Shelby Stewart Named Female High School Athlete of the Year

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Stewart has been named Female Prep Athlete of the Year by the News-Leader high school sports reporters. Shelby is #21 in this photo, with Melanie Allen, Holly Messick, Jessica Maerz & Kelsey Loderhose in the background, seen celebrating a late game-winner over Camdenton in April this year. In addition to her skill, Stewart, a forward [...]

World Cup Quarterfinals At Famer’s Gastropub in Downtown Springfield

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We’ve reached the Quarterfinal stage and I barely know what to do with my time. Actually I do, a couple of patient clients are expecting to hear from me today! So we have a couple of days to be productive before getting an early start to the holiday weekend with some great games expected. Farmer’s [...]

Moses And Newport Advance To Regional Semifinals

SLU Billikens Ian Newport, Ryan Moses, Devon Newport

Current SLU Billikens, Ryan Moses and Devon Newport, have advanced to the Semifinals at the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regionals. Their U19 team went undefeated in group play and are facing the KC Wizard Juniors today. Video highlights for all Age Groups on US Youth Soccer website Moses (Kickapoo Chiefs) and Newport (Glendale Falcons) both [...]

AC St Louis Face LA Galaxy Tonight In US Open Cup

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ST. LOUIS, MO (June 29, 2010) – AC St. Louis of the U.S.S.F. Division II Pro League will face the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer tonight in a third-round match in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Kick-of is set for 9:30 p.m. CT from The Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Fans [...]

For The Soccer Junkies

Watch Party at Farmer's Gastropub - USA vs Ghana

Time for a little retrospection. I am trying to be happy with the US results, knowing that two weeks ago I would be happy knowing our boys would reach the knockout round. I’m still trying to understand the two different teams we saw throughout this tournament as well though – whether dominating a strong physical [...]

USA vs Ghana Today – Watch For Us on ESPN!

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Just got done trading emails with Paul Molin, an ESPN producer. They now have the original iPhone video I shot of our celebration at Farmer’s Gastropub as Landon Donovan scored the game-winner against Algeria. The plan is to include it as part of the pre-game show today. We will continue our support of the USA, [...]

Coming To The Moxie July 2nd – Looking for Eric

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Cannes crowd-pleaser Looking for Eric is a tender, life-affirming, and hilarious nod to the possibility of second chances. When down-and-out postal worker Eric Bishop reaches the end of his rope – his two layabout stepsons are set on driving him to an early grave, his second marriage is in ruins, and that’s just the start [...]

All-Star Media Coverage

News-Leader photo by Amber Arnold of Girl's All-Stars

The News-Leader had coverage by the main paper and the community papers. The main site has Brett Johnston’s story on Offense Reigns In All-Star Showcase. Boys Red – 6 Boys Yellow – 2 First half scoring by Red – Patrick Baltz, Glendale; Red – Kyle Varner, Waynesville; Red – Ben Moore, Waynesville (assisted by Baltz). [...]

Do Or Do Not. There Is No Try.

USA vs Ghana, World Cup 2006

What a goal!!!! Farmers Gastro pub went nuts! People in bars, people sitting at their cubes watching espn3, people on their iphone’s, Sam’s army supporters, the American Outlaws, soccer moms, non-soccer fans nationwide all joined together and screamed with excitement as Landon Donovan scored. This game winning goal in stoppage time sealed USA’s place at [...]

Missouri State High School Girls Camp

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The annual camp included teams from Camdenton, Washington, Winterset, Jacksonville (IL), Choctaw (OK) and Kirksville. More information on Camps for your children is available on the Missouri State Soccer Camps website which run through the end of July for all ages and skill levels. I sent my nephews to Coach Leamy’s camps for years and [...]

Brett Johnston, Sports Illustrated is Calling! USA! USA! USA!

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Sports Illustrated found it, Kitchel22130 created it, words cannot describe it … Here’s the original video – Brett Johnston of TAGsgf.com is the wild man in the crew cut and black glasses bouncing up and down while Bill Griffiths, proprietor of Farmer’s Gastropub and host of these watch parties, is in the blue with the [...]

Brazil vs Portugal (Papa Loves Mambo) – Friday Morning At Farmers Gastropub

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Need I tell you where I’ll be Friday morning at 9:00 am? If you haven’t figured it out by now I’m neglecting my clients, my sister and her family, my widowed mother in St Louis, you name it, I’ve forgotten them. It’s the World Cup dang it. Don’t judge me! Heck, I’m even pandering, I [...]

All-Star Game Broadcast Tonight, Saturday & Sunday on Mediacom Channel 22

Emily Boyer, Lebanon Yellowjackets & Yellow team MVP

Mediacom has delivered copies of the games to me and I’m going to sort out the duplication process in the next day or two. In the meantime, if you’d like to see the games they will be broadcast tonight and Saturday on Mediacom Channel 22 beginning at 7:00 pm. There will also be a broadcast [...]

All Whites exit World Cup as heroes

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As Springfield slowly discovers the world’s game that we already love, and New York City discovers that we can bring the love at the same level as any city in the country, the memory and the emotion that I hold closest are the friends I have made because of the game. One of them includes [...]

Brett, Call Your Mom, You Made The NY Times!

A hat tip to Waynesville Daily Guide Sports Editor Jack Hittinger who pointed to the fact that this small blog, or more specifically a video I posted of the celebration following Landon Donovan’s goal, was included in a round up of celebrations from around the country. It explains how I had over 200 views soon [...]