On Saturday December 13th, between 7:45 AM and 8:15 AM, on a cool overcast morning, a small group of the JL Long 6th grade soccer team came together to play in the 2025 El Barrio Cup Futsal Tournament at the Mooreland YMCA outdoor courts, hosted by YMCA and ATT. Futsal is “soccer” played with a much smaller ball on a smaller hard court with smaller goals and different rules than normal soccer, with 6 players per team. Only one of the six Bucs players had ever played before. It is super-fast paced and all about ball control. The Bucs team was three players short, so all of our players played 100% of the games. The Bucs lost the first game by one goal and won the next two games to send them to the championship round! The Bucs opponent was none other than the Black Panthers who beat the Bucs in the first game. The Bucs appeared tired, but worked hard, but in the end were defeated once again, but took 2nd place in the tournament. After the tournament some prizes were handed out and three of our six players walked away with new laptops from Santa, courtesy of ATT! In the end, all the players and parents appeared tired, but were happy to end on a winning note.
Thank you, Miles, Rocky, Lucas, Asher, Zaiden, and Daniela, for participating and THANK YOU parents for getting up early and making this happen!
