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Soccer Team Wins Tournament Championship

The Bridgewater United Piranhas played in the tournament in November in Maryland.

The Bridgewater United Piranhas, a U13 Girls Travel Soccer Team that plays in the National Division of the Jersey Area Girls Soccer (JAGS) League, recently participated in and won the U13 Elite Division of the Columbia Fall Challenge Soccer Tournament in Columbia, MD. 

The tournament was held Nov. 19 and Nov. 20. On the first day, the Piranhas beat the Alliance SC Dynamite, 5-0, then lost the afternoon game, 2-0, to FC Casa 98 Royal.   

In a must-win game Sunday, the Piranhas beat the Lutherville-Timonium Lightning, 1-0. The win was hard-fought against a highly-ranked team, and allowed the team to move on to the finals against the "home team," Soccer of Columbia United.  

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In the finals, the Piranhas went down, 1-0, on a Columbia goal in the last minute of the first half despite dominating play. Unshaken, the Piranhas tied the game 10 minutes into the second half.  

Still dominating play, and with the added energy from having tied the game, the Piranhas scored the go-ahead goal less than a minute later. The Columbia team never recovered and the Piranhas held on for the 2-1 win and the Tournament Championship.  

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After continued training and participating in a Futsal league this winter, the Piranhas will again be playing in the JAGS League in the Spring of 2012.  

The Piranhas are always looking for high quality players to join the team. The team can be contacted at buscpiranhas@gmail.com 

—Mark Comune


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