U8's

Well U8's travelled to play Wilsden & we founf ourself on the top on the moors in the middle of the countryside & very cold. The pitch looked more like a swimming pool.

After 5 mins Maccabi found themselfs 1 - 0 behind & very qucikly let in other goal but right on half time a goal from Reece freeman made the half time score 2 - 1.

After a drink of water & some chocolate & a talk from the manager (not sure what was said) the boys came out fighting & all Wilsdens could do is watch some great football Sam Niaman got the score level  & soon after Jack Booth got Maccabi in the lead 2 - 3 Oliver Jacobs added his name to the score sheet making it 2 - 4 & again Reece Freeman founf the goal 2 - 5. maccabi were on fire & could of even taken on any premier team just as the ref was about to blown for full time a 1st goal for Leor made it 2 - 6

well done to Reece Freeman for man Of The Match

U10's

Leeds Maccabi Under 10’s took on the mighty Grassington, top of the league, away, in an absolutely enthralling encounter.  To date Maccabi have played Grassington four times and never taken a point.  The first half started at a lightening pace with the game stretched both teams attacking and defending like a pair of duelling swordsmen parrying and blocking.The Maccabi defence was outstanding led by keeper Harry Tedford and central defender Alistair Landy, both sharing the ‘Man-of-the-Match' award.  Dion Hall and Ben Dunwell were also outstanding in defence and midfield respectively both playing their best ever match for Maccabi.  Although the first half was even with both sides goalless, it was obvious that the referee was giving very little in favour of Maccabi.The second half started at the same exciting pace, until Max Adler on the left wing managed to break the deadlock getting on the receiving end of a Jayden Huglin cross to make it 1 – 0 to the visitors.  Grassington are top of the league for a reason and came back very strongly, clearly frustrated to find themselves down with a few minutes to go on the clock.Tackles started to fly in, wholly ignored by the ineffective referee.  Credit must go to the Maccabi team for playing with absolute dignity and not reacting to the onslaught.  One  minute to go and Adler was taken out by a home defender with a horror tackle, the type of which the game should never see – the referee waved play on, no free kick!  Despite the referee, the Maccabi coach came on to treat the injured player who had to come off. The match was restarted with a drop ball.  While Maccabi were still in shock and re organising Grassington managed to secure an ill deserved equaliser with the last kick of the game, in the sixth minute of added ‘Fergie’  time! Jonny Adler, Maccabi Coach, stated after the match, “This type of refereeing is not acceptable at any level, we will be taking the matter further.  Our team were amazing and should all be very proud of themselves, this was their best team performance ever and deserved all three points!”

U11's

14/2/10

U9's

This game was never going to be easy against one of the stronger teams in the league and even more so when there was only 7 children available. Every player in the game gave more than 100% and it took Bradford more than 5 minutes before they scored the first of their goals. It did look one way traffic from there with Maccabi only having half breaks by Addi Evans and Eddie Harris during the 1st half. Ross Baskind, deputising in goals,
made some great saves to keep the score down to 5 by half-time.
In the second half, once again Bradford pushed forward but if it wasn’t for heroics from Ross and Tyler Killen the gap would have been even larger. All the kids played their part and got just what was deserved, a goal from a break by Addi Evans after 12 minutes, which he finished fantastically in the bottom corner. About 3 minutes later an interception by Sammi Somers set Eddie Harris away
and he cut inside from the left to blast past the keeper. This kept the second half score level at 2 each, before Bradford went on to score their 3rd of the half and 8th of the game. The final whistle came as Maccabi were attacking and went close to scoring again. All the coaches were very proud of the effort that all the kids put into today’s game

U11's

For the second week in a row the U11's put in an excellent winning performance This week's opponenets were Pool B, a team who had beaten us 5-3 in the corresponding fixture last October. But in another indicator of how far the team has progressed this season they emerged winners by a score of 5-0. The conditions were heavy but the whole team played with a drive and energy which the opponents found overwhelming. Maccabi got off to the best possible start when Jonny Sorkin scored the quickest goal of the season (45 seconds). A well worked Edan Sadeh corner was deftly turned in by Joey Castle at the near post while the defensive unit of Rafi Kleiman, Adam Jackson and Ben Silberstein worked extremely hard to minimise the Poole B offensive threat. In an almost exact copy of last week Maccabi put in a superb second half performance which was all the more impressive due to the lack of any available substitutes and having to play up the famous Brodetsky slope. The high work rate and organisation paid dividends when Edan Sadeh turned in a clever Joey Castle corner from the right. Sorkin's tireless running and support work was rewarded with a fine finish on 53 minutes when he cooly slotted the ball home from 10 yards out. The defense was giving Ben Freeman fine protection but he was commanding his area very well and was called upon to make some good stops. However the best was still to come as one minte later Freeman rolled the ball out to the fleet footed Sadeh on the right wing whose blistering run down the touchline culminated in his cutting inside the Pool left back and thumping the ball home. Wow! What a goal, what a performance. The home supporters left full of cheer after having given excellent vocal support which was probably the equivalent of having an extra man on the pitch. With the team well placed in second place in the league we now look forward to the next fixture which is away to Oakworth   A great display

7/2/10

U8's

accabi under 8’s were away to Skipton & with a few players off sick & no Subs we were in for a challange. 1st 15 mins the game was level at 0-0 & bang on the stroke of half time Oliver Buck scored. We don’t know what was said at the half time break but Maccabi came out like a set of lions within 2 mins Jack Booth scored followed by Oliver Jacobs and 3 mins before the end Oliver Buck got his second. Well done to our solid defence which kept Elisha very bored & cold in goal. Final score Skipton 0 – Leeds Maccabi 4

Well done to Loui Harris for man of the match

U9's

Maccabi once again started briskly and put some nice passing moves together until the 2nd minute, on Bramley’s first attack, Joshua Borlant accidently handled the ball from a corner to give away a penalty. An impressive double save by keeper Benjamin Fingret, from the subsequent spot kick, kept the scores level. Bramley then turn the pressure up and scored not long after. Benjamin made some fine saves to keep the score down in the first half, but could nothing to stop Bramley doubling the lead just before half-time.The second half continued in the same way the first had ended with Bramley over running Maccabi and if it wasn’t for Benjamin and Joshua with desperate saves, clearances and tackles the score would have been much higher.Bramley went on to score 4 more in the second half with 2 coming as own goals which were both very unfortunate. In the final minutes, Maccabi had their only clear cut chance when Addi Evans broke away down the right wing and his shot was brilliantly saved by the Bramley keeper.

U10's

On a heavy pitch Leeds Maccabi Under 10’s started at an incredible pace deservedly going 1 – 0 up through Jayden Huglin, playing in central midfield.  Huglin was excellent in the first half controlling play, tackling and spraying passes.  Up front Max Adler was making a constant nuisance of himself latching on to a scorcher of a shot from defender Alex Levy to make it 2 – 0 to the home side.  Levy and defensive partner Tommy Gordon were both excellent protecting keeper Harry Tedford from most things.  Captain for the day, Daniel Ruhan, on the left side of midfield played with authority, linking up with Huglin, always making himself available and tackling back for all he was worth.  Alistair Landy made it three with a pile-driver of a shot, completely unstoppable, his first for Maccabi.The second half was a different story, Maccabi still working hard, had lost momentum at the break and struggled to get the rhythm back again.  Wortley showed why they are in contention for winning the league and came back very strongly.  Throughout the half Maccabi wre under enormous pressure losing four goals with no reply.Congratulations to Jayden Huglin and Harry Tedford for their joint man-of-the-match performances.

U11's

Another excellent performance from the Maccabi U11's saw them overhaul a spirited Burley Trojans side by 10-5. The whole team performed superbly well captained by Ben Silberstein in central defence ably assisted by Adam Jackson, Jonny Sorkin and Sam Addelman. The first half was constantly end to end with the Maccabi defence being put under some terrific pressure by a confident Burley side. Somewhat against the run of play Noah Lewis scored two fine breakaway goals which saw Maccabi go into the break 2-1 up. The initial part of the second half again saw some fine Burley pressure which led to two quick goals and Maccabi go behind for the first time in the match. But instead of heads and shoulders going down Maccabi raised their game and played with real passion. The tremendous endeavour shown by the midfield trio of Noah Lewis,Joey Castle and Edan Sadeh enabled them to take control of the match. The team got their just reward with Noah Lewis scoring three more(taking his total to 5), Sadeh scoring twice and Benjy Goldstone adding another three to the total. Keeper Ben Freeman was in fine form as usual with some fine stops. A fine game played in fine spirit with the visitors contributing hugely.   A really great performance boys,   Well done,

U12's

The U12s lost narrowly to Harrogate Railway for the second week running. The defence was at sea as Harrogate dominated the opening stages and were 3 v 0 at the interval.  Harry Landy hit the bar with his first penalty, and Dan Vale had a number of chances without success . A fight back ensued in the second half, Landy put away his second penalty and Ben Freeman struck late on, but despite constant pressure, the equaliser could not be found.

U14's

A top of the table clash saw Maccabi U14 play superbly well against the league leaders and come away with 3 crucial points in their chase for top spot.

The team battled courageously throughout – Louis Abrahamson was dominant in the first half, Martin Bowman in the second. Adam Brown made a couple of fabulous saves at crucial times when Burley attacked in numbers with speed and accuracy. Against the run of play, Maccabi went ahead when Louis Abrahamson brought out thee ball, played a delightful ball over the defence; Zac Bambage ran onto it and lobbed the keeper superbly from the edge of the area.With some renewed confidence, Maccabi then went 2-0 up when some strong tackling in midfield, led to Ben Frieze laying the ball off for Dan Hirschowitz who stroked the ball home from close range.Burley pulled one goal back from the restart in the 2nd half, and it needed a lot of determination and strength for Maccabi to hold on. A lack of discipline at the back then allowed Burley in for an equaliser and it felt like the remaining 12 minutes would last a lifetime. However, in the next attack, Zac Bambage seemed to have time and courage to dribble past half the Burley team before Harry Goldstone was able to hit a low shot into the corner to seal the win for Maccabi. Zac narrowly missed from a glorious overhead kick, but what a win for Maccabi U14.

U16's

Maccabi U16s returned to winning form with a disciplined performance against Cookridge.   Leeds should have gone ahead in the first minute when a long range strike from Abrahamson dropped back from the bar only to be screwed wide by Nick Vale with the goal gaping.   With a new 3-5-2 formation Leeds dominated the play, but had to wait til the 30th minute to take the lead when Louie Fisher drove home from 20 yards through a packed penalty area.   The lead was doubled in the first minute of the second half when Vale made up for his earlier miss with a smart turn and crisp finish. As the heavy pitch began to take its toll Maccabi scored a well deserved third, Josh Green thumping home to complete a fine move.   The last 10 minutes saw Cookridge mount a mini revival to shake Leeds out of their complacency, and a tense finish saw Dunnington and then Lines score in quick succession to leave a nailbiting final 5 minutes.   However, the excellent back 3 of Marsay, Richmond & Solomon, in a man of the match performance, saw Leeds desevedly take all the points.