Springfield SC U18 Boys End Their Region II Run

The Springfield SC U18 boys squad will be arriving home tonight and tomorrow, having been eliminated from the Region II tournament following their loss to Javanon (KY) today. Three straight trips, two that included reaching the semifinals, and college soccer plans for every young man that chose to continue playing, is a pretty nice legacy. [...]

Peter Vermes, KC Wizards Technical Director Interviewed

Peter Vermes, 1990 US World Cup

Soccer By Ives recently did a two-part interview with Peter Vermes of the KC Wizards. It’s timely with the visit of the KC Wizard Juniors teams that are playing in the Challenge Cup at Lake Country Soccer this weekend. Vermes, who represented the US in the 1990 World Cup, is the Technical Director for the [...]

Come Out and Support This Weekend

Come Out And Support

As noted Thursday, big tournament this weekend bringing plenty of soccer-loving visitors to the region. Be nice on the roads Here are the games that are on my radar, I’d like to suggest you pick one and come out and support. And I trust everyone is well aware of the fact that you get to [...]

KC Wizard Juniors Lose in National Final

Here’s the first report, from Down The Byline, A 90th minute free kick goal by Solar gave the North Texas team the U-19 National title, beating the Wizards Juniors 1-0. It sucks to lose on such a later goal, but congratulations to the team on a great run to the national title.

2008 USYSA National Championships Begin in Little Rock

2008 USYSA Championship logo

The US Youth Soccer Association National Championships, the ultimate goal of any team that competes in the Missouri State Cup, opens today in Little Rock AR with the Opening Ceremonies. Games begin Wednesday. As the the website notes: A field of 10,000 teams has been narrowed to the Final 56 for National Finals. The top [...]

Region II Soccer Tournament: Springfield SC Advances To Semi-finals Again!

Brock Ruggeri against FC Milwaukee

The Springfield SC U17′s shut out Northwest Indiana FC 1-0 today, winning on a goal by Brock Ruggeri (Kickapoo HS, pictured at last years Regionals vs FC Milwaukee). When combined with the KC Wizard Juniors loss to FC Barrington by the same 0-1 score, our local boys advance from the group to reach the Region [...]

Region II Soccer Tournament: Springfield SC Ties KC Wizard Juniors

More good news from Rockford today. In the second game of the three game round-robin, the Springfield SC U17 boys team earned a tie in their game against the Wizard Juniors. Devon Newport scored for our boys, his second in two games. Today’s game had the possibility of determining the group winner if one team [...]

Springfield SC U17 Boys Pursue Region II Title Opportunity

The Springfield SC U17 boys team left town this morning for the long drive to Rockford, IL, site of the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Championships. The boys return to the tournament for the second year after winning their second straight Missouri State age group title. As a returning semi-finalist (they lost to the eventual [...]