FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Four teams from Pittsfield's Soccer Domain Academy made the trip to Gillette Stadium to compete in the second annual 4 v 4 Gillette Cup hosted by the MLS New England Revolution on July 23.

 

The SDA Snipers, the Avengers, the Berkshire Blue Mambas and the Lenox Legends were all victorious in their divisions and earned first place trophies during the tournament.

 

"Over the past 10 years I have had the privilege to work with some fantastic young players, we set the foundations for teaching the game and have been extremely proud of the players they have become, SDA main focus has always been to help guide and educate players from all areas and this weekend was a credit to the hard work they have all put in as individuals to achieve their goals," SDA Director Rich Powell said. "The past was amazing the present is fantastic and the future is very exciting."

 

The SDA Snipers are all members of the Soccer Domain Academy’s under-11 team. Team members include:  Brayden Astore (Dalton CRA), Brayden Bishop (Pittsfield Soccer Club), Brady Street (Pittsfield Soccer Club), Daniel Kankam (Pittsfield Soccer Club), Diego Revera (Pittsfield Soccer Club), and Ethan Breitmaier (Pittsfield Soccer Club)

 

The Berkshire Blue Mambas are members of the Soccer Domain Adademy's U13 and U14 teams and GPS Stateline’s u14 team.  The team went undefeated for the whole tournament.  Team members include:  Evan McAllister, (North Adams Soccer Club, SDA), Petie Breitmaier, (Pittsfield Soccer Club, SDA), Jace Nacht (Berkshire Hills Soccer club, SDA), Lucien Firth, (Berkshire Hills Soccer Club, SDA), Benjamin Heim, (Lenox, SDA, and Justin Hawkins, Berkshire Hills Soccer Club, GPS Stateline).

 

The Avengers also enjoyed a winning streak on Saturday and emerged undefeated for the day.  The team included four players from the u14 Soccer Domain Academy team. Team members:  Harrison Keator, (Lenox and SDA), Gabe Rich, (Pittsfield and SDA), Luke Peploski, (Pittsfield and SDA), Donovan Keegan, (Dalton, SDA), Tanner Shepard, Pittsfield, and Evan Perry, Amherst.

 

Finally, the Lenox Legends competed against some of the top clubs in the area including Western United and  an academy team from Buffalo, N.Y.  The Lenox team competed in the highest division of the U16 brackets and ended the day without a loss and brought home the first place trophy. The team was comprised of five Lenox varsity soccer players and two guest players from Amherst and Fitchburg. Team members included:  Ian Laurin, Alec Jordan, Matthew Heim, Zilion Santos and Keveen Delgado — all from Lenox Memorial High School. ODP teammates, Colton Spirko and Landon Tucker rounded out the team. 

 

The kids and their families stayed after the tournament to watch the New England Revolution take the field against the Chicago Fire. The Revs finally put the ball in the back of the net during the last minutes to win the game in front of the home crowd.

 

During halftime, the members of the Berkshire teams were invited on the Gillette Stadium field for a victory lap.