Welcome to the home page of NSA '85 U-16 Classic teams
Coached by NCAA All-American and U.S. National team star, Bruce Murray
Fury Gold
Classic I, Ranked #13 (National) in the U.S.
Fury Blue
Classic II, Champions - 2000 Atlanta Cup, Chevrolet Cup, & Nike/Stone Mountain Invitational
For a closer look at the results from the fall season and tournaments, see our Fall '00 Fury Archives
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HOT NEWS!!!
(11/29/01)
Fury Classic Teams Assigned Field Marshal Duties for Inaugural Norcross Cup
All NSA teams participating in the inaugural Norcross Cup are being required to provide tournament support. Our Fury Classic teams - Gold and Blue - have been assigned to provide Field Marshals for play at Pinckneyville Park.
This is fairly painless duty, and the best part is... you get to wear a snappy navy blue "NSA Staff" t-shirt (I know many of you are disappointed that NSA no longer uses the bright orange bibs from the Gwinnett county jail) Your main duty is to lend some official NSA presence at each field, collect score cards for the NSA staffers to take back to headquarters, answer guests' questions, and alert NSA officials (via cellphone) if there are any problems with injuries or hooligans (both of which are extremely rare).
Everyone must pitch in. To even out the load, it will work best if each household on the team can provide a field marshal for TWO GAMES... that's only a little over two hours of duty for the entire weekend. The weather will be nice, the soccer good... that's not hardship duty.
Please follow the link to the field marshal schedule to see what times are still available... then email me with your choices... we will sign you up. Thanks for your help.
(11/7/01)
Gold Takes A Split In Georgia Play
Fury Gold split their two games in Atlanta GA Play this past week, losing to arch rival Stone Mountain 3 - 0 and defeating U16 Region 3 Champion Atlanta Fire 2 -1. Fury, who will play all of its games this year on the visitors pitch, ran its overall record to 11 wins, 4 loses and 1 tie. Fury has captured 34 of a possible 48 points.
(11/6/01)
Gold Wins In Florida
Fury Gold finished up its Region 3 Premier League Tournament Play in Ft Myers FL U18 Play, winning two games and losing one. With a sparkling 10-3-1 record, Fury has capture 31 out of a possible 42 points, and maintained its 1st place lead in Region 3.
(10/10/01) Gold Moves Up In National Rankings
With their strong performances in the Premier League, Gold has moved up to a No. 13 national ranking by National soccer ranking services. Gold's growing national reputation has recently earned berths for the team in some of the country's most prestigious competitions, including the Disney Holiday tournament and the Dallas Invitational, where Gold's talents will be on display before the America's top collegiate coaches and scouts.
(10/10/01) Fury Blue Marches On In Division
After going 0-for-Greenville against top-flite tournament opponents, Blue was happy to return to divisional competition with a 4-2 win over IAYMCA Eagles Red in Alpharetta on Sunday, Oct. 7. Blue controlled possession throughout the game, bagging one goal each off the toe of Andrew Larwood and Ryan Whittington, and two goals off the head of fullback Chris Roane, who made sparkling runs out of the back to score.
(9/25/01) Fury Keeps Up their Winning Ways in U18 Play
Fury Gold continued its winning ways, going 2 and 1 in Greensboro NC U18 Play on September 22 and 23. Fury lost a close, hard fought match, 3-2, to Region 3 U18 Runner-Up Greenville FC. Gold got on the winning track with a 1-0 blanking of St. Giles U18, and ended the weekend of play with a wild flurry of late 2nd half goals to cruise past James Island Battery 5-2.
(9/24/01)
Blue Back On Track
Blue bounced back from a tough loss last week, with a sparkling 4-0 win over Augusta Arsenal. Blue dominated possession from the start. Chris Draper and Andrew Larwood scored two goals each, and keeper Chris DeVed and the defense shut down the visiting Arsenal.
(9/17/01)
Blue Kicks Off Its Fall Campaign
Blue started its Fall '01 season on Saturday, September 8, at Pinckneyville Park, with a solid 5-2 win over its big divisional rival from the Fall '00 season... Henry County Thunder. Tallying goals for Blue were Chad Chambers (2), Matt Culberson, Andrew Larwood, and Joseph Henry.
Blue traveled to August a week later on Sunday, September 16, to play the undefeated and '01 Atlanta Cup C Flight champs... Columbia County Patriots. Blue made the trip without several of its top scorers, and the strong, athletic Patriots blew the game open with a 3-goal second half, for a 4-0 win.
(9/4/01)
Gold Wins the 2001 Atlanta Cup
Gold is the U17 "A" Flight Champion of the 2001 Atlanta Cup. Gold fought through a tough field and won the championship game, 2-0, against cross-town rivals United Quest Red. For more details, check out the Gold Mine.
Blue also played well, losing a narrow 1-0 decision and finishing second in group play to Blackwatch Celtic (Tampa, FL), the eventual "B" Flight champions of the 2001 Atlanta Cup. For more details, check out the Blues Club.
(6/21/01)
Bruce Murray's Quick Score Record Finally Surpassed
Among his many accomplishments as a member of the U.S. National team, Bruce Murray held the long-time record for the fastest-scored goal in a World Cup qualifier, when he racked up a score in the 3rd minute against Guatemala back in 1989. That record was finally surpassed in the U.S.'s June 20 qualifier against Trinidad & Tobago, when Ante Razov scored in the 2nd minute, just 74 seconds in the match. Bruce's old record got a nice mention in an ESPN write-up about the game, which the U.S. won, 2-0. With a 4-0-1 record (13 points), the U.S. leads the CONCACAF qualifying, and is very close to clinching a spot in next year's World Cup field.
Bruce was a top scorer in his years (1985-1993) with the U.S. National team. Even eight years after his retirement, Bruce's 21 career goals are still third on the National team's all-time scoring list, trailing only Eric Wynalda (34) and Joe-Max Moore (22), who just passed Bruce earlier this year. Bruce is still well in front of the fourth leading scorers, Cobi Jones and Brian McBride, who are tied with 14. For other all-time National team records, check out the U.S. Soccer Federation website.
| Players | Hometown | High School | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Ahern | Duluth | Duluth HS | |||
| Andrew Alexander | Atlanta | Pace Academy | |||
| Peter Bemisderfer | Athens | Cedar Shoals | |||
| Brandon Clark | Alpharetta | Milton | |||
| Tyler Davis | Duluth | Duluth HS | |||
| Charlie Edwards | Lilburn | Parkview | |||
| Winston Garth | Norcross | Norcross HS | |||
| Alex Grigalunas | Snellville | South Gwinnett | |||
| Joseph Grigsby | Evans | Columbia HS | Steve Henderson | Snellville | South Gwinnett |
| Matthew Housley | Athens | Cedar Shoals | |||
| Chris Jones | Snellville | South Gwinnett | |||
| Russ Jones | Lilburn | Parkview | |||
| Andrew McClure | Stone Mountain | Parkview | Ches Montgomery | Cave Spring | Rome HS |
| Nathan Umberg | Suwanee | North Gwinnett | |||
| Scott Voigt | Lilburn | Parkview |
| Players | Hometown | High School | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Basler | Duluth | Duluth HS | |||
| Adam Carlisle | Norcross | Wesleyan | |||
| Chad Chambers | Alpharetta | Chattahoochee | |||
| Derek Christensen | Norcross | Norcross HS | |||
| Chris DeVed | Norcross | Norcross HS | |||
| Chris Draper | Alpharetta | Marist | |||
| Joseph Henry | Suwanee | Collins Hill | |||
| Andy Kite | Buford | Duluth HS | |||
| Andrew Larwood | Roswell | Holy Innocents | |||
| Nathaniel Latoni | Dacula | Heritage Academy | |||
| Nate Milton | Alpharetta | Chattahoochee | |||
| Clifton Rhoad | Alpharetta | Chattahoochee | |||
| Sean Richardson | Norcross | Pace Academy | |||
| Chris Roane | Rome | Rome HS | |||
| Andrew Shell | Norcross | Norcross HS | |||
| Chris Thompson | Marietta | St. Pius | |||
| Ryan Whittington | Cumming | North Forsyth |
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