The Cypress Falls Boys Soccer Newsletter:

Varsity Tournament Summary:
This year the CFISD Invitational tournament turned out to be bigger and better than ever. Some of the best teams in Houston were represented in this sixteen team tournament which was held at several of the district locations including Cypress Falls and The Berry Center. Cypress Falls hosted the Green Bracket both Thursday and Friday nights and the action was intense as five of the six games that were held here were decided by a one goal differential. In the opening game the Eagles were playing the regionally ranked (10th Region III) Seven Lakes Spartans to a 0-0 tie with 5 minutes left in the first half when a Felix Gonzales shot deflected off of the Seven Lakes keeper and was tucked away into the net by sophomore Damir Turko. The boys in green stepped up the pressure in the second half and were rewarded with several great scoring opportunities but didn’t put the game out of reach until Braulio DelaCruz scorched a left footed finish into the goal in the 60th minute. The Spartans converted a PK in the waning minutes to tighten the game up but the Eagles stayed on top to move to 1-0 for the season. It was Eagles vs. Eagles in the second match for Cy-Falls as they played the Atascosita Eagles in a match that would see the Green net one 27 minutes into the first half on an outstanding direct kick (think Roberto Carlos) from Brian Vasquez and a second half goal from John Torres to preserve the second win for The Falls in spite of a goal and an outstanding effort from Atascosita. At 2-0 the boys could have rested and just cruised into the second round but the green and white were motivated to continue their quality play with a game against perennial play-off powerhouse Deer Park. Right from the first whistle the boys played their best soccer of the early season. The eagles dominated the run of play in the first half with Ricky Paul Mupier netting his first of the season and several near misses from Josh Alcedo and Elias Cortes. The Eagles defense, lead by Goalkeepers Kevin Surez and Enzo Ramos, were able to capture their first clean sheet of the year as the Eagles won 1-0 and moved to three wins and zero losses for the year. On Saturday the Eagles dropped their first match of the year losing to Hightower 2-0. Although they were able to maintain the run of play for large portions of the game the Eagles were not able to hold off a late surge by the Hurricanes as Hightower scored twice in the final 5 minutes of play to wrap up the Championship. Cypress Falls wrapped up the weekend with three wins and one loss, a runner up trophy, and two players; Orlando Saldana and Kevin Surez, getting named to the all tournament team. Overall a great weekend for the Eagles

Up-Coming Events:
The JV open up tournament play this weekend at the JV CFISD invitational. Their opening round games at Cy-Woods start on Friday at 4:00 pm and continue on Saturday at 9:30 and 11:30.
The Varsity competes in the Winter Warm-Up Tournament this weekend with both games being played at home with one on Friday at 7:00pm and Saturday at 2:45pm.

Concessions Stand Help:
We are hosting games as part of the Winter Warm-up on Friday and Saturday and need help in running the concession stand. Members of the booster club will be there to help and all of the proceeds from concession sales go directly to Cypress Falls athletics. Please let Coach Napier Kevin.napier@cfisd.net know if you will be available for this weekend. (January 16-17) Even if it’s only an hour it goes along to helping support your athletes.

Thank you for your support of you athlete and the Cypress Falls Boys Soccer Program. As always, if you have any questions please contact Coach Napier at (713)320-5890 or Kevin.napier@cfisd.net.