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Bears Trevor Spangenberg In PDL Soccer Southern Championship Tourney

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Trevor Spangenberg, Missouri State Bears (2014)

Trevor Spangenberg, Missouri State Bears (2014)

The stage is set in Jackson, MS and the Mid-South Division Champion Laredo Heat Soccer Club (9 – 5 – 2, 29 points) and the Southeast Division Runner-Up Baton Rouge Capitals (9 – 2 – 3, 30 points) will battle at 5:00 P.M. at Harper Davis Field on the campus of Millsaps College.

The Heat and the Capitals open the Southern Conference Championship Tournament with the winner of the opening match taking on the winner of the later match on Friday evening in Jackson, MS between the Southeast Division Champion and Host Team Mississippi Brilla (11 – 0 – 3, 36 points) and the Mid-South Division Runner-Up Houston Leones (7 – 5 – 4, 25 points).

The Southern Conference Championship Game is set for Sunday evening, August 1st at 7:00 P.M., also at Harper Davis Field.

The Laredo Heat added Trevor Spangenberg, a 6’3” 19 year old sophomore goalkeeper at NCAA Division I Missouri State University located in Springfield, Missouri agreed to finish our his 2010 PDL season in Laredo. Spangenberg is a graduate of Boone Grove High School is Valparaiso, Indiana. He comes over from the IMG Bradenton Academics.

This Week In Soccer

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Glendale HSWhat, already? That’s right, we are a week away from the start of practice for the Boys High School season and most college programs. The buzz I’m seeing on Facebook is the excitement of packing and preparing to head off to the dorms for the college freshman. For the upper class men, its the reality of the fitness tests. For me, it’s getting the schedules, and rosters, and trying to make some sense of it all once again this season.

We’ve got some great games to enjoy this week to prepare ourselves for the new season. The start of the Olympic games features soccer in advance of the formal opening of the games. There is also a Friendly between Red Bull NY and Barcelona. Here’s the lineup:

Wednesday – 6:30 am – US WNT vs Norway (MSNBC/UHD)
Wednesday – 6:00 pm – Barcelona vs Red Bull NY (ESPN2)
Thursday – 4:00 am – US MNT vs. Japan (MSNBC)
There will also be games between Honduras vs Italy as well as Argentina vs Ivory Coast
Saturday – 04:00 am – US WNT vs Japan (USA)
as well as Nigeria vs Germany (W – MSNBC), Brazil vs N Korea (W – MSNBC)
Sunday – 6:45 am – U.S. MNT vs. Netherlands (USA)
as well as Italy vs S Korea (MSNBC) and Argentina vs Australia (Telemundo)

Other opportunities this week include the USYSA National Championship Highlights Show that will be shown on Fox Soccer Channel at noon on Saturday. See the highlights of the games that were played in Little Rock two weeks ago.

In addition, the PDL Championship will be shown Saturday evening, at a time to be determined. The Thunder Bay Chill, regular visitors to Springfield as members of the Heartland Conference, will face the Laredo Heat. If I hear of a viewing party, I’ll let you know!

And if you’re looking for a final road trip, the KC Wizards will host Chivas USA on Saturday at 7:00 pm. Both teams lost this weekend and are stuck in the bottom half of the table in their respective Conference with 22 points each. Not a ringing endorsement of course but with only 12 games remaining there are only a few opportunities remaining to see our regional team and for them to begin moving up the table.

Heartland Conference Champions Thunder Bay Chill reach PDL Final

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PDL: Thunder Bay Chill at St Louis LionsThunder Bay Chill – 2
Vancouver Whitecaps U23′s – 1

The Chill’s Alvaro Zendejas headed home a corner in the fourth minute of stoppage time to secure Thunder Bay’s first-ever berth in the PDL championship final.

They’ll face the defending champion Laredo Heat, who will play in their 3rd straight championship game. The Heat knocked off the Reading Rage 2-0 Saturday.

The championship game will be played Saturday and broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel. Time and location have not been determined yet. Photo by Ole from a game in 2007 at St Louis Lions.