Club Soccer: Slammers take third in Paris tournament

VILLE DE MARLY, France - The Newport Beach Slammers boys 11 and

under soccer team took third place in the International Boys 12 and Under

Tournament in June.

It was the highest finish for a U.S. team in the tournament’s 24-year

history.

With teams from Morocco, Holland and France, some of Europe’s best

youngsters took part in the event.

Despite all the teams being a year older than the Slammers’ squad, the

American team battled all the way, reaching the semifinals before losing

to eventual champion Paris St. Germain.

Locals on the team include Corona del Mar’s Richard Gadbois and

Newport Beach’s Brady and Logan Condon, Jarrett Daniel and Justin

Morehead.

THE SLAMMERS

Front row, from left: Richard Gadbois, Gabriel Castonado, Garrett

Gunther, Logan Condon, Brian Muniz, Justin Morehead and Coach Walid

Khoury. Top row, from left: Ignacio Corona, Alberto Ponce, Oscar Aguero,

Samuel Morales, Jarrett Daniel, Brady Condon, Chris Ponce, Adam Holstein

and Coach Armando Rocha.