Coach Ben Forey’s incoming Pateadores Boys U9 team from Irvine swept their way through the U8 bracket to win the 2012 Irvine Summer Classic held at the UCI fields. Playing with exceptional skills, smarts and possession, the team scored an amazing 22 goals in four games against strong opposition in Cypress, Celtic and Golden State. Onlookers were thrilled at the level of talent, passing and movement of such a young group of players. In the final, they exhibited tremendous heart, confidence and composure in coming from behind to beat FC Golden State Academy 3-1.