A perfectly executed no-look heel pass to an overlapping player — one play in a whole game full of them — illustrated the talent level of a team from Bridgeport, Conn.

It was also evident by the 5-0 final score over West O'ahu in a pool play game of the 14-under boys division in the American Youth Soccer Organization's National Games yesterday at the Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Park.

"I'd rate them, on a scale of one-to-10, a nine," West O'ahu coach Randy White said. "They were a very talented team."

Bridgeport was one of 181 teams across the U.S., in 12-under, 14-under, 16-under and 19-under boys and girls divisions, entered in the tournament that began Thursday and ends with tomorrow's championship games.

From spreading the ball from sideline-to-sideline to taking on defenders, to curling passes and jukes, Bridgeport displayed a level of technical and tactical sophistication not typically seen in a 14-under AYSO team in Hawai'i.

"What is special about this team is that the players are from Brazil, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Portugal, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba and Croatia," Bridgeport coach David Teixeira said. "It makes us unique."

Erick DaSilva put them on the board in the ninth minute after he collected a through ball. After his initial attempt was stopped by the goalkeeper, he continued with his run and blasted the ball into the open net.

Roly Montero scored the next two goals in the 15th and 19th minutes.

"We're just having a lot of fun," Montero said. "There are girls here ... and soccer, which is what everybody loves."

While the defense was trying to clear the ball he stole it, took a touch and shot into the right corner. He scored again from the top of the 18-yard box, this time a cleanly struck ball into the left side of the goal.

Reco Mclaren added another goal in the 26th minute after chasing down a lofted ball over the defenders' heads and beating the goalkeeper before shooting past two West O'ahu defenders who were running back to cover the goal.

A.J. Jorge scored the team's final goal in the 32nd minute on an assist from Michael Broncati. Broncati beat three defenders to the right endline before dropping a diagonal pass to Jorge who was trailing the play.

After that goal, White pleaded with his players to "dig down deep and keep playing as best you can."

After the game he said he was "trying to encourage them to step and try to learn from these players so they can learn and improve their game."

West O'ahu midfielder Jake Stensrud said he wasn't expecting the Mainland teams "to be so good."

Stensrud is a guest player from the Leeward district. West O'ahu had to borrow him because they found out they would be entering a team just three weeks before the tournament's start. Many of the players had never played together before.

On the other hand, many of Bridgeport's players have been playing together since they were 5. Yet the team from Connecticut, undefeated so far in the tournament, will not be advancing to the quarterfinals.

Because the team is the only team in the division in AYSO in Connecticut, its players are registered with AYSO but it plays with the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association. Someone "didn't submit the proper paperwork" for the National Games, so it is allowed to play in pool play but not advance.

If Bridgeport finishes pool play ranked first or second in the in pool, the team with the next highest number of points will go on to the medal rounds.

Teams earn six points for a win, one for a shutout, and up to three more points for goal differential. The top two teams in each of the division's four five-team pools advance to today's quarterfinal stage.

"We would like to play the winner of the championship," Teixeira said. "Maybe Monday morning (after the tournament) if they are willing."