Tag Archives: Andy Wilkinson

How Was Your Weekend?

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I ask that question as a prelude to sharing Andy Wilkinson’s weekend with you from last week. As you can see in the photos, he covered a lot of bases. He started his road trip with a drive from Joplin up to Kansas City to enjoy the KC Wizards game against the LA Galaxy on Saturday. From there he headed to St Louis where he participated in the St Louis Athletica game against the FC Gold Pride. The Women’s Professional Soccer match was held at the A-B Soccer Complex, was broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel and included Andy as AR2.

Congrats to one of our region’s up-and-coming referee’s, as Andy is actively pursuing his National license. Thanks for the photos Andy. Oh, and to address any questions… That’s Jack Jewsbury in the first, Beckham in the second, Andy’s on the far left in the third (not the little girl, the ref!) and that’s Hope Solo bending over in front of Andy as he check’s the nets prior to the start of the game. Apparently his buddies were a bit enamored of Hope and so most of his photos are of the US goalkeeper!

Springfield Represents At Region 2 – The Arbiter’s

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Springfield Referees

Congratulations to the crew from Springfield who were chosen to represent and earned their way to Sioux Falls, SD this past week. This team was part of the the fun, and success, of playing and working at the highest levels.

Back Row – Patrick Burns and Ryan Cooksey
Front Row – Alysan Burgbacher, Mark Lassman-Eul, Andy Wilkinson and Jessica McCutcheon

Update – Patrick, Ryan, and Andy all worked semi finals on Tuesdays. Only one missouri referee got a final due to so many teams from missouri being in the finals.

It was the first trip to Regionals for Alysan, a high school senior-to-be at New Covenant where she will play on the boys team this season, along with Jessica, who will be a sophomore at Rogers State (OK). The group was also joined by Jeff Kohlmeyer and Kelly Ross who worked as an assigner and a mentor, respectively.

Southwest All-Star Game Update

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Southwest Soccer All StarsFolks, a reminder that the 4th Annual Southwest All-Star game will be held on Thursday June 19th. We will feature a pair of games, with the ladies playing at 6:00 pm and the gentlemen at 8:00 pm. The games will be played at Cooper Soccer Complex, on field #1, site of last night’s Springfield Derby between Kickapoo and Glendale.

One reason for the reminder is to also introduce you to Zack Larsen. Zack has joined the All-Star team from the Missouri State University Entertainment Management program. He’s working with Jeremy and I as an Intern as part of his degree program and he’ll be reaching out to the Coaches this week and next to introduce himself. It’s time to reconnect with the boys who will be playing this summer, We are also beginning to compile the list of girl players that will be considered for this years game.

Zack is a soccer freak, a Chelsea fan and former college roommate of Andy Wilkinson, who many of you know as a regular commenter on this website as well as his work as a graduate of the MSU Athletic training program and his pursuit of a National Referee license. So he’s got cred and we’re very glad to have his assistance this year. If you’re an invited player, he’ll be reaching out to you to keep you up-to-date. If you’re a Coach, he’ll be looking to accomplish the same.

In the meantime, feel free to Friend Zack and Friend Ole. And there is an event already set up on Facebook as well. Join us!