Where Does Heath Melugin Rank in Springfield Soccer History?

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I don’t know where I’ll rank in headline writing when my story is written, but I’ve got a three topics I want to cover today. Recruiting, Heath and finally, his final regular season home game scheduled for this Sunday. If you want to understand the first two, you owe it to yourself to attend the [...]

Springfield Soccer Club Alumni Are Going Dancing – Part II

SLU Billikens Ian Newport, Ryan Moses, Devon Newport

The Springfield Soccer Club is again well represented in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament which begins on campus sites across the nation on November 19, 2009. Last weekend saw several Springfield Soccer Club alumni representing their schools in the NCAA Division II and III Men’s Tournament and the NCAA Division III Women’s Tournament. Missouri [...]

10/7 Southwest Region High School Soccer Report

Kickapoo Chiefs – 1 Joplin Eagles – 0 Goal by Brock Ruggeri, assisted by Skyler Russell Parkview Vikings – 5 West Plains Zizzers – 0 Goals by Tim Griffin (3), Jared Moore and Tanner Bennett. Shutout by Rudy Fotsch Glendale Falcons – 9 Lebanon Yellowjackets – 1 Devon Newport scored 4 goals and moved into [...]

9/11 Southwest Missouri High School Soccer Report

Hillcrest Hornets – 5 Rogersville Wildcats – 1 The Wildcats took the initial lead in this game until the Hornets turned it up a notch. Bryce Collier tied the game enroute to scoring a pair of goals, Mitch Easter got the game-winner and Michael Freeman and Ben Ballhorn added goals as well. Midfielder Wes Bird [...]

Missouri Nets Two Parade All-Americans

Missed this announcement back in late May but it’s worth posting now. From the St Louis Post-Dispatch: In 1980, St. Mary’s High senior Keith Meyer was honored by Parade magazine as its high school boys player of the year. This year’s All-America team, which will be featured in the Parade Magazine in the Sunday Post-Dispatch, [...]

Tommy Tombridge Commits To Northwestern Wildcats

Springfield, and Springfield SC, has another representative in the Big 10. Goalkeeper Tommy Tombridge (Kickapoo 2009) verbally committed to the Wildcats a week ago, where he’ll play for Head Coach Tim Lenahan at the campus on Lake Michigan, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, IL. Unlike many of the players I’ve talked to about their [...]

Springfield SC U17 State Champions – Video Highlights

Springfield SC vs Lou Fusz Popovic – U17 Missouri State Soccer Final from oleolson on Vimeo. 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) [...]

Devon Newport And Graham Basecke – Future Billiken And Hoosier

2008 has been an incredibly active year when it comes to college recruiting news. I have not done it justice in terms of recognizing the opportunities the players in this region have created for themselves. The most difficult challenge is pursuing a Division I opportunity. The two most recent decisions in that area come from [...]

Springfield SC Earns First Win At Dallas Cup

The boys came back from a 1-2 deficit to beat the North Texas Strikers today 3-2. Goals from Bryce Collier, assist by Graham Basecke. Direct kick goal by Devon Newport from just outside the box. Game winner from Tim Griffin, another assist from Graham Basecke. The Strikers fought hard (7 yellows and a red card [...]