Pfc. Richard L. McNulty III died Sunday when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Bowri Tana, Afghanistan.

The defense department says 25-year-old Sgt. Brian L. Walker of Lucerne Valley, Calif., also died in the explosion.

McNulty was a 2008 graduate of Rolla High School, where he was a soccer star.

The Rolla Daily News reports that McNulty was scheduled to come home in three weeks. His wife is due to give birth in June.

McNulty and Walker were assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Yep, that’s former Bear Lance Parker in the #1 spot. He’s now playing for FC Edmonton in the NASL (one level below Major League Soccer). From his bio on the site

Parker, a native of Oklahoma City, already has NASL experience with Miami FC (now Fort Lauderdale Strikers), as well as a two-year stint with Chivas USA in the MLS. Before signing with Miami, Parker played for Missouri State for four years where he was named First Team Academic All American.

Lance appears to be recovered from major surgery on his arm and elbow. Parker suffered a compound fracture of his right arm in a game against the Carolina RailHawks on June 11, 2011 and spent the off-season working one-on-one with a coach down in Florida to get himself back in game shape. Per the website, Parker and Canadian keeper David Monsalve will duel it out for the starting job in 2012.

Lance is enroute to Edmonton now, having left Miami two days ago by car. The season runs from April to September and you can catch games from Texas, to Florida, North Carolina and North. Check it out if you’ll be doing any travel.

Girls Private-Parochial – Ben Timson, Springfield Catholic High School (Mo.)
Timson’s team posted a 23-4 record on the way to its second consecutive Missouri Class 1 state championship. In the past two seasons the team has a combined record of 44-9-1 and has reached the state semifinals each of the past three years.

This video is following the team’s first State Title in 2010 over Trinity

Ed Miller, Joplin Eagles with 2011 Seniors

The featured photo was taken on May 19th following Parkview’s win over Joplin in the District 12 title game. Head Coach Ed Miller gathered post-game with his senior players.

Three days later, on May 22nd, the tornado struck Joplin and changed thousands of lives.

Here’s a song written and performed by Kenny Foster for his “HOMETOWN”. “I can think of better things to put my hometown on the map”…

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Molly Brewer, Glendale Falcons (2012) / Scott Gallagher

Tony Schmitt was a hot, sweaty mess. Schmitt and his St. Louis Scott Gallagher IL Premier Under-17 soccer team spent the ugliest part of Sunday’s heat conditioning and training.

That meant running, running and more running for the SLSG IL Premier. With the sun and humidity pushing the heat index beyond 110 degrees, what in the world could possibly be worth such a torturous training session?
A national championship, that’s what.

SLSG IL Premier is a week away from landing in Phoenix to take part in the U. S. Youth Soccer National Championships. The girls locked up their spot at the tournament by capturing the Blue Division of the United States National League. SLSG IL Premier went 5-1-1 during the winter to punch its ticket to the summer’s biggest event.

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Tournament Schedule, also available on the SGFsoccer.com calendar (times are PST, so 10pm CST)

Wed Jul 27 – 8:00 PM – St. Louis Scott Gallagher (MO) vs NSA Premier Fury (IL)
Thu Jul 28 – 8:00 PM - St. Louis Scott Gallagher (MO) vs So Cal Blues – Dido (CA-S)
Fri Jul 29 – 8:00 PM – FC Pennsylvania Strikers (PA-E) vs St. Louis Scott Gallagher (MO)

U17G National Championship
Sun Jul 31 9:00 AM Field 12 [TBD] TBD [TBD] TBD Scheduled

Devon Newport (Glendale/SSC) With The Ball

The squad defeated FC United New York 2-0 on Friday afternoon to reach the U23 final.

The Post-Dispatch talked to Coach Mueller about the tournament.

“The majority of these guys grew up playing Scott Gallagher soccer under Tommy Howe; not all of them played together all that time, but they all know how to play the game and they’re used to being successful,” Mueller said. “We know we have a good team and we’re expecting to make a run at a championship.”

Likely starters for Mueller’s squad include Mark Pais (Ladue/SLU) in goal; Chad Vandegriffe (Chaminade/SLU), Ryan Wilhelm (CBC/SIUE), Benny Jeffery (Hazelwood Central/SIUE), and Jake Dobbins (Marquette/Tulsa) in the backfield; and Nick Maglasang (SLUH/SLU), Brian Schultz (SLUH/DePaul), Jordan Hoffman (Parkway Central/Missouri State) and Devon Newport (SLU) in the midfield. Up front, Alim Sabotic (Mehlville/UMSL) had been playing alongside Kevin Stoll (Chaminade/SIUE), but Stoll is out due to a knee injury. Possible replacements include Tom Gaus (DeSmet/Tulsa) and Peter Hyde (Chaminade/UMSL).

Note – Mueller worked the Drury Panthers Soccer Camp last week, prior to heading to KY for the tournament.

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The First XI also includes three players who have never been named to the MLS All-Star team.

San Jose’s Chris Wondolowski, the 2010 Golden Boot winner, has obviously earned the respect of fans across North America for his consistent scoring. Brek Shea, the young attacker from FC Dallas, is enjoying a season some pundits call worthy of MVP consideration.

Portland captain Jack Jewsbury, who leads the Portland Timbers with four goals and is fourth in MLS with six assists, is the lone representative of either of this year’s expansion teams.

Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler was also selected for the 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star team as the player with the most fan votes via text. Besler received an astounding 30 percent of all text votes submitted between June 8 and July 5 and he received nearly three times as many text votes as the next closest player.

Springfield SC 94/95 Boys at Region 2 Tournament by Duane Moses

There are several other teams from Missouri who have reached the semifinals as well including the U13 Boys Sporting KC Jr’s, U18 Girls Scott Gallagher (Cline & Hatz), U16 Girls JB Marine Wipke, U18 Girls KCFC Intensity (Groom, Clark and other Liberty Jay’s), U15 Girls KCFC Futura Academy and in the U17 Boys, Scott Gallagher will face Lou Fusz Popovic ensuring one Missouri team will reach the Finals.

8:00 am games
U13B Sporting KC Jrs (MO) – 3
Pacesetter Premier (OH) – 1

U16G JB Marine Wipke (MO) – 1
MI Hawks 95 (MI) – 5

U18G St Louis Scott Gallagher – 0
Mockingbird (KY) – 2

U18G KCFC Intensity – 1
FC Milwaukee – 2

10am games
U16B Raiders FC (IL) – 3
MN Thunder Academy 95 (MN) – 4

U16B CUP Crew Juniors Gold (OH-S) – 2 (OT)
Springfield SC (MO) – 1
A goal in the 10th minute by Mitch Moncada (Catholic), assisted by Ismael Serratos (Carthage) provided the team with their 4th straight game holding the lead. Unfortunately their stout defense, which had not surrendered a goal in the 3 group stage games, gave up one in the second half, leading to overtime. The Ohio squad scored again in the 1st OT and held on to win, advancing to the Final tomorrow.

The boys finish 3-1 in reaching the semifinals their first time to Regionals. The three group games were all shutouts, with a 5-0 advantage in goals scored vs surrendered.

Cincinnati United Crew advance to the Regional Final against the MN Thunder Academy who won 4-3 in their semifinal against the Raiders (IL)

12pm games
U17B St Louis Scott Gallagher Gold (MO) -
Lou Fusz Gold Popovic (MO) -

U15G Michigan Hawks (MI) -
KCFC/Futura Academy (MO) –

U16 Boys Springfield SC – 1
Everest SC Black (OH-N) – 0
A second half goal by Ismael Serratos (Carthage) in the 71st minute has given the boys their third straight shutout win in the group stages and they now advance to the Semifinals tomorrow at 10am. Awaiting word on winner of Carmel United U16 Elite (IN) vs CUP Crew Juniors Gold (OH-S) match. It’s the Crew!

The Cincinnati United Premiere (CUP) Crew Gold squad finished 1st in the Midwest Regional League Premier East this Spring, finishing 6-1. Their sole loss was to the Everest SC Black team, 3-0 on April 10th in Cincinnati. The team is ranked 2nd in the Region according to GotSoccer.

U19 Boys St Louis Scott Gallagher Elite – 0
Javanon 92 (KY) – 2
The loss appears to have finished the teams run at Regionals. A 2-1 finish with six points ties them with the KCFC Spartans (KS) but the Spartans have a +5 GD compared to Gallagher’s +1, meaning the Wild Card spot will elude them.

U17 Girls St. Louis Scott Gallagher – 2
Cincinnati Soccer Alliance U17 Elite (OH-S) – 0
The win was not sufficient to allow Molly Brewer (Glendale) and her teammates to advance as the MN Thunder Academy tied Lexington and advance with a 2-0-1 record and 7 points versus Gallaghers six points from two wins.

U18 Girls St. Louis Scott Gallagher – 3
E Iowa United 92/93 (IA) – 0
The STL representatives, which include Emily Cline (Glendale) and Shelby Hatz (Catholic), advance to the semifinals with a 2-0-1 record and 7 points. They avoid the KCFC Intensity squad that includes Shea Groom and Kaysie Clark of the Liberty Jays who advance with the 3-0 record and 18 goals scored. They will instead play Mockingbird (KY) who advanced via PK’s against Eclipse (IL) when both teams finished 2-0-1 with a +8 GD. Eclipse was the #1 ranked team in the Region while Mockingbird is #10