Domo Named to All-Mercury News 1st Team

 Domo was selected to the 

All-Mercury News Boys Soccer 1st Team! 

 Also, congratulations to his AFC team mates and friends who were also included on the list.  Marte Formico (1st team), Jose Valencia (2nd team), Tyler Bullock (2nd team), Dylan Carruba (Honorable Mention), Gannon Eberle (Honorable Mention), Matthew Goldstein (Honorable Mention), Luke Newquist (Honorable Mention).

 

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Domo is MVP!

Congratulations to Dominic. He was voted BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division League MVP. The winner is chosen by the league coaches. In addition, he was awarded Team MVP for the Leigh High School Boys Varsity Soccer. Domo played all 80 minutes of every game this year, including all pre-season games.

Dominic had a great season on a team with amazingly talented players. Tonight's banquet was a great way to celebrate the end of his last high school soccer season.

Goodbye, Leigh

Domo played his last game for Leigh High School on Saturday, February 27, 2016. As the winners of the BVAL Mount Hamilton Division, Leigh won a ticket to play Defending CCS Champs, Bellarmiine College Prep (stocked full of his AFC teammates) in the CCS Quarterfinal game. Unfortunately, even though Domo had a strong game, the Longhorns lost 2-0, knocking them out of CCS.

Looking forward to more great soccer as Domo will continue to go to the next CCS games to support his friends and teammates.

Leigh High School BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division Champions!

 

Congratulations, Leigh High School Boys Varsity Soccer Team! Tonight's win (4-2) made them the 2016 BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division Champions! Lots of talent on the team and their hard work paid off in hurricane-like weather conditions!

Domo Is SJ Mercury News' Athlete of the Week!

Domo was honored by the San Jose Mercury News today as the Athlete of the Week for Santa Clara County for his recent amazing week of soccer. It was very exciting to be recognized. Domo couldn't have had the success of last week without his amazing coach, Mario Farfan and his awesome Leigh Varsity teammates. Looking forward to a great high school season!

Another article about his games last week:

http://prep2prep.com/feature.aspx?articleID=8334

Domo Ends Week With 5 Goals and 3 Assists

Domo ended this week with his team,  Leigh High School Boys Varsity Soccer Team, winning their first two league games in very big ways. Domo had 5 goals and 3 assists over the two games. The whole team worked really hard and had great chemistry. Looking forward to next week and more amazing soccer!

Domo Helps Leigh Stage a Huge Comback Win!

Domo staged a huge comeback win tonight for Leigh against CCS Co-Champions, Mount Pleasant High School. Leigh was down 2-0, when Domo got two amazing goals in the 2nd half. The game was tied 2-2 until the final minute, when Domo chipped the ball over the defenders, straight to his teammate Neil Aoun, who, then got the 3rd goal, for the win! It was a great way to start the new season! Congratulations Leigh! Great job, Domo! (although Domo's name is misspelled in Leigh Athletics' tweet, shown above, it's actually catchy! Score-ich...Scorich.

Great Soccer Month for Domo

 Domo's club team, Almaden Mercury Green 97, won this year's Surf College Cup Showcase in San Diego, California, capping off an amazing year, where they also won State Cup and the Sporting Tournament in Santa Clara.  They continue to be unstoppable and are still No. 1 in the Nation! http://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/team.aspx?TeamID=148674

After Surf Cup, training began for Domo and his Leigh High School Varsity teammates. The preseason ended yesterday with a great win (3-1) over Los Gatos High School. Domo had one goal and one assist. Here's an article describing the game.

 http://prep2prep.com/story.aspx?articleID=8181

More great soccer to follow... 

Domo's 2015 Fall NPL and State Cup Matches Highlights

As the Fall soccer season is winding down and the high school season is beginning to take shape, we wanted to post some highlights of Domo's play during the Fall NPL and State Cup games. This weekend November 21-22, is the NPL Fall College Showcase in Modesto and then Surf Cup, November 27-29, in San Diego. Lots of good soccer to look forward to!

Domo Assist Helps AFC Beat Deanza Force in 90th Minute

It was an exciting Friday night game under the lights of Mise Park in San Jose on October 30, when AFC faced a match up against long time rival, DeAnza Force. Domo played the full 90 minutes and, like years past, the two teams battled back and forth and going in to the final minutes the score was still 0-0. Just before the 90th minute, AFC got a free kick and, as, as you can see in the video, the play ended with Domo, in front of the net, volleying the ball toward far post, and teammate, Javi Leon, finding Domo's cross to get the ball in the net! The goal was extra sweet for AFC, as you can tell by their celebration. Good times.

Dominic Sorich Soccer Highlights

Here is a short video highlighting Domo's club and high school games. We will add more videos when we can. 

Domo's Team is #1 in Nation!

Congratulations to Dominic's team, AFC Mercury Green 97s who were ranked by GotSoccer as the #1 team in the Nation, August 2015.

Sporting Invitational Champs!

Congratulations to Domo and his AFC teammates for winning the 2015 Sporting Invitational. It was a grueling six games over 3 days, but they did it. Domo entered the tournament after 4 weeks off because of an ankle injury and even though he had only three days of training before the tournament, he scored 3 goals (1 goal in the final) and had 1 assist. The whole team worked incredibly hard and the payoff was extra sweet!

Bad News: Domo Out For Surf Cup

 For the past month, Domo has been playing on an ankle he hurt in practice. Unfortunately the injury was worse than realized and because he continued to play and train on it, it didn't get a chance to heal. During an ID camp, another player fell on it and the whole situation became more dire. The Sports Medicine doctor has put him out for 4 weeks and unfortunately for Domo, that means no Surf Cup. Major disappointment all around. He went to San Diego anyway and is there now to support his team and help his coach. 

Go AFC!

Summer Update: State Cup and Cal Cup Champions!

With a little strategic leaping from his teammate Jarod Matteoni, Domo was able to put the ball away in the State Cup Quarterfinal Game. 

    They went on to win the game and advance to the championship game.
 Two photos above courtesy of Scott Matteoni. 

STATE CUP FINAL GAME
May 17, 2015

    During the State Cup Final game, Domo had more than one battle with the defenders and the goalie. 

    But in true Domo style, he kept working hard and finally scored the goal!

It ended up being the game winning goal. It was a hard fought victory with major kudos to AFC's defense, as they had work extra hard the whole game to keep their 1-0 lead and closing the game out with the win.

The 2015 State Cup Champions

Almaden FC Mercury 97 Boys. 

All above photos courtesy of Scott Matteoni. 

Domo, with his coach, Thomas Silvas

CAL CUP 

June 19-21, 2015

Domo scored 1 goal in AFC's 1st game at Cal Cup and it ended up being all they needed to win, as the final was 1-0 AFC. In the second game AFC was down, 2-1 and with only minutes left in the game, Domo had a beautiful drive up the field and fed the ball to AFC guest player, Cody Buchanan, who put the ball in the net, forcing PKs. AFC won and advanced to the final, where they were the defending champs. The won, of course!

2015 Cal Cup Champions

Almaden FC Mercury Green 97s

Two years in a row. Great job! 

Photos above courtesy of Susie Laughlin.

Domo On NPL Scoring Leaderboard!

For the week of September 23, 2014. NPL.