By Marie DeMars, NSC Media Intern
This blog is the fifth installment of a series introducing the teams of the PUMA vElite tournament. The vElite group aims to increase the caliber of competition at the USA Cup, and the teams are hand-picked and then invited to play during the USA Cup Weekend tournament.
We hope we won't have any loose tigers from the Minnesota Zoo running around, but we will have some panthers: The TSF Academy Panthers from Lincoln Park, N.J., will compete at Scwan's USA CUP Weekend in the vElite tournament.
Established in 2005, TSF Academy is a relatively young program. “In the short period of time the club has been in existence, TSF has fielded teams that have won the New Jersey State Cup and the Super Y National Championship, along with many finalists in both,” said team leader Neal Bellet in an e-mail.
This season, the TSF Panthers have won the 2009 Match Fit Chelsea Spring Invitational and the 2009 Potomac Memorial Tournament. “The TSF Academy Panthers like to build from the back while using the entire field as it attacks,” Bellet said.
The other vElite teams will have to beware of big cats on the prowl this weekend.
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