The LA Times, where the photo came from, covered the Academy Final which was against LA FC:

Despite his injury, Agorsor, who has a scholarship offer from Virginia but is considering playing professionally in Europe, brought back the Bays with his tournament-leading sixth goal and also drew a penalty kick in the 90th minute that forced the game to overtime.

Chris’ future plans have been the subject of a year of speculation on Big Soccer. The most recent interview comes from the Potomac Soccer Wire who sat down with him last week to discuss his plans which seem to lean towards playing at Virginia.

There’s also a YouTube video from the Gatorade Awards ceremony if you’d like to see more of this young man who currently sits at the top of his peer group. For more action, here’s 4 minutes of highlights the Bay’s win over the Chicago Fire Academy team early in the playoffs.

UPDATE - hopefully it works out better the second time…

Hat tip to World Cup blog.

Sunday’s match was a 4-1 win for our boys, with goals from 4 different players giving them a commanding lead in the total goals that will decide the Ozarks Challenge Cup winner. John Duncan (Washington University/Joplin) got the first midway through the first half as he outraced the goalkeeper to a ball deflected wide right from Justin Alford’s pass. TJ Miner Martin (Webb City/Rogers State) got a beauty when Danny Collins (Drury/Glendale) sent him in alone with a thru ball. NWA got their goal late in the half when Juan Orrala (Rogers HS) put a beautiful direct kick over the wall and off the left upright that just evaded Stephen Connors (Drury/Glendale) dive. With a strong defense and a counter-attack that doesn’t quit, SSC got two more goals from Kyle Windmueller and Justin Alford (both Missouri State) who assisted each other late in the game. The NWA News has a story from yesterday’s game as well. I’ll be back with video highlights later today.

Springfield SC U23’s at Northwest AR Lightning from oleolson on Vimeo.

The games on Saturday included a 2-1 win over Central Illinois Soccer Academy and 2-0 over Metro United. Both games were played at the Metro facility in Collinsville IL.

Springfield SC travels to Chicago this weekend for a trio of games, with the highlight of the trip being a game at Schwaben FC (in Buffalo Grove, IL), a German club that began in Chicago in 1926 and now has a four field facility in the Northern suburbs.

The home game against NWA Lightning will be on Wednesday July 23rd and will be played at Cooper Soccer Complex. Come cheer on the local boys and get a peek at some of the Missouri Southern, Drury, Missouri S&T and Missouri State players on the team you’ll be cheering on this Fall.

Des Moines Menace visit Springfield Demize from oleolson on Vimeo.

The Demize will wrap up their season with the 16 hour bus ride to Thunder Bay, Canada for a pair of games next weekend. They’ll be battling a team hoping to sweep their final four games to gain home-field advantage in the Conference playoffs. The Menace are trying to hold on for the second spot with games at St Louis Wednesday and hosting their primary rival, Rapids U23, next Saturday.

I’ll be back with video later today.

The Demize lost their road game at St Louis on Saturday by the score of 0-3.

I finished the video editing for Thursday nights game in Springfield, a 2-3 loss on an 82nd minute goal by Tom Heinemann. I missed Brett Thomas’ early goal but you can catch the final 4 goals as well as some ancillary action from the game in this video. See you Thursday at Cooper #1!

PDL Soccer: St Louis Lions at Springfield Demize, Jul 3 2008 from oleolson on Vimeo.

Sunday is the European Championship Final, between Germany (boo) and Spain (yeah!). Yeah, I’m rooting for some new blood at the top. Who knows if we’ll see beauty or the beast but here’s a reminder of what the game can look like. More later… Hat tip to Chase Jarvis

Part 2 of the interview

Andrew Weibe, a KU student and contributor to American Soccer Daily, hooked up with Jimmy Conrad and Jack Jewsbury to cover a wide range of topics. Hat tip to Hillcrest Road.

After enjoying this, consider downloading SGFsoccer.com The Magazine which features Jack on the cover and my interview and background feature with him.

The boys are in Toronto for a game tonight that is being broadcast on Direct Kick.

On a 22nd minute goal by Levi Coleman from a cross by JD Warman, the KC Brass earned their third win over the Demize in the first month of the season. The Demize, while outshot by the Brass 7-3, had several opportunities to tie the game Friday night. A ball that fell near the 10-yard line in the box, following fine work by Eishun Yoshida on a free kick a few minutes after the Brass scored, as well as a shot on goal in stoppage time at the end of the first were the best early chances.

Photo Slideshow from 1st half

The Demize worked hard throughout the match to equalize as goal keeper Chris Hanlon blunted several Brass attacks in the second, including a diving stop at the feet of Haggai Leboo (see video) in the 87th minute. The final six minutes (including stoppage) was a relentless effort to score but despite the improved organization and overall play, led by midfielder Nikola Katic, the inability to capitalize on corner kicks in particular led to another loss.

Download the iPod/iPhone version of the video

The Demize will host the Colorado Rapids U23 team this evening at 7:30 pm, preceded by a Reserve game against SpringHigh Select at 5:00 pm. Lake Country Soccer, Field #1.

The Rapids, who will play in St Louis on Sunday, are three points behind the Brass in the Heartland Conference, with 10 points in 6 games versus the Brass’ 13 points (9 from wins over Springfield) in 7 games.

I don’t expect nearly as big a crowd but there’ll be a group of us out on Saturday night at 9:30 pm to catch the KC Wizards at the LA Galaxy. HDnet is broadcasting the game, should be a good way to start your evening (if you’re younger than me).

Got it done Sunday afternoon when I should have been outside or at least getting something productive done

PRESS RELEASE
Springfield S.C. U-17 Boys Claim Back to Back MYSA State Cup Championships

The Springfield Soccer Club 90/91 (Under 17) Boys claimed their second consecutive Missouri Youth Soccer Association State Cup Championship by defeating Lou Fusz-Popovic in penalty kicks 5-4 at the Scott Gallagher Soccer Complex in St. Louis, MO May 10th. By winning the MYSA State Cup Championship the team has earned the right to represent Missouri at the US Youth Soccer Region II Championships in Rockford, IL June 20-25, 2008. Sixteen teams will compete in pool play to determine the Regional Champion and advance to the US Youth Soccer National Championships July 22-27, 2008 in North Little Rock, AR.

The MYSA Championship game was a tightly contested affair with Springfield S.C. 90/91 taking the early lead off a Ryan Moses free kick from the top of the eighteen yard box. Moses delicately bent the ball over the wall into the upper ninety of the goal. Minutes later Lou Fusz would answer to make the game even at 1-1. A thirty minute lightning delay extended the first half and the game remained tied 1-1 going into halftime. The second half saw opportunities for both teams with Springfield S.C. 90/91 having a few good looks at the goal.

Still tied at the conclusion of regular time the game went into two fifteen overtime periods. Having the better of play during overtime Springfield S.C. 90/91 was unable to find a goal. The game then went to penalty kicks where both teams made three of their five kicks, forcing the game into golden goal penalty kicks. Both teams made their first kick and Springfield S.C. 90/91 made their second attempt, while Lou Fusz missed their second one and that secured the MYSA State Cup Championship for Springfield S.C. 90/91.

Having achieved their second MYSA State Cup Championship the team is now looking forward to improving their 2007 Semi-Finalist status at Regionals. “Without a doubt this victory was a tremendous statement by the players. They have stayed committed during the past several months at it paid off today. It was a total team effort, but when it got to penalty kicks Christopher Tombridge our goalkeeper took over.” said Cory Carr Head Coach.

Team members include; Christopher Tombridge (Kickapoo), Steven Curti (Carthage), Ryan Squires (Glendale), Blake Aggus (Joplin), Tyler Bennett (Kickapoo), Ryan Partch (Glendale), Caleb Collier (Kickapoo), Matt Medley (Parkview), Ian Newport (Glendale), Devon Newport (Glendale), Grant Bollig (Lebanon), Ian Kennedy (Kickapoo), Graham Basecke (Glendale), Mason Morawitz (Hickman), Brock Ruggeri (Kickapoo), Ryan Moses (Kickapoo), Tim Griffin (Parkview), Bryce Collier (Hillcrest). The team is coached by Cory Carr and Jeremy Alumbaugh.