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Kurt Waterman Scores Goal Of The Year in MYSA

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Kurt Waterman, Glendale Falcons (2011)

Kurt Waterman, Glendale Falcons (2011)

The 2011 AGM Award Winners have been selected! Please join me in congratulating the following individuals!

Coach of the Year (Boys Competitive)
John Moore – Paul Klover Soccer Association

Coach of the Year (Boys Recreational)
Orville Birdsong – SCCYSA

Coach of the Year (Girls Competitive)
Jim Wipke – J B Marine SC

Goal of the Year
Kurt Waterman – Springhigh Select/Glendale Falcons

Save of the Year
Conner Plufka – Metro Strikers SC

Administrator of the Year
Stephanie Daugherty – Columbia SC

Volunteer of the Year
Janet Oberle – SPENSA

Young Referee of the Year (Female)
Lauren Smith – SLYSA

Young Referee of the Year (Male)
Matthew Stein Jr. – SLYSA

The 2011 MYSA AGM Awards will be presented at the 2011 MYSA AGM, held in Columbia, MO on Saturday, March 5th. For more information on the 2011 MYSA AGM, click here. Thank you to all of the individuals who submitted nominations.

SLYSA Flooding

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When the river spilled across the levee, it filled the St. Louis Youth Soccer Association fields like a bathtub. By Thursday, water had reached the roof of the pavilion in the soccer complex parking lot.

SLYSA President Roger Uphoff said it would take at least six months to regrow the fields from scratch, which would mean the league’s 8,000 players might not be able to play on the fields this fall. Uphoff said he planned to meet with team coaches next week to discuss possibilities.

from the St Charles Journal

Note: the water is dark and ugly and filled with trash. It stinks in areas downwind of the flooded areas, as if you had an entire teams wet mud stained uniforms stored in your minivan for a couple of days in the sun.

St Louis Youth Soccer Association Soccer Fields Flooded

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KSDK — Evacuations are underway in St. Charles after a levee overtopped and then breached Tuesday morning near Fountain Lakes and Huster Road just north of Highway 370.

The Elm Point levee broke around 1:30 a.m. Officials said flooding appears to be limited to a soccer park and a sod farm. A nearby mobile home park did not appear it would flood, but residents have been warned to be prepared.

Video of the affected area The soccer fields are part of the initial view you see, with the early green space on the right giving way to the brown water. Look close, the 4th billboard down the highway is closest to the road that split the SLYSA fields. You can barely see the roof of the central building (also pictured above) sticking out of the water beyond that point.

Eighteen St. Louis Youth Soccer Association playing fields also flooded Tuesday.
They are fields that the association says 7,000 children will depend on this fall.
When it comes to the damage the flood water is expected to do to turf on the fields, “The financial impact is somewhere between five hundred thousand to seven hundred thousand dollars to replace it,” said Roger Uphoff, the soccer association’s president.

From the StLsoccer.net message board:
wilber (Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:02 pm): That picture is not even close to what it looks like now. I just drove past 10 minutes ago. the water is about 3 feet or so from HWY 370!!!! You can see about 2 feet of the concession stand roof. the poles with the field number markers, you know the ones that are really high, you can see the flags and about a foot of the pole below that. It is still going up.

I dont know how many of you remember 93 but before the flood there was a huge softball complex(about 24 fields) where SLYSA is, interestingly enough called 2 Rivers softball complex. They had been working on the fields for a few years and had really brought them along and then the flood came and wiped it out. You know there is no more 2 Rivers Softball Complex. I dont think the owners had the cash to rebuild. I dont think the water was this high back then, and as someone mentioned before, the water is now trapped by the levee and the highway in that valley. This will be a tough one.

There’s A New Sheriff In Town News

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Final week of the regular season and you know what that means, eh folks. That’s right…

Waynesville visits Catholic on Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 pm. The Varsity play first and we’ll have a chance to see the two teams that have beaten Kickapoo and Glendale this season. It will also be one of your last chances to see Katie Pritchard with a ball at her feet, since next October she’ll be playing roundball for the Panthers. She’s a goal away from claiming second in career scoring in Missouri, and number one in large school scoring. And both teams are gearing up for the State Playoffs and this is a great way to send a message.

There’s one other game of note this week that needs no introduction. The Glendale Falcons visit Kickapoo on Wednesday for their Ozark Conference match up. The Chief’s lost 0-4 in early April as sophomore Lindsey Sprouse had a hat-trick in the Falcon’s shutout. Kickapoo will be without Jessica McCutcheon in goal due to injury (their 5th starter to go down) but the rivalry is strong. There will be a crowd out to cheer on both teams.

Springfield Soccer ClubCongratulations go out to the Springfield SC who had two teams advance to the semifinals this weekend at the Missouri State Cup. The U13 boys won their first two games ever in achieving that goal, before losing to a Scott Gallagher team yesterday morning. UPDATE – Got to call you on this sentence!! The U13 division is the youngest age group at state cup. The U13 team won their first two games at Cup and got to the semifinal…the first time ever a U13 team from SGF has done that (including current U17s). BTW the U17 game was won by one of the best shots you’ll ever see anywhere, an absolute corker straight into the top corner through a penalty box of defenders, by Tim Griffin from about 25 yards out. The U17 boys, defending State Champions, defeated Scott Gallagher in OT to advance to the Final again this year. It will be played this Saturday at 3:00 pm at the SLYSA Fields in St Charles, MO. I’ll be there to cover the story and celebrate Mother’s Day with my Mom. It’s also my Dad’s birthday on Saturday so lot’s of good reasons to be in St Louis rather than Springfield.

I mention that in advance of reminding you that Saturday is also the home opener for the Springfield Demize. I normally make the Professional Development League (PDL) games a priority but I’ve got a a conflict this weekend :) I think they are a great opportunity to see some quality soccer with future professional players you’ll be able to say “I remember when…”

Southwest Soccer All StarsWe’re in the final stages of the Southwest All-Star game as well. As noted earlier, I’m out seeing as many games as possible as part of the evaluation process. We anticipate making the announcement of the Girls Roster by Wednesday May 14th.

If your Booster Club or business would like to recognize the players that will be represented and support our efforts to bring you this game, please contact me so I can provide information on placing an ad in the Program. Thanks Folks, see you at the pitch!