GALLERY: 2003 CJ Summer Invitational looks at Hard Tackles...or are they Fouls?

2003 CENTRAL JERSEY SUMMER INVITATIONAL

GALLERY: TACKLES or FOULS?

Some snapshots of hotly-contested Invitational action, testament to the intensity of the games...

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U15 boys: Kilmallock Celtic (white) 5 - FC Philadelphia (yellow) 2 U12 Long Island JSL Select A (red) defeats U13 North Burlington Shooting Stars (white) 2-0 and goes on to win the tournament in a shootout win over JAGS League Select

U13 Nether Providence Hunters PA (orange) goes over top of Northern Counties SA Select NJ (blue); NCSA won this one 3-1 U11 Stronghold SSC Munich NJ (red) played U12 Bridgewater SA Bombers NJ (white) to a 1-1 tie despite the occasional left cross to the jaw U14 Long Island JSL Select NY (red) edges U15 Stronghold SSC Dolphins NJ (white) 1-0

U15 Lac St. Louis from Quebec (blue) collides with East Windsor PAL Stingers NJ (white) in a playoff confrontation won by the Canadians 2-0 U12 Boys final featured clubmates U11 Stronghold SSC Munich (red) playing U12 Stronghold SSC Rangers (white) to a 0-0 draw

Just don't call it a friendly! U12 Boys final featured clubmates U11 Stronghold SSC Munich (red) playing U12 Stronghold SSC Rangers (white) to a 0-0 draw in a game that saw Rangers coach (and former NCAA National College Player of the Year runner-up) Donna Bednarsky coaching AGAINST her own son