Sounders Celebrate 2009 Open Cup Win

TheCup.us has a comprehensive overview of the game and the season and you can also get up-to-date on what is properly called the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup over at US Soccer.

Dates:
JUNE 11-12-13, 2010
Adult Open and 50+ Men

July 16-17-18, 2010
U6, U7, U8, U9, U10, U14, U15, U16 and Men’s Over 40

July 23-24-25, 2010
U11, U12, U13, U17, U18, Men’s Over 30 and Coed Open

Location: All soccer competition will take place in the Columbia area

Entry Fee: $275 for U6, U7
$375 for U8, U9 and U10
$400 for Coed and all other divisions
$450 for Adult Open
$300 for Over 50

Deadline: May 21 for Men’s Open, Women’s Open, Over 50 Men

June 17 for all other age groups.

Late entries may be allowed, depending upon space availability; however, late entries will not be guaranteed a place in the tournament and will be charged a $100 late fee.

The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the oldest soccer competition in the United States, having started in 1914 as the National Challenge Cup. Today, the competition involves teams from all levels of the American soccer pyramid, from semi-pro sides in the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) to teams in Major League Soccer.
The Kansas City Wizards’ 2009 run in the cup was cut short in the quarterfinals with a 1-0 away loss to Seattle Sounders FC. The team suffered a similar fate in 2008, falling 6-5 in a penalty kick shootout to the then-USL1 Seattle Sounders in the quarterfinals.

The Wizards have won the U.S. Open Cup once, defeating the Chicago Fire 1-0 in 2004 at Arrowhead Stadium off an overtime goal from Russian forward Igor Simutenkov.

In the event of a tie the match will go to two 15-minute overtime periods. If the match remains tied after overtime, penalty kicks will be used to determine a winner. The winner of this game will advance in the U.S. Open Cup qualification process to play the winner of a three-team pool that includes the New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Union at a date to be determined in May. The winner of that game will then enter into the round of 16 in the U.S. Open Cup.

Wizards season ticket holders and UMKC students, staff and faculty will be able to purchase tickets for $10, and tickets will be available to the general public for $15 each. Tickets will go on sale this Friday morning at 10 a.m. CT, and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com/opencup or by calling the Wizards at (913) 387-3413.

Stanley H. Durwood Stadium has approximately 1,000 stadium and bleacher seats, so fans are encouraged to buy early to make sure they get the best seats available. Standing-room only/grass berm seats will also be made available after all of the stadium and bleacher seats are sold.

Parking for the event will be available in the garage located on Cherry Street, right across from the stadium. Parking is free, and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

It is with both a great deal of pride and pleasure that I am announcing that a generous gift has been made to our Missouri State University Soccer Program. The group of MSU Soccer Alums that won the 16 team Nike College Indoor Soccer Classic (February 13 & 14) in St. Louis made a decision to donate the first place prize money to the MSU Soccer Program! By winning the championship they were presented with $1000. On behalf of Missouri State University and our soccer program we are forever grateful for this extremely kind gesture. Many special thanks to OUR Alumni players Jarod Bertrand, Steve Mayes, Mike Williams, Brad Jordan, Kyle Hopson, Nick Pollard, Brett Williams, Justin Alford, Matt Caution, Doug Lascody, Dan Watson, and Andy Hately for the gift. Boys you are absolutely the best!

The boys are front row left to right: Doug Lascody, Matt Caution, Andy Hately, Kyle Hopson, Justin Alford
Back row left to right: Jarod Bertrand, Dan Watson, Nick Pollard, Mike Williams, Brad Jordan, Steve Mayes

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WHERE: Community America Ballpark field
prior to the Wizards game
TEAM: Open to teams with players ages 18+
ENTRY FEE: Each player is responsible for selling 4 tickets to the Wizards game that evening,
or 48 tickets per team

Avila 8v8 Adult Tourney flyer
The winning team will be recognized during Wizards game.

Teams will play a minimum of three games, Games will be 25 minutes long and will be played on a half-field with 6’x12’ goals. There is a limit of 16 teams which will include 8 men’s teams and 8 women’s teams.

Entry deadline: April 1
CONTACT:
Chris Clements
660.441.0223
chris.clements@avila.edu

Teams will be accepted on a first come/first served basis. The first 16 teams will be included – teams will be accepted in groups of four after that. The absolute deadline for registration is February 5, 2010. The cost per team is $225 which includes 10 Tournament T’shirts for each team. Payment must be received prior to your team being included in the Draw.

Each player will be required to sign a waiver before their team’s first match and rosters will be frozen at that time. Play is conducted with four field players and a goalkeeper. The roster may include up to 10 people. No one is allowed to play for more than one team.

The Draw, Schedule, Rules and Guidelines will be sent to those that choose to participate by Friday February 12, 2010. Please join us for a wonderful weekend of futsal and jocularity. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Download the Thunderdome Invitation

Brad Smith
Tournament Director

Crowder College
601 Laclede
Neosho, MO 64850
417-455-5443

Missouri Southern Lions, Jentri White (2010)

Missouri Southern are again hosting a 7v7 tourney on the turf. So rain or shine, we will have good field conditions. We hope to have ten teams for the men’s and women’s dates, meaning a minimum of four 25 minute games for each team. Game times will start at 9:30 am and we will do our best to accommodate teams traveling from a bit farther away. We should be done with the Final by 4:00 pm. Last year we had six men’s teams and 8 women’s teams. This is an open event for anyone 18 and older so please do not feel it is limited to only your college teams.

Women’s- Sunday April, 18th
Men’s- Sunday April, 25th

MSSU HUGHES STADIUM – TURF FIELD
Ages 18 and older

Registration $100.00 per Team
12 Players per Team – Max 10 Teams

Reserve your spot ASAP. First come first served.

Download the 7 V7 TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION FORM

We will send you payment information upon reservation.

Questions + Reservations – email MSSUSOCCER@YAHOO.COM

Or call – 417-625-3014

Each team will be guaranteed at least four 25 min games with referees if max of 10 teams reached. Final tournament brackets, start times, and # and length of games will be determined by total number of teams participating.

Bolivar U17 Girls Win Show-Me State Games

Also got wind of a team of Wm Jewell Cardinals, including Will Griffin (Parkview 2008) took second with wins against a Park University team and the Mizzou club team.

Here is a list of winners from the region.

Under 11 Girls Competitive
Bronze Rolla Lady Knights, Hank Pernicka, Rolla

Under 12 Girls Recreational
Silver Jacks Fork Strikers, Steven Vines, Mountain View

Under 13 Girls Competitive
Bronze Lady Hawks 95/96, Jeff Anderson, Waynesville

Under 14 Boys Competitive
Bronze Waynesville Tigers, Lajos Zadravecz, Waynesville

Under 14 Girls
Silver Lady Hawks, Jon Moore, Waynesville
Bronze Lady Lakers, Rachael Ingold, Camdenton

Under 17 Men
Gold Lakers, Jason Ingold, Camdenton
Silver Pulaski United FC, Alberto Reyes, Waynesville

Under 17 Women
Gold Lady Liberators, Jeff Edge, Bolivar
Silver Fusions, Tovia Auala, West Plains

Under 18 Men
Gold Hurricanes, Stan Porter, Waynesville

Under 18 Women
Gold Raptors, Tim Hefton, Lebanon
Bronze Hurricanes, Stan Porter, Waynesville

Over 30 Men’s Open
Gold Old School, Todd Buzbee, Springfield
Complete results can be found on the Show-Me State Games website

I’ve numbered the players from left to right, back to front. I’ll fill in what I’m confident of, add yourself and your graduation year if you’d like.

Back: 1, Darren Shaw ’09, 3, Mike Lampe, 5, 6, 7, 8, Matt Stufflebeam ’00, 10
Middle: Joseph Florez ’03, 12, Will Griffin ’07, 14, Morgan Holt ’09, Matt Medley ’09, 17, Zach ’07
Front: 19, Tim Griffin ’09, 21, Tom Marlow ’07, Matt Beckett ’08

If your high school holds an alumni game, feel free to send me an update and a photo so we can catch up on the

Here’s a recap of the champions of each division, who all played a 4 game round robin to determine the winners:

U9 Girls: Explosion I
U10/11 Girls: Elite FC 2000
U11/12 Girls: Total Demize
U13 Girls RED: Riot SSC
U13 Girls BLACK: Got Game?
HS Girls RED: Elite FC – Argentina
HS Girls BLACK: Elite FC 96

3 Amigos, L to R standing Scott Sterling, Andrew Schenck, sitting Austin Engleman

Adult Coed: Dynasty

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!

As many of you will know, we have another American import in our ranks this year, Patrick Carver, who has followed in the footsteps of Andy Cooper and Brian Pasierb last year in being a great ambassador for his country, and a great addition on the field for our men’s first team. One of Patricks strengths is his ability to relate to our juniors, and his coaching skills and encouragement have certainly helped the 14th grade team I coach punch above their weight this season. Many of our juniors will get the chance to learn from Patrick in the upcoming school holiday program, where he will be running a number of sessions with our first team captain Andy Le Prue. Andy is a very classy player, and between them they will ensure the holiday program is a great one for the kids to be involved in. If you haven’t registered your kids yet, please contact our junior club captain John Blaikie.

Another exciting initiative is taking place next week with the arrival of Mike Seabolt, our contact in America who has facilitated the player imports that have occurred over the past 2 years. Mike will also be getting involved with our juniors and seniors while he is here, running coaching sessions and scouting for talent, and hopefully this relationship will provide opportunities for some of our kids to secure football scholarships into the USA in the future.

And as Patrick noted in his most recent email – We are doing well, just moved in to 3rd place on the table after a hard fought win against Naenae on Saturday. Came from behind three times to win the game 4-3. I had a goal, played most of the game. We have some tough games coming up but with a little luck, we could definitely win the league and get promoted to the top level of pro soccer in New Zealand.

I’ve converted the latest newsletter into a PDF so that you can get caught up with our two local boys and their efforts at Upper Hutt, just download The Harcourt Herald to view Patrick’s comments on his stay so far as well as Seabolt’s comments which include feedback on the recently concluded Confederations Cup (the good and the bad including some coaching advice for Bradley & Co) and the upcoming MSU season. You should also check out the Upper Hutt website and the September 2008 newsletter that includes some pictures of Andy Cooper and Brian Pasierb along with Pasierb’s bio.