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Sporting Kansas City Opens Preseason

Jack Jewsbury by Sporting KC
Jack Jewsbury by Sporting KC
A few days delayed but here’s some of the news that’s come out the Sporting KC preseason camp that began Monday. Sporting’s players will spend this week undergoing various fitness tests, taking physicals and partaking in light training at the Kansas City Chiefs’ indoor training facility before moving on to Arizona, where SKC will spend the majority of their time prior to opening their season at Chivas USA.

The Daily Wiz offers up an excellent article on Jack Jewsbury (Kickapoo 1999), who enters his 9th season with Sporting KC and is battling to regain a starting role at the same time he and his best friend Davy Arnaud must play the role of leaders for a team that averages only 1.7 years in KC.

But, with Jack, it’s not all about him and his playing time. With the recent departures of long-time stalwarts Jimmy Conrad and Josh Wolff during the offseason, Jewsbury and captain Davy Arnaud are now by far the longest tenured players on coach Vermes’ roster. As Jewsbury prepares to enter his ninth season in the league and Arnaud his tenth, they both realize it is now time for them to step up and be the main leaders of the team – both vocally and in their actions.

If you’re looking for a Spring soccer get away, Sporting Kansas City will play the final two games of its Arizona pre-season preparation in back-to-back days in Tucson on Friday, March 4th and Saturday, March 5th. The games — against the Arizona Sahuaros and the New York Red Bulls — are part of a four-team tournament to be hosted at Hi Corbett Field. It’s a 4 team ‘tournament’ being called the MLS Desert Cup and you can find ticket information and other details here.

Follow Sporting KC at their website, catch the latest reports from the KC Star’s The Full 90 column or the many blogs covering the team such as SB Nation and Down the Byline.
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Become A Referee – Great Part Time Youth Job!

Springfield Referees
Springfield Referees
The Southern District of the Missouri Referee Development Program (MRDP), in conjunction with Lake Country Soccer, is offering a USSF Grade 8 Referee training clinic. The completion of this course qualifies you to work as a referee at Lake Country Soccer. This is a great part-time job for kids, paying well above the minimum wage and offering flexible scheduling. A great opportunity for a father and son (mother and daughter or any combination of the four) to spend a weekend learning the game and giving back to the game.

USSF Grade 8 Referee
The USSF Grade 8 Referee may officiate games as a Referee or Assistant Referee in all youth games, as well Assistant Referee in higher comparable games. The Grade 8 clinic consists of a total of sixteen (16) hours of instruction. Upon successful completion of the course, that includes a passing 75%+ score on the written test after the course, candidates may register as Grade 8 Referees with the United States Soccer Federation for the current USSF Fee.

Time: Friday 2-25 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Saturday 2-26 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
(lunch 12-1 on their own)
Sunday 2-27 1 pm – 6 pm
(testing starts at 4 pm)

Location: Springfield Fire Dept Community Room
2455 S. Blackman Road 65809

Contact: Advanced registration is required at http://www.lakecountrysoccer.org/Referees/refereecms.htm

Notes: Prepayment to MRDP of $65 per participant is required per the instructions on the registration site (link above). Follow instructions on the site. Maximum of 40 persons will be accepted, first registered first accepted.

The Missouri Referee Development Program (MRDP) offers both USSF Grade 8 Referee and Grade 9 Recreational Referee clinics through the four MRDP Districts, which mirror the Missouri Youth Soccer Association (MYSA) districts. Normally these scheduled clinics are posted on the Clinics link of MRDP (clinics.mrdp.org). Any interested person may attend any posted clinic anywhere within Missouri to meet the requirement. After clinic completion, and in order to be assigned any youth games, a background check is also required.backpage uae

Supa Strikas

I imagine there are more than a few of you who have no idea who the guy who runs this website is. That’s the nature of a sport that sees regular turnover in players (and thus fans of this site) on an annual basis as kids grow up and move on. For the truly curious, I’d suggest you click on a few of the links above which offer plenty of background. The short story (not easy for me if you’ve met me) is I moved here in 2002 in order to be closer to one of my sisters and her kids. The two boys both played for Glendale, my niece played for Pershing. I coached her one year, in 2005. Two of the sixth graders on that team are seniors this year for the Falcons – Jacinda Lemons and Erica Torgerson.

My other sister has a boy who plays CYC soccer in South County, St Louis (U10). I bring this up because it’s late, I’m feeling loquacious, and its background on why this story caught my eye.

I love reading and think it’s one of the best things anyone can do for R&R and learning. My nephew is turning 10 in March so I’m challenged to find appropriate material for him. Fortunately, Springfield has a wonderful resource for parents of elementary and middle school kids. There is a local teacher and blogger who is a comic book fan. He’s discovered, and applies on a daily basis in his classroom, the benefits of reading by using comics to pull the kids in. He recently posted about this comic book series and it’s on my birthday shopping list for Eric and I thought a few of you might appreciate it as well.

The Graphic Classroom is written by Chris Wilson – Supa Strikers

SUPA STRIKAS is a South African soccer comic and animated series that is gaining popularity, so much so that CNN covered the comic. Now it’s time for me to try to get my hands on it. I know some kids that would come unglued at the opportunity to read an ongoing soccer comic. Several issues are available free online.

CNN – Football comic book scoring big around the world

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Cape Town, South Africa (CNN) — He is one of Africa’s brightest footballing talents, with a reputation that’s spreading around the world. His name is Shakes — a brash young striker known for his “lethal combination of skill and determination” and his signature move — the bicycle kick.

But he’s unlikely to be signed by Real Madrid or Chelsea any time soon, because Shakes is strictly 2D — the star of the hugely popular South African comic series Supa Strikas.

In the course of 10 years and 100 issues it has grown from a weekly insert in a South African newspaper to a comic book and animated TV series.

There’s video on the CNN site as well 🙂

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Terry Michler Named Coach of the Year by NFHS Coaches Association

Terry Michler, by Don Adams Jr
Terry Michler, by Don Adams Jr
The National Federation of State High School Coaches Association has named CBC’s Terry Michler as its 2010 Coach of the Year in boys soccer.

The winningest soccer coach in the nation, Michler, a CBC grad, has a career record of 826-206-98. He has guided the Cadets to seven state championships and to six runner-up finishes.

The NFHS Coaches Association honor is based on “career coaching record, community service, involvement in other school activities, involvement in your profession at the local, state and national levels and your basic philosophy of athletics.”

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Jeff Freeman Joins Illinois Women’s Program

Jeff Freeman
Jeff Freeman
From the University of Illinois women’s soccer program – Illini Name Jeff Freeman As Assistant Coach

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics and head women’s soccer coach Janet Rayfield announced the hiring of Jeff Freeman as an assistant coach on Wednesday, effective immediately.

“I am excited to add Jeff to our staff,” Rayfield said. “We share a common vision about where this program is and where it can be and he is ready to lend his experience and his expertise to help us get there. His positive energy will be felt immediately and his impact on the program will be long lasting.”

Freeman brings a wealth of soccer experience to Champaign, Ill., after serving as a member of the University of Miami (FL) women’s soccer staff for the previous seven seasons, including three as the associate head coach. While with the Hurricanes, Freeman played a prominent role in Miami earning conference and national recognition with top-25 rankings and back-to-back appearances in the 2007-08 NCAA Tournaments as he assisted in all aspects of recruiting and team administration. As the recruiting coordinator, Freeman was responsible for the Hurricanes’ 2007 top-25 recruiting class, which included ACC Freshman of the Year Brittney Steinbruch, and fellow U20 National Team member Brittney Macdonald.

“The tradition of success with Illinois soccer speaks for itself,” Freeman said. “Everything is in place for this program to be great; it is an ideal fit for my professional goals and me. Illinois expects nothing less than success both on and off the field for our program and our student-athletes.

“I am definitely thankful for the opportunity to be here, and want to thank Janet Rayfield, [assistant coach] Leisha Alcia and the Illinois administration for believing in me.”

Prior to earning the associate head coaching position, Freeman developed Miami’s goalkeeping squads with amazing results. Freeman was responsible for molding four-year starter Lauren McAdam into one of the most lauded goalies in program history, having earned recognition from Soccer America, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, Soccer Buzz and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), before training All-American Vikki Alonzo as McAdam’s replacement.

Freeman joined the Hurricanes’ staff after serving as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Missouri State, for four years. The Bears’ goalkeeping units earned Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Defensive Player of the Year and conference tournament MVP honors in addition to weekly MVC defensive accolades under Freeman’s tutelage, while Missouri State won the MVC crown and earned its first NCAA Tournament appearance with Freeman’s guidance.

As a student-athlete at Missouri State, Freeman earned academic all-conference recognition as a goalkeeper with the Bears and was a member of the 1997 squad that made the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance after earning a top-10 national ranking and the MVC regular season title.

Freeman, who earned a bachelor’s and master’s in education from Missouri State, is accredited as a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) `A’ Licensed Coach and holds a NSCAA Advanced National Diploma.
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