The Buckingham United Soccer Club is saddened to report the loss of a member of our soccer community. Amy Garthly, the wife and business partner of George Garthly of Striker Soccer in Doylestown, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Information regarding funeral arrangements is expected to be published in the Intelligencer in the next couple days, at which time we will pass the information on to you

Congratulations to all our Buckingham United Fall League Division Winners and Runner Ups

• U9F BU Wave...went undefeated 8-0-2 out scoring opponents 32-6 to finish as ICSL D2 Champions. Congrats on great first season... to all the Girls and Coaches Kevin Herbst and Kurt Braun
• U10M BU Gunners...out scored opponents 41 to 24 to finish 8-1-1 as ICSL Div 4 Champions...Great job on the offense to all the boys and Coach Mark Ullman
• U10F BU Flash... out scored opponents 17- 8 to finish with a 6-2-2 record as ICSL Div 1(Top Division) Runner up. Congrats to Coach Jake Morris and All the Girls
• U10B BU Vipers... Had a championship season out scoring opponents 27 - 5 during an undefeated 8-0-2 season to win th ICSL Div 3 Championship. Congrats to all the boys and Coach Bill Griffith.
•  U11F BU Storm...The Storm used extremely stingy defense allowing only 3 goals against while scoring 16 to finish with a strong 7-1-2 record and take runner up honors in the ICSL Green Division. Congratulations to all the Girls and Coaches Sean Matthews and Alan Galow
• U12B BU Lighting... The lighting used strong defense giving up only 3 goals while scoring 18 to Win the ICSL Div 2 with a 6-1-3 record. Great job on the Team defense by all players and Coach Chris Lugossy
• U13M  BU Dynamo... had a very strong season finishing as Runner up in Delco Div 1 and look forward to moving up to Premiere level next year. Congrats to Coaches Scott Strassburg and Frank Moldovanyi and all the Boys.
• U15M  BU Blaze... Went undefeated (9-0-1) out scoring opponents 27 - 4... led with great team defense and strong offense to take Championship in the ICSL Elite Division. Congratulations to all the boys and Coaches Beedle, Pousley and Zielke
• U16F BU Blitz.... had a super season led by an un stoppable offense out scoring opponents 49 - 12... I thought 41 was a lot...to finish 9-1-0 as LCSL Div 1 Champions. Fantastic job on offense by all the Girls and Coaches Dom Stellato and Tom Potts with great help from Trainer Ian Dawson.
• U17F BU Comets...had excellent season but a little disappointing after out scoring their opponents 32 - 4 (far and away the best goal differential in their division) they finished 7-2-1 to take Runner up honors. Congrats to all the Girls and Coach Sean Fryat.

Not only did our Teams compete extremely well... they demonstrated outstanding Sportsmanship as shown by the fact that our Female Teams received no (zero) Cards in ICSL play and our Male teams only received 1 Yellow card in ICSL League play.

Again congratulations to all the players and Coaches... and Thank you to all the parents supporting our teams.

The New York Red Bulls announced that Buckingham United SC has become a "Student of the Game" partner for the 2008 season.

"We are proud to announce that Buckingham United has become a Student of the Game partner for 2008," said Red Bulls Director of Sales and Fan Services Rich Searls. [+ full article]