Official End of Season

This afternoon District 7 Upper St. Clair successfully defended their PIAA State Title by blanking District 3 Conestoga Valley 4-0, bringing an end to the 2013 PA boy's soccer season.

State Playoff Update

Last night District 3 champion Conestoga Valley defeated District 1 champion Great Valley 2-1 in OT to hand the Patriots their 1st loss of the season. In the Western semi-final District 7's 2nd seed Upper St. Clair nipped District 3's 2nd seed Cumberland 2-1.

So, for the 1st time in the last 35 years, District 1 will not have a team in the State Final for 2 years in a row.

LM Team Soccer Records

Best Overall Record:

22-1-5 (1987)


                       

Best League Record:

11-0-0 (2013)







Most Overall Wins in a Season: 

22 (1987)






Most Wins in a Regular Season:

16 (1989 shown here & 2013)





 

Most Playoff Wins in a Season:

8 (1988)





Fewest Losses in a Season (no picture shown here):

1 ('33, '43,'44, '50, '59, '64, '65, '67, '68, '87 & '13)



Most Overall Shutouts in a Season:

17 (1988)

                                                                                    
Most Consecutive Shutouts & Most Shutouts in a Regular Season    

12 (2013)                         15 (2013)
      
Fewest Goals Allowed in a Season:

2 (2013)
 

Most Goals scored in a Single Season:


97 (1965)








Best District One Finish:

1st, (2007 shown here, + '54
'58, '65, '68, '88 & 2010)






Best State Finish:

1st (1987)

Great Valley carries the banner

In the PIAA State Quarter-Finals only one district 1 team was left standing. Great Valley kept their undefeated season alive edging fellow district 1 member Conestoga 1-0.

In other action Downingtown West tied district 3 powerhouse Cumberland Valley during regulation but lost 1-0 in OT.  And West Chester Rustin ended their storybook season losing to district 3 champion Conestoga Valley.

Great Valley will face off Tuesday against Conestoga Valley in the Eastern semi-final, while Cumberland Valley meets district 7 2nd seed Upper St. Clair in the Western bracket.

District 1 Dominates States 1st Round

In the 1st round of the PIAA State Boy's Soccer Playoffs district 1 flexed it's muscles. Below are the results of the 5 district 1 teams in the 1st round.

Great Valley (1st seed) 2-1 over Central York (district 3 3rd seed)

Downingtown West (2nd seed) 2-0 over Abington Heights (district 2 champion)

Conestoga (3rd seed) 1-0 over Parkland (district 11 champion)

West Chester Rustin (4th seed) 1-0 over Father Judge (Catholic league champion)

West Chester Henderson (5th seed) 0-2 loss to Conestoga Valley (district 3 champion)

Thanks

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Now that the 2013 LM Aces’ boy’s soccer season is over I want to thank all of you who have followed this blog, especially those of you who are Lower Merion Soccer Alumni. Without those who have gone before, this very rich tradition of soccer excellence that today’s Aces’ players now enjoy would not be possible.

The 2013 LM soccer season was the 90^th one since the program began back in 1924 under Coach Harold Helveston, and continues today with it’s 10^th head coach Nico Severini.  This means that there have been roughly 800-900 players who have put on an Aces’ soccer jersey and every one has had a part in developing this extremely successful program.

You can learn much more about the history of Lower Merion boy’s soccer by visiting our LM Soccer Alumni website at: www.lmsocceralum.org. You will find records for every team dating back to 1924, league finish, goals for, & goals against. You will also find coaches’ records, school individual & team soccer records, all playoff results, all-Central League selections dating back to 1967 when the league was formed, JV & Freshmen records dating back to the year they began, and much more. Also on the site are many different types of videos, including; a documentary video of the history of LM boy’s soccer titled “The Tradition Continues”, highlite videos from various years when the games were filmed, individual game videos from various years, and more.

If you are an LM Soccer Alumni, and have not been receiving our LM Soccer Update emails during the season, please email me (bubdavidson@comcast.net) your current email so I can include you in our LM Soccer Alumni database.

I will only be posting occasionally in November and next Spring, with the regular posts beginning next August.

Enjoy the upcoming holidays.

Results & State Playoff History

District 1 Playoff Results

Great Valley defeats Downingtown West 3-0 for District 1 Title

 

Past PIAA State Champions

The PIAA State Championship began in the Fall season of 1973. Below are listed the 43 winners (by year), along with the runners-up, with both team's District number in (   ), and the score of the State Final game (in blue). When the State Final game ended in a tie (after the overtime periods were played) co-champions were declared.

1973 West Snyder (4)  2-0  Upper Moreland (1)
1974 Middleburg (4)  4-0  Tulpehocken (3)
1975 Bethlehem Liberty (11)  1-0  North Allengheny (7)
1976 State College (6)  2-0  Bethlehem Freedom (11)
1977 ELCO (3)  2-1  Bethlehem Liberty (11)
1978 Fleetwood (3)  4-0  Upper St. Clair (7)
1979 ELCO (3)  3-0  Harriton (1)
1980 Fleetwood (3)  2-0  Radnor (1)
1981 Mount Lebanon (7)  2-1  ELCO (3)
1982 Neshaminy (1)  2-1 OT  Fleetwoon (3)
1983 Bethlehem Freedom (11)  1-1 OT co-champions with Trinity (7)
1984 Neshaminy (1)  1-0  LOWER MERION (1)
1985 Council Rock (1) 4-2  Moon Township (7)
1986 Strath Haven (1)  1-0  West Chester East (1)
1987 LOWER MERION (1)  2-1 OT  Fox Chapel (7)
1988 Conestoga (1)  3-1  LOWER MERION
1989 Downingtown (1)  1-0  Mount Lebanon (7)
1990 Fox Chapel (7)  1-0  Downingtown (1)
1991 Strath Haven (1)  1-0  Upper St. Clair (7)
1992 Wilson West-Lawn (3)  1-0  Strath Haven (1)
1993 Great Valley (1)  1-0  Wilson West-Lawn (3)
1994 Bethel Park (7) 2-2 OT co-champions with Neshaminy (1)
1995 Strath Haven (1)  8-0  Erie McDowell (10)
1996 Strath Haven (1)  6-0  North Allegheny (7)
1997 Coughlin (2)  9-5 OT  Erie Cathedral Prep (7)
1998 Downingtown (1)  1-0  Peters Township (7)
1999 Downingtown (1)  4-2  North Allegheny (7)
2000 North Allegheny (7)  1-0 OT  Emmaus (11)
2001 Strath Haven (1)  1-1 OT co-champions w/ Erie Cathedral Prep (7)
2002 West Chester Henderson (1)  2-1  Chartiers Valley (7)
2003 Upper St. Clair (7)  1-0 OT  West Chester East (1)
2004 Upper St. Clair (7)  2-0  West Chester Henderson (1)
2005 Warwick (3)  1-0  West Chester Henderson (1)
2006 Council Rock N. (1)  2-1  Manheim Township. (3)
2007 Peters Township (7)  2-1 OT  Downingtown West (1)
2008 Downingtown West (1)  2-1  Peters Township (7)
2009 Father Judge (12)  0-0 OT co-champions with Central Daulphin (3)
2010 Hempfield (3)  2-1  Central Bucks East (1)
2011 Conestoga (1)  1-0  Upper St. Clair (7)
2013 Upper St. Clair (7) 1-0 Wilson West Lawn (3)

 

Blast From the Past 2007

                                                                           2007

The 2007 LM boy's soccer team had an outstanding season, winning both the Central League & District 1 Titles. They are only the 2nd Aces' boy's soccer team in the 45 year history of the Central League to have won both the League Title & District 1 Title in the same year (the other being the 1968 squad). They scored 70 goals and allowed only 19. They finished with an overall record of 20-2-2, after losing a 2-1 heart breaker to Central Dauphin in the 1st round of the PIAA State layoffs.

They are certainly deserving of being recognized as a "Blast from the Past".

My next post will not be until Sunday evening.