HSC BULLS, KAHEKILI, LEAHI SC,

PEARL CITY UNITED and KO-AM CLAIM MISO CROWNS

HSC BULLS takes MISO's Triple Crown and individual honors!

Div I Champs
Div II Champs
Spring '08 Champs Leahi

PCU Champs
Gordy Yank Champs
Referee Award

Div I: HSC BULLS swept all the Div I titles including the individual ones. Earlier this season they claimed their first Div I Sullivan Trophy with a 20-1-1 record, which was then followed by their 7th consecutive Robledo Cup title. Then on Sunday June 1st, they also claimed the MISO Cup by defeating Vaiete Premier 2-1 as Kevin Fung curved in a low free kick with one minute remaining in overtime. Reid Woodward had put the Bulls ahead in the first half, before Michael DeCaires tied it up before halftime. This gave them all three major MISO trophies. Bulls sweeper KERRY MIIKE earned the MISO Div I MVP award while forward Reid Woodward earned the Div I Leading Scorer title with 20 goals, to round up the Bulls dominance of the 2007-08 season.

W1: The inaugural season of the MISO W1 division came to an end on 5/18. Behind goals from Sarah Takekawa and Jolie Nitta, LEAHI SC defeated the HSC Bulls 2-0 to claim the first ever title of the newly founded division. MEGHAN FULLER, KJ NISHIKAWA and ERIN REMENTER shared the scoring title, as they ended in a three way tie with 8 goals each.

Div II: KAHEKILI finished off their "Cinderella" Play-Offs run with yet another upset, as they defeated Ko-Am 1-0 behind a second half goal from Kory Muraoka, to claim their 2nd MISO Div II Cup. KAMIKAZE earned their first MISO Div II Sullivan Trophy by finishing the season with a 16-5-1 record. Kamikaze's CHAD SAITO earned the Div II MVP award while Waikiki FC's ROSS FAVERTY claimed the Div II Leading Scorer title with 16 goals.

M35+: PEARL CITY UNITED claimed its first MISO title by defeating Real Hawaii FC 4-0 in the finals of the M35+ Spring 2008. Goals came from Behrouz Aghdasi (2), Kevin Wong and Chad Kobashigawa. KO-AM finished off the season with the best record (9-1-2) and the division's leading scorer with SAMUEL SUN netting 12 goals.

MASTERS: KO-AM claimed their 4th consecutive MISO Masters "Gordy/Yank" Cup by defeating Play-Offs newcomers Hokulele 2-0 behind goals from Sok Woon Yim and Young Chan Bong. REAL HAWAII FC claimed its 2nd Masters Cup by finishing the season with a 9-1-4 record. Real's forward MARCO GLORIA set a new Masters' record, by netting 22 goals to clinch his 4th straight Leading Scorer title.

MISO REFEREES: BRANDI YAMADA was selected by the Div I & II teams managers as the MISO Referee of the year. She becomes the first female referee and youngest to receive such honors. Congratulation!

HSC BULLS CLAIM 7th STRAIGHT ROBLEDO CUP

Can anyone stop the HSC Bulls???

The HSC Bulls raised the new MISO Open "Robledo" Cup (II) and claimed their 7th straight title by defeating the Kapaolono Dawgs FC 4-2, and remain undefeated in the competition's 7 year history. Kevin Fung, Akihide Adachi, Reid Woodward and Marc Hope found the net for the Bulls, while Dennis Woolsey and Andrew Matheson scored for the Dawgs.

Another MISO player signs

pro contract!

Majell Aterado signs with MISL's California Cougars Majell Aterado who played in MISO for the now defunct Hurricanes FC, Latin Hawaii FC and Vaiete SC, has just signed a pro contract with the California Cougars of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).

“These guys are young kids that will bring a lot of speed and enthusiasm to the team,” said California Cougars head coach Bernie Lilavois about his two newest players Majell Aterado and Aaron Bonser. Both rookies did exactly what coach Lilavois wanted, they added a spark to a Cougars team that had lost seven straight games since starting their season at 7-4. Aterado had a three point goal in his debut against the Chicago Storm in a Friday night match seen on Fox Soccer Channel. The Cougars (8-11) defeated the Storm (13-8) 9-8 in front of 7,445 fans at Stockton Arena. For more information on the Cougars, visit: www. californiacougars.net

W1 SUCCESSFULLY KICKS-OFF ITS

FIRST SEASON

Mahalo to all the W1 teams that participated this past weekend and helped make MISO history on the inaugural day of the W1, by becoming the first women’s teams to participate in MISO! The opening weekend seemed to be a success with 2 good games, and the league already received interest from a 5th team to join for next season.

Here are some opening weekend quotes from W1 players, coaches and referees: “it was really fun to play with the younger, fit girls getting ready for college, mainland tournaments, etc. Now we just need to get more teams in!!!!!” (Jodie Tanga, HSC Bulls)

“It looks like the W1 will be every bit competitive as believed it would. We should see some of the better High School players and recent College graduates playing in this league” (Derek Wong, Referee Assignor).

“A historic game for Hawaii Rush and its women’s program...first time ever to have a women’s team compete in any league. We opened our season with a very entertaining game against the Bulls. A 2-2 score at the end reflected the open and fast paced game. (Arian Hoxha, Rush coach)

“I feel this is good experience for the youth players. They get to play against some tough competition. This can help them develop and prepare for regional’s. Mahalo.” (Tamie Richardson, REAL HFC)

2FIFA Refs to officiate MISO games

On Sunday 2/24, MISO will be blessed with the participation of FIFA Referees. Two (2) FIFA referees (Chris Strickland & Frank Anderson) who will be part of the Pan-Pacific Soccer Tournament, have agreed to center two (2) of the MISO Division I games on Sunday, February 24. In addition, other FIFA referees/assessors are planning to come to Waipio from about 11 AM for observation and training purposes. The selected games for these referees are: Spotts Amazon vs. Latin Hawaii FC (C. Strickland) 1:00pm field #11 Pride SC vs. HSC Bulls (F. Anderson) 3:00pm field #13 The ARs will be our local referees showcasing some of our up-and-coming younger referees (Brandi Yamada & Aaron Haque).

USSF AGM 2008 - HAWAII

The USSF Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be hosted in the state of Hawaii for the 2nd time ever on February 14-17. It will be held at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort in Waikoloa, Big Island. The AGM serves as U.S. Soccer’s national meeting with all constituents from the youth, adult, professional and athlete councils. Representatives from each of these councils discuss administrative issues, review and vote on rule changes and conduct various other businesses during the course of the event