There are a ton of really great pictures from the HFA Tournament online here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicgk/collections/72157623728121626/  It's free to download any of these shots, just right click on any picture and choose Save Image As. Thanks so much to our Tournament Director, Nick Urbano, for being the official photographer and for setting up the Flickr page.

If you have any shots of your own that you'd like to share, email them to hfa@hfasoccer.com

Congratulations to all the teams who advanced to semi-final and final action and thanks to everyone who played in the tournament. It was a pleasure to be your hosts for a beautiful weekend and hope you all enjoyed it.

Open Division Champion: Feelin Old FC

Fury 1-0 ASC New Stars

Feeling Old 0-2 Houston 1836

Final: Fury 1-2 Feelin Old FC

 

 

Division 2A Champion: ASC 30s

Nacional 2-2 ASC 30 Stars – ASC wins in PKs

Youth Advocates 3-0 Stoney Point

Final: ASC 30s 3-2 Youth Advocates

 

Division 2B Champion: HMSA Goldstars

Shooting Stars 4-0 Cal-Comm Elite

Eagle Pass 2-1 HMSA Goldstars

Final: Shooting Stars tie HMSA Goldstars – HMSA Goldstars wins in PKs

 

Division 3 Champion: Empire

Eagle Eye 1-3 Inter Houston

Empire 3-0 HC Millennium

Final: InterHouston tie Empire, Empire wins in PKs

 

O30s Division Champion: Atletico Peru

DSG Lazio 0-1 AFC O30s

Barnstoneworth United 0-2 Atletico Peru

Final: AFC 30s 0-1 Atletico Peru

 

O40s Division Champion: Houston United

Houston United 2-0 ASC 40 - in OT

 

 

Parking is always an issue at Bear Creek Park, but when a little girl was killed in the hit-and-run early last week it meant this past weekend was going to be worse. The timing of that tragedy was a direct result in the increased police presence we saw this weekend. An email went out and the website was posted with the warning not to park on the grass; we had an extended discussion about it at the Friday night meeting, too. But unfortunately not everyone got the message.

To anyone who got a parking ticket, HFA encourages you to protest it. We have to have more parking at Bear Creek park and it's ridiculous to think that writing tickets will solve anything if there's nowhere else to go but on the grass. The solution to a tragedy is not to punish park-goers, but to create more available parking. If enough of us are vocal about it, perhaps the county will understand the need.

HFA apologizes to you and your teammates who got ticketed - it had to be frustrating and probably left you with a bad taste. But hopefully we can make the county resolve the issue in time for next year's tournament and we'll see you back again.