DRYSDALE Soccer Club celebrated its 10th anniversary at the weekend in front of a healthy crowd of supporters, past players and sponsors at the Drysdale Sports Precinct.<\/p>\n
Established back in 2009 by founder Geoff Briggs, the club brought together a group of players from Drysdale and Clifton Springs who were previously playing at other clubs around the region.<\/p>\n
Initially starting with an indoor soccer team, and then one men\u2019s team, the club has grown rapidly to now boast more than 270 registered players with a huge increase in junior and women\u2019s players over the past five years.<\/p>\n
The day featured a boy\u2019s Under 14 game followed by the two senior men\u2019s teams in action, with all three teams coming away with wins to cap off a fantastic day for the club.<\/p>\n
The Under 14s accounted for Barwon 7-0, the Men\u2019s Reserves beating Leopold 4-0 and the Senior Men\u2019s defeating Leopold 5-3 in a fiery, action-packed encounter.<\/p>\n
Star striker Leo Sharaf netted a hattrick and Michael Simpson continued his good run of form with a first half double.<\/p>\n
The seniors raced out to a 4-0 first half lead, before Leopold.<\/p>\n
New A-League club Western United supported the day with past Socceroo captain Steve Horvat (now Western United\u2019s director of football) and Robert Palmaricciotti joining as special guests, and a men\u2019s \u201cTeam of the Decade\u201d announced.<\/p>\n
Team of the Decade: Nick Hopper, Ippei Mac, Zac Atkins, Danny Graham, Steve Marsh, Jack Van Wren, Steve Weeks, Andrew Scott, Steve Newton, Dougie Weeks and Chris Alfredson. Bench – Dan Roddis, Mark Hand, Jordy O\u2019Connor, Hayden Reed and Louis Stockman. Coach – Jarrod Gladman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DRYSDALE Soccer Club celebrated its 10th anniversary at the weekend in front of a healthy crowd of supporters, past players and sponsors at the Drysdale Sports Precinct. Established back in 2009 by founder Geoff Briggs, the club brought together a group of players from Drysdale and Clifton Springs who were previously playing at other clubs […]<\/p>\n