the lead to 9-8 but a post by Guillermo found the Reds a goal short.

In other games the Hoyt City Rockers overcame a 3-1 halftime deficit to defeat Lykourgos 6-5 and therefore climb higher in the standings.

 

The Reds dropped a game last Sunday night that was accompanied by plenty of defensive errors. Although the Reds jumped ahead in the score 1-0 with Victor Kotinsky's follow through shot on the 28', apparently it was not enough to overcome of what was to follow.

The Reds came to the game with three key absences: Nikola Dokic (father passed away), Teddy Maciek(sore ankle), and Phil Penz (red card). On the 44' Costas Sapountzis in his attempt to clear the ball, gets called for a handball inside the box. The penalty tied the game of ISSC at 1-1 at halftime.

In the second half, the Reds had three classic opportunities to go ahead 2-1. In the 64' Costas Sapountzis on a good give and go finds himself real close only to lift the ball over the horizontal. On the 73' Danny Stoker from the edge of the box takes a strong shot that was deflected to a corner by an ISSC defender. On the 81' Odysseas Rondos on a rebound drives the ball into the horizontal post. ISSC on a free kick stole the three points as a header following the cross by Constantine (former Salamina player) found the corner of the net on the 88'.

LINE-UP: Leandro, C.Sapountzis, Kotinsky, J. Sapountzis, (Koulakis), Camacho, Guillermo, Delle, (H.Rondos), Stoker, (O.Rondos), Franklin, Guido, (Enis) Christian.