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The Brilla Juniors '95 Girls wrapped up their fall season in Memphis playing in the Germantown Invitational Showcase Tournament. The team finished with the tournament with one win and two ties against strong competition. The purpose of the tournament was to showcase the girls to college coaches in attendance during the weekend. The team's three games were well-attended by coaches, and there was a lot of interest from the coaches in our players. Overall, it was a great way to finish the fall season. We wish the girls all the best of luck in their high school seasons and as they take a break before the spring season.

The 1999 girls celebrate the championship performance.

With the anticipation of Halloween on their minds the Mississippi Brilla Juniors youngest teams (U10-U13 boys and girls) participated in the Crossroads of the South Academy Tournament this past weekend.  It was a great weekend of soccer as all the teams were in very competitive games throughout the tournament weekend.   

The 2000 Girls team (U12) coached by Anteneh Lemma finished the tournament as Champions of the Silver Division.  They had a great weekend of soccer as they finished the tournament with a record of 3-0-1.  They won an exciting final game 5-4 over the Mandeville Lakers White.  It was a game filled with end to end action. Great job girls on a great weekend of soccer action. 

The 2001 Yellow Boys (U11) coached by Todd Eason made it to the semi-finals of the gold division.  They faced a talented TN Rush team and came out on the short end of a 2-1 score.  The team played well all weekend.  Great job boys on a well played tournament. 

The fall season is wrapping up with most teams having one final tournament on their schedule.  It has been a successful fall and we are looking forward to a great spring season.

On October 22-23, the Brilla Juniors ’98 Girls team represented the club in the Jackson FC Crossroads Tournament.  Playing in a very tough bracket the team was able to finish with an undefeated record of 1-0-2, just missing out on advancing to the finals on goal differential.  In their first game they played one of their rivals, the MS Fire 98G, a game that also counted as one of their Gulf States Premier League games.  Both teams currently sit in a tie for first place in the GSPL Standings, neither team has conceded a goal in league play.  After a well fought battle the game ended in a 1-1 tie.  After a quick turn around the girls played another GSPL League opponent in Baton Rouge.  The game ended in another draw with the score tied at 2-2.  For the last game of bracket play on Sunday morning in a match against the Slidell Lightning the girls were able to pull out a 2-1 win to end a great tournament.

Great job girls and good luck in your next tournament!

Eleven members of Brilla's Amateur Team had the opportunity to compete against the inmates in the Yazoo County Federal Prison on Sunday, October 23. As if playing in a prison is not unusual enough, the experience began with an unfortunate and bizarre event.
 
"When we arrived at the prison, we were informed that one of our players, Scott Lucky, was inadvertently left off of the visitor's list by the prison staff," said Rusty Bryant. "Because of all of the rules and regulations associated with visitors within a prison, they were unable to add him to the list after we arrived."
 
"All of Lucky's paperwork was turned in ahead of time, but sometimes things happen and we don't really know why," said Scott Taylor. "Lucky had to spend two hours in the prison parking lot, but we had the unique opportunity of adding an inmate to our team for the game. We trust that God knew what he was doing, even in the midst of an unfortunate circumstance."
 
Fortunately for the Brilla team, the inmate proved to be quite the soccer player, and actually contributed 3 goals by half-time.
 
"Most of our players were a little older and out of shape," said Dave Dixon. "We really played well together in the first half, though, and were pretty excited to head into half-time with a 3-1 lead."
 
Of course, half-time is the most exciting part of the event for the Brilla players. Scott Taylor was able to share a message of hope, love, and forgiveness to the players and other inmates that had come to watch the friendly competition.
 
"Our purpose for playing in the prison is just to hang out, fellowship, and share with the inmates," said Steve Taylor. "We were very fortunate to have had this opportunity for the third time."
 
For those keeping score, the inmates pulled things together in the second half, and finished with a 6-4 victory.

The '01 Girls and '01 Boys traveled to Pensacola, FL for the Blue Angel Classic Tournament on October 8-9. The tournament was hosted by the Gulf Coast Texans Soccer Club.

The '01 Girls, coached by Beau Bartholomew, swept through their four games in the tournament undefeated to bring home the championship in the U11 Silver division. They defeated the CFJ-LA '01 Girls Louisiana Fire team by a 2-1 margin in the Finals.

After earning a draw in bracket play with the host team, the '01 Boys lost their rematch with the Gulf Coast Texans '01 Boys in the Finals of the U11 Gold division in a penalty kick shootout. The team, coached by Todd Eason, earned big wins over Tallahassee United (4-1) and Navarre Beach (5-0) on their way to the finals.

Congratulations to our U11 teams!

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