Monthly Archives: June 2009

Missouri Elite FC – Southwest Missouri’s Girls Soccer Program

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Elite LOGO FinalMissouri Elite FC is a “Girls-Only” soccer club that has been providing training for six years in Southwest Missouri. You have known us as JB Marine Springfield but it’s time to spread our wings, much like the graduates of our training programs have. With alumni college players like Jessie Yach (Nixa career scoring leader), Regina Bodine (Willard) and Maggie Schrier (Glendale captain and Homecoming Queen), it’s easy to recognize our emphasis on training, sportsmanship and education.

In addition to the new name, the girls will be trading in their old green uniforms for new Argentina blue Adidas uniforms. However, the club name and colors are the only things that are changing. The club’s coaching philosophies and goals will remain the same. The club is committed to developing female athletes and will utilize female coaches who grew up playing in the area to assist with player development. The younger teams will continue to focus on skill development and fostering a true passion for the sport.

The older girls will continue to advance their knowledge and ability to take their game to the collegiate level. The club’s U18 team will travel to several college showcase tournaments where they will get exposure to college coaches from all over the region. The end goal is college scholarships for the girls who want to play college soccer.

For more infomation, please email club at moelitefc@gmail.com. The web site, www.moelitefc.com is currently under construction.

US MNT Advances To First Ever Men’s Final In A FIFA Competition

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confed cup logoWow, the hyperbole overflows…

In one of the greatest matches in U.S. Soccer history, the U.S. Men’s National Team got goals by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey to stun No. 1-ranked Spain 2-0 and advance to the finals of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa. The U.S. will face Brazil/ South Africa in their first ever men’s final in a major international competition on any level on Sunday, June 28 in Johannesburg.

Game time Sunday is 1:00 pm, live on ESPN. I’ll probably watch it in St Louis before heading back to Springfield from St Louis later that afternoon. Where will you watch it?

I very much enjoyed the game on Wednesday but all I can think is what team is it that showed up for the first two games? And if the planets hadn’t aligned in the final group game when the US scored 3 and Brazil shut out Italy 3-0, where would we be now? So I’m not going to get to excited at this stage, although I am more excited than I was down after watching the previous 4 games the US has played (including Honduras and Costa Rica). And if we don’t get to see more of Charlie Davies, Conor Casey, Jay Demerit and even Jonathan Spector and Benny Feilhaber, then what goes down?

English Premier League, La Liga and ESPN

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Barclays Premier League trophySome of you may have seen a few items related to the English Premier League broadcast rights. Sentanta has gone into receivership and their UK broadcast rights have been pulled. ESPN has won the rights to broadcast 46 live Premier League matches in the United Kingdom for the 2009-10 season, and has also been awarded a contract for the 2010-13 seasons.

For those who read the notice closely, you will have noticed that they are UK rights, not USA rights. As Ive’s notes

What it might mean is better coverage of the EPL on programs like Sportscenter, and improved soccer coverage on ESPN as it handles covering the EPL in England.

In related news, ESPN struck a deal with GolTV to partner in multimedia broadcast coverage of the Spanish League, which includes FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.

The new deal will allow ESPN to show La Liga matches on ESPN, ESPN Deportes as well as ESPN360.com. More than 95 matches will be shown on Deportes, with at least 114 matches set to be streamed on ESPN360.com. ESPN2 will televise select matches (‘Super Clasico anybody?) while ESPN Mobile TV will also air matches. GolTV will continue to air its 120 La Liga matches throughout the year.

By the way, I’ve been contacted by both Fox & Hound as well as Boomer’s, the place taking over the old Coester’s space, regarding the possibility of broadcasting soccer and attracting our community. So we’re keeping a close eye on how we’ll get our fix. Look for updates right here!

2nd Annual Summer Sizzler 3v3 Tournament Returns August 1st

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The second annual Summer Sizzler 3v3 Tournament is coming!

Date: Saturday, August 1st
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Ozark High School Soccer Fields
Rain date: Sunday, August 2nd, 1:00 – 6:00 pm

Age Divisions (based on Fall 2009 MYSA classifications):
Boys U8 to High School
Girls U8 to High School
Adult Co-ed Competitive (18 and older)
Adult Co-ed Recreational (35 and under, Over 35)

Max Roster: 5 players
Registration Fee: $75.00 per team
Registration Plus: $100.00 per team (includes 5 tournament t-shirts)

Registration deadline is July 26th.

3v3 Tourney Registration

3v3 tourney Player Info Sheet

This tournament is hosted by the Ozark Boys and Girls Soccer Program. Each year, the Ozark Tigers choose a charity to donate a portion of the proceeds to. Last year they donated to a local Autism Awareness group. This year they will be raising money to go towards the local Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation.

If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact summersizzler2008@yahoo.com for information on how you can help or you can visit www.ozarktigersoccer.com for additional information. Hope to see you there!

US Youth Soccer Region II Champions Crowned

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Region 2 2009 logo2009 US Youth Soccer Region II Champions were crowned today following five days of playoff soccer. Missouri will be represented at Nationals by a pair of St Louis Scott Gallagher squads, the U14 Boys and the U15 Girls. The full list is provided below, along with summaries from games of interest. More information can be found at the US Youth Soccer site.

Boys
Under 13 (MI) Michigan Wolves 96 – defeated the KC Wizard Jr’s
Under 14 *(MO) St. Louis Scott Gallagher
Under 15 *(OH-S) Blast FC
Under 16 *(IL) Campton United Navy – defeated the KC Wizard Jr’s
Under 17 *(KY) Javanon 92s
Under 18 *(KY) Javanon 91s
Under 19 *(IN) Pike Indy Burn

Under-14 Boys
A single goal would again be the difference in who would claim the regional title in the Under-14 Boys with St. Louis Scott Gallagher’s Keith Grieshaber’s early goal in the 12th minute spoiling the Michigan Wolves’ hopes of a second regional title with the 1-0 Gallagher win.

Under-18 Boys
Javanon 91 looked to match their younger side’s success as the Under-18 Boys played (MO) St. Louis Scott Gallagher in the finals. Both sides would battle to maintain possession and the intensifying heat. Despite a handful of scoring changes, the scoreless tie would remain through the end of regulation. In overtime, Javanon’s Vinicius Paiva would break through and claim the game winner in the 94th minute as Javanon defeats Scott Gallagher 1-0.

Under-19 Boys
(MO) St. Louis Scott Gallagher faced (IN) Pike Indy Burn in the Under-19 Boys final. Both teams looked to close out their youth careers with a trip to the national championships and a chance to hoist the storied James P. McGuire Cup as the Under-19 Boys national champs. Indy Burn’s Isang Jacob, 2008 US Youth Soccer adidas Boys Coach of the Year, would lead his side to victory thanks to a Matthew Hedges goal in the 78th minute that places Indy one step closer to the McGuire Cup as regional champions in the 1-0 final.

Girls
Under 13 (MI) 96 Michigan Hawks
Under 14 *(IL) Eclipse Select
Under 15 *(MO) St. Louis Scott Gallagher Green
Under 16 *(OH-N) Cleveland FC
Under 17 ^(IL) Eclipse Select 91-92
Under 18 *(OH-S) Ohio Elite SA
Under 19 *(IL) Eclipse Select 89-90 – beat the KCFC Jazz (KS)

Under-15 Girls
(MO) St. Louis Scott Gallagher Green was on the attack early against (OH-S) CSA Elite in the Under-15 Girls final. The scoreless tie quickly turned into a 2-0 lead for Gallagher thanks to goals from Alexandria Massey and Rachel Kibby in the 25th and 27th minutes respectively. Kibby made the most of a ball that landed to her foot from close proximity for the insurance goal.

Under-16 Girls
(MO) St. Louis Scott Gallagher looked to clinch another title in the Under-16 Girls but (OH-N) Cleveland FC had other plans. Down 3-1 in the second half, Abbey Stock looked to rally her Gallagher side in the 64th minute however Cleveland’s Kelsey Smigel scored in the 78th minute to complete the 4-1 Cleveland win over Gallagher.

*Represents Region II at US Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass., July 21-26.
^Represents US Youth Soccer National League at National Championships
(OH-N) Internationals to represent Region II in Under-17 Girls at National Championships

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

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If you’re in St Louis on Friday, you can see this new biopic which the Riverfront Times has reviewed.

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Douglas Gordon & Phillipe Parreno,
2006, 90 min.

In conjunction with Rirkrit Tiravanija: Chew the Fat, the Kemper Art Museum is screening the film Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006) by Douglas Gordon and Phillipe Parreno. Lutz Koepnick will present a brief introduction before the screening. NYT critic Manhola Dargis called Zidane “a celebration of the body in motion and an acknowledgment of our pleasure in watching bodies in motion, a pleasure the movies have been cultivating since Muybridge’s 19th-century locomotion studies.”

Friday June 26 | 6pm
Steinberg Hall Auditorium, Wash U
Skinker and Forsyth Blvd | 63130

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-06-23

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  • Springfield SC U18 boys lose final game 0-2, miss Reg2 semi for 1st time #
  • U15G Gallagher (Brewer) lose 0-1 to KC Scream #
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  • SLSG U18 Boys play Javanon tomorrow in Region 2 Final. #