September 3, 2010

Greenwood Stadium Field Dedication

Benefactor Rick McQueary with 2010 Greenwood team and Alumni

The dedication ceremony for the newly christened Greenwood Field Stadium at the Cooper Soccer Complex went off under a beautiful blue sky complemented by the blue of the Greenwood Blue Jay faithful today. A large crowd was on hand to hear the dignitaries recognize the efforts of the community in bringing about the installation of [...]

Missouri State’s Alex Riggs Named To Hermann Trophy Watch List

Missouri State, Alex Riggs (2011)

Missouri State men’s soccer goalkeeper Alex Riggs was named to the 2010 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy Watch List which was released by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) today. The Hermann Trophy is given each year to the top player in NCAA Division I soccer. Riggs, a senior from St. Peters, Mo., [...]

Glendale Falcons Hold First Ever Alumni Game

Glendale Falcons Alumni, 2010

A large group gathered Sunday evening on the freshly mowed and lined Glendale pitch for the 1st Annual Alumni game, organized by 2004 graduate Maddy Senkowski. With representation from the class of 1992 to 2010, the game pulled a group that put a smile on Coach Jeff Rogers face as he prepares to begin his [...]

Global Fayre – Downtown Fair Trade & Soccer Supporter

Global Fayre logo over store image

I’d like to introduce David and Cheri Crump to the SGFsoccer.com community. Their store, Global Fayre, is a Fair Trade retail store located in the heart of Springfield’s historic downtown area. You can find them at 324 S. Campbell, just a few steps North of the intersection with Walnut Street, and just steps from Springfield [...]

ESPN Featuring Story On Haiti’s U17 Girls Team Tonight!

US_Haiti

From Soccer America: Tonight at 6 pm, ESPN’s newsmagazine E:60 recounts the story of Haiti’s U-17 girls national team in the wake of the nation’s devastating earthquake and how its players made a connection with their U.S. counterparts after their meeting in U-17 World Cup qualifying. Update on Haitian Women’s So ccer Team A World [...]

A Spanish Soccer Adventure For Missouri Girls

Sarah Ogar

Nice story in the Mexico Missouri Ledger about recent graduate Sarah Ogar and the soccer adventure she participated in during July. Sarah was part of a group of 15 girls that were pulled together by Chris Miller, President of the Missouri Soccer Coaches Association as well as Head Coach of the Southern Boone County Eagles, [...]

Mike Keifer Update from Darton University

Darton University AD, Mike Kiefer

Part of an impressive group that came out of Sedalia, including Mike Howard (Rolla Bulldogs) and Eddie Horn (Jeff City Jays), Mike was recently featured in the Albany Herald. Albany is home of the Darton University Cavaliers where Mike is in his 3rd year as Athletic Director after five years at Barton County CC Neosho [...]

We Were Part Of The Record Soccer Crowd In Kansas City!

Bailey Pesek and Taylor Stamper at Arrowhead Stadium

A pair of Nixa Lady Eagles were fortunate enough to attend the recent Manchester United game against the KC Wizards last Sunday. They share a picture of their visit and thoughts on the soccer adventure. Bailey says: Having the opportunity to see Manchester United play in the United States doesn’t happen every day. When my [...]

Chris Shuler Joins AC St Louis

Chris Shuler, Real Salt Lake

From the St Louis Globe Democrat: Chris Schuler, a 22-year-old former All-America defender at Creighton University, has been loaned to AC St. Louis by Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Schuler will be with AC for at least four games, starting with Wednesday night’s match in Montreal. The 6-foot-4, 185-pound Schuler was born in [...]

Alec Cochran Competing in South America For US National Team

Alec Cochran, CBC Cadets (2011)

From the Grapevine Soccer Network website and US Soccer comes the following: Alec (AJ) Cochran, 17, from Ballwin, was recently selected to play for the U18 US National team in 4 games in Argentina and Chile later this month. AJ will be a senior at CBC and plays club soccer for St. Louis Scott Gallagher’s [...]