Notes and Boasts: Bethesda Soccer Club, Chantilly Firecats, Hagerstown Freedom 87, Richmond Kickers, Brian Goodstein, WAGS Division structures, VYSA On-Line Travel Registration System, Veteran's Cup, Women's Over-40 Northern Virginia Majestics, Women's Over-55 Virginia Vintage, Soccer Resorts Potomac Cup, Beer for Bier, David Beckham, US Open Cup, Anne Arundel County fields, Freddy Adu
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| Soccer Watch: Portland v California, United States v Austria, Uruguay v Mexico, United States v Norway, DC v Dallas, New York v New England, Spain v Czech Republic, Chivas USA v Columbus, Chile v Nigeria, Argentina v Mexico, Brazil v Argentina |
Tryouts: Chantilly Arsenal Rising U15 Camps: MaxTouch Soccer Academy, Seneca Soccer Association International Development Camp, OBGC Soccer Summer Camps 2007 Tournaments: PWSI 11th Annual Toys for Tots, 29th Annual FPYC Labor Day Soccer Tournament View Soccer Classifieds Below "Soccer Watch" Section
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> Under-20's come back to beat Uruguay, advance to World Cup quarters
A 107th minute goal from Michael Bradley was the game-winner, giving the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team a 2-1 overtime victory over Uruguay, and a berth in the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. [ full story +]
> First 18 players named to WNT for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
With 62 days remaining until the USA's opening match of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, U.S. Women's National Team head coach Greg Ryan has named the first 18 players who will represent the United States on women's soccer's grandest stage. The women line up against Norway on Saturday at 6 PM in Connecticut and ESPN2. [ full story +]
> Richmond Kickers down LA Galaxy in Open CupImminent storms in the area cleared just in time for a crowd of 4,578 to witness the USL2 Kickers upset the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer in the Third Round of the US Open Cup on a hazy, humid evening in Richmond. The lone goal of the night by Kickers forward David Bulow was enough to send Richmond to the Quarterfinal round of this year's tournament. [ full story +]
> D.C. upset by Islanders, bounced from Open Cup tourney again
D.C. United fell 1-0 to the Harrisburg City Islanders (United Soccer League Second Division) at Hempfield High School on a warm and muggy evening in Landisville, Pennsylvania. Steve Fisher's goal just before halftime was enough to eliminate the Black-and-Red from the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in front of a packed house of 5,219. [ full story +]
> Virginia Legacy implements Apprentice Program for more youth involvementThe Virginia Legacy Soccer Club has implemented a program called the Legacy Apprentice Program in an effort to expand on its PDL franchise and get more involvement from the club's youth. This program, which is open to kids ages 8-14 in the club, gives each participant a chance to become part of the team. [ full story +]
> Top area youth players commit to D.C. United Academy D.C. United proudly announced the commitment of the first 18 players to the year-round Youth Academy, highlighted by two youth internationals Howard Turk and Darnell Edwards. The players have agreed to part ways from prior club teams and forge their futures in the D.C. United youth program as a part of the National Academy League. [ full story +]
> Freestate Shooters send three to Europe with U.S. U-17 WNT The U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team, lead by head coach Dean Duerst, is in Europe from July 8-15 for two difficult matches against European Under-19 sides getting ready for the UEFA U-19 Women's Championships. Our area's only representatives on the roster all play for the Freestate Shooters. At press time, we learned the girls defeated a team from Denmark 3-0, with two goals coming from Freestate players Christine and Tiffany. [ full story +]
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The Bethesda Soccer Club congratulates the following BSC teams for winning or finishing second in their respective league divisions for the spring 2007 season. Region I: U17G Premier League South Champion - Rapids and U17B Colonial League Champion - Mavericks; NCSL: U17 D2 Runner Up - Mavs, U12 D1 Runner Up - AC Bethesda, U11 D1 Runner Up - Fire; WAGS: U19 D1 Runner Up - Havoc, U17 D3 Runner Up - Pride, High School Division Runner Up - Sharks, U15 D2 Champion - Freedom 91/92, U14 D4 Runner Up - Renegades.
The Chantilly Firecats make U12 regional finals at the US Club Soccer Regional Championships. They were also temporarily renamed "10th Mtn Patriots Brigade" for the weekend in honor of one of the team fathers who serves with that Brigade
Hagerstown Freedom 87 finished first in the U17+ Division and second in the U16 Division of the McSoccerFest 2007 4-on-4 tournament last weekend in Columbia, Md.; Carlie Colella, Lauren McVicker, Alluka Ogle-Moore, Wendy Lucas, Hannah Barton, Amanda Hutzell, Tessa Deneen and Lauren Sandberg competed for Freedom 87.
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Fighting for top seed in the USL2 league, first-place Richmond Kickers host second-place Charlotte Eagles this Friday, July 13 for the first leg of a home-and-home series this weekend.
D.C. United head athletic trainer and strength & conditioning coach Brian Goodstein has been elected as the Professional Soccer Athletic Training Society Vice President. Goodstein is in his fifth season with the Black-and-Red and also serves on the MLS Advisory Committee and on the editorial board for Training and Conditioning Magazine. He was honored in 2004 as the MLS Trainer of the Year.
WAGS Division structures are supposed to be posted today, but were not yet live at press time for his edition. www.wagsl.com
The VYSA On-Line Travel Registration System including the on-line Kidsafe Application for 2007-2008 is now available.
Two local adult soccer teams will participate in the Veteran's Cup in Bellingham, WA. July 18 - July 20; the Women's Over-40 Northern Virginia Majestics and Women's Over-55 Virginia Vintage from the DC Metro area. The US Adult Soccer Association established the Veteran's Cup in 1998 to offer high-quality soccer for both men and women between 30 and over 60 years of age. About 120-140 adult soccer teams from all areas of the country will travel to the Tournament which is expecting over 4,400 people.
The Soccer Resorts Potomac Cup is in town again this weekend (including our Editor in uniform for RBIS Rampage). If you're in Loudoun County/Sterling area and not already attending to play, come out and watch. The games at all at Potomac Lakes Sports Complex on Paul Hencken Fields. It is near Algonkian Reginal Park. Check out the Soccer Resorts video on YouTube.com
---- Editor's Corner ---- Beer for Bier on the way! Potomac Soccer Wire is throwing a fundraiser for Bier FC to help fund their trip to Seattle for the USASA Over-30 National Championships. The event will be at Ireland's Four Courts in Arlington on Wednesday, July 25th from 7PM till? There will be a cover, raffles, silent auctions, and hopefully several sponsors at the event, all to help cover the team's approximate $20,000 price tag to make the trip. We're collecting donations on behalf of the team for those who cannot attend in person. Please support local amateur soccer!
David Beckham is no longer coming - he's here. Since there's very little direct connection to our localized audience, and covering general professional and world soccer news is not our charter, we won't be filling up the wires with the entire goings on. There will be plenty of coverage out there on front pages, and I hope all the exposure will do nothing but help our sport. We'll cover Becks when it relates to United games, or other issues that touch our local community. We'll get you started with one great milestone - a Sports Illustrated cover story featuring an MLS player wearing their MLS team jersey for the first time. Plus, with Grant Wahl of SI recently moving to Baltimore, anything he writes qualifies to get in our publication too.
DC United, Houston Dynamo, and the LA Galaxy all lost their opening US Open Cup games to lower division teams in recent days, with two more games to go in the round. What's up with that? Well, the easy answer is the teams fielded primarily reserve players. But shouldn't reserves in MLS be better than starters in lower divisions? Check out my commentary on this in more detail in our forums. Follow the Open Cup at www.usopencup.com. Read more opinion about how MLS approaches the Cup on USSoccerplayers.com.
Recreation programs in Anne Arundel County are on the way to becoming the envy of every other county in the state. The announcement that the county will install what Recreation and Parks Department director Frank Marzucco calls safety turf - actually artificial turf - on each of the 12 public high school football stadiums, was enhanced by the information that recreation programs would get to use the facilities when the high school teams are not using them. BRAVO Anne Arundel County!
USSoccerPlayers.com has a lot of great opinion pieces worth taking a look at. I totally agree with this one regarding the lack of coverage for the US under-20 World Cup and how amazing Freddy Adu has played! If the US goes to the semi finals, I surely hope ESPN jumps on board full force. This is another chance to replicate the up-tick in exposure for soccer just like the Women winning in 1999. When that Cup started, few people outside the existing soccer circles even knew the tournaments was happening, but by the time it ended 40 Million people watched the finals at a packed Rose Bowl, and women's soccer was on the map once and hopefully for all. Let's hope we go all the way at this Cup, and let's hope ESPN goes all the way and helping everyone enjoy the ride!
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-- Major League Soccer Summary --
Saturday, July 14, 2007, 7:30 PM: DC v Dallas - LIVE - Comcast
Saturday, July 14, 2007, 7:30 PM: New York v New England - LIVE - FSC
Saturday, July 14, 2007, 10:30 PM: Chivas USA v Columbus - LIVE - HDNet
Friday, July 13, 2007
11:00 PM: Portland v California - LIVE - FSC - USL 1
Saturday, July 14, 2007
2:00 PM: U.S. v Austria - LIVE - Telefutura, ESPNU - FIFA Under-20 WC
5:00 PM: Uruguay v Mexico - LIVE - GolTV, Univision - Copa America 2007
6:00 PM: U.S. v Norway - LIVE - ESPN2 - Women's I.F. - CONCACAF/CONMEBOL
7:30 PM: DC United v Dallas - LIVE - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic - MLS
7:30 PM: New York v New England - LIVE - FSC - MLS
7:30 PM: Spain v Czech Republic - LIVE - Galavision, ESPNU - FIFA Under-20 WC
10:30 PM: Chivas USA v Columbus - LIVE - HDNet - MLS
Sunday, July 15, 2007
2:00 PM: Chile v Nigeria - LIVE - Telefutura, ESPNU - FIFA Under-20 WC
5:00 PM: Brazil v Argentina - LIVE - GolTV, Univision - Copa America 2007 Final
7:30 PM: Argentina v Mexico - LIVE - Galavision, ESPNU - FIFA Under-20 WC
Monday, July 16, 2007
No live or same day delay games scheduled
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=== Tryouts ===
> Chantilly Aresnal Rising U15 Seeking Keeper
The Chantilly Arsenal, a rising U-15 D3 team, is in search of a goalkeeper for the upcoming season. The Arsenal are coached/trained by Lon Pringle. Goalkeeper training will be provided by Geoff Mulholland. Interested players should contact Coach Pringle at lon.pringle@fcps.edu OR (703)967-8579.
=== Camps ===> MaxTouch Soccer Academy, Woodbridge, VACheck out the MaxTouch Soccer Academy Website for current classes being offered and Summer Camp dates. All classes and camps are conducted indoors in our Air-conditioned facility. For more info go to www.MaxTouchSoccer.com, or call 703-670-5801. > Seneca Soccer Association International Development CampSeneca Soccer Association is pleased to announce its International Development Camp being held at Clarksburg High School from July 23 through July 28, 2007. The focus of this camp is to provide serious high school age players with an advanced coaching experience. For our 2007 camp we are pleased to announce Dr. Zdenek Sivek as our lead clinician. Zdenek Sivek is the former Technical Director and National Youth Team Coach for the Czech Republic Football Association. In addition he is a Technical Instructor and Advisor for the Uni on of European Football Associations (UEFA). He has developed players and training and coaching curriculum in all age groups at both the club and federation level. A former professional player he also holds advanced degrees in Physical Education and Psychology. Many players on the current Czech National Team trained under Dr. Sivek. Players sessions are held morning and afternoon, Coaches sessions in the evening. Visit Seneca Soccer Association at www.senecasoccer.com for a brochure and application. > OBGC Soccer Summer Camps 2007STAFF: Pete Wood (Director), Alan Pringle (Asst Director), Matt Pilkington (Asst Director), Darren Beasley, Craig Stone DATES: July 9th - 13th, July 23rd - 27th, July 30th - Aug 3rd, Aug 6th - 10th (5-8pm) CAMP PROGRAMS: Mini Kickers (instructional) Half-Day, 9am-12pm (Ages 4-6), Premier Camp (All ability levels Ages 6-16), Advanced Camp (ODP and Travel level players Ages 8-16), Advanced Champions, Evening Camp (Ages 8-14) FIELD DIRECTIONS: OBGC Park - 4501 Olney-Laytonsville Rd Olney MD 20832 108 Field,Route 108, Olney, MD Register online at - www.obgc.comContact: Pete Wood, peteshefw@earthlink.net 301-933-9603 === Tournaments ===> PWSI 11th Annual Toys For Tots Tournament, Sept 1-3Join Prince William Soccer in the 11th annual Toys For Tots Tournament on September 1 - 3, 2007 and help kick off the Marine Corps annual holiday toy drive. Every year, tournament participants donate several hundred new toys to the Toys for Tots campaign. Please consider bringing an unwrapped toy to any game site for collection. The 2007 Entry fee is $475 for U9 - U12 and $550 for U13 - U19. Entry deadline is August 4, 2007. For more information or to register, go to http://www.pwsi.org/toys> 29th annual FPYC Labor Day Soccer Tournament 29th annual FPYC Labor Day Soccer Tournamentis Sept. 1st & 2nd in Fairfax City and Fairfax County. - Open to 2007 fall season U9-U19 youth travel teams - Four games for all teams: three preliminary games and either a Championship or consolation game on Sunday afternoon. - Games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday (1-2 Sept.) with Monday (3 Sept.) reserved as a rain day. - $40 discount for returning teams. - Older age groups play on several new artificial turf fields. - Team applications are due by August 4th. Registration fee is $475 for U9-U12 teams, and $525 for U13-U19 teams. See tournament website www.fpycsoccer.org for additional information. Email questions about brackets, schedules, fields, etc. to the Tournament Director at travel.tournament@fpycsoccer.com. |
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