Monthly Archives: June 2009

U14 Rolla Knights Headed To Presidents Cup National Tournament

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U14 Rolla KnightsThe U14 Rolla Knights just finished competing in the Region 2 President’s Cup tournament in Wisconsin last week, going 2-1 and qualifying for the National President’s Cup Tournament July 17-19 in Raleigh, NC. Here’s some background on the team’s season.

We played our league games in SLYSA in St. Louis. We were in Division 4 and finished first with a record of 9 wins, 0 losses and 1 tie. We won the U14 Blue division of the Lou Fusz Strikers Midwest Cup Tournament in St. Louis with a record of 4-0. We won the Red Chili Division of the Salsa Tournament in Kansas City with a record of 4-0. We won the US Youth Soccer Region 2 President’s Cup tournament in Madison Wisconsin with a record of 2-1. We beat the Jr. Irish Soccer Club U14 boys from South Bend, IN 1-0, the Little Illini Soccer Club U14 boys from Champagne, IL 2-1 and lost to the Croatian Eagles Soccer Club U14 boys from Milwaukee, WI 3-2. Our overall record for the season is 19-1-1 and we have won each event we have entered so far.

Team members include: Dusty Allen (from Dixon), Matt Calvert, Lucas Cole, Brendan Cunningham, Ryan Cunningham, Lucas Day, Caleb Florence, Aaron Froehlich, Todd Hall, Logan Houf, Zach Huddleston, Michael Janke, Nathan Kramme, Sven Olberg, Gage Scurlock, Hunter Short, Connor Smith (from Camdenton)

Congratulations fellows! I expect we’ll see a number of these young men in the 2013 Southwest All-Star game :)

KC Wizards vs Atlas FC in St Louis on Sunday

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KC Wizards Logo The Kansas City Wizards will bring Major League Soccer action to St. Louis, MO….at least for one day when they host FC Atlas, from the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Primera Division, in the 3rd edition of SuperLiga™. The game will be held at Robert R. Hermann Stadium on the campus at St. Louis University on Sunday, June 21st at 3:30pm.

SuperLiga, a competition that brings the USA-Mexico soccer rivalry to the club level, pits four MLS clubs and four clubs from the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Primera Division, against one another. Kansas City has history with both of its opening-round opponents from Mexico’s top flight, Club Santos Laguna and FC Atlas. The Wizards will host Santos Laguna on Sunday, June 28 game at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kansas.

The United States National Team is 9-0-2 versus their southern neighbors at home since 1999 with a 19-3 goals-scored advantage. This new found success by the U.S. has pushed the USA-Mexico soccer rivalry to its highest level in series history. The SuperLiga field of teams is divided into two groups, each with two representatives from MLS and two from Mexico’s top flight. For more information on the event, visit www.SuperLiga2009.com.

“USA-Mexico is the biggest soccer rivalry in this region,” Wizards Technical Director Peter Vermes said. “As a player for the U.S. National Team, winning always meant a little bit more against Mexico. SuperLiga gives us the opportunity to extend that intense rivalry to the club level. We look forward to playing Santos Laguna and partner club Atlas AC. Hopefully, we will be as successful against these Mexican clubs as the USA has been against the Mexico National Team over the last decade.”

The Wizards’ game in St. Louis will give fans the opportunity to see former SLU Billiken Jack Jewsbury in action at Hermann Stadium for the first time since his senior season at St. Louis University in 2002. Jewsbury is 10th on the Billikens’ all-time scoring list with 101 career points (38 goals and 25 assists). He was named the 2002 Conference USA Player of the Year as a senior. A native of Springfield, MO, Jewsbury played youth soccer for the powerful Busch Soccer Club, now called St. Louis Scott Gallagher in a recent merger of the clubs. Jewsbury is in his 7th MLS season and has been one of the most consistent players for the Wizards as a midfielder/defender. He tallied 3 goals and 7 assists in 2008 and has already registered 4 assists this season.

Individual tickets for the game against Atlas in St. Louis start at $20 and are available by calling Brian Roth, who is from the St. Louis area, at the Wizards office at 913-387-3839. Packages are also available that include one (1) ticket to the SuperLiga match in St. Louis and a voucher for one (1) ticket to a later Wizards match at CommunityAmerica Ballpark starting at $30. The voucher can be redeemed for a ticket Sunday, June 28 against Santos Laguna in the final SuperLiga group match or for the following Saturday-night MLS games at CommunityAmerica Ballpark: Jul. 4 vs. Houston Dynamo, Aug. 29 vs. Real Salt Lake, Sep. 19 vs. FC Dallas, Sep. 26 vs. Colorado Rapids, Oct. 17 vs. Seattle Sounders FC or Oct. 24 vs. D.C. United.

GROUP Tickets for the match in St. Louis are $15, $25 and $30 each, but do not include a ticket voucher to a future game in Kansas City, are on sale now by calling Brian Roth with the Kansas City Wizards at 913-387-3839 or email at Broth@kcwizards.com Parking will cost $10 and is available adjacent to the stadium.

The ticket flier can be found at http://www.mysa.org/download/KCW.pdf.

All GROUP tickets must be purchased in advance with a DEADLINE of Friday, June 19th, and are ONLY available by calling Brian Roth with the KC Wizards at 913-387-3839 or Broth@kcwizards.com

The above information was provided by MYSA.

2009 Missouri Class 1 Central And Southwest All-Region Team

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Player of the Year: Tillie Bill, Southern Boone
Co-Offensive POY: Shelby Hatz, Springfield Catholic
Co-Offensive POY: Natalie Smid, Springfield Catholic
Co-Defensive POY: Rebecca Mayus, Springfield Catholic
Co-Defensive POY: Carsen Baron, Springfield Catholic
Goalkeeper of the Year: Rebekah Dowd, Southern Boone
COY-Private: Ben Timson, Springfield Catholic
COY-Public: Chris Miller, Southern Boone

Position Player Year School
D - Carsen Baron, SO - Springfield Catholic
D - Caroline Jensen, JR - Greenwood
D - Rebecca Mayus, SO - Springfield Catholic
D - Shelby Tinney, SR - Joplin McAuley
D - Jessica Bennett, SO - Southern Boone
D - Kelby Wheeler, SO - Southern Boone
F - Maddie Esther, JR - Greenwood
F - Shelby Hatz , SO - Springfield Catholic
F - Arielle Santillan, SR - Joplin McAuley
F - Hannah Schiltz, SO - Southern Boone
GK - Rebekah Dowd, JR - Southern Boone
MF - Erin FitzGerald, JR - Springfield Catholic
MF – Andrea Parker, SO - Springfield Catholic
MF - Maddy Renner, SR - Springfield Catholic
MF - Natalie Smid, SO - Springfield Catholic
MF - Maddie Smith, JR - Greenwood
MF - Jae Stephens, SR - Joplin McAuley
MF - Tillie Bill, JR - Southern Boone
MF - Katie Curtis, FR - Southern Boone
MF - Kelsey Greer, JR - Fatima

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-06-16

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  • All-Star game getting ready to start. Weather’s great albeit warm. #
  • Yellow wins Boys game, 7-6. MVPs are Devon Newport, Red and Ryan Moses, Yellow. Future SLU Billiken teammates. #
  • Red wins girls game 5-1. Jeni Frewin and Abby Anderson are MVP’s for Red and Yellow respectively. #

Competitive Club Tryouts In Southwest Missouri

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Rolla Knights – Boys and Girls, 8-18

Springfield SC – Boys and Girls, 6-14, Girls 15-18 (Springfield)

JB Marine Springfield – Girls 9-17 (Springfield, Ozark)

Magic SC – Boys and Girls 7-15 (Springfield)

Total Demize SC – Boys and Girls 6-19 (Springfield, Rogersville)

Pulaski United FC – Boys and Girls, 8-18 (Waynesville)

FC Springfield – Boys and Girls, 7-14 and Girls 15-18 (Springfield)

These are programs around the region who have sent me information on their tryout programs or were listed in a regional newspaper. Note that because High School Boys play in the Fall, their Club season is wrapping up and tryouts for some clubs are in November once the High School season has ended. Other Clubs will hold tryouts now in anticipation of the end of the season. If you don’t see your age group listed, contact the club for more information.

Southwest Soccer All-Stars Rock The House

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Boys Yellow All-Stars – 7
Boys Red All-Stars – 6
13 goals in 80 minutes! The boys put on a scoring clinic – in particular, Ryan Moses (SLU) who was slow to get on the board. Yet, once he got going by foregoing his initial defensive role, he dumped in four of the Yellow All-Star’s seven goals.

The Red All-Stars started the scoring in the 15th minute as Glendale’s Ian Newport (SLU) slipped one past Kickapoo’s All-State keeper Chris Tombridge (Northwestern). Chris’ former teammate, Kickapoo’s Lane Chapman (NEO), also a member of the local PDL Demize, got the equalizer in the 20th minute.

The scoring got started again, in the 31st minute, as Glendale’s Graham Basecke (Indiana) got free in the area and put the Reds up 2-1. Four minutes later Moses started his spree and put in the equalizer. The first half ended in a flurry of chances and goals. A minute later, the Reds were up one on a Devon Newport (SLU) goal. New Covenant’s Brett Murray (Drury) put the Reds up by two in the 42nd minute, on an assist from Glendale’s Ryan Squires (Wm Jewell). However, the first half would end with the Yellow trailing by one as Parkview’s Tim Griffin (Illinois Weslyan) put the final goal of the half away in the 45th minute. The Reds led 4-3 at the break.

Where the first half saw the teams looking for any weaknesses in each other for the first 15 minutes they wasted no time and just started putting up some points immediately in the second. Neosho’s Jordan Blevin started things off in the fourth minute putting the Reds up by two. His goal was quickly matched as Moses found the back of the net in the sixth. 5-4 Reds. Parkview’s Matt Medley (Loras College) found Moses just outside the box in the 15th minute to knot the game at 5 as Moses was able to put his hat-trick goal into the side netting. Griffin put the Yellow All-Stars up one in the 22nd minute. Six minutes later Moses found a way to get his fourth goal of the evening on an assist from Kickapoo’s Tyler Bennett (Oglethorpe Univ), putting the Yellows up 7-5. The scoring finished in the 35th minute on a Devon Newport goal, assisted by Murray.

There were a lot of smiles and laughter, amongst the guys, the two things we sometimes miss in the regular season. The boys played a game that everyone in attendance should be able to look back on with fond memories. These guys represented Southwest Missouri high school soccer in fine fashion.

Girls Red All-Stars – 6
Girls Yellow All-Stars – 1
The girls took to the field at 8PM. The sun was down and it was a pleasant evening for a game. Lebanon’s Janel Glidden (MSU-West Plains, VB) got things started in the 9th minute as she lofted a shot over Kickapoo’s Shannon Johnson’s (Central Missouri) outstretched hands. Monett’s Bianca Holloway (Maryville) put the Reds up 2-0 in the 19th minute.

The next twenty minutes of play saw several chance by each team being thwarted by some smart keeper play. Neosho’s Ashley Bartkoski (GK & co-POY in her district) and Johnson each came up big to the keep the game close for the half.

The first half would end with the Yellow All-Stars getting a PK goal from Kickapoo’s Abby Anderson (Central Methodist) as a Red defender was called for a handball in the 18. The half would end with the Red’s up 2-1.

The second half started much the same as the first, with Waynesville’s Erica Combs (Illinois) assisting Monett’s Bianca Holloway (Maryville) in the 50th minute to put the Reds up 3-1.

Glendale’s Jeni Frewin (KU) broke free on a run in the 65th minute for the Red’s fourth goal.

The Red’s next goal was scored when Lebanon’s Hanna Winkel (Virginia Wesleyan) took the ball off the foot of a yellow player 25 yards from goal. Winkel dribbled the ball past the last defender and took on Bolivar’s keeper Sara Scott (OTC) where she calmly slid the ball to the side netting for her team’s fifth goal in the 67th minute.

Camdenton’s Stephanie Kervan (Wm. Woods, Offensive POY, All-State) would end the scoring in the 77th minute as she took a pass from Winkel and found the back of the net.

The girls put on a nice game with lots of teamwork. Their passing and movement off the ball was something that all their coaches would be happy to see. Again, as in the boy’s game, there were lots of smiles and laughter. What a great way to end their high school playing days. The girls approached the game as a low-pressure event and appeared to enjoy their evening.

Photos may be purchased at this site. Thanks everyone!

Soccer Tour To France And Spain In 2010 For High School Girls

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I received this from Chris Miller, Head Coach at Southern Boone as well as President of the Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Association.

He is organizing a trip to France and Spain for High School Girls (2011 grads or under, not sure what that means). Here are the details:

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I wanted to contact you all to let you know of an opportunity for your girls players for the summer of 2010. I am in the process of organizing a team to travel to the south of France and Barcelona, Spain to compete in the Copa Catalunya. This will be a 10-day experience of a lifetime that will incorporate soccer, travel and leisure into one as representatives of Missouri.

This summer I am taking a group of local boys to Munich and the Czech republic and wanted to extend the same offer to girls players in 2010. I kept it mainly local (mid-Missouri) when offering to the boys, but wanted to send the info to all of you to pass along to your girls players. I will take 2011 grads and under — depends on how many show interest, etc. on how many teams we will take. We need at least 13 or 14 girls to go. Oh, parents are also welcome to go at the group discounted rates that are in the brochure attached. (For the boys trip, I have 16 players from 9 different schools, 4 parents and myself going to give you an idea.)

I will be holding an informational meeting THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 14 at 3:30 at Southern Boone Middle School in Ashland. Obviously, many of you are far away and will not be able to attend, so feel free to contact me with any questions. I need to know interest level within a few weeks as the prices quoted are only through July 1. My goal is to collect deposits ($200) and lock those prices in by June 25 or so.

If you have any other questions, please let me know. Again, thank you in advance for passing this along to your players.

Chris
573-999-9891

Contact Coach Miller directly if you have any interest.

Southwest All-Star Game Monday June 15th – TONIGHT!

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Southwest All-StarsThe 5th Annual Southwest All-Stars game returns on Monday June 15th. Featuring graduating seniors from the 30 plus programs that play in the Ozarks, there will be two games.

6:00 pm – Boys game
8:00 pm – Girls game

Played at the Cooper Soccer Complex, site of the Missouri State Cup, it’s a game that players speak very fondly of as they get a final chance to play with, and against, long time friends and foes. A chance to go out on a high note certainly!

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for 13 or younger. Download the flyer

The Southwest All-Star game is put on by SGFsoccer.com and the Springfield SC to recognize the top High School seniors in the region. Tickets are sold at the door and are non-refundable. Ticket and advertising revenues fund the event and the organizers time in coordinating this major event. Contact Ole if you would like to learn more.

The boys roster was announced on December 19, 2008. There were 38 players invited from 21 schools. 4 players from Class 1, 5 players from Class 2 and 29 players from Class 3. 10 of the players are All-State.

The girls roster was announced on May 21st. Of the 38 players invited to play, 7 are from Class 1 programs, 6 from Class 2 programs and 25 from Class 3. 14 have signed to play College Soccer.

For players and fans, we will be using Twitter before and during the game to send out notices such as possible weather delays or other related items. The Twitter account you want to follow is @SGFsoccer and it will work with any phone that also supports Text messages. Or if you prefer, you may sign up for my phone text message service that I use to report scores with during the season. Sign up here for text-only.