Major Beach Soccer News Release
Thursday, August 1, 2013
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. – Sunday marked the end of another successful Major Beach Soccer event as the Fort Myers Beach MBS qualifier, the final of the three MBS Championship qualifiers, finished off with a multitude of champions and participants from throughout the world.
One such team was the Bahama Mama Boomers. This Bahamian team competed in the Women’s Open division and just missed out on the finals through goal differential.
“The experience we had at this tournament has put a fire in our eyes to attend more beach tournaments put on by you and others,” player Daria Adderley said.
The Bahama Mama Boomers will be international guests at the 2013 MBS Championships at Clearwater in December.
“We are very pleased to extend an official invitation to the Bahamian side to the national championships,” MBS Director Peter Mellor said. “It would be our pleasure to have them attend and we hope that the Bahamian men’s team will join them.”
“We are making plans already,” Adderley said.
In the U14 boys division the Dune Dawgs took home the crown, while IABS Orange took the U18 boys and won its second Florida tournament.
In the U18 girls division the Okeeheelee Heat were convincing champions with a +21 goal differential, and in the Women’s Open IABS Pink won its second consecutive Florida beach qualifier.
In the Men’s Open Division, Team Calvary Chapel took the honors in a tightly contested division. Calvary Chapel featured former professional player for the Bundesliga’s Nuremberg FC, Louis Gomis. Gomis has been invited to play for the Senegalese National Team at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Tahiti.
In the Co-Ed Open Division Loxahatchee Road Prison 2 claimed the title, beating out 12 opponents.
“All in all it was a good experience for everyone,” Mellor said. “It was a very competitive tournament and the level of competition was especially high.”
The 2013 Major Beach Soccer National Championships will be held December 14-15 at Clearwater Beach, Fla.