Birmingham Metro
Soccer Tournament

     The Birmingham Metro Tournament has been played since 1985. For many years it was the tournament was that which declared the unofficial Soccer State Champions. It abides by the rules and regulations of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. And still today is one of the most prestigious tournaments in Alabama.
     The Birmingham Metro League has been divided into two divisions, A Division for the larger, more traditional soccer schools and League B for the smaller or up-and-coming soccer programs. Because of the large number of A division schools this is league is divided into two separate groups. This years Divisions were as follows:

The winners of League play for the 2005 season are:

• Division A League 1 - Shades Valley High School
• Division A League 2 - Oak Mountain High School
• Division B - Indian Springs School

10:00 am - Field 11 - Chelsea 7 - Pleasant Grove 0
12:00 pm - Field 11 - Clay-Chalkville vs Minor
12:00 pm - Field 13 - Vestavia 1 - Indian Springs 0

  At John Carroll Catholic High School

10:00 am - Oak Mountain 2 - Homewood 1
12:00 pm - John Carroll  2 - Briarwood 0

  At Spain Park High School Soccer Stadium

12:00 pm - Pinson Valley 3 - Shades Mountain Christian 2
  2:00 pm - Hewitt-Trussville 2 - Gardendale 1
  4:00 pm - Shades Valley vs Spain Park

5:00 pm - Oak Mountain 8 - Altamont 0 - Field 11
5:00 pm - Chelsea vs Shades Mtn. Christian Field. 13
7:00 pm - Mtn. Brook vs Vestavia Field. 13

  At John Carroll

5:00 pm - Minor vs Gardendale
7:00 pm - Pelham vs Shades Valley

  At Spain Park High School

5:00 pm - Soccer Field - Briarwood 6 - Thompson 1
7:00 pm - Football Field - Hewitt-Trussville 3 - Clay-Chalkville 0
7:00 pm - Soccer Field - Pinson Valley vs Pleasant Grove

5:00 pm - Gardendale vs Clay-Chalkville on Field. 13
7:00 pm - Pinson Valley vs Chelsea on Field. 11

  At John Carroll

5:00 pm - Minor vs Hewitt-Trussville

  At Spain Park High School

7:00 pm - Pleasant Grove vs Shades Mtn. Christian on the Football Field.

Due to the rain, the metro tourney has made some schedule changes for Tuesday April 26th. 
 

  At Vestavia High School

5:30 pm - John Carroll vs Thompson
7:30 pm - Indian Springs vs Mtn Brook

 At Spain Park High School

5:00 pm - Homewood 4 - Altamont 1
7:00 pm - Spain Park vs Pelham

Liberty Park

• Game 1 - 1st place from A vs 1st place from D at 7:00 pm at LP Field 13
• Game 3 - 2nd place from A vs 2nd place from D at 7:00 pm at LP Field 11
• Game 5 - 3rd place from A vs 3rd place from D at 5:00 pm at LP Field 13

Spain Park

• Game 2 - 1st place from B vs 1st place from C at 7:00 pm at SP Soccer
• Game 4 - 2nd place from B vs 2nd place from C at 7:00 pm at SP Football
• Game 6 - 3rd place from B vs 3rd place from C at 5:00 pm at SP Soccer

• Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2 - A Division at 6 p.m. at LP Field 11
   
• Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2 - B Division at 6 p.m. at LP Field 13

NOTE: All Metro Player Awards, Ray Woodard Coach of the Year, Team Sportsmanship, All-Tournament Award winners, League and Tournament Trophies will be presented after the Championship games Thursday April 28 at Liberty Park Field 13.

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The four finalists in the Birmingham Metro soccer tournament dominated the All-Metro tournament team announced Thursday night following the two title games played at Liberty Park.

A-Division champion Oak Mountain, runner-up Shades Valley, and B-Division champ Hewitt-Trussville and runner-up Chelsea each had three players named to the team. Shades Valley coach Kris Keplinger won the Ray Woodard coach of the year award and Mountain Brook won the team sportsmanship award.

Johnny Markey, Clark Powell and Trey Gregory were selected from Oak Mountain; Philips Leach, Zach Evans and Chase Cathey from Shades Valley; Marco Lorino, Michael Lum and Jonathan Vincent from Hewitt-Trussville; and Scott Shelton, Andrew Shelton and Jeremy Polk from Chelsea.

Others named to the team were Charles Beck and Keith Gallant of Vestavia; Thomas Callans and Justin Pino of John Carroll Catholic; Britton Farrell and Winn Mathews of Briarwood Christian; Will Battle and Hobie King of Altamont; Morgan Smith and Matt Collins of Homewood; Kevin Ratigan and Cole Hollis of Thompson; Angel Avalos and Edgar Avalos of Pelham; Andy Quinn and John Fullard of Spain Park; Reese Feist and John Bains of Indian Springs; Austin McKee and Bryan Burnick of Mountain Brook; Brandon Bridgewater of Clay-Chalkville; Trent Muth and Chris Paulson of Pinson Valley; Chip Nicholson and Geoffrey Jones of Gardendale; Jermale Jones and Cody Sellars of Minor; Ryan Wallace and Alec Priola of Pleasant Grove; Josh Dickey and Jacob Falls of Shades Mountain Christian.

Oak Mountain defeated Shades Valley 1-0 in the A-Division title game, while Hewitt-Trussville beat Chelsea 3-1 in the B-Division final.
 

2005 Boys All-Metro First Team
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• Forward: Trey Gregory, Oak Mountain, Sr.
• Forward: Jonah Stewart, Vestavia Hills, Sr.
• Forward: Andy Kuklinski, John Carroll Catholic, Jr.
• Forward: J.P. Anthony, Shades Valley, Jr.
• Midfielder: Josh Stewart, Vestavia Hills, So.
• Midfielder: Daniel Drake, Hoover, Jr.
• Midfielder: Brad Smith, Briarwood, Sr.
• Midfielder: Andy Scroggins, Briarwood, Sr.
• Midfielder: Scott Shelton, Chelsea, Sr.
• Midfielder: Nick Pihakis, Indian Springs, Sr.
• Defender: Andrew Riley, Oak Mountain, Sr.
• Defender: Kyle Gilbreath, Spain Park, Jr.
• Defender: Austin McKee, Mountain Brook, Jr.
• Defender: Darnell Brown, Shades Valley, Jr.
• Defender: Elias Hendricks, Altamont, Sr.
• Goalkeeper: Dalton Huey, Oak Mountain, Sr.

2005 Boys All-Metro Second Team

• Forward: Michael Salamone, Spain Park, Sr.
• Forward: Andrew Wallace, Briarwood, Sr.
• Forward: Justin Pino, John Carroll Catholic, Jr.
• Midfielder: Eric Schauwecker, Oak Mountain, Jr.
• Midfielder: Will Brown, Oak Mountain, Sr.
• Midfielder: Kevin Ratigan, Thompson, Sr.
• Midfielder: Jonathan Antonio, John Carroll Catholic, Jr.
• Midfielder: David Southwick, Hewitt-Trussville, Jr.
• Defender: Dean Sorrell, Oak Mountain, Sr.
• Defender: David Elmer, Briarwood, Sr.
• Defender: Philips Leach, Shades Valley, Jr.
• Defender: Alan Quinelle, Homewood, Sr.
• Defender: Pat Malone, Indian Springs, Sr.
• Goalkeeper: Chris Wheeler, John Carroll Catholic, Jr.
• Goalkeeper: Chad McCauley, Homewood, Sr.

2005 All-Metro Boys Honorable Mention Team

• Forwards: Chris Graham, Hoover, Junior
• Forward: Franklin Leach, Shades Valley, Sophomore
• Forward: J. W. Mulkin, Altamont, Senior
• Forward: Andrea Pherson, Gardendale, Senior
• Forward: Mathison Tyndal, Shades Mountain, Senior
• Midfielders: Tony Crocker, Mountain Brook, Sophomore
• Midfielder Wade Garrett, Shades Valley, Senior
• Midfielder Neal Owens, Altamont, Junior
• Midfielder: Daniel Richey, Pelham, Junior
• Midfielder: Matt Wallace, Briarwood, Sophomore
• Midfielder: Ryan Wallace, Pleasant Grove, Senior
• Defender: Jared Eubanks, Hewitt-Trussville, Junior
• Defender: Allen Hunter, Indian Springs, Junior
• Defender: Drew Sherer, Clay-Chalkville, Freshman
• Defender: Matt Sims, Vestavia Hills, Sophomore
• Goalkeeper: Hal Halbert, Vestavia Hills, Senior
• Goalkeeper: Jermale Jones, Minor, Senior

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