2007 West Virginia High School Boys' Soccer

West Virginia High School Soccer State Tournament
Season	2007
Dates	November 2 – 3, 2007
Champions	George Washington (1st title)
Top goalscorer	Victor Garcia (27 goals)
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The 2007 West Virginia High School Boys' Soccer State Tournament (AAA) was a statewide high school soccer competition held in West Virginia, United States. The tournament was organized by the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) and featured boys' teams from high schools across the state. The tournament took place from November 2–3, 2007, at the Cline Stansberry Soccer Complex in Beckley, West Virginia.

Format[edit]

This was the last year of the unifyed system - where all schools can compete in the same level, with no distinguishing of number of students. The teams played between 18 and 20 games on the regular season, they later were ranked based on their ratings. This ranking defined their seeds on the sectional and regional tournament (4 Regions divided in 4 sections each based on geographic locations).

Each Section had a champion and they played in a final four for the Region title.

Each of the 4 regional champion team qualified for the State Tournament.

The State Tournament was played in a single-elimination format, with the winner of each game advancing to the next round.

Ranking[edit]

On the regular season each high school played between 18 and 20 games statewide, and one game between High Schools from other state.

The final Ranking was based on ratings (which computes a pontuation depending on the result and the team played).

School	# State	Rating^[2]	Record (W-L-T)
2007 West Virginia High School Soccer Ranking^[1]
St. Joseph Central	1	26.98	(18-1-1)
Woodrow Wilsonn	2	25.50	(13-1-3)
Parkersburg	3	25.12	(16-2-2)
Linsly	4	24.21	(16-2-1)
Morgantown	5	23.04	(11-2-1)
Robert C. Byrd	6	21.90	(16-2-1)
Princeton	7	20.47	(14-3-2)
Parkersburg South	8	19.68	(11-6-3)
Hurricane	9	19.32	(16-3-1)
George Washington	10	18.92	(12-4-3)
Winfield	11	18.88	(12-3-2)
Preston	12	18.69	(11-4-3)
East Fairmont	13	18.27	(13-6-1 )
Oak Hill	14	18.26	(12-3-2 )
Martinsburg	15	17.64	(9-4-5)
Brooke	16	16.60	(10-4-3)
Capital	17	16.50	(13-6-1)
Fairmont Senior	18	16.24	(10-8-1 )
Jefferson	19	15.98	(11-5-4 )
Cabell Midland	20	15.69	(9-5-2)

Regionals[edit]

Sources:^[3]^[4]

Regional 1[edit]

Sectional semi-finals		Sectional Finals		Regional semi-finals		Regional Final

Brooke	4

Weir	2
		Brooke(a.e.t.)	2
Section 1
		University	1
University	3

Chapmanville Regional	0
				Brooke	2

				Wheeling Park	1
Linsly	1

North Marion	0
		Linsly	0
Section 2
		Wheeling Park	3
Wheeling Park	4

John Marshall	1
						Brooke	0

						Morgantown	2
Scott	0

Morgantown	2
		Morgantown	1(4)
Section 3
		Preston	1(3)
Preston	3

Logan	2
				Morgantown	3

				East Fairmont	1
Ravenswood	0

Fairmont Senior	4
		Fairmont Senior	0
Section 4
		East Fairmont	1
East Fairmont	3

South Harrison	0

Regional 2[edit]

Sectional semi-finals		Sectional Finals		Regional semi-finals		Regional Final

Buckhannon-Upshur	3

Bridgeport	0
		Buckhannon-Upshur	3
Section 1
		Martinsburg	0
Martinsburg	1

Hedgesville	0
				Buckhannon-Upshur	1

				Robert C. Byrd(a.e.t.)	3
Pocahontas County(a.e.t.)	1

Washington	0
		Pocahontas County	2
Section 2
		Robert C. Byrd	5
Sissonville	1

Robert C. Byrd	3
						Robert C. Byrd	0

						Jefferson	1
Berkeley Springs	2

Williamstown	0
		Berkeley Springs	1
Section 3
		Elkins	0
Elkins	1

Webster County	0
				Berkeley Springs	1

				Jefferson	2
Hampshire	6

Lincoln	1
		Hampshire	1
Section 4
		Jefferson	3
Jefferson	2

Charleston Catholic	1

Regional 3[edit]

Sectional semi-finals		Sectional Finals		Regional semi-finals		Regional Final

George Washington	6

Riverside	0
		George Washington	4
Section 1
		Capital	1
Capital	3

South Charleston	1
				George Washington(a.e.t.)	2

				Woodrow Wilsonn	0
Woodrow Wilsonn	5

St. Albans	1
		Woodrow Wilsonn	6
Section 2
		Oak Hill	0
Oak Hill	7

Nicholas County	0
						George Washington	4

						Greenbrier East	1
Greenbrier East	3

Bluefield	2
		Greenbrier East	3(3)
Section 3^[5]
		Princeton	3(2)
James Monroe	2

Princeton	10
				Greenbrier East	3

				Shady Spring	1
Shady Spring	2

Independence	1
		Shady Spring	4
Section 4
		PikeView	0
PikeView	3

MSU Academy	0

Regional 4[edit]

Sectional semi-finals		Sectional Finals		Regional semi-finals		Regional Final

Hurricane	7

Lincoln County	1
		Hurricane	2
Section 1
		St. Joseph Central	0
Ripley	2(2)

St. Joseph Central	2(3)
				Hurricane	3

				Point Pleasant	1
Wheeling Central Catholic	0

Point Pleasant	1
		Point Pleasant	1
Section 2
		Cabell Midland	0
Cabell Midland	3

Preston	1
						Hurricane	3

						Parkersburg	1
Winfield	6

Lewis County	0
		Winfield	2
Section 3
		Huntington	3
Huntington	8

Spring Mills	1
				Huntington	1

				Parkersburg	4
Parkersburg South	4

Cross Lanes	1
		Parkersburg South	0
Section 4
		Parkersburg	3
Parkersburg	3

Poca	0

State Tournament – Beckley, WV[edit]

The State Tournament was played in a single-elimination format, with the winner of each game advancing to the next round. The seeds were based on the regional champions, therefore Regional champion No. 5 Morgantown faced Regional 4 champion No. 9 Hurricane and the other semi-final was between Regional 3 champion No. 10 George Washington vs Regional 2 Champion No. 19 Jefferson.

State semi-finals^[6]			State Championship Game

Regional 1 Champion	Morgantown	0

Regional 4 Champion	Hurricane	2
			Hurricane	0

			George Washington	1
Regional 3 Champion	George Washington	2

Regional 2 Champion	Jefferson	1

State semi-finals[edit]

November 2, 2007

10:00 GMT-4

Morgantown	0–2	Hurricane
		Ryan Gdula 3' Brooks Paine 63'

YMCA Youth Sports Complex

November 2, 2007

12:00 GMT-4

George Washington	2–1	Jefferson
Jake Stevens 10' Nick Claudio 65'		Will Corley 57'

YMCA Youth Sports Complex

Sources:^[7]^[8]

State Championship Game[edit]

November 3, 2007

13:30 GMT-4

Hurricane	0-1	George Washington
		P.J. Wolfe 24'

YMCA Youth Sports Complex

Champion

George Washington (1st Title)

Source:^[9]

References[edit]

^ "Battered Flying Eagles among soccer teams starting sectional play tnight". The Register~Herald. October 15, 2007.
^ "How the MaxPreps rankings work". Max Prep. October 16, 2018.
^ "Prep soccer regional schedule". The Register~Herald. October 21, 2007.
^ "Hurricane debuts in wide-open tournament". The Register~Herald. November 1, 2007.
^ "Local Roundup". The Register~Herald. October 14, 2007.
^ "WV High School State Soccer Tournament in Beckley". The Register~Herald. November 4, 2011.
^ "Patriots survive comeback". The Register~Herald. November 3, 2007.
^ "Gdula's early goal paces Hurricane's 2-0 victory". The Register~Herald. November 3, 2007.
^ "Patriots gain first boys title". The Register~Herald. November 4, 2007.

[1] "Battered Flying Eagles among soccer teams starting sectional play tnight". The Register~Herald. October 15, 2007.

[2] "How the MaxPreps rankings work". Max Prep. October 16, 2018.

[3] "Prep soccer regional schedule". The Register~Herald. October 21, 2007.

[4] "Hurricane debuts in wide-open tournament". The Register~Herald. November 1, 2007.

[5] "Local Roundup". The Register~Herald. October 14, 2007.

[6] "WV High School State Soccer Tournament in Beckley". The Register~Herald. November 4, 2011.

[7] "Patriots survive comeback". The Register~Herald. November 3, 2007.

[8] "Gdula's early goal paces Hurricane's 2-0 victory". The Register~Herald. November 3, 2007.

[9] "Patriots gain first boys title". The Register~Herald. November 4, 2007.

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