Lehigh Valley United has established itself as one of the most accomplished indoor clubs in the state over the last 3 years. The indoor style is a focus of LVU as it fits in with our commitment to skill development, quick touch, and foot work. LVU teams train year round and their efforts are once again showing. Of the 6 LVU teams that have competed in Indoor Cup so far this year, our teams have won FIVE Indoor Cup State Titles, had one finalist and two semi-finalist appearance.
No other club in EPYSA has had this many teams in the finals and no other club in 2009 has had multiple State Champions.
Congratulations to all the teams, well deserved after all of your hard indoor training this winter!
Girls 94 Story- INDOOR STATE SEMI-FINALIST
Girls 96 Story - INDOOR STATE CHAMPIONS
United ’96 won their second consecutive Indoor State Cup title Saturday January 3rd at Bucks-Mont Indoor Sports Center. The girls went 3-0 in group play outscoring their opponents 16-4. In an exciting and extremely well played semifinal match (a rematch of last year’s final) they beat a very strong HMMS team 3-1 and then cruised in the final 6-1 over FC Revolution. Congratulations girls!
Boys 97 Story - INDOOR STATE SEMI-FINALIST
Boys 96 Story - INDOOR STATE CHAMPIONS
The United boys looked to defend their Indoor State Cup Title on Sunday, January 4th at Bucks-Mont Indoor Sports Center. The ’96 boys moved through group play with wins over FC Revolution, HMMS, and Central Susquehana only conceding two goals before facing Montgomery United in the Semi-Finals. With a strong showing against Montgomery, the boys were off to face Warrington in the finals. In the finals the offense looked sharp finishing with 6 goals, while the defense stopped Warrington’s scoring with another shut out, for a 6-0 victory. Congratulations boys!
Boys 95 Story - INDOOR STATE CHAMPIONS The boys went undefeated in group play and beat FC Delco 6-1 before heading to the finals. After two quick goals to take the wind out the sails of finalist HMMS, the UNITED 95 went on to outscore their opponent 5-2 to win their THIRD CONSECUTIVE INDOOR STATE CUP CHAMPIONSHIP.
Girls 95 Story - INDOOR STATE CHAMPIONS
After an loss in their first game of the day, the UNITED ’95 girls came back to win every game after that and advance to the finals against PA Rush. The girls had the most exciting path to the championship, needing overtime against Lighthouse in the semi-finals and pulling out an exciting 4-3 win in the finals. Congratulations to the girls on their first state cup championship.
Boys 94 Story - INDOOR STATE FINALISTThe U14 Boys team who started playing together in the fall of 2008 were named finalist in the A division in their very first State Cup on January 18, 2009. Head coach Phil Lichtenwalner is a former Lehigh Valley United standout player from the LVU 87 team. LVU 94 defeated FC York Premier 5-0; PA Rush 2-1; Montgomery United 2-1; and Redland 2-0 to qualify for the championship game. In a very physical match, Harleysville defeated LVU 2-0 to be named champions of 2009 Indoor State Cup.
Boys 91 Story - INDOOR STATE CHAMPIONS
The senior boys team in the club, UNITED ’91, defended their Indoor State Cup title by going undefeated and beating CASA in the finals, while only conceding one goal the entire day! This is the THIRD indoor title in a row for the ’91 boys.
