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Missouri State Cup – Knockout Round

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Cooper, Springfield SC 96/97

Cooper, Springfield SC 96/97

UPDATE3 – schedules have been changed significantly. I’ve tried to get them all updated below.
UPDATE2 – I’ve added a press release from Springfield SC with additional background on their teams. Springfield SC press release – 2011 State Cup
UPDATE – All games Tuesday canceled due to rain and field conditions. Moved to same time Wednesday.

Emily Cline (Glendale) and Shelby Hatz (Catholic) are members of the U18 SLSG Navy squad that will play in the Final on Tuesday Wednesday. In addition, a pair of finals in U17 Girls and U19 Boys that each feature individual Springfield players (Molly Brewer and Skyler Russell) while Springfield SC has four teams (14, 15, 17, 18) in the Quarterfinals and one in a semifinal (16). Columbia Pride U18′s also reached the Quarterfinals. Schedules and updates below.

PHOTOS will be available later tonight and tomorrow for U15 Boys, U18 Boys and U19 Boys

Springfield SC 95-96 vs Lou Fusz Poupard, U15 Missouri State Cup 2011

Springfield SC 95-96

U15 Boys Quarterfinals
Springfield SC 95/96 – 2
Lou Fusz Poupard – 1
After a scoreless first half, the boys came out with some better organization and put pressure on Lou Fusz from the start. They finally broke through in the 52nd minute when Blake Weber’s shot rolled into an open net as the goalkeeper slipped coming out to it when it spun back towards the net (video below). Unfortunately some lackadaisical defending 8 min later allowed Lou Fusz to tie the score when a loose ball in the box was buried from 8 yards.

PHOTO GALLERY

The game-winner came in stoppage time when following a cross, the ball was pushed back out to the left and the cross back in was headed by up and over the goalkeeper, falling just under the crossbar. Three minutes of defending later and the boys are now headed to the semifinals against Lou Fusz Geerling at 9am Thursday.

U16 Boys Semifinals
Springfield SC 94/95 – 1
Doran Hundelt – 0
The team got the game winner when Turner Adams scored from Mitch Moncada’s cross. It sends them through to the Finals where they will play Raytown BGFC who defeated SLSG Premier 4-3 in overtime. As one parent noted, the Final will feature two non-St Louis teams tomorrow! Game time is 9 am.

U19 Boys Final
Scott Gallagher – 4
KC Futura – 0
Played on the artificial surface at the Gallagher Complex, the home squad overran the visitors from KC who brought 12 players to STL this weekend. Adnan Gabeljic, the SLU sophomore, scored the first three, getting his 1st in the 30th min from close range. A cross from the left by Logan North (brother Mason graduated from Drury this year) was collected, a challenge shrugged off and a goal. In the second half, Matt Hutchinson’s (Drury 2014) run down the left allowed him to turn the corner. His initial square ball went through the box where it was collected by Zach Walters. The rebound of his shot fell to Adnan on the edge of the six-yard box and he poked it in. The third goal came from a breakaway as the Kings pushed forward. After that it was time for me to head to the SSC U18 match.

U18 Boys Quarterfinals
Springfield SC – 1
Scott Gallagher Premier – 2
The defending champions moved on today after coming from behind. SSC opened the scoring in the 42nd when Jordan Houseman (Parkview) got to a ball in the box sent through by Parker Maher from the left. Caught flat-footed, Houseman tipped it past the keeper and just inside the upright.

The second half belonged to Gallagher when 12 minutes in, an own goal on a set piece sent into the box allowed them to tie the score. SSC didn’t show the same verve they had in the first in taking the game to Gallagher. A slide tackle in the box led to a penalty kick in the 69th that was converted for the ultimate game-winner. Gallagher goes on to face Lou Fusz Cooper in the semifinal. Cooper is coached by Andy Cooper (Missouri State Bears) and his former teammate Brett Williams with the Bears and at Oakville High School.

Logan Ponche, Francis Howell Central/Drury Panthers, after PK save

Logan Ponche

U18 Boys Quarterfinals: 3:00 pm – Sportport #3
Columbia Pride – 0
Lou Fusz Cooper – 3
A pair of late goals, following a blocked penalty kick, propelled Lou Fusz to the victory today over the Pride team made up of veterans of the last two State Final 4 (Hickman 2009, Rock Bridge 2010). The PK save by Logan Ponche (Francis Howell North) gave his teammates the energy they needed to finish the match on a strong note. Ponche is a Drury Panther signee as is Derek Hoerman (Francis Howell Central), who buried a cross into the box in the final minutes of the game for the final score.

PHOTO GALLERY

U18 Girls Final: 8:00 pm – Scott Gallagher Park
SLSG Navy – 0
SLSG Green Academy – 1
Looks like Shelby Hatz has a second State Championship ring to add to her collection for 2011. She and Emily Cline are part of the SLSG Green Academy team that won that Cup Final today. It’s the second State Cup for the Green squad, compared to three for the Navy squad, according to this article on the two teams from the Post-Dispatch.

U14 Boys Quarterfinals
Springfield SC – 2
Lou Fusz Kargacin – 0
Their third win, the second straight by shutout, sends the boys into the semifinals on Thursday against Tony Glavin Lions Celtic squad. Game time is 1:30 pm.

U17 Boys Quarterfinals
Springfield SC -
Lou Fusz Gregory –
No score is posted on the MYSA site but more importantly, the SSC squad is written into the semifinal slot against the Scott Gallagher Gold team tomorrow at 3:00 pm. Gallagher played to a scoreless draw against Lou Fusz Gregory team during Group play.

U17 Girls Final
Gallagher IL – 1
Gallagher Green – 0
Molly Brewer earns a State Championship medal as she and her teammates win again.

Charles Renken Signs With 1899 Hoffenheim

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Scott Gallagher SC vs St Louis SC - Jun 12 U14 Soccer by Ives has reported that former Scott Gallagher player Charles Renken has signed with German-side 1899 Hoffenheim

Two of the best players in the U.S. national team youth system will be taking their development to Europe.

ESPN.com’s Justin Rodriguez is reporting that Charles Renken and Joseph Gyau will be joining the 1899 Hoffenheim youth academy. The story mentions multi-year contracts for both, but it should be noted that FIFA bylaws do not permit players younger than 18 to sign binding professional contracts outside of their home countries.

The agreement will mean that Gyau and Renken will split time between the Hoffenheim academy and the Vancouver Whitecaps residency school for the next year.

Gyau, 16, and Renken, 15, are two of the best players on the current U.S. Under-17 national team and have been hotly pursued by several European clubs.

Charles, pictured above playing in Springfield as part of the 2006 Missouri State Cup, was a 12 year old playing as a member of the U14 State Championship squad in 2006 that included Skyler Russell, who is a senior at Kickapoo and will play at Syracuse next year AND Jordan Pitts, a senior goalkeeper at Glendale. Skyler is center row, 3rd from left while Jordan is top row, far right.

Springfield SC U18 Boys End Their Region II Run

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Region 2 2009 logoThe 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. They have also set the standard that every team in the region will now have to shoot for. Congratulations fellows and continued success.

Max Duncan (Joplin HS) has advanced to the semifinals with the KC Wizard Juniors U17 team. The U16 team has also advanced.

Missouri will have plenty of representation going forward:
U19 Boys – Scott Gallagher advances
U18 Boys – both Lou Fusz and Scott-Gallagher have advanced to the semifinals and could face each other in the final on Wednesday
U14 Boys – Scott-Gallagher Academy advances
U19 Girls – Scott-Gallagher advances, although Chelsea Russell is out with injuries (this team were National Champions as U15 players)
U16 Girls – Scott-Gallagher Green advances
U15 Girls – Scott-Gallagher Green, losers to SG United in the MO Cup Final, advance while their club mates, including Molly Brewer, lose Monday

Southwest Missouri Soccer Updates

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There has been lots happening, I’ve had a hard time keeping up quite frankly although I also try to balance how much I put on the site. What do you think? Need more or have I found a good balance? While you ponder that question (share your thoughts here) here’s the latest:

Carthage School Board Approves Girls Soccer for 2009

At least 30 girls had signed up to express an interest in the program, and most appeared to be on hand at the board meeting. “We support the proposal to add girls soccer,” he said. “Kids do better in school when they’re involved in activities. They do better in their studies and attendance, and they’re more likely to graduate.”

Reed after the meeting said that Carthage has had a boys soccer program since 1989. He said a first-year budget for the program will be between $20,000 and $25,000, a higher total the first year because of uniform purchases.

UPDATE – the Carthage Press chimes in with this additional tidbit

Carthage is entering the Central Ozark Conference (COC) next year and all but one school will have girls soccer – Webb City doesn’t have the sport and Republic will introduce it in the 2009-2010 school year.

In addition to soccer, the Ozark Tigers are out working to support hungry kids in Haiti.

Ozark Lady Tiger soccer players donated their time and energy on Thursday to help the Springfield organization Kids Against Hunger package food for children who are currently starving in the island nation of Haiti. The organization’s current goal is to package and send 100,000 meals to the children of Haiti.

Kickapoo Chiefs vs Ft Zumwalt West Jaguars - Class 3 QuarterfinalSkyler Russell (pictured – Kickapoo Chiefs) has been playing for the Scott Gallagher U16 US Academy team and they just returned from a Florida tournament where they faced off against the US U16 National Team, losing 1-0. The Academy is the highest level of play in the country, designed to provide a model similar to the International Clubs that develop youth players for their adult teams. It has also been designated as the way USSF will identify future National Team players.

Just down the road in Joplin, Max Duncan (Joplin) has been traveling North to play for the KC Wizards Juniors who have just been accepted into the USSF Academy program beginning next year. Max’s U16 squad currently plays in the Midwest Regional League, in the First Division that includes the Springfield SC squad.

St Louis Soccer United to Host Quincy Soccer Classic

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Plenty of news to get caught up on from both sides of the state but I’m going North East first, to Quincy where the following update came out last week. From the Quincy Soccer Classic website:

St Louis Soccer UnitedAn agreement was recently reached for the Quincy Soccer Classic and St. Louis Soccer United to partner for the 2008 event and beyond. Thus, the Quincy Soccer Classic will take place in Collinsville, IL. in 2008 at the Metro United Soccer Complex and SIU-Edwardsville. In future years, it is the intention to use the new complex once construction is completed. The event will start on October 2, 2008 with 2 games at SIU-Edwardsville. The showcase games will also be at SIU-Edwardsville and will feature 4 elite teams. Local powerhouse Chaminade College Prep will play against Davis High of Davis, CA and against Providence Day School of Charlotte, NC. Here is a list of participants. There are 13 different states represented and still one more team needed to fill out the field.

The Glendale Falcons participated in last years tournament, winning their division, and appear to be included on the list for the event this October as well.

St Louis Soccer United has been making some significant investments, while continuing their quest for a Major League Soccer team. Tied to their move to partner in what has rapidly become a nationally recognized high school soccer tournament is their investment in youth development. From their website:

To further enhance the interest in soccer, St. Louis Soccer United has formed the only true vertical integration youth development model in North America. Based on developmental leagues that are prevalent in European soccer, three of the leading amateur soccer organizations in the St. Louis region – Metro United, Scott Gallagher, and St. Louis Soccer Club – have joined forces to create a single club within the St. Louis youth soccer community designed to enhance the development of players at every level.

I think I need to send my advertising package to our friends in St Louis. What do you think, is Springfield a KC Wizards town or a budding St Louis United fan base?