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A long, hot weekend of high level adult amateur soccer at the Tualatin Hills Recreation Center has come to a close. The 2010 Kennedy Cup Tournament was a major success, with three trophies in as many divisions being raised at the end of today's games.
Kennedy Cup - In the men's open division final, IPS/Marathon Taverna found the only goal of the game when Chris Skaggs scored on a diving header with less than five minutes to play. The stalwart, disciplined Vancouver Thunderbirds marched back down the field and rung the crossbar with a blistering shot, but could not find the equalizer against the resident soccer maniacs from Portland. The Kennedy Cup will stay in Oregon for at least a year, the first time since 2003. In the third place game, Kells FC Swoosh convincingly put away Yakima United.
The McAdams Cup, the open women's division, was a round robin between three teams, Kells, Escape from New York (both Oregon teams), and the Whitecaps Prospects from the PCSL. On Thursday night, Kells dispatched Escape from New York, but were turned back by the Whitecaps Prospects on Saturday by a score of 2-0. On Sunday, the Whitecaps Prospects put on a clinical display in their showdown with Escape from New York, leaving no doubt about their claim to the McAdams Cup trophy.
Finally, in the inaugural Cascadia 30s Cup, Kells FC put away Kelly's Olympians in the final, 4-1. Red Army defeated the Capitol Hill Rowdies 6-3 in the third place game.
We would like to offer special thanks to Soccerplex, Kells Irish Restaurant and Jason McMillen, University of Western States Chiropractic College and Chris Zander, Special Olympics of Oregon and Mark Hanken, Pacific Office Automation and Mark Fulk, Janet Irigoyen and the officials and assessors, Tamara Grigsby, Scott Rice, Greg Freuler, Ernesto Aguilar, Evan Baechler, Patrick Tumpane, and Phil Coates.
We would also like to thank WSSA and the Pacific Coast Soccer League for their partnership and help in conducting the tournament. The members of the PCSL Board are sentinels shepherding the legacy of this long-running tournament, and one that the OPSL is proud to be a part of. On behalf of the OPSL, we look forward to coming years of excellence of the Kennedy Cup Tournament.
Kevin Richards
2010 Kennedy Cup Tournament Director
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The Kennedy Cup, an annual regional tournament between the best teams from the Pacific Coast Soccer League (B.C.), Washington State, and the OPSL, returns to the State of Oregon for the first time since 2003, when FC Swoosh won it. As the name should indicate, the Kennedy Cup has an impressive legacy (scroll down for more on the history of the cup). The tournament will take place at the Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation Center on Saturday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15.
In addition to the Kennedy Cup, which is for open men's team, this year will not only see the return of the Kevin McAdams Memorial Cup (scroll down for more on the history of the cup) for open women's teams (the first time since 2005), but also the advent of the Cascadia 30s Cup, for men's teams over 30 or 35 years of age (depending upon which organization is hosting the cup).
In each cup tournament format, four teams qualify. Two teams are from the host organization, and one each from the guests. On Saturday, the host teams each play one of the guest teams. On Sunday, two teams play for the championship and two play for third place.
Official Tournament Program
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