September 3, 2010

Jon Kempin Promoted To KC Wizards MLS Squad

Jon Kempin, KC Wizards (Blue Valley NW 2011)

From the KC Wizards website comes news of their first home-grown player signing – The Kansas City Wizards announced Tuesday that they have signed goalkeeper Jon Kempin as the first Home Grown Player in club history. The 17-year-old product of the Wizards Juniors youth developmental academy signed as a Generation Adidas player, becoming the youngest [...]

Founders Cup Tournament Opens Saturday At Lake Country Soccer

Founder's Cup 2010 Tournament Logo

Tournament season in Southwest Missouri opens with the newest event, the Founder’s Cup. Games will be played by teams competing in the U9-U14 Boys age range as well as U11-U14 Girls as well as High School Girls. The tournament will include the first games to be played on the new Astroturf surface on the soon [...]

Jack Jewsbury, KC Wizards

Chad Jaeger with Jack Jewsbury

I had an opportunity to chat with Jack Jewsbury, KC Wizards and Kickapoo Chiefs (’99) earlier this week when he was in town for a Youth Clinic sponsored by Mediacom and Lake Country Soccer. The photo of him with Chad Jaeger, who played for Drury in the mid 90′s and now coaches here with Springfield [...]

Dedication of the Greenwood Stadium Field at Cooper Sports Complex Saturday

Greenwood Stadium Field, Aug 15, 2010

The Springfield-Greene County Park Board and Lake Country Soccer will hold a dedication ceremony at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 28 for a new Astroturf® synthetic soccer field surface, new lighting, and speaker system installation at the Greenwood Stadium Field of Cooper Sports Complex, 2601 E. Pythian St. Following the dedication, a Greenwood Laboratory School alumni [...]

Rolla Youth Soccer League Registration

Youth soccer players

Rolla, Mo. — Walk-in registration for the Rolla Area Youth Soccer League (RAYSL) will be held on Saturday, August 28 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm in the Mark Twain Elementary School cafeteria (old gym). The registration fee is $35 per player. Players must provide a photocopy of their birth certificate if one has not [...]

Nixa Parks Youth Soccer Registration Deadline is August 20th

Youth Soccer

The Nixa Parks Department is accepting registrations for their Fall Recreation Soccer Leagues through August 20th. Recreational Soccer is open to boys and girls age 3 through fifth grade. All teams are coed unless sufficient player numbers register to permit gender separation. Registration costs are $37.50 for residents and $45.00 for non-residents. Games are played [...]

Marshfield Youth Soccer Registration Opens August 17th

Youth soccer

The 2010 Fall Youth Soccer Registration will be held Tuesday (August 17) from 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. at Marshfield City Hall (798 S. Marshall St.). If you would like a registration form or information e-mailed to you to speed up the registration process, please respond to this e-mail with a request noting this. If you [...]

Missouri Youth Soccer Association F Level Coaching Clinic – Tuesday August 17th

F License Coaching Class at Lake Country Soccer, 2005

Lake Country soccer will host its fall Missouri Youth Soccer “F” level coaching certification clinic on Tuesday, August 17th from 6:00pm – 9:00pm. This clinic covers the most basic fundamentals of coaching soccer for our youngest participants. It is an entertaining and interactive clinic instructed by Denny Vaninger, who serves as the Director of Coaching [...]

3rd Annual 3v3 Summer Sizzler Bigger Than Ever

Blueberry Thunder Muffins U12/U13 Winners

79 soccer teams converged onto the Ozark Soccer fields Saturday, July 31, for the 3rd Annual 3v3 Summer Sizzler to make it the events largest tournament to date. Teams came from Kansas City, Joplin, Lebanon, Neosho, Carthage, and the Greater Springfield area with well over a dozen club teams represented. The 3rd Annual Summer Sizzler [...]

USSF Entry Level Referee Certification Course in Springfield Aug 6-8

Referee graphic

The Missouri Referee Development Program will be conducting a USSF Entry Level Referee Certification Course on August 6th, 7th and 8th. This is a 16-hour class which covers the basics of the laws of the game in preparation to officiate youth league matches. There is no minimum age to enroll in the course. Registration fee [...]