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Loss in finale can’t dim booters season!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, Jake Mitten, Matthew Kelley, North Whidbey Deception, NPSL, Soccer on December 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville players like Sage Downes (left) and Matthew Kelley accounted for 31 of their select team’s 37 goals this season. (Pat Kelley photo)

Maybe we forget about this one.

Missing seven players, including six starters, and with a chunk of those in attendance battling illness, the North Whidbey Deception BU14 soccer squad wasn’t able to finish its season in the intended matter.

Instead of taking a win and claiming second place in the final North Puget Sound Soccer League standings, the Deception, who mix Coupeville and Oak Harbor booters, fell 6-0 on the road to the Lake Hills Legends.

Whidbey finished 8-4 overall, claimed third-place in the 11-team league and, even being shut out on the last day, tallied the second-most goals of any team in the league.

Most of that offense came from the Coupeville Middle School kids on the roster, as the Wolves accounted for 31 of the team’s 37 goals.

CMS 8th grader Aram Leyva tallied a team-high 17 goals, including multiple hat tricks, while 7th grader Matthew Kelley punched in 10 scores.

Jake Mitten, who spent a lot of time in goal for the Deception (he stopped 10 of 12 shots in the first half Saturday), netted a pair of goals this season, while Sam Wynn and Sage Downes each scored once.

While NPSL play is done, North Whidbey is currently slated to play in the Founders Cup in Jan.

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Young guns shoot and score!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, hat trick, Issaquah, North Whidbey Deception, Soccer on December 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Friday night Matthew Kelley was shooting half-court shots at the CHS basketball game. Saturday, he was helping his soccer squad pull out a big win. (John Fisken photo)

Aram Leyva’s foot is not cooling off any time soon.

The Coupeville Middle School 8th grader racked up his third hat trick of the season Saturday to spark the North Whidbey Deception BU14 soccer squad to a huge win on their home field.

The 3-2 win over Issaquah lifted Whidbey, which has a roster comprised of Oak Harbor and Coupeville players, to 8-3 on the season.

It also set up a winner-take-all show-down for second place in the final North Puget Sound League standings.

The Deception travel to Seattle next Saturday, Dec. 19 to face the Lake Hills Legend (8-1-2) in their season finale, with the victor finishing #2 behind the WS Strikers, who went 11-1.

Whidbey got all the goals they needed from their Wolf sharpshooter.

Leyva banged home a goal in the first half, then matched Issaquah with two more in a wild second half.

Whidbey was playing without several of its Coupeville players (Sam Wynn, Jean Lund-Olsen and James Wood were all out), but those who were healthy made an impact.

Matthew Kelley helped Leyva press the attack, while Jake Mitten split time between sweeper and goalie.

Sage Downes and Michael Laska delivered strong play from the striker position.

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Leyva has the magic touch!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, Jake Mitten, Matthew Kelley, North Whidbey Deception, Soccer on December 5, 2015| 1 Comment »

Aram Leyva (middle), seen here earlier in the season, scored a hat trick Saturday. (Pat Kelley photo)

The first half was about staying warm. The second half about winning.

Raining down four goals after the break, the North Whidbey Deception boys’ soccer squad routed visiting Mercer Island 5-1 Saturday and kept alive its hopes of finishing in second place in league play.

Playing on a cold, windy (but not wet) day at Ft. Nugent Park, the booters got four of their goals from their Coupeville mercenaries, including a second-half hat trick from Aram Leyva.

Fellow Coupeville Middle School student Matthew Kelley gave the Deception their first goal, slipping in a score while being hammered in front of the net shortly before halftime.

That knotted things back up at 1-1 and after the break, Wolf Jake Mitten was untouchable in goal.

With the lanky CMS 7th grader holding down the fort on defense, Leyva found his touch and obliterated Mercer Island.

With set-up help from Kelley and fellow Wolves Sage Downes and Michael Laska, Leyva ran his season scoring total to 14.

The non-Coupeville contingent got into the scoring column late in the game, when Max Brighton rattled home his second goal of the season to pad the final score.

Now 7-3, the Deception have two games remaining on their schedule.

If they win out, they finish in second place.

There is a slight chance they could tie for the league title, but that would require the current leader to collapse over the final two weeks.

Coupeville players have accounted for 28 of the team’s 34 goals this season, with Kelley (10) hot on Leyva’s heels for the team scoring title.

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Lousy weather, awesome victory!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, Matthew Kelley, mud, North Whidbey Deception, Soccer on November 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Matthew Kelley, king of the pitch. (Pat Kelley photo)

Their fear of the mud is gone.

With rain and muck having long ago overtaken the soccer season, the North Whidbey Deception BU14 soccer squad seems to have finally adapted to the conditions, if Saturday is any indication.

Overcoming the weather, and a pesky South Whidbey Islanders team, the Deception rode a late goal from Coupeville’s Matthew Kelley to an important 2-1 win.

The victory kept the Deception, who are 6-2 this season, in third place in the 11-team North Puget Sound League standings with four games to play.

The squad, which is a mix of Oak Harbor and Coupeville booters, has 18 points, which puts them hot on the heels of the West Seattle Strikers (21) and Lake Hills Legends (19).

North Whidbey has games remaining against Kent (3-3-2), Mercer Island (2-5-1), Issaquah (3-4) and Lake Hills (6-1-1).

Facing off with their Island rivals, the Deception scored first, on a rebound off of a corner kick.

The Coupeville defensive contingent of James Wood, Sam Wynn and Jean Lund-Olson kept South Whidbey shut down for most of the afternoon, while Kelley and Aram Leyva led the assault on the goal.

Kelley’s winning goal came with three minutes to play.

The CMS 7th grader took a pass and shot between South Whidbey defenders, banging home the ball into the right corner of the net.

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Mud betrays booters!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged Aram Leyva, Jake Mitten, Matthew Kelley, North Whidbey Deception, Soccer on November 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Aram Leyva surveys the field, looking for an opening. (Pat Kelley photo)

Whatever home field advantage they had disappeared in the rain.

With Ft. Nugent turned into a mud bowl by a torrential downpour Saturday, the North Whidbey Deception boys’ soccer squad couldn’t stay afloat.

Surrendering three second-half goals while trying to defend a side of the field that had become a pit of grime and despair, the booters fell 4-2 to the Strikers.

Both of North Whidbey’s goals came courtesy of its Coupeville contingent.

Matthew Kelley set up Aram Leyva in the first half for a goal that knotted things at 1-1, before getting his own score later.

Kelley’s goal came courtesy of an assist from fellow Coupeville Middle School 7th grader Jake Mitten.

Up 2-1 at the break, things were looking good, but that changed quickly after the Deception returned to the field.

With every ball disappearing into the muck and mire, the defense was continually frustrated and balls started to slip and slide through the gaps, allowing the visitors to escape with the win.

North Whidbey gets a chance at redemption next Saturday, when it stares down Island rival South Whidbey.

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