PHANTOMS WIN AT HOME
ON GOALS BY HERNANDEZ (2) AND BANKS (1)
The New Hampshire Phantoms opened the month of July with an impressive 3-1 win vs the Rhode Island Stingrays. Chris Banks put the Phantoms ahead in the 11th minute when he received a cross from Nic Todesca. Rhode Island tied the game in the 37 th minute on a Penalty kick by Matt Marcin.
Early in the second half, Rhode Island applied pressure on the Phantoms defense. After several substitutions, the Phantoms came alive and eventually scored their second and third goals by Salem, NH native Danny Hernandez on two great individual efforts in the 85th and 89th minutes.
New Hampshire 2-8-2 will be on the road for their next two games on July 11 th at Ocean City Barons and a return match at Rhode Island Stingrays on July 15 th. The Phantoms return home to close out their 2009 on July 18 th vs Newark Ironbound and July 19 th vs Long Island Rough Riders. Both home games will be played at Southern New Hampshire University.
PHANTOMS LOOKING TO REGROUP
AFTER TWO ROAD LOSSES
The New Hampshire Phantoms first road trip proved to be unkind as the team came home from losses against the Long Island Rough Riders (1-0) on Saturday night and a 5-2 dumping against the Newark IronBound Express on Sunday afternoon. The Phantoms goal scorers were Chris Banks and Michael Todesca. "We deserved better, a tie would have been a fair result at Long Island, and we should have won at Newark, even though we lost 5-2", said coach DeDeus. But having gone a 2 game road trip with 15 players and losing 2 to injury at Long Island, leaving only 2 field players on the bench as substitutions , made it difficult in Newark. The Phantoms were missing 4 players to injury prior to the road trip and several others to college commitments.
This coming weekend, the Phantoms (0-2-1) have another difficult weekend facing the Westchester Flames on Saturday night and the Brooklyn Knights on Sunday afternoon. "We will have 18-20 players available for this trip and that will be a big help" said coach DeDeus.
The Phantoms return home on Friday May 22nd to host the Ocean City Barrons. Kickoff is at 7:30 at Southern New Hampshire University.
PHANTOMS ON THE ROAD
PHANTOMS HIT THE ROAD FOR GRUELING FOUR GAME SCHEDULE
After a tough home opener, the Phantoms hit the road to face a grueling task of four road games in a row before returning home on May 22 to face Ocean City. In a home opener that saw the Phantoms dominate the run of play for most of the game, the Phantoms had to settle for a 1-1 draw on a late goal by Baran Doenmez. “We just were not ready to play today, we had numerous opportunities to score but just could not finish.” said head coach Jim DeDeus.
The Phantoms will leave Saturday to face the Long Island Rough Riders, and then face Newark Ironbound Express on Sunday. The Rough Riders are an extremely experienced franchise having played in the USL Div I and II. Saturday’s game against the Phantoms will be Long Island home and season opener. Following Saturday’s game the Phantoms travel to Newark, NJ, and face Ironbound Express. Jim DeDeus stated “We need a great effort this weekend to come away with positive results, these games are a great measuring point of our season.”
The Following weekend the Phantoms take another difficult road trip this time to face the Westchester Flames and the Brooklyn Knights. The Knights are the defending Northeast Division Champions and are always difficult to handle at home. The Phantoms will look to put their mark on the season with a strong showing in New York.
The Phantoms return home on Saturday May 22 to host Ocean City. This game will be the final qualifying game for the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. The game is scheduled to be played at SNHU at 7:30.
2009 PHANTOMS HOME OPENER
NEW HAMPSHIRE PHANTOMS 2009 OPERNER FINALLY HERE
On Saturday, May 2nd the New Hampshire Phantoms of the USL-PDL Div. will officially kick off the 2009 season when they host the New Jersey Rangers on the campus of the SNHU kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The Phantoms are coming off a preseason that showed a lot of promise from its younger players said Coach Jim DeDeus “We have a good mixture of talent and it should make for a very interesting season.”
The Phantoms also finalized their roster with the signing of veteran Kyle Urso, Dan Cripe (Raymond, NH) and newcomers Brad Hilton (Merrimack, NH), Sean Coleman (Stratum, NH), and Chris Banks all of UNH. The Phantoms also added Baran Doenmez from Clarke University (Dublin, NH). Pending approval from the USL-PDL division and the US Soccer Federation these signings will bring the total number of Phantom’s players from the state of New Hampshire to 15. Most of the 15 New Hampshire players are players that were members of the NH Phantoms youth program.
All players, from any club, wearing their jerseys will receive free admission to Saturday’s game. All adult tickets will be special priced for the home opener at $5.00. Regular season prices will be $7.00 for adults and $3.00 per child. Prior to the game from 5:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. a clinic will be held for any child under the age of 14 to be coached by the NH Phantoms players. Please bring you own ball.
Following Saturday’s game the Phantoms will be on the road for the next four games before returning home on May 22 to host the Ocean City Barons.
PHANTOM'S SEASON KICKS OFF
PHANTOMS RETURNING ELEVEN FROM 2008 SEASON.
On Saturday, May 2nd the New Hampshire Phantoms of the USL-PDL Div. will officially kick off the 2009 season when they host the New Jersey Rangers on the campus of the SNHU kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m..
With only eleven returning players from the 2008, the phantoms are excited to see how the new look and the team dynamic translates onto the playing field. A great mixture of veterans and new faces, including the most New Hampshire natives (11) ever to be rostered, should make for a very interesting season said coach Jim DeDeus.
Returning players are: Defenders Matt Delaney, Gabe Mercier (SHNU) and Joe Annese and Patrick Gay (UNH); Mid-Fielders, Brendan Joseph (SNHU), Michael Todesca (Northeastern Unversity) and James Palumbo (NEC); Strikers, Nick Todesca (Wentworth Institute), Paulson Edum (SNHU); Goal Keepers, Jon Mayo (SNHU) and Tim Murray (Providence College).
New Signings: Goal Keeper Phil Tuttle (Notre Dame); Defenders, Josh Grenier (Clayton University), Johany Gallego (Western Mass Pioneers) and Joey Barima (UNH); Mid-Fielders, Johny Valencia (U-Mass Lowell) and Mike Adam (SNHU). Strikers, Danny Hernadez, Ethan Lapierre (SNHU) and T.J. (Thompson Brown University).
The Phantoms will close up their preseason schedule with a game on Sunday April 26th at Clark University in Worcester Mass 2:00 P.M. kick off.
PHANTOMS PREPARE FOR NEW SEASON
The NH Phantoms Look Forward to 14th Season in the United Soccer Leagues.
The New Hampshire Phantoms are busy preparing for their 14th season in the United Soccer Leagues. It will be their 2nd season in the PDL division where player development is the focus of the competing clubs. The club will make the campus of SNHU their home for the 2009 season. The home opener against the New Jersey Rangers will be on Saturday, May 2nd. The Phantoms will then begin a stretch of four road games, before returning home on Friday, May 22nd to face the Ocean City Barons. The team will be looking to improve on the '08 season that saw the Phantoms undefeated through the first six games just missing out on a birth in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup by one point before injuries took their toll on the relatively small local squad.
The Phantoms have built a strong base in recent years developing a great core of talent through their youth program. Of the players currently rostered on the PDL team 10 of them played for the Phantoms' youth teams. The Phantoms will be looking for another strong start with this group of young but experienced players. Head Coach Jim DeDeus is excited about the team’s prospects for 2009 stating--
“The early part of the season will be tough for our squad with all the road games but it should give us a chance to bond as a group. I am looking forward to seeing this year’s squad in action and it is very satisfying to see so many products from our youth system stepping up to the senior squad.
The team will play 20 game schedule including 16 league games and 4 non-league games against 2010 expansion teams. Schedule Link
Sat
May 2
7:30 pm
Sat
May 9
7:30 pm
Sun
May 10
4:00 pm
Sat
May 16
5:30 pm
TBD
Sun
May 17
5:00 pm
Fri
May 22
7:30 pm
Sat
May 30
7:30 pm
Sat
Jun 6
7:30 pm
Sat
Jun 13
7:00 pm
Tues
Jun 16
6:00 pm
Sat Jun 20 7:00 pm New Hampshire Phantoms Portland Phoenix Patrick Stadium Wed Jun 24 7:30pm New Hampshires Phantoms Vermont Voltage Southern New Hampshire Univeris Sat
Jun 27
7:00 pm
Wed
Jul 1
7:30 pm
Sat
Jul 11
7:00 pm
Wed
Jul 15
7:00 pm
Sat
Jul 18
7:30 pm
Sun
Jul 19
4:00 pm
PHANTOMS SUMMER CAMPS ANNOUNCED
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7/6/2009
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7/20/2009
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8/10/2009
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7/13/2009
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7/13/2009
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8/3/2009
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8/3/2009
Indoor Lacrosse
8/10/2009
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8/10/2009
Indoor Soccer
7/6/2009
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7/6/2009
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7/27/2009
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7/27/2009
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8/17/2009
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8/17/2009
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8/17/2009
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8/17/2009
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