California Academy Teams Move To 10 Month Calendar

Carl Rose, Don Ebert - St Louis Steamers (2004)

With the 10 Development Academy programs in Southern California now committed to a 10 month calendar, effectively canceling the High School season for their members, how long do you think before the programs here in Missouri (Sporting KC, Scott Gallagher St Louis and Scott Gallagher Metro) will have to match the model to stay competitive? [...]

Molly Brewer Headed To Nationals

U17 Girls St Louis Scott Gallagher, Jan 2011

Molly Brewer (Glendale 2012), last seen suffering a knee injury while clearing Megan Melugin’s shot off the line in OT during the Falcon’s loss to Kickapoo in the District 12 semifinals in May, has fully recovered. Molly and her teammates on St. Louis Scott Gallagher became the second National League team to earn a spot [...]

Alec Cochran Competing in South America For US National Team

Alec Cochran, CBC Cadets (2011)

From the Grapevine Soccer Network website and US Soccer comes the following: Alec (AJ) Cochran, 17, from Ballwin, was recently selected to play for the U18 US National team in 4 games in Argentina and Chile later this month. AJ will be a senior at CBC and plays club soccer for St. Louis Scott Gallagher’s [...]

Catch Video Highlights From The USYSA National Championships

2010 USYSA National Championship logo

The US Youth Soccer National Championships opened yesterday in Overland Park, KS and finals in all age groups will occur on Saturday and Sunday. Missouri has two representatives at the games: U17B – St Louis Scott Gallagher Premier opened with a 2-1 win over West Coast FC 92 (CA-S) (RIV-C) U15G – JB Marine Wipke [...]

Moses And Newport Advance To Regional Semifinals

SLU Billikens Ian Newport, Ryan Moses, Devon Newport

Current SLU Billikens, Ryan Moses and Devon Newport, have advanced to the Semifinals at the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regionals. Their U19 team went undefeated in group play and are facing the KC Wizard Juniors today. Video highlights for all Age Groups on US Youth Soccer website Moses (Kickapoo Chiefs) and Newport (Glendale Falcons) both [...]

Springfield SC Begins Spring Midwest Regional League Play

Eric Sorlie, Springfield SC

As the photo of Springfield SC Director Eric Sorlie shows, the weather may not have been cooperating but that didn’t stop most of the play throughout the region this weekend. The club has 3 teams competing in the league this year, all in the First Division. For some background, the Midwest Regional League is an [...]

Interview With Jeremy Alumbaugh, Springfield SC Director of Operations

Jeremy Alumbaugh

I spent some time with Jeremy Alumbaugh, Director of the Springfield SC for the past six years. For those who missed the earlier announcement, Alumbaugh is headed for Collinsville IL where he is now responsible for the St Louis Scott Gallagher Metro Academy U18 team. That’s a mouthful and I’m going to dive into those [...]

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. [...]

Midwest Regional League U14 Boys Competition In Springfield

UPDATE – Congratulations to the Springfield SC 94/95 squad who enjoyed home cooking and a pair of wins this weekend while hosting the MRL U14 games. The boys won both games by a 2-1 margin, against St Louis Scott Gallagher I 94/95 on Saturday and St Louis Scott Gallagher IL-Blue (formerly Metro United) on Sunday. [...]