Sachems win second league futsal title

The Sachems FC Boys Under-10 team won the Massachusetts Futsal Boys Under-12 Division One championship with a 5-2 victory over the Brookline Dragons Saturday, boosted by the stalemate performance by goalkeeper Griffin Burkey and the two-goal, two-assist masterclass of the spectacular Yoav Barkai.

Sachems got on the board early, Patrick Foley smashing a toe shot past the Dragon keeper from a very acute angle, Barkai assisting. Dragons drew level shortly thereafter, but Charlie Cacciola regained the lead making an incredible run down the right touchline, blasting a Mikey Freeman serve past the keeper for a 2-1 Sachems halftime lead.

In the span of just a few minutes, the Sachems put the hammer down on Brookline, Barkai scoring twice, once from Bennett Parsons and once unassisted. The fifth tally came as Barkai floated the perfect chip diagonally over the top seed's defenders to Spencer Anton, waiting just off the last post. Anton smacked the ball between the pipes to put Sachems in full control, 5-1.

Defensively, Burkey held his net well, making several acrobatic catches and parries against the opposing onslaught. Colin Suvak and Philip Woolston held the back while Cacciola once again spent a championship match man-marking the opponents' best attacker, this time shutting down dangerous Dragon sniper, Luis Ortiz.

It was the U-10 Sachems' second division title this winter and the club's fourth -- the Sachems U-10 Girls defeated the Bedford Blizzard on Saturday to win the Girls Under-11 championship and U-15 Girls bested the New England Eagles on Thursday to capture the Girls High School Second Division title.