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Pitch prodigy shoots, scores

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , on May 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Chayse Van Velkinburgh raises another trophy on the soccer pitch. (Photo courtesy Jessica Van Velkinburgh)

Put another trophy in the case.

Coupeville Middle School soccer standout Chayse Van Velkinburgh spent the weekend helping his select team win a title at the President’s Cup in Tukwila.

Northwest United won 3-2 in the semifinals Saturday, then ran away with a 4-1 victory in the championship game Sunday.

That capped a tourney run which began back in March.

With the title in hand, Northwest United qualifies to travel to Utah in June for regionals, though Van Velkinburgh will have to sit that one out.

That’s because the Wolf 7th grader is already slated to be in Spain during that same time frame, playing with the Madrid Euro Soccer Academy.

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We don’t visit the soccer pitch, we live there!!

Posted in Boys Soccer, tagged , , , , , on January 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Zane Bundy, taking the less-traveled route. (John Fisken photo)

Zane Bundy (7), taking the less-traveled route. (John Fisken photos)

Abraham Leyva

Abraham Leyva prepares to slice ‘n dice the defense.

“Soccer season is on its way!!”

The start of the high school pitch season is still a ways off, but, as soccer mom Janine Bundy can attest to, the sport is truly year round.

“Soccer never ends for these guys,” she said. “They played at a college deal in the rain and hail.”

Regardless of the fact we’re still technically in winter — though the weather is cooperating more than in some previous years — guys in shorts and cleats are hard at work.

Among them are Coupeville High School juniors Zane Bundy and Abraham Leyva, who are currently playing in the President’s Cup with their select soccer squad.

Over the weekend they and their teammates fought to a pair of hard-earned ties against top-level competition.

Leyva connected on a goal Saturday, while Bundy has been his usual hard-charging bundle of electric highlights.

Rain or shine, hail or summer heat, it’s the pitch life for them, and it’s a good life.

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