The two Preliminary Rounds of the 2013 Essex County Boys Soccer Tournament have been completed. The First Round pairings are ready to play and must be completed by Monday, October 14th. To fill out the First Round of the bracket Irvington (12) defeated Bloomfield Tech (21) 3-2, Newark Tech (13) won over Science Park (20) 5-1, Verona (15) edged Glen Ridge (18) 4-3,it was Bloomfield (11) over Technology (22) 5-1, and Orange (19) upset Nutley (14) 3-1.
One First Round match has already been played with 9th seeded Caldwell getting through versus 8th seeded Newark Academy 1-0 on a Penalty Kick tiebreaker.
So, it will be Columbia (17) at Seton Hall (1), 4pm, Irvington at MKA (5), 11am, Verona at Montclair (2), 11am, Belleville (11) at West Orange (7), 7pm, Orange at Livingston (3), 7pm on Saturday.
Also to be played are Bloomfield at East Side (6) and Newark Tech at Millburn (4), TBD.