Yes, the rain has come and come during this season which has caused postponements for CASL games. It is our hope to reschedule all games lost to rainouts. This may require CASL's scheduling staff to use the weekend of October 22nd & 23rd to reschedule those games. As soon as the games are rescheduled, we will get the information out to our members. In the meantime, let's hope for dry weekends as we move through October!
HAVE FUN AND REMEMBER, IT IS JUST A GAME!
Charlie Slagle
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Magnificient Mile
The Magnificient Mile was competed yesterday and it was a great success. Over $50,000 was raised to support Motor Neuron research. CASL had a great turnout and many people beat CASL's Old Man (that would be me). Awards were given to the top 5 boys and girls finishers that beat the "Old Man's" time which was 8:05 (that is minutes and seconds, not hours and minutes). The winners were: Boys-Conor Chapman, Bailey Autry, Wesley Skinner, Alex Hames and Noah Chapman; Girls-Halee Enderle, Claire, Paige and Lauren Griffiths and Tanika Santos. The Staff winner was Lindsay Vera.....AGAIN.
This yearly September event is a great one and CASL parent, Sarah Witt , who has PLS (Primary Lateral Sclerosis-a motor neuron disease) does an unbelievable job with this 6 year old event. Mark your calendar for next year and see if you can beat the year older CASL Old Man!
Charlie Slagle
This yearly September event is a great one and CASL parent, Sarah Witt , who has PLS (Primary Lateral Sclerosis-a motor neuron disease) does an unbelievable job with this 6 year old event. Mark your calendar for next year and see if you can beat the year older CASL Old Man!
Charlie Slagle
Thursday, September 15, 2011
What are you doing at 2 pm on Sunday?
If you don't have a soccer game scheduled, come join me and another 1,400+ participants in the Magnificient Mile Race this Sunday 9/18. You can register on line until Friday at http://www.magmilerace.com/ or go to Athletes Foot in Cameron Village until Saturday afternoon or register near the race starting line which is in the vicinity of Second Empire Restaurant on Hillsborough Street (where the majority of the race is run) downtown. High temperature on Sunday is supposed to be 75 degrees, perfect running weather.
CASL is a sponsor of this event that raises funds for cures for Primary Lateral Sclerosis and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. Sarah Roberts Witt, a CASL parent and the dynamo behind this event, has PLS and has willed this Run/Race into a great event. Plenty of other things to do, Kids races, booths, etc. Check it out on http://www.magmilerace.com/.
One section of the event is "Beat CASL's Old Man (I resemble that remark)" and the top five females and males that beat me get an award. 140 people participated in this section of the run last year---we are hoping for more this year. $45,000 has already been raised this year which is over 90% of the goal. Fox 50 will interview me on Friday at 7:40 am about the race on the WRAL news. Let's support this great event and I'll see you on Sunday!
Charlie Slagle
CASL is a sponsor of this event that raises funds for cures for Primary Lateral Sclerosis and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. Sarah Roberts Witt, a CASL parent and the dynamo behind this event, has PLS and has willed this Run/Race into a great event. Plenty of other things to do, Kids races, booths, etc. Check it out on http://www.magmilerace.com/.
One section of the event is "Beat CASL's Old Man (I resemble that remark)" and the top five females and males that beat me get an award. 140 people participated in this section of the run last year---we are hoping for more this year. $45,000 has already been raised this year which is over 90% of the goal. Fox 50 will interview me on Friday at 7:40 am about the race on the WRAL news. Let's support this great event and I'll see you on Sunday!
Charlie Slagle
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Duke on Friday!
Great soccer being played @ Duke on Friday! At 2 pm, the UNC women play UNCG. At 4 pm, the Duke Women play Texas A & M. At 7 pm, the Duke Men host Virginia in the ACC opener for both teams. The Men's game will be the NSCAA College Game of the Week on Fox Soccer Channel. I will be the sideline reporter, so, give me a shout if you are at the game. CASL products Andrew Morales (Duke) and Spencer LaCivita (UVA starting gk) are getting a great deal of time on the pitch for their respective teams.
Charlie Slagle
Charlie Slagle
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Back to the Regular Season
The only real interruption, Labor Day weekend, to the CASL season is past us and it is back to the regular season. We want to emphasize sportsmanship by all concerned. Thinking before speaking definitely helps this. Emphasize healthy lifestyles including healthy snacks for post game. Safety-anchor those goals, keep spectators off the sideline to give the kids room to play, hydration, sun block etc. Remember to thank the volunteers associated with your team....whether it is the coach, team manager or some other position, these people should be thanked for volunteering their time to enable your child to have a great experience.
Enjoy your kids and their activities. Let them have some success and let them experience some failure. Sports provides a great avenue for this and helps develop what kind of adults the youth will be. HAVE FUN AND REMEMBER IT IS JUST A GAME!!!!
Charlie Slagle
Enjoy your kids and their activities. Let them have some success and let them experience some failure. Sports provides a great avenue for this and helps develop what kind of adults the youth will be. HAVE FUN AND REMEMBER IT IS JUST A GAME!!!!
Charlie Slagle
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
CASL product joins Railhawks on loan from NY Red Bulls!
Tyler Lassiter, who played for CASL from a young age and at Wake Forest Rolesville HS then NC State and now with the NY Red Bulls (after being drafted #30 overall in the MLS draft last winter), will be with the Railhawks the rest of their season. The Red Bulls loaned Tyler to the Railhawks to get him more playing time and experience. The Railhawks have taken a hit in the back with players moving to European clubs and injuries. Tyler will help shore up the defense for the NASL leading Railhawks.
With 5 games remaining, the Railhawks have clinched the #1 or 2 seed which puts them in the semifinal round. They are 7 points ahead of the Puerto Rico Islanders with 5 games to play (one of those games is at Puerto Rico). Their magic number is 9 points (points gained by the Railhawks or points lost by the Islanders) to clinch the #1 seed.
The Railhawks play at WakeMed Soccer Stadium this Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rowdies at 7 pm. It is important for player development that players see high level soccer and it is abundant in the area with the Railhawks and the great men's and women's collegiate programs in this area.....my advice to you: GO TAKE IN A GAME(S)!!!!
Railhawk season ticket info for 2012 is now on their web site-check it out!
Charlie Slagle
With 5 games remaining, the Railhawks have clinched the #1 or 2 seed which puts them in the semifinal round. They are 7 points ahead of the Puerto Rico Islanders with 5 games to play (one of those games is at Puerto Rico). Their magic number is 9 points (points gained by the Railhawks or points lost by the Islanders) to clinch the #1 seed.
The Railhawks play at WakeMed Soccer Stadium this Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rowdies at 7 pm. It is important for player development that players see high level soccer and it is abundant in the area with the Railhawks and the great men's and women's collegiate programs in this area.....my advice to you: GO TAKE IN A GAME(S)!!!!
Railhawk season ticket info for 2012 is now on their web site-check it out!
Charlie Slagle
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Protecting our Fields
The CASL fields are looking good, for the most part, as we finish up bermuda grass growing season. There are exceptions, however, due to heavy play on open parks throughout the CASL system. WRAL Soccer Center has gone through some changes to its infrastructure (new fences, paving, building improvements, etc.) which will continue. It also went through some field improvements including sodding worn areas.
All that being said, the bermuda grass will stop growing soon and then will be dormant until the heat returns in the late spring. Therefore, it is everyone's responsibility to help preserve the fields and the majority of that can be done in practices and pre-game warmups.
Practices should mainly use the least used parts of the field. This means staying out of the penalty areas, as much as possible. Move goals to do shooting drills, play your small sided games in the area between the penalty area and the half line with the goals on the sidelines, etc. etc. Repetitive excerises such as ladders, jumping drills, cutting and turning drills, etc. should occur off the field.
Pre-game warmups can use areas of the field outside the penalty areas including the warmup of the goalkeeper until the team takes warmup shots with the keeper in goal.
All of these things will make the fields survive better going into the spring. Granted, no matter what we do, the fields will not be in as good of shape in the spring as the fall. However, the better job that teams do in the fall will allow the fields to be in the best shape possible for the start of the spring season. Likewise, the better job done in the spring will keep the fields in the best possible shape until the grass begins to grow again.
It is everyone's responsibility to look after our fields and facilities. I'm sure that I have received complaints in the past from coaches about the field conditions in the spring. My guess is that some of those complaints have been from some of the same coaches that practice in the game wear areas thus contributing to the condition of the field.
It is everyone's responsibility to preserve the fields while still getting the "SOCCER" done. It can be done and I, for one, appreciate those that think of others in these situations. Have Fun and Remember it is Just a Game and also remember that it is more FUN on better fields. Help us try to make this happen! THANKS!
Charlie Slagle
All that being said, the bermuda grass will stop growing soon and then will be dormant until the heat returns in the late spring. Therefore, it is everyone's responsibility to help preserve the fields and the majority of that can be done in practices and pre-game warmups.
Practices should mainly use the least used parts of the field. This means staying out of the penalty areas, as much as possible. Move goals to do shooting drills, play your small sided games in the area between the penalty area and the half line with the goals on the sidelines, etc. etc. Repetitive excerises such as ladders, jumping drills, cutting and turning drills, etc. should occur off the field.
Pre-game warmups can use areas of the field outside the penalty areas including the warmup of the goalkeeper until the team takes warmup shots with the keeper in goal.
All of these things will make the fields survive better going into the spring. Granted, no matter what we do, the fields will not be in as good of shape in the spring as the fall. However, the better job that teams do in the fall will allow the fields to be in the best shape possible for the start of the spring season. Likewise, the better job done in the spring will keep the fields in the best possible shape until the grass begins to grow again.
It is everyone's responsibility to look after our fields and facilities. I'm sure that I have received complaints in the past from coaches about the field conditions in the spring. My guess is that some of those complaints have been from some of the same coaches that practice in the game wear areas thus contributing to the condition of the field.
It is everyone's responsibility to preserve the fields while still getting the "SOCCER" done. It can be done and I, for one, appreciate those that think of others in these situations. Have Fun and Remember it is Just a Game and also remember that it is more FUN on better fields. Help us try to make this happen! THANKS!
Charlie Slagle
Friday, August 26, 2011
College Soccer on TV is "Irened"! What is going on with this weekend's CASL games?
The South Carolina at College of Charleston game mentioned in yesterday's blog has been postponed until Sunday due to Irene. Thus, it will not be on TV.
The CASL staff is watching the weather carefully and will be making a decision on this weekend's games when it is apparent what the effects of Irene will be for our area. Foremost in our thoughts is the safety of the players thus dangerous playing conditions due to wet surfaces, lightning and/or heavy winds (tipping of anchored goals) will weigh in the decision. Thanks for your patience in this matter. It is our hope that we can get the games in, if possible and safe! STAY TUNED and check the CASL weather hotline!
Charlie Slagle
The CASL staff is watching the weather carefully and will be making a decision on this weekend's games when it is apparent what the effects of Irene will be for our area. Foremost in our thoughts is the safety of the players thus dangerous playing conditions due to wet surfaces, lightning and/or heavy winds (tipping of anchored goals) will weigh in the decision. Thanks for your patience in this matter. It is our hope that we can get the games in, if possible and safe! STAY TUNED and check the CASL weather hotline!
Charlie Slagle
Thursday, August 25, 2011
College Soccer is back on TV!
Friday night at 6 pm on Fox Soccer Channel, 4 former CASL players will be playing for the University of South Carolina against homestanding College of Charleston. Those players are Gk Alex Long, Chipper Root, Kevin Stam and JP Rafferty. All but Stam played on the U15 team that beat Chelsea Football Club at the Disney Showcase in 2007.
I will be the sideline reporter for the game and the voice of the Railhawks, Dean Linke, will be doing the play by play. Tune in to watch some great collegiate soccer!
Charlie Slagle
I will be the sideline reporter for the game and the voice of the Railhawks, Dean Linke, will be doing the play by play. Tune in to watch some great collegiate soccer!
Charlie Slagle
Monday, August 22, 2011
Weekend #1 Done-Let the Games begin!
The Raleigh area escaped the afternoon storms, so, the CASL games were played this weekend. It is always good to get the season started.
I did some roaming at the different fields on Saturday and Sunday and all looked like it was going smoothly! It is great to see the kids having fun......let's hope that we adults don't hurt that......
I, also, was at the Carolina Railhawks game where the CASL spring Hamilton Sportsmanship Winners were introduced at halftime and received their certificates. There was a great turnout from the Hamilton families at the game where the Railhawks were triumphant 2-0. The Sportsmanship Award is a big part of CASL and it is great to see such great kids honored. Hopefully, parents and coaches are instilling good values in their children and already thinking about the team's winners of this fall's award.
In conclusion, it looked like the kids were "Having Fun and Remembering it is JUST a Game!!"
Charlie Slagle
I did some roaming at the different fields on Saturday and Sunday and all looked like it was going smoothly! It is great to see the kids having fun......let's hope that we adults don't hurt that......
I, also, was at the Carolina Railhawks game where the CASL spring Hamilton Sportsmanship Winners were introduced at halftime and received their certificates. There was a great turnout from the Hamilton families at the game where the Railhawks were triumphant 2-0. The Sportsmanship Award is a big part of CASL and it is great to see such great kids honored. Hopefully, parents and coaches are instilling good values in their children and already thinking about the team's winners of this fall's award.
In conclusion, it looked like the kids were "Having Fun and Remembering it is JUST a Game!!"
Charlie Slagle
Thursday, August 18, 2011
NEW YEAR-Here comes the BLOG
After a little break for the Summer.....we are back! With the first games of the season beginning this weekend, this blog will be simple:
"HAVE FUN, AND REMEMBER IT IS JUST A GAME!!!!!"
Charlie Slagle
"HAVE FUN, AND REMEMBER IT IS JUST A GAME!!!!!"
Charlie Slagle
Friday, July 15, 2011
What happened at ECNL finals and Showcase? Day 3
HUMONGOUS NEWS: CASL U16s NATIONAL CHAMPS: SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS
The Elite Clubs National League is hosting their Finals and Showcase in Aurora, CO (Denver area) this weekend. CASL has 3 teams at the competition. The Under 16 girls, coached by Damon Nahas, are in the eight team finals and will play a 1/4 final, semi final and final to determine the top eight teams in the league 1-8. The Under 15 girls, coached by Sean Nahas, and the Under 17 girls, coached by John Dalpe filling in for CASL DOC Rusty Scarborough who is at the USSF Academy finals, are playing in the Showcase competition and will play three pre-scheduled games. I'll keep everyone posted on results and scorers during the weekend.
Thursday July 14:
Under 15 v FC Bucks (E-PA)
Final 2-5
Goal Scorers: Maddie West and Bayley Rigsbee
Under 16 v Michigan Hawks in 1/4 finals
Final 5-3
Goal scorers: JoAnna Boyles, Alexis Shaffer, Paige Reckert, Caroline Brown and Bria Dixon
Falling behind 2-0, the CASL girls fought back to go ahead 3-2 and then were tied 3-3 before two late goals by Brown and Dixon sealed the semifinal berth against FC Virginia.
Under 17 v Michigan Hawks
Final 1-0
Goal scorer: Caroline Gentry
Shutout: Annie McHenry (Gk) and defense and entire team
Friday July 15
U 15 v Colorado Rush 11 am MDT
Final 1-2
Goal scorer: Maddie West
U16 v FC Virginia 12:30
Halftime 2-0
FINAL: 2-1
Goal scorers: JoAnna Boyles 2
CASL jumped out to a 2-0 halftime lead and preserved the win. Two goals by JoAnna Boyles, one a penalty kick, were the difference. The team will play Real So Cal (S-CA) for the ECNL national championship on Saturday.....good luck girls!
U17 v Arsenal (S-CA) 5 pm
FINAL 1-1
Goal scorer: Caroline Gentry
Saturday July 16
U15 v Ohio Elite 11 am MDT
FINAL: 4-2
Colleen Markey 2, Madison Blackwell, Maddie West
U16 v Real So Cal in national championship game
FINAL: 4-1
Lightning Delay with score tied 1-1 in the 1st half! CASL scored on a corner kick by Claire Wagner which was headed in by Paige Reckert to knot the score after Real So Cal scored 6 minutes into the game!
The game resumed and CASL scored three more unanswered goals to win 4-1! Reckert's goal was scored midway through the first half. The 2nd goal was by JoAnna Boyles also on a corner by Claire Wagner. Reckert scored the third goal on an assist by Alexis Shaffer. Reckert completed her hat trick on an assist from Alexis Degler. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM AND COACH DAMON NAHAS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goal scorers: Paige Reckert 3, JoAnna Boyles
U17 v KCFC (KS) 5 pm
FINAL: 1-1
Goal Scorer: Markie Studnicky
Goalkeepers: Due to some unusual circumstances, field players Monica Trickett and Syd Sawaya split time in goal in what was a great team defensive effort led by defenders and all field players.
Charlie Slagle
CASL teams had 5 wins, 2 losses and 2 ties in the competition!
The Elite Clubs National League is hosting their Finals and Showcase in Aurora, CO (Denver area) this weekend. CASL has 3 teams at the competition. The Under 16 girls, coached by Damon Nahas, are in the eight team finals and will play a 1/4 final, semi final and final to determine the top eight teams in the league 1-8. The Under 15 girls, coached by Sean Nahas, and the Under 17 girls, coached by John Dalpe filling in for CASL DOC Rusty Scarborough who is at the USSF Academy finals, are playing in the Showcase competition and will play three pre-scheduled games. I'll keep everyone posted on results and scorers during the weekend.
Thursday July 14:
Under 15 v FC Bucks (E-PA)
Final 2-5
Goal Scorers: Maddie West and Bayley Rigsbee
Under 16 v Michigan Hawks in 1/4 finals
Final 5-3
Goal scorers: JoAnna Boyles, Alexis Shaffer, Paige Reckert, Caroline Brown and Bria Dixon
Falling behind 2-0, the CASL girls fought back to go ahead 3-2 and then were tied 3-3 before two late goals by Brown and Dixon sealed the semifinal berth against FC Virginia.
Under 17 v Michigan Hawks
Final 1-0
Goal scorer: Caroline Gentry
Shutout: Annie McHenry (Gk) and defense and entire team
Friday July 15
U 15 v Colorado Rush 11 am MDT
Final 1-2
Goal scorer: Maddie West
U16 v FC Virginia 12:30
Halftime 2-0
FINAL: 2-1
Goal scorers: JoAnna Boyles 2
CASL jumped out to a 2-0 halftime lead and preserved the win. Two goals by JoAnna Boyles, one a penalty kick, were the difference. The team will play Real So Cal (S-CA) for the ECNL national championship on Saturday.....good luck girls!
U17 v Arsenal (S-CA) 5 pm
FINAL 1-1
Goal scorer: Caroline Gentry
Saturday July 16
U15 v Ohio Elite 11 am MDT
FINAL: 4-2
Colleen Markey 2, Madison Blackwell, Maddie West
U16 v Real So Cal in national championship game
FINAL: 4-1
Lightning Delay with score tied 1-1 in the 1st half! CASL scored on a corner kick by Claire Wagner which was headed in by Paige Reckert to knot the score after Real So Cal scored 6 minutes into the game!
The game resumed and CASL scored three more unanswered goals to win 4-1! Reckert's goal was scored midway through the first half. The 2nd goal was by JoAnna Boyles also on a corner by Claire Wagner. Reckert scored the third goal on an assist by Alexis Shaffer. Reckert completed her hat trick on an assist from Alexis Degler. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM AND COACH DAMON NAHAS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goal scorers: Paige Reckert 3, JoAnna Boyles
U17 v KCFC (KS) 5 pm
FINAL: 1-1
Goal Scorer: Markie Studnicky
Goalkeepers: Due to some unusual circumstances, field players Monica Trickett and Syd Sawaya split time in goal in what was a great team defensive effort led by defenders and all field players.
Charlie Slagle
CASL teams had 5 wins, 2 losses and 2 ties in the competition!
Monday, July 11, 2011
What happened at the Academy Finals? Day 8
U18 Boys come in 4th, lose in penalty kicks. See below
The USSF Academy Finals have begun and CASL has a team in both age brackets. In fact, in the four years of the Academy finals, CASL has placed 7 teams out of a possible 8 in the 8 team finals. The club that is next closest to CASL has qualified just 4. The event is in Milwaukee this year after the first three years being at the Home Depot Center in the LA area. The format is two four team round robins with games occurring every other day. The top team in each round robin group plays for the championship, second place teams play for 3rd place, etc. The Under 18 age group starts on Saturday July 9th and then plays on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Under 16's play on Sunday July 10th and then Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The championship finals are on national television.
THE GAMES:
Saturday July 9th-CASL Chelsea Academy Under 18 v Weston FC (FL) 8 pm CDT
Final 3-0
Goal Scorers: Monbo Bokar
Ryan McAnallen
Andrew Morales
Goalkeeper: Paul West
CASL scored three goals in the first half to seal the victory. Next up: FC Dallas (MLS club) on Monday. FC Dallas defeated the Baltimore Bays 1-0 in their first game.
Sunday July 10th-CASL Chelsea Academy Under 16 v PA Classics at 8 pm CDT
FINAL 0-1
An early goal by the Classics was too much to overcome in this 1-0 loss. The other two teams in the bracket tied in their first game, so the group is still up for grabs!
Monday July 11th- U18's v FC Dallas at 4:30 pm CDT
FINAL: 2-2
Goal scorers: Monbo Bokar 2
A penalty kick in the first half drawn by Monbo Bokar and converted by Bokar put CASL on top 1-0 until 30 seconds remained in the first half when FC Dallas knotted the score. In the second half, FC Dallas took the lead but Mombo scored a late goal to tie it. With time running out defender Logan Paussa saved CASL by making a sliding save on the goal line in front of goalkeeper Paul West.
The Baltimore Bays, CASL's next opponent defeated Weston 2-0. Therefore, the standings after two games are: CASL 4 pts +3 goal differential; FC Dallas 4 pts +1 goal differential; Baltimore Bays 3 pts. +1 goal differential; Weston 0 pts -5 goal differential. Next games will be Wed.
Tuesday July 12th- U16's v NC Fusion 3 pm
Final 0-1
A late-ish 2nd half goal by the Fusion was the only goal scored as the CASL U16's go 0-2-0. they will be looking to rebound on Thursday v the Real Salt Lake (AZ) with a chance to come in 3rd in the group.
Group standings-NC Fusion 4 pts.; PA Classics 4 pts.; Real Salt Lake 2 pts.; CASL 0 points
Wednesday July 13th- U 18's v Baltimore Bays 6 pm CDT
FINAL: 1-1
Both goals scored in the 1st half. Cooper Vandermaas-Peeler got the goal for CASL. With the tie and FC Dallas' 4-1 win over Weston, CASL places 2nd in their group and will be playing for 3rd place on Friday in Milwaukee. Dallas will play for the championship, Baltimore for 5th place and weston for 7th.
Thursday July 14th- U16's v Real Salt Lake (AZ) 6 pm CDT
Final 1-3
Three 2nd half goals by Real Salt Lake made up for a 1-0 CASL halftime lead
Friday July 15th-U18 Championship and final placement games
3rd place game: CASL v Dallas Texans 7:30 pm CDT
FINAL: 2-2 Texans win 4-3 in penalty kicks
Goal scorers: Logan Paussa
Cooper Vandermaas Peeler
CASL allowed a goal in stoppage time that tied the score and the game advanced straight to pks where the Texans prevailed 4-3. A great year for the team-in the last three games, the team tied the other top teams in the country in FC Dallas, the Baltimore Bays and the Dallas Texans. We wish all the players luck as they head off to college to start their schooling and soccer careers!
Saturday July 16th-U16 Championship and final placement games
7th place game: CASL v Dallas Texans
FINAL: 1-3
Goal scorer: Yanni Hachem
The Under 16 Academy team finishes in 8th place nationally! Congratulations on a great season!
Charlie Slagle
The USSF Academy Finals have begun and CASL has a team in both age brackets. In fact, in the four years of the Academy finals, CASL has placed 7 teams out of a possible 8 in the 8 team finals. The club that is next closest to CASL has qualified just 4. The event is in Milwaukee this year after the first three years being at the Home Depot Center in the LA area. The format is two four team round robins with games occurring every other day. The top team in each round robin group plays for the championship, second place teams play for 3rd place, etc. The Under 18 age group starts on Saturday July 9th and then plays on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Under 16's play on Sunday July 10th and then Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The championship finals are on national television.
THE GAMES:
Saturday July 9th-CASL Chelsea Academy Under 18 v Weston FC (FL) 8 pm CDT
Final 3-0
Goal Scorers: Monbo Bokar
Ryan McAnallen
Andrew Morales
Goalkeeper: Paul West
CASL scored three goals in the first half to seal the victory. Next up: FC Dallas (MLS club) on Monday. FC Dallas defeated the Baltimore Bays 1-0 in their first game.
Sunday July 10th-CASL Chelsea Academy Under 16 v PA Classics at 8 pm CDT
FINAL 0-1
An early goal by the Classics was too much to overcome in this 1-0 loss. The other two teams in the bracket tied in their first game, so the group is still up for grabs!
Monday July 11th- U18's v FC Dallas at 4:30 pm CDT
FINAL: 2-2
Goal scorers: Monbo Bokar 2
A penalty kick in the first half drawn by Monbo Bokar and converted by Bokar put CASL on top 1-0 until 30 seconds remained in the first half when FC Dallas knotted the score. In the second half, FC Dallas took the lead but Mombo scored a late goal to tie it. With time running out defender Logan Paussa saved CASL by making a sliding save on the goal line in front of goalkeeper Paul West.
The Baltimore Bays, CASL's next opponent defeated Weston 2-0. Therefore, the standings after two games are: CASL 4 pts +3 goal differential; FC Dallas 4 pts +1 goal differential; Baltimore Bays 3 pts. +1 goal differential; Weston 0 pts -5 goal differential. Next games will be Wed.
Tuesday July 12th- U16's v NC Fusion 3 pm
Final 0-1
A late-ish 2nd half goal by the Fusion was the only goal scored as the CASL U16's go 0-2-0. they will be looking to rebound on Thursday v the Real Salt Lake (AZ) with a chance to come in 3rd in the group.
Group standings-NC Fusion 4 pts.; PA Classics 4 pts.; Real Salt Lake 2 pts.; CASL 0 points
Wednesday July 13th- U 18's v Baltimore Bays 6 pm CDT
FINAL: 1-1
Both goals scored in the 1st half. Cooper Vandermaas-Peeler got the goal for CASL. With the tie and FC Dallas' 4-1 win over Weston, CASL places 2nd in their group and will be playing for 3rd place on Friday in Milwaukee. Dallas will play for the championship, Baltimore for 5th place and weston for 7th.
Thursday July 14th- U16's v Real Salt Lake (AZ) 6 pm CDT
Final 1-3
Three 2nd half goals by Real Salt Lake made up for a 1-0 CASL halftime lead
Friday July 15th-U18 Championship and final placement games
3rd place game: CASL v Dallas Texans 7:30 pm CDT
FINAL: 2-2 Texans win 4-3 in penalty kicks
Goal scorers: Logan Paussa
Cooper Vandermaas Peeler
CASL allowed a goal in stoppage time that tied the score and the game advanced straight to pks where the Texans prevailed 4-3. A great year for the team-in the last three games, the team tied the other top teams in the country in FC Dallas, the Baltimore Bays and the Dallas Texans. We wish all the players luck as they head off to college to start their schooling and soccer careers!
Saturday July 16th-U16 Championship and final placement games
7th place game: CASL v Dallas Texans
FINAL: 1-3
Goal scorer: Yanni Hachem
The Under 16 Academy team finishes in 8th place nationally! Congratulations on a great season!
Charlie Slagle
Sunday, July 10, 2011
What is happening at USSF Academy Finals? ETC.
The USSF Academy Finals have begun and CASL has a team in both age brackets. In fact, in the four years of the Academy finals, CASL has placed 7 teams out of a possible 8 in the 8 team finals. The club that is next closest to CASL has qualified just 4. The event is in Milwaukee this year after the first three years being at the Home Depot Center in the LA area. The format is two four team round robins with games occurring every other day. The top team in each round robin group plays for the championship, second place teams play for 3rd place, etc. The Under 18 age group starts on Saturday July 9th and then plays on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Under 16's play on Sunday July 10th and then Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The championship finals are on national television.
THE GAMES:
Saturday July 9th-CASL Chelsea Academy Under 18 v Weston FC (FL) 8 pm CDT
Final 3-0
Goal Scorers: Mombo Bokar 2
Ryan McAnallen
Goalkeeper: Paul West
CASL scored three goals in the first half to seal the victory. Next up: FC Dallas (MLS club) on Monday. FC Dallas defeated the Baltimore Bays 1-0 in their first game.
Sunday July 10th-CASL Chelsea Academy Under 16 v PA Classics at 8 pm CDT
Monday July 11th- U18's v FC Dallas
Tuesday July 12th- U16's v NC Fusion
Wednesday July 13th- U 18's v Baltimore Bays
Thursday July 14th- U16's v Real Salt Lake
Friday July 15th-U18 Championship and final placement games
Saturday July 16th-U16 Championship and final placement games
Congratulations to the Carolina Railhawks on a great winning streak that came to an end last night in Minnesota 1-0. The goal was scored in stoppage time. The Railhawks are now 12-2-1 on the season and leading the NASL by a wide margin. The streak had to end sometime but WHAT A RUN!
Good luck to the US Women today v Brazil in the 1/4 finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup. They play this morning in Germany. Two surprises in the semis already as France (in pks over England) and Japan (in ot v Germany) are waiting for today's winning nations. The US v Brazil winner will play France and the Australia v Sweden winner will play Japan. It will be an unusual four teams in the semis, no matter what!
Charlie Slagle
THE GAMES:
Saturday July 9th-CASL Chelsea Academy Under 18 v Weston FC (FL) 8 pm CDT
Final 3-0
Goal Scorers: Mombo Bokar 2
Ryan McAnallen
Goalkeeper: Paul West
CASL scored three goals in the first half to seal the victory. Next up: FC Dallas (MLS club) on Monday. FC Dallas defeated the Baltimore Bays 1-0 in their first game.
Sunday July 10th-CASL Chelsea Academy Under 16 v PA Classics at 8 pm CDT
Monday July 11th- U18's v FC Dallas
Tuesday July 12th- U16's v NC Fusion
Wednesday July 13th- U 18's v Baltimore Bays
Thursday July 14th- U16's v Real Salt Lake
Friday July 15th-U18 Championship and final placement games
Saturday July 16th-U16 Championship and final placement games
Congratulations to the Carolina Railhawks on a great winning streak that came to an end last night in Minnesota 1-0. The goal was scored in stoppage time. The Railhawks are now 12-2-1 on the season and leading the NASL by a wide margin. The streak had to end sometime but WHAT A RUN!
Good luck to the US Women today v Brazil in the 1/4 finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup. They play this morning in Germany. Two surprises in the semis already as France (in pks over England) and Japan (in ot v Germany) are waiting for today's winning nations. The US v Brazil winner will play France and the Australia v Sweden winner will play Japan. It will be an unusual four teams in the semis, no matter what!
Charlie Slagle
Friday, July 8, 2011
How do I get tickets to Juventus v Chivas? AND Who is on Back of the Net tomorrow?
Tickets go on sale for the World Football Challenge game on Thursday July 28th today (Friday) at 10 am. You can access the ticket purchasing web site by going to the CASL web site and clicking on the link. Should be a great contest in what should be a full Carter Finley Stadium. The best from Italy and Mexico playing in front of a great and enthusiastic crowd....it doesn't get much better than this.....and it is in your backyard (sorta)!!!!!
Back of the Net (on 99.9 the Fan every Saturday from 7-8 am) has a great lineup of guests for tomorrow's show....with the possible exception of the first guest. I am in Minnesota, where the Railhawks will be taking on the Stars later on Saturday. Therefore, producer extrodinaire, James Alverson, will man the mike. His first guest will be me from MN talking about the World Football Challenge, the Challenge Ambassador trip to Sweden, the Railhawks, etc. After that, Martin Rennie and a Railhawks player will be on from Blaine, MN.
Then Steve Kreis will talk about the CASL Challenge Ambassadors trip to Sweden. Steve coached one of the Under 12 girls teams, the Stars, and they played many close games but won the tournament on Sunday in the Pitea Summer Games. The whole contingent from CASL, numbering 240, were in attendance plus many other fans. For more details on the Ambassadors trip please see the earlier blog on the tournament.
Robby Church, the longtime coach of the Duke women's program will talk about the FIFA Women's World Cup. The 1/4s are Saturday and Sunday with the US playing a very, very good Brazil team in this first knockout game due to their loss to Sweden in game three of group play on Wed. Robby will let us know if the US can top Marta and her teammates on Sunday plus he'll answer many other questions. Should be a good show. Listen in!
Back of the Net (on 99.9 the Fan every Saturday from 7-8 am) has a great lineup of guests for tomorrow's show....with the possible exception of the first guest. I am in Minnesota, where the Railhawks will be taking on the Stars later on Saturday. Therefore, producer extrodinaire, James Alverson, will man the mike. His first guest will be me from MN talking about the World Football Challenge, the Challenge Ambassador trip to Sweden, the Railhawks, etc. After that, Martin Rennie and a Railhawks player will be on from Blaine, MN.
Then Steve Kreis will talk about the CASL Challenge Ambassadors trip to Sweden. Steve coached one of the Under 12 girls teams, the Stars, and they played many close games but won the tournament on Sunday in the Pitea Summer Games. The whole contingent from CASL, numbering 240, were in attendance plus many other fans. For more details on the Ambassadors trip please see the earlier blog on the tournament.
Robby Church, the longtime coach of the Duke women's program will talk about the FIFA Women's World Cup. The 1/4s are Saturday and Sunday with the US playing a very, very good Brazil team in this first knockout game due to their loss to Sweden in game three of group play on Wed. Robby will let us know if the US can top Marta and her teammates on Sunday plus he'll answer many other questions. Should be a good show. Listen in!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
What a soccer summer it has been!
I am back states-side and soccer continues in CASL and for soccer fans. The Challenge Ambassadors will all be home today as the boys teams arrive at RDU. It was a successful trip with positive comments and e-mails from tournament directors, opposing coaches and hotel staff. See the most previous post for details!
The CASL Under 16 and Under 18 USSF Development Academy teams begin play this weekend in Milwaukee trying to become the national champion in this prestigious league. Eight teams in each age bracket are there and each team will play 3 round robin games and then a placement game. The #1 seeded CASL Chelsea Under 18 team made it through the Playoff and begin play Saturday and then play every other day for 7 days. Coached by CASL Director of Coaching, Rusty Scarborough, this team has been great all year. The Under 16 team, coached by new UNC men's soccer coach Carlos Somoano, peaked at the right time and won three close games in the playoffs in Frisco, Texas. I will blog results from these games starting Saturday. GOOD LUCK GUYS!
Also, starting next week will be the ECNL (Elite Clubs National League) playoffs in Denver, CO. CASL's best older girls teams will be competing in this top league. More to come from this competition next week and, of course, the blog will keep up with scores and scorers.
Today, the US Women's National Team will find out their 1/4 final opponent in the FIFA Women's World Cup. The US, 2-0-0, will play the 2-0-0 national team from Sweden this afternoon. Both these teams would like to stay away from a 1/4 final matchup with talented Brazil on Sunday.
Ho hum..........the Railhawks keep dominating the opposition. They play on the road in Minnesota this Saturday after a good win in front of a great crowd last Sunday that led up to the Railhawks fireworks display. The lead that the Hawks have built, is staggering after only 14 games.
SOCCER, SOCCER, SOCCER-it is everywhere and there could be more big games on the horizon......more to come. KICK em straight!
Charlie Slagle
The CASL Under 16 and Under 18 USSF Development Academy teams begin play this weekend in Milwaukee trying to become the national champion in this prestigious league. Eight teams in each age bracket are there and each team will play 3 round robin games and then a placement game. The #1 seeded CASL Chelsea Under 18 team made it through the Playoff and begin play Saturday and then play every other day for 7 days. Coached by CASL Director of Coaching, Rusty Scarborough, this team has been great all year. The Under 16 team, coached by new UNC men's soccer coach Carlos Somoano, peaked at the right time and won three close games in the playoffs in Frisco, Texas. I will blog results from these games starting Saturday. GOOD LUCK GUYS!
Also, starting next week will be the ECNL (Elite Clubs National League) playoffs in Denver, CO. CASL's best older girls teams will be competing in this top league. More to come from this competition next week and, of course, the blog will keep up with scores and scorers.
Today, the US Women's National Team will find out their 1/4 final opponent in the FIFA Women's World Cup. The US, 2-0-0, will play the 2-0-0 national team from Sweden this afternoon. Both these teams would like to stay away from a 1/4 final matchup with talented Brazil on Sunday.
Ho hum..........the Railhawks keep dominating the opposition. They play on the road in Minnesota this Saturday after a good win in front of a great crowd last Sunday that led up to the Railhawks fireworks display. The lead that the Hawks have built, is staggering after only 14 games.
SOCCER, SOCCER, SOCCER-it is everywhere and there could be more big games on the horizon......more to come. KICK em straight!
Charlie Slagle
Thursday, June 30, 2011
What is going on in Sweden with the CASL Ambassadors? Under 12 Girls Stars play in final! What happened?
HUMONGOUS NEWS: The Under 12 CASL girls Stars won the Pitea Summer Games Final 1-0 on a Heidi Kreis goal in the sixth minute. This is the first foreign tournament championship for a CASL Challenge Ambassador team since the program started three years ago. They beat a Swedish team in the final. There were 64+ teams in the age bracket. Alexa Bird, filling in for the injured Megan Harvey, got the shutout. The team members are: Coach Steve Kreis, Manager Sherry Upton, # 3 Heidi Kreis, # 6 Shannon McCarter, # 8 Lauren Monroe, # 9 Emma Upton, # 10 Hannah Elgamal, # 11 Daniella Mainz, # 12 Caroline Moore, # 16 Alexa Bird, # 21 Sophie Elgamal, # 23 Lauren Koesy, # 1 Megan Harvey. CONGRATULATIONS!
CASL had a 4-1-3 record in the Sunday consolation finals on Sunday to improve the league's record to 26-15-5 in Pitea. An overnight train will take the 240 CASL folks to Stockholm tonight as they leave the midnight sun!
BIGGER NEWS: At 11 am Sunday morning, the Under 12 girls Stars won their semi-final in penalty kicks to advance to the final. The Americans took a 2-0 lead with goals in the 10th minute and 21st minute by Lauren Monroe and Daniella Mainz respectively in the 30 minute game. However, the Swedish team fought back and scored two goals in the last two minutes to tie it at 2-2. The teams played a 5 minute golden goal overtime and the game remained tied. The teams headed to penalty kicks and successful kicks by Daniella Mainz and Heidi Kreis were the only kicks needed as fill-in goalkeeper, Alexa Bird stopped four shots. The team now heads to the final at 2:45 pm. There should be a big crowd as the entire 240 member CASL group should be on the sideline.
BIG NEWS: At 8 am Sunday morning, the Under 12 CASL girls Stars coached by Steve Kreis won their quarterfinal convincingly over a team from Sweden 5-0. A pre-game warm-up injury to goalkeeper Megan Harvey didn't bode well for the CASL girls but in the 2nd minute Sophie Elgamal hit a ball off the near post and in from 10 yards out and the girls were up 1-0. Four minutes later, Heidi Kreis hit a severe angle shot that made it through the defense for the 2nd goal. In the 12th minute of the 30 minute game, Sophie Elmagal got her 2nd goal of the match and the girls headed to 1/2 time with a 3-0 lead. Lauren Monroe and Shannon McCarter scored in the 19th and 29th minute respectively and the final of 5-0 went to the CASL team. Alexa Bird filled in admirably for Harvey making one big save by tipping a hard high shot over the bar. The team will play against another Swedish team in the semi-final at 11 am. A win would take them to the 2:45 final and a loss to the 2 pm 3rd place game.
CASL teams had a record of 16-9-2 in the round robins with 6 of the 9 teams advancing to the knockout round. In Saturday's knockout games, CASL teams were 3-5 with only 1 team advancing to the Sunday knockout stage. That team is the Girls' U12 Stars who won in Penalty kicks and then 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. All other teams will play a Sunday Consolation Friendly then all will head to the train station for an overnight train ride to Stockholm. The girls will head back to RDU on Tuesday and the boys will head back on Wednesday. The overall record for the CASL teams in the Pitea Summer Games is 19-14-2 after Saturday. The wrap up for the tournament thus far is listed below!
CASL has 120 Challenge players playing on 9 teams in the Pitea Summer Games in Pitea, Sweden. There are 750+ teams in this tournament from over 20 countries. Pitea is less than 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle and therefore is basked in daylight for 24 hours a day at this time of year. Games begin today (Friday) and continue through Sunday. Today, all 9 teams have two of their three round robin games. One of their two games will be late at night but with no flood lights as they will be playing under the "midnight sun!"
I will blog after the early games and then again after the night games. Please see below for the games and results as we have them. I will try to provide goal scorers and goalkeepers for each game. The team coaches and managers have been instrumental for this trip and are listed below, as well.
The participants have already played 1 or 2 friendlies against local Pitea teams or when they were in Stockholm at the beginning of the trip (Pitea is 600+ miles due north of Stockholm). The teams in Stockholm were from the Sollentuna club. The participants also visited the VASA Museum which houses a 300 year old pirate ship that was raised from the floor of the Baltic Sea 50 years ago and also went to the Groena Lund amusement park while in Stockholm. All the participants took an overnight train to Pitea from Stockholm.
The opening ceremonies are tonight between games 1 and 2 for each team. It will be quite an event as the teams parade through the town of 40,000 and are cheered on by the locals! More details will be forthcoming post-event!
The games:
Boys U12 Liberty
Coach Scott Wipperman; Manager Marcella McCord
Saltdalkamerat (Norway) Final: 3-2
Goal Scorers: Joe Ruslander, Dalen Bleiman, Cody Holtman
Goalkeepers: Benjamin McCord
Tegs SK Boleang (Sweden) Final: 0-2
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Kurtis Nguyen, Benjamin McCord
Pitea IF (Sweden) Final: 7-0
Goal Scorers: Evan Dezutto, Christian Wady 2, Jefferson Norwood, Charles Johnson, Luke Bishop, Timmy Wipperman
GKs: Kurtis Nguyen
ADVANCE to ROUND of 32 as 2nd place in group v team from Estonia-lost 0-1
Gk: Benjamin McCord
Boys U12 Revolution
Coach Jeff Weisner; Manager Stephanie Vidal
IK Junkeren (Norway) Final: 2-4
Goal Scorers:Matthew Dubach, Simon Copeland
GKs:Nolan Lory
Stanfors AIK (Sweden) Final: 2-0
Goal Scorers: Nolan Lory, Chris Vidal
GKs: Nolan Lory, Michael Navia
Rutviks SK Final: 3-1
Goal Scorers: Simon Copeland, Christopher Vidal, Harrison Meissner
Gks: Nolan Lory, Michael Navia
2nd in group but did not advance to Round of 32 due to tie breaker
Boys U13
Coach Mike McAndrew; Manager Alyssa Siar
Bossekop (Norway) Final 2-0
Goal Scorers:Michael Thomas, Kian Charkhesht
Gks: Evan Gallagher
GBK (Finland) Final: 2-1
Goal Scorers: Spencer Saunders
Gks: Cameron Strapp
Holmsund/Sandvik Final: 2-2
Goal scorers: Michael Thomas 2
Gks: Evan Gallagher
ADVANCED to ROUND of 32 as group winner vs a team from Norway; Final 3-0
Goal Scorers: Aaron Baker, Spencer Saunders, Michael Thomas
GKs: Evan Gallagher
ADVANCED to ROUND of 16 vs a team from Norway; Final 0-4
GKs: Evan Gallagher
Boys U15
Coach Scott McGuinn
IF Floya 3 (Norway) Final: 0-1
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Peter Kassay
ISK/BSK (Sweden) Final: 0-2
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Peter Kassay
IFK-Arvidsjaur Final: 2-4
Goal Scorers: Daniel Hill, Mark Hanley
GKs: Peter Kassay
Girls U12 Stars
Coach Steve Kreis; Manager Sherry Upton
La FK Musta (Finland) Final: 3-1
Goal Scorers:Heidi Kreis, Hannah Elgamal, Lauren Monroe,
GKs: Megan Harvey
Robacks (Sweden) Final: 2-1
Goal Scorers: Daniella Mainz, Lauren Monroe
GKs: Alexa Bird, Megan Harvey
Lira BK Final: 0-2
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Emma Upton
ADVANCED to ROUND of 32 as 2nd place in group vs a team from Sweden Final: 0-0 CASL wins on Penalty kicks 2-1; Penalty kick goals by Alexa Bird and Caroline Moore with Megan Harvey in goal
ADVANCED to ROUND of 16 vs a team from Sweden Final: 3-0
Goal Scorers: Daniella Mainz, Emma Upton, Sophie Elmagal
GK: Megan Harvey
ADVANCED to QUARTERFINALS vs team from Sweden on Sunday at 8 am local time
Girls U12 Stripes
Coach Eric Navarro; Manager Leslie Krussow
Gallivare SK (Sweden) Final: 8-0
Goal Scorers: Bailey Peterson, Gabby Derosier, Anna Krussow, Caty Navarro 3, Kylie Olexa 2
GKs:Taylor Kassay, Gaby Derosier
Sandakerrs SK (Sweden) Final: 7-2
Goal Scorers: Julianna Micchia, Caty Navarro, Casey Shuey, Anna Krussow, Bailey Peterson, Taylor Kassay, Riley Mozingo
GKs: Taylor Kassay, Gabby Derosier
Innstrandems IL Final: 5-0
Goal Scorers: Gabby Derosier, Casey Shuey 2, Anna Krussow 2
GKs: Taylor Kassay, Gabby Derosier
ADVANCED to ROUND of 32 as group winner vs a team from Sweden Final: 0-1
GK: Taylor Kassay, Gabby Derosier
Girls U13
Coach Cid Cardoso; Manager Don Triolo
MSSK (Sweden) Final: 1-0
Goal Scorers: Helen Ahearne-Ray
GKs: Morgan Youst, Jillian Bridges
Pedersore FF (Finland) Final: 2-0
Goal Scorers: Helen Ahearne-Ray, Alex LaRocca,
GKs: Morgan Youst, Jillian Bridges
ONS Valkoinen Final: 0-0
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Jillian Bridges, Morgan Youst
ADVNCED to ROUND of 32 as group winner vs a team from Finland Final 1-2
Goal Scorers: Alex Cardoso
GKs: Morgan Youst, Jillian Bridges
Girls U14
Coach Eric Mason; Manager Lisa Sanchez
Gammelstads IF (Sweden) Final: 3-1
Goal Scorers:Carly Mounts 2, Mackenzie Thorley
GKs: Lydia Fields
Alta IF 1 (Norway) Final: 3-0
Goal Scorers: Sarah Comstock, Carly Mounts 2
GKs: Lydia Fields
ISK-BSK (Norway) Final: 4-0
Goal Scorers: Carly Mounts, Maddie Mason, Sarah Watson, Brittany Bunzey
GKs: Lydia Fields
ADVANCED to ROUND of 16 as the group winner vs a team from Sweden Final: 0-1
GK: Lydia Fields
Girls U15
Coach David Hammond
Lulea DF (Sweden) Final: 1-2
Goal Scorers: Trish Bishop
GKs: Susie Zigante
Bossmo and Ytteren (Sweden) Final: 0-2
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Susie Zigante
Pitea IF (Sweden) Final: 0-5
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Susie Zigante
Charlie Slagle
CASL had a 4-1-3 record in the Sunday consolation finals on Sunday to improve the league's record to 26-15-5 in Pitea. An overnight train will take the 240 CASL folks to Stockholm tonight as they leave the midnight sun!
BIGGER NEWS: At 11 am Sunday morning, the Under 12 girls Stars won their semi-final in penalty kicks to advance to the final. The Americans took a 2-0 lead with goals in the 10th minute and 21st minute by Lauren Monroe and Daniella Mainz respectively in the 30 minute game. However, the Swedish team fought back and scored two goals in the last two minutes to tie it at 2-2. The teams played a 5 minute golden goal overtime and the game remained tied. The teams headed to penalty kicks and successful kicks by Daniella Mainz and Heidi Kreis were the only kicks needed as fill-in goalkeeper, Alexa Bird stopped four shots. The team now heads to the final at 2:45 pm. There should be a big crowd as the entire 240 member CASL group should be on the sideline.
BIG NEWS: At 8 am Sunday morning, the Under 12 CASL girls Stars coached by Steve Kreis won their quarterfinal convincingly over a team from Sweden 5-0. A pre-game warm-up injury to goalkeeper Megan Harvey didn't bode well for the CASL girls but in the 2nd minute Sophie Elgamal hit a ball off the near post and in from 10 yards out and the girls were up 1-0. Four minutes later, Heidi Kreis hit a severe angle shot that made it through the defense for the 2nd goal. In the 12th minute of the 30 minute game, Sophie Elmagal got her 2nd goal of the match and the girls headed to 1/2 time with a 3-0 lead. Lauren Monroe and Shannon McCarter scored in the 19th and 29th minute respectively and the final of 5-0 went to the CASL team. Alexa Bird filled in admirably for Harvey making one big save by tipping a hard high shot over the bar. The team will play against another Swedish team in the semi-final at 11 am. A win would take them to the 2:45 final and a loss to the 2 pm 3rd place game.
CASL teams had a record of 16-9-2 in the round robins with 6 of the 9 teams advancing to the knockout round. In Saturday's knockout games, CASL teams were 3-5 with only 1 team advancing to the Sunday knockout stage. That team is the Girls' U12 Stars who won in Penalty kicks and then 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. All other teams will play a Sunday Consolation Friendly then all will head to the train station for an overnight train ride to Stockholm. The girls will head back to RDU on Tuesday and the boys will head back on Wednesday. The overall record for the CASL teams in the Pitea Summer Games is 19-14-2 after Saturday. The wrap up for the tournament thus far is listed below!
CASL has 120 Challenge players playing on 9 teams in the Pitea Summer Games in Pitea, Sweden. There are 750+ teams in this tournament from over 20 countries. Pitea is less than 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle and therefore is basked in daylight for 24 hours a day at this time of year. Games begin today (Friday) and continue through Sunday. Today, all 9 teams have two of their three round robin games. One of their two games will be late at night but with no flood lights as they will be playing under the "midnight sun!"
I will blog after the early games and then again after the night games. Please see below for the games and results as we have them. I will try to provide goal scorers and goalkeepers for each game. The team coaches and managers have been instrumental for this trip and are listed below, as well.
The participants have already played 1 or 2 friendlies against local Pitea teams or when they were in Stockholm at the beginning of the trip (Pitea is 600+ miles due north of Stockholm). The teams in Stockholm were from the Sollentuna club. The participants also visited the VASA Museum which houses a 300 year old pirate ship that was raised from the floor of the Baltic Sea 50 years ago and also went to the Groena Lund amusement park while in Stockholm. All the participants took an overnight train to Pitea from Stockholm.
The opening ceremonies are tonight between games 1 and 2 for each team. It will be quite an event as the teams parade through the town of 40,000 and are cheered on by the locals! More details will be forthcoming post-event!
The games:
Boys U12 Liberty
Coach Scott Wipperman; Manager Marcella McCord
Saltdalkamerat (Norway) Final: 3-2
Goal Scorers: Joe Ruslander, Dalen Bleiman, Cody Holtman
Goalkeepers: Benjamin McCord
Tegs SK Boleang (Sweden) Final: 0-2
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Kurtis Nguyen, Benjamin McCord
Pitea IF (Sweden) Final: 7-0
Goal Scorers: Evan Dezutto, Christian Wady 2, Jefferson Norwood, Charles Johnson, Luke Bishop, Timmy Wipperman
GKs: Kurtis Nguyen
ADVANCE to ROUND of 32 as 2nd place in group v team from Estonia-lost 0-1
Gk: Benjamin McCord
Boys U12 Revolution
Coach Jeff Weisner; Manager Stephanie Vidal
IK Junkeren (Norway) Final: 2-4
Goal Scorers:Matthew Dubach, Simon Copeland
GKs:Nolan Lory
Stanfors AIK (Sweden) Final: 2-0
Goal Scorers: Nolan Lory, Chris Vidal
GKs: Nolan Lory, Michael Navia
Rutviks SK Final: 3-1
Goal Scorers: Simon Copeland, Christopher Vidal, Harrison Meissner
Gks: Nolan Lory, Michael Navia
2nd in group but did not advance to Round of 32 due to tie breaker
Boys U13
Coach Mike McAndrew; Manager Alyssa Siar
Bossekop (Norway) Final 2-0
Goal Scorers:Michael Thomas, Kian Charkhesht
Gks: Evan Gallagher
GBK (Finland) Final: 2-1
Goal Scorers: Spencer Saunders
Gks: Cameron Strapp
Holmsund/Sandvik Final: 2-2
Goal scorers: Michael Thomas 2
Gks: Evan Gallagher
ADVANCED to ROUND of 32 as group winner vs a team from Norway; Final 3-0
Goal Scorers: Aaron Baker, Spencer Saunders, Michael Thomas
GKs: Evan Gallagher
ADVANCED to ROUND of 16 vs a team from Norway; Final 0-4
GKs: Evan Gallagher
Boys U15
Coach Scott McGuinn
IF Floya 3 (Norway) Final: 0-1
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Peter Kassay
ISK/BSK (Sweden) Final: 0-2
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Peter Kassay
IFK-Arvidsjaur Final: 2-4
Goal Scorers: Daniel Hill, Mark Hanley
GKs: Peter Kassay
Girls U12 Stars
Coach Steve Kreis; Manager Sherry Upton
La FK Musta (Finland) Final: 3-1
Goal Scorers:Heidi Kreis, Hannah Elgamal, Lauren Monroe,
GKs: Megan Harvey
Robacks (Sweden) Final: 2-1
Goal Scorers: Daniella Mainz, Lauren Monroe
GKs: Alexa Bird, Megan Harvey
Lira BK Final: 0-2
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Emma Upton
ADVANCED to ROUND of 32 as 2nd place in group vs a team from Sweden Final: 0-0 CASL wins on Penalty kicks 2-1; Penalty kick goals by Alexa Bird and Caroline Moore with Megan Harvey in goal
ADVANCED to ROUND of 16 vs a team from Sweden Final: 3-0
Goal Scorers: Daniella Mainz, Emma Upton, Sophie Elmagal
GK: Megan Harvey
ADVANCED to QUARTERFINALS vs team from Sweden on Sunday at 8 am local time
Girls U12 Stripes
Coach Eric Navarro; Manager Leslie Krussow
Gallivare SK (Sweden) Final: 8-0
Goal Scorers: Bailey Peterson, Gabby Derosier, Anna Krussow, Caty Navarro 3, Kylie Olexa 2
GKs:Taylor Kassay, Gaby Derosier
Sandakerrs SK (Sweden) Final: 7-2
Goal Scorers: Julianna Micchia, Caty Navarro, Casey Shuey, Anna Krussow, Bailey Peterson, Taylor Kassay, Riley Mozingo
GKs: Taylor Kassay, Gabby Derosier
Innstrandems IL Final: 5-0
Goal Scorers: Gabby Derosier, Casey Shuey 2, Anna Krussow 2
GKs: Taylor Kassay, Gabby Derosier
ADVANCED to ROUND of 32 as group winner vs a team from Sweden Final: 0-1
GK: Taylor Kassay, Gabby Derosier
Girls U13
Coach Cid Cardoso; Manager Don Triolo
MSSK (Sweden) Final: 1-0
Goal Scorers: Helen Ahearne-Ray
GKs: Morgan Youst, Jillian Bridges
Pedersore FF (Finland) Final: 2-0
Goal Scorers: Helen Ahearne-Ray, Alex LaRocca,
GKs: Morgan Youst, Jillian Bridges
ONS Valkoinen Final: 0-0
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Jillian Bridges, Morgan Youst
ADVNCED to ROUND of 32 as group winner vs a team from Finland Final 1-2
Goal Scorers: Alex Cardoso
GKs: Morgan Youst, Jillian Bridges
Girls U14
Coach Eric Mason; Manager Lisa Sanchez
Gammelstads IF (Sweden) Final: 3-1
Goal Scorers:Carly Mounts 2, Mackenzie Thorley
GKs: Lydia Fields
Alta IF 1 (Norway) Final: 3-0
Goal Scorers: Sarah Comstock, Carly Mounts 2
GKs: Lydia Fields
ISK-BSK (Norway) Final: 4-0
Goal Scorers: Carly Mounts, Maddie Mason, Sarah Watson, Brittany Bunzey
GKs: Lydia Fields
ADVANCED to ROUND of 16 as the group winner vs a team from Sweden Final: 0-1
GK: Lydia Fields
Girls U15
Coach David Hammond
Lulea DF (Sweden) Final: 1-2
Goal Scorers: Trish Bishop
GKs: Susie Zigante
Bossmo and Ytteren (Sweden) Final: 0-2
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Susie Zigante
Pitea IF (Sweden) Final: 0-5
Goal Scorers:
GKs: Susie Zigante
Charlie Slagle
Monday, June 27, 2011
What is going on at USSF Academy Playoffs? Day 4 & 5
A LOT!
This weekend, the two CASL USSF Academy teams, Under 16 and 18 boys, are vying for a spot in the 8 team finals to be played in Milwaukee in July. There are 32 teams in each age bracket that have a chance out of the 80 plus teams that play in the USSF Academy leagues. Each 4 team group will play a round robin format with the winner going to Milwaukee. The groups are seeded by Pods of eight. CASL's Under 18 team due to their great season is in Pod A (top eight teams), in fact they are the overall #1 seed just ahead of the MLS' FC Dallas Under 18 team.
The Under 16 team is in Pod B, the group of the top 9-16 teams.
Here are the schedules:
Under 18
Friday 7:30 pm CDT v Concorde (GA) Fire FINAL: 2-1
Saturday 6 pm v Colorado Rush FINAL: 2-2
Monday 11 am v Albertson (NY) FINAL:
A win or tie by Albertson and they are the group champion and go to the finals in Milwaukee in July; a win by CASL and the Triangle players head to Wisconsin.
1/2 time score: CASL 1 Albertson 0
Final Score: CASL 2 Albertson 0
Goal Scorers: Mombo scored the first goal with 10 min left in the first half and Ryan McAnellen score off a header with little time left in the match
Goalkeeper: Paul West
Group Standings: CASL 7; Albertson 6
Under 16
Saturday 11 am CDT v FC Dallas FINAL: 2-1
Sunday 8 pm v Sockers (IL) FINAL: 2-1
Tuesday 11 am v Scott Gallagher (MO) FINAL:
The winner goes to Milwaukee, a tie goes to penalty kicks (I think) to determine the team that advances.
1/2 time score: 0-0 at the half
Final: CASL 1 Scott Gallagher 0
Goal scorers: Fernando Castellanos with 5 min remaining in regulation. Assist by Ryan Thompson
Goalkeeper: Sam Williams
Group Standings: CASL 9; Scott Gallagher 6
Charlie Slagle
This weekend, the two CASL USSF Academy teams, Under 16 and 18 boys, are vying for a spot in the 8 team finals to be played in Milwaukee in July. There are 32 teams in each age bracket that have a chance out of the 80 plus teams that play in the USSF Academy leagues. Each 4 team group will play a round robin format with the winner going to Milwaukee. The groups are seeded by Pods of eight. CASL's Under 18 team due to their great season is in Pod A (top eight teams), in fact they are the overall #1 seed just ahead of the MLS' FC Dallas Under 18 team.
The Under 16 team is in Pod B, the group of the top 9-16 teams.
Here are the schedules:
Under 18
Friday 7:30 pm CDT v Concorde (GA) Fire FINAL: 2-1
Saturday 6 pm v Colorado Rush FINAL: 2-2
Monday 11 am v Albertson (NY) FINAL:
A win or tie by Albertson and they are the group champion and go to the finals in Milwaukee in July; a win by CASL and the Triangle players head to Wisconsin.
1/2 time score: CASL 1 Albertson 0
Final Score: CASL 2 Albertson 0
Goal Scorers: Mombo scored the first goal with 10 min left in the first half and Ryan McAnellen score off a header with little time left in the match
Goalkeeper: Paul West
Group Standings: CASL 7; Albertson 6
Under 16
Saturday 11 am CDT v FC Dallas FINAL: 2-1
Sunday 8 pm v Sockers (IL) FINAL: 2-1
Tuesday 11 am v Scott Gallagher (MO) FINAL:
The winner goes to Milwaukee, a tie goes to penalty kicks (I think) to determine the team that advances.
1/2 time score: 0-0 at the half
Final: CASL 1 Scott Gallagher 0
Goal scorers: Fernando Castellanos with 5 min remaining in regulation. Assist by Ryan Thompson
Goalkeeper: Sam Williams
Group Standings: CASL 9; Scott Gallagher 6
Charlie Slagle
Sunday, June 26, 2011
What is Going on at the USSF Academy Playoffs? Day 3
This weekend, the two CASL USSF Academy teams, Under 16 and 18 boys, are vying for a spot in the 8 team finals to be played in Milwaukee in July. There are 32 teams in each age bracket that have a chance out of the 80 plus teams that play in the USSF Academy leagues. Each 4 team group will play a round robin format with the winner going to Milwaukee. The groups are seeded by Pods of eight. CASL's Under 18 team due to their great season is in Pod A (top eight teams), in fact they are the overall #1 seed just ahead of the MLS' FC Dallas Under 18 team.
The Under 16 team is in Pod B, the group of the top 9-16 teams.
Here are the schedules:
Under 18
Friday 7:30 pm CDT v Concorde (GA) Fire FINAL: 2-1
Saturday 6 pm v Colorado Rush FINAL: 2-2
Monday 11 am v Albertson (NY)
1/2 time score:
Goal Scorers:
Goalkeeper:
Group Standings: CASL 4; Albertson 6; Concorde 0; Rush 1 (After game 2 of 3)
Under 16
Saturday 11 am CDT v FC Dallas FINAL: 2-1
Sunday 8 pm v Sockers (IL) FINAL: 2-1
Tuesday 11 am v Scott Gallagher (MO)
1/2 time score: 0-1
Goal scorers: Eric O'Brien
Ryan Thompson
Goalkeeper: Everette McCord
After going down a goal in the first half, CASL scored two goals late in the second half to win the game 2-1. Eric O'Brien's goal with under 10 minutes left tied it and Ryan Thompson's goal won it for CASL. The team has a recovery day on Monday and then will play St. Louis Scott Gallagher with a trip to the finals on the line. Both teams are 2-0-0 and both teams have + two in goal differential. Goals scored and goals allowed are tied at 4 and 2 respectively as each team has posted two 2-1 victories. This is what athletes love to do, play for all the marbles in a one game finale. It should be fun at 11 am CDT on Tuesday. The team that prevails will be going to Milwaukee for the finals in July!
Group Standings: CASL 6; Scott Gallagher 6; Sockers 0; FC Dallas 0
I will try to blog 1/2 time scores and finals throughout the tournament,
Charlie Slagle
The Under 16 team is in Pod B, the group of the top 9-16 teams.
Here are the schedules:
Under 18
Friday 7:30 pm CDT v Concorde (GA) Fire FINAL: 2-1
Saturday 6 pm v Colorado Rush FINAL: 2-2
Monday 11 am v Albertson (NY)
1/2 time score:
Goal Scorers:
Goalkeeper:
Group Standings: CASL 4; Albertson 6; Concorde 0; Rush 1 (After game 2 of 3)
Under 16
Saturday 11 am CDT v FC Dallas FINAL: 2-1
Sunday 8 pm v Sockers (IL) FINAL: 2-1
Tuesday 11 am v Scott Gallagher (MO)
1/2 time score: 0-1
Goal scorers: Eric O'Brien
Ryan Thompson
Goalkeeper: Everette McCord
After going down a goal in the first half, CASL scored two goals late in the second half to win the game 2-1. Eric O'Brien's goal with under 10 minutes left tied it and Ryan Thompson's goal won it for CASL. The team has a recovery day on Monday and then will play St. Louis Scott Gallagher with a trip to the finals on the line. Both teams are 2-0-0 and both teams have + two in goal differential. Goals scored and goals allowed are tied at 4 and 2 respectively as each team has posted two 2-1 victories. This is what athletes love to do, play for all the marbles in a one game finale. It should be fun at 11 am CDT on Tuesday. The team that prevails will be going to Milwaukee for the finals in July!
Group Standings: CASL 6; Scott Gallagher 6; Sockers 0; FC Dallas 0
I will try to blog 1/2 time scores and finals throughout the tournament,
Charlie Slagle
Saturday, June 25, 2011
What is going on at USSF Academy Playoffs? Day 2
This weekend, the two CASL USSF Academy teams, Under 16 and 18 boys, are vying for a spot in the 8 team finals to be played in Milwaukee in July. There are 32 teams in each age bracket that have a chance out of the 80 plus teams that play in the USSF Academy leagues. Each 4 team group will play a round robin format with the winner going to Milwaukee. The groups are seeded by Pods of eight. CASL's Under 18 team due to their great season is in Pod A (top eight teams), in fact they are the overall #1 seed just ahead of the MLS' FC Dallas Under 18 team.
The Under 16 team is in Pod B, the group of the top 9-16 teams.
The Under 18 Schedule begins tonight against Concorde Fire out of Atlanta.
The Under 16 Schedule begins tomorrow against FC Dallas.
Here are the schedules:
Under 18
Friday 7:30 pm CDT v Concorde (GA) Fire FINAL: 2-1
Saturday 6 pm v Colorado Rush FINAL: 2-2
Monday 11 am v Albertson (NY)
1/2 time score: 1-0
Goal Scorers: Johnny Ray
Andrew Morales
Goalkeeper: Paul West
Group Standings: CASL 4; Albertson 6; Concorde 0; Rush 1 (After game 2 of 3)
A late second half goal by the Rush led to the tie. Johnny Ray scored in the first half and CASL went to the interval up 1-0. The Rush tied it up and then a half-volley goal by Andrew Morales made it 2-1. CASL has the day off on Sunday and will play Albertson Monday controlling their own destiny, as to winning the group and advancing to the national finals.
Under 16
Saturday 11 am CDT v FC Dallas FINAL: 2-1
Sunday 8 pm v Sockers (IL)
Tuesday 11 am v Scott Gallagher (MO)
1/2 time score: 1-0
Goal scorers: Eric O'Brien 2
Goalkeeper: Sam Williams
Everette McCord-62nd minute
In a wild game CASL came up victorious. Leading 1-0 at the half on an Eric O'Brien goal, CASL doubled their score when Fernando Castellanos nutmegged his defender and then slotted the ball to Casy Hachem and Hachem finds O'Brien for the goal. With about 18 minutes remaining, FC Dallas gets a 1 v gk situation, Sam williams was ruled to have taken down the player and gets a red card plus FC Dallas converts the penalty kick. Now playing 10 v 11 and Everette McCord in to replace Williams, the Under 16 CASL team bunkered in and preserved the very important victory.
Group Standings: CASL 3; Scott Gallagher 3; Sockers 0; FC Dallas 0
I will try to blog 1/2 time scores and finals throughout the tournament,
Charlie Slagle
The Under 16 team is in Pod B, the group of the top 9-16 teams.
The Under 18 Schedule begins tonight against Concorde Fire out of Atlanta.
The Under 16 Schedule begins tomorrow against FC Dallas.
Here are the schedules:
Under 18
Friday 7:30 pm CDT v Concorde (GA) Fire FINAL: 2-1
Saturday 6 pm v Colorado Rush FINAL: 2-2
Monday 11 am v Albertson (NY)
1/2 time score: 1-0
Goal Scorers: Johnny Ray
Andrew Morales
Goalkeeper: Paul West
Group Standings: CASL 4; Albertson 6; Concorde 0; Rush 1 (After game 2 of 3)
A late second half goal by the Rush led to the tie. Johnny Ray scored in the first half and CASL went to the interval up 1-0. The Rush tied it up and then a half-volley goal by Andrew Morales made it 2-1. CASL has the day off on Sunday and will play Albertson Monday controlling their own destiny, as to winning the group and advancing to the national finals.
Under 16
Saturday 11 am CDT v FC Dallas FINAL: 2-1
Sunday 8 pm v Sockers (IL)
Tuesday 11 am v Scott Gallagher (MO)
1/2 time score: 1-0
Goal scorers: Eric O'Brien 2
Goalkeeper: Sam Williams
Everette McCord-62nd minute
In a wild game CASL came up victorious. Leading 1-0 at the half on an Eric O'Brien goal, CASL doubled their score when Fernando Castellanos nutmegged his defender and then slotted the ball to Casy Hachem and Hachem finds O'Brien for the goal. With about 18 minutes remaining, FC Dallas gets a 1 v gk situation, Sam williams was ruled to have taken down the player and gets a red card plus FC Dallas converts the penalty kick. Now playing 10 v 11 and Everette McCord in to replace Williams, the Under 16 CASL team bunkered in and preserved the very important victory.
Group Standings: CASL 3; Scott Gallagher 3; Sockers 0; FC Dallas 0
I will try to blog 1/2 time scores and finals throughout the tournament,
Charlie Slagle
Friday, June 24, 2011
What is going on at USSF Developmental Academy Regionals? Day 1
This weekend, the two CASL USSF Academy teams, Under 16 and 18 boys, are vying for a spot in the 8 team finals to be played in Milwaukee in July. There are 32 teams in each age bracket that have a chance out of the 80 plus teams that play in the USSF Academy leagues. Each 4 team group will play a round robin format with the winner going to Milwaukee. The groups are seeded by Pods of eight. CASL's Under 18 team due to their great season is in Pod A (top eight teams), in fact they are the overall #1 seed just ahead of the MLS' FC Dallas Under 18 team.
The Under 16 team is in Pod B, the group of the top 9-16 teams.
The Under 18 Schedule begins tonight against Concorde Fire out of Atlanta.
The Under 16 Schedule begins tomorrow against FC Dallas.
Here are the schedules:
Under 18
Friday 7:30 pm CDT v Concorde (GA) Fire FINAL: 2-1
Saturday 6 pm v Colorado Rush
Monday 11 am v Albertson (NY)
1/2 time score: 0-1
Goal Scorers: Mambo Bokar (2nd 1/2) making 1-1; Penalty kick by Cooper Van der Moss Peeler (2nd 1/2) making it 2-1
Goalkeeper: Paul West
After going down 1-0 near the end of the first half, CASL scored a quick second half goal by Mambo Bokar and then late in the 2nd half, Cooper Van der Moss Peeler converted a penalty kick with less than 10 minutes remaining. The 3 points in the first of three round robin games puts CASL in good shape going into tomorrow's second game vs the Colorado Rush who lost to Albertson 2-1 due to a late 2nd half goal. Albertson and CASL are on top of the group with 3 points each.
Under 16
Saturday 11 am CDT v FC Dallas FINAL:
Sunday 8 pm v Sockers (IL)
Tuesday 11 am v Scott Gallagher (MO)
1/2 time score:
Goal scorers:
Goalkeeper:
I will try to blog 1/2 time scores and finals throughout the tournament,
Charlie Slagle
The Under 16 team is in Pod B, the group of the top 9-16 teams.
The Under 18 Schedule begins tonight against Concorde Fire out of Atlanta.
The Under 16 Schedule begins tomorrow against FC Dallas.
Here are the schedules:
Under 18
Friday 7:30 pm CDT v Concorde (GA) Fire FINAL: 2-1
Saturday 6 pm v Colorado Rush
Monday 11 am v Albertson (NY)
1/2 time score: 0-1
Goal Scorers: Mambo Bokar (2nd 1/2) making 1-1; Penalty kick by Cooper Van der Moss Peeler (2nd 1/2) making it 2-1
Goalkeeper: Paul West
After going down 1-0 near the end of the first half, CASL scored a quick second half goal by Mambo Bokar and then late in the 2nd half, Cooper Van der Moss Peeler converted a penalty kick with less than 10 minutes remaining. The 3 points in the first of three round robin games puts CASL in good shape going into tomorrow's second game vs the Colorado Rush who lost to Albertson 2-1 due to a late 2nd half goal. Albertson and CASL are on top of the group with 3 points each.
Under 16
Saturday 11 am CDT v FC Dallas FINAL:
Sunday 8 pm v Sockers (IL)
Tuesday 11 am v Scott Gallagher (MO)
1/2 time score:
Goal scorers:
Goalkeeper:
I will try to blog 1/2 time scores and finals throughout the tournament,
Charlie Slagle
What a weekend it will be soccer-wise!
What is going on-well, first, who is on Back of the Net from 7-8 am on Saturday on 99.9 the Fan? Christopher Dunn from Dunn Physical Therapy and Pilates will discuss the advantage of young athletes getting screened for potential bio-nechanical problems that might lead to injury and will talk about exercises to gain range of motion flexibility and or strength. Then Boston University women's head coach, Nancy Feldman will talk about the Women's World Cup which begins Sunday in Germany. Nancy will be at the games in Germany. The US plays Tuesday v Korea, Saturday 7/2 v Colombia and then 7/6 v Sweden in the opening round robin. The next guest will be former US National Team player, Bruce Murray, who will discuss the Gold Cup Final at the Rose Bowl...US v Mexico which is Saturday night at 9 pm on Fox Soccer Channel. The winner gets an invitation to the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil (1 year before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil). Lastly, Kupono Low from the Carolina Railhawks will talk about the amazing start his team has had and their game at Atlanta later Sunday.
Also, The USSF Academy Regionals will begin play today in Frisco, TX (Dallas suburb). CASL has both teams in the playoffs. The U18's are ranked #1 in the country and play tonight (7:30 pm CDT) against Concorde out of Atlanta. The U16's play on Saturday (11 am CDT) against the home standing FC Dallas squad. The U18s play Saturday (6 pm CDT) v Colorado Rush. I will be blogging at half time and at the end of each game in order for folks here to keep up with the games.
Also, I will be headed to Sweden with 120 CASL Challenge players on Monday. They will be playing in a tournament in Pitea, Sweden which is just south of the Arctic Circle on July 1-3. I will be blogging scores back to this blog. All teams play a late night game on 7/1 but not under the lights because of the midnight sun....should be cool, in more ways than one!
Lots going on, ENJOY!
Charlie Slagle
Also, The USSF Academy Regionals will begin play today in Frisco, TX (Dallas suburb). CASL has both teams in the playoffs. The U18's are ranked #1 in the country and play tonight (7:30 pm CDT) against Concorde out of Atlanta. The U16's play on Saturday (11 am CDT) against the home standing FC Dallas squad. The U18s play Saturday (6 pm CDT) v Colorado Rush. I will be blogging at half time and at the end of each game in order for folks here to keep up with the games.
Also, I will be headed to Sweden with 120 CASL Challenge players on Monday. They will be playing in a tournament in Pitea, Sweden which is just south of the Arctic Circle on July 1-3. I will be blogging scores back to this blog. All teams play a late night game on 7/1 but not under the lights because of the midnight sun....should be cool, in more ways than one!
Lots going on, ENJOY!
Charlie Slagle
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Who remains in the Regional semi-finals? Day 5
The USYS Southern Regionals head to Day 5, the semi-final round and two CASL teams remain. The Under 15 Girls and the Under 16 girls coached by the Nahas brothers, Sean and Damon respectively. Today's winners will advance to Wednesday's Championship games in Murfreesboro, TN. The Champions will then advance to the USYS National Championships in late July in Phoenix, AZ. 184 teams began the Regional and 48 remain! For more information on earlier rounds, read the earlier blogs about the Regionals.
The USYS Southern Regionals are a 6 day event beginning Friday June 17 and will end with championship games on Wednesday June 22. Winners will advance to the USYS National Championships in Phoenix in late July. Three single game days of round robin play where two teams from each 4 team group will advance to the Monday quarterfinals (except in U19 where only 4 of the 12 teams qualify for Tuesday's semi-finals). All games are being played in Murfreesboro, TN near Nashville. I will try to update the blog many times per day to keep folks up to speed.
Charlie Slagle
Day 5 (All times are CDT)
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Dom Babbitt, Maddie Blackwell, McKenzie Blackwell, Cailyn Boch, MacKenzie Dipper, Caroline Duncan, Sydney Frizzelle, Rebecca Kenny, Amanda Lasater, Colleen Markey, Riley Nociti, Gracin Palmer, Alexis Pendergraft, Katrina Pibl, Bayley Rigsbee, Cheyenne Warrick, Maddie West
Fri game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Sat 8 am v TNFC Impact (TN) FINAL: 3-0
Sun noon v MSC Lakers (LA) FINAL: 1-0
Mon noon v Birmingham United (AL) 1/4 final FINAL 4-0
Tuesday 10 am v the D'Feeters (N-TX) semi-final FINAL: 0-1
Record 4-1-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time score: 0-1
Goal scorers:
Gk: Caroline Duncan
In a very even 1st half, the D'Feeters scored a goal on a corner kick in the 27th minute. The near post player flicked the ball over her head with her foot and into the back of the net. CASL had two good chances. Early in the half, in a scramble in front of the net, Cailyn Boch and the D'Feeters gk got tangled up and the ball came free and the gk made a big save on the shot after the ball came free. The D'Feeters gk was then replaced due to injury. In stoppage time, CASL missed wide on a corner kick when the ball came free about 8 yds from the goal line.
In the 2nd half, there were many chances both ways but no goals and the D'Feeters held on to a 1-0 victory. CASL Gk Caroline Duncan made some big plays: in the 47th minute, she got a hand on the ball that just was under the cross bar on a free kick, in the 55th minute she made a save on a header from a D'Feeter player streaking down the middle of the box and she made a good play on a hard shot in the 71st minute. CASL had there chances as well: Alexis Pendergraft and MacKenzie Dipper both had shots in the 61st and 65th that were saved by the gk. In the 67th, Cailyn Boch had a ball go just wide off a corner. In stoppage time, Dipper had a ball go just over the bar.
The team had a great 5 days and all of CASL should be proud of the effort and ability that all members of Sean Nahas' team displayed!
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Joanna Boyles, Caroline Brown, Cameron Castleberry, Cady Cone, Sydney Curtis, Alexis Degler, Bria Dixon, Taylor Francis, Christina Gibbons, Kat Palmer, Paige Reckert, Kelsey Reeves, Morgan Reid, Alexis Shaffer, Cameron Sigmon, Erin Tanhauser, Claire Wagner, Maya Worth
Fri game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Sat 2 pm v CESA (SC) FINAL 1-0
Sun 8 am v Lonestars Red (S-TX) FINAL 1-0
Mon 10 am v NWA (AR) FINAL: 4-0 1/4 final
Tuesday 12:30 v the Sting (N-TX) semi-final FINAL: 0-1
Record 4-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time: 0-0
Goal Scorers:
Gk: Taylor Francis
In an innocuous first half that was very evenly played there was no scoring. Sting had a "half" chance when a ball came loose and CASL gk, Taylor Francis, smothered the attempted shot at the feet of the shooter. Most of the play was at midfield. As this is the fifth game in five days for both teams, things should open up in the 2nd half as the players log more and more minutes.
In the 2nd half, a 35 yard shot just under the cross bar by a Sting player was the only goal. It occurred in the 47th minute. CASL had two chances in the 52nd and 53rd minute as the Alexises, First Shaffer and then Degler hit ball just over the goal after crosses were played to them. CASL played the last 16 minutes one person down as Bria Dixon received a red card in what became a very physical game. Another good showing for CASL's Under 16 girls that came up one goal short in the semis. The team and caoch Damon Nahas should be proud of their effort in this very difficult age bracket in the Southern Regionals!
The USYS Southern Regionals are a 6 day event beginning Friday June 17 and will end with championship games on Wednesday June 22. Winners will advance to the USYS National Championships in Phoenix in late July. Three single game days of round robin play where two teams from each 4 team group will advance to the Monday quarterfinals (except in U19 where only 4 of the 12 teams qualify for Tuesday's semi-finals). All games are being played in Murfreesboro, TN near Nashville. I will try to update the blog many times per day to keep folks up to speed.
Charlie Slagle
Day 5 (All times are CDT)
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Dom Babbitt, Maddie Blackwell, McKenzie Blackwell, Cailyn Boch, MacKenzie Dipper, Caroline Duncan, Sydney Frizzelle, Rebecca Kenny, Amanda Lasater, Colleen Markey, Riley Nociti, Gracin Palmer, Alexis Pendergraft, Katrina Pibl, Bayley Rigsbee, Cheyenne Warrick, Maddie West
Fri game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Sat 8 am v TNFC Impact (TN) FINAL: 3-0
Sun noon v MSC Lakers (LA) FINAL: 1-0
Mon noon v Birmingham United (AL) 1/4 final FINAL 4-0
Tuesday 10 am v the D'Feeters (N-TX) semi-final FINAL: 0-1
Record 4-1-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time score: 0-1
Goal scorers:
Gk: Caroline Duncan
In a very even 1st half, the D'Feeters scored a goal on a corner kick in the 27th minute. The near post player flicked the ball over her head with her foot and into the back of the net. CASL had two good chances. Early in the half, in a scramble in front of the net, Cailyn Boch and the D'Feeters gk got tangled up and the ball came free and the gk made a big save on the shot after the ball came free. The D'Feeters gk was then replaced due to injury. In stoppage time, CASL missed wide on a corner kick when the ball came free about 8 yds from the goal line.
In the 2nd half, there were many chances both ways but no goals and the D'Feeters held on to a 1-0 victory. CASL Gk Caroline Duncan made some big plays: in the 47th minute, she got a hand on the ball that just was under the cross bar on a free kick, in the 55th minute she made a save on a header from a D'Feeter player streaking down the middle of the box and she made a good play on a hard shot in the 71st minute. CASL had there chances as well: Alexis Pendergraft and MacKenzie Dipper both had shots in the 61st and 65th that were saved by the gk. In the 67th, Cailyn Boch had a ball go just wide off a corner. In stoppage time, Dipper had a ball go just over the bar.
The team had a great 5 days and all of CASL should be proud of the effort and ability that all members of Sean Nahas' team displayed!
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Joanna Boyles, Caroline Brown, Cameron Castleberry, Cady Cone, Sydney Curtis, Alexis Degler, Bria Dixon, Taylor Francis, Christina Gibbons, Kat Palmer, Paige Reckert, Kelsey Reeves, Morgan Reid, Alexis Shaffer, Cameron Sigmon, Erin Tanhauser, Claire Wagner, Maya Worth
Fri game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Sat 2 pm v CESA (SC) FINAL 1-0
Sun 8 am v Lonestars Red (S-TX) FINAL 1-0
Mon 10 am v NWA (AR) FINAL: 4-0 1/4 final
Tuesday 12:30 v the Sting (N-TX) semi-final FINAL: 0-1
Record 4-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time: 0-0
Goal Scorers:
Gk: Taylor Francis
In an innocuous first half that was very evenly played there was no scoring. Sting had a "half" chance when a ball came loose and CASL gk, Taylor Francis, smothered the attempted shot at the feet of the shooter. Most of the play was at midfield. As this is the fifth game in five days for both teams, things should open up in the 2nd half as the players log more and more minutes.
In the 2nd half, a 35 yard shot just under the cross bar by a Sting player was the only goal. It occurred in the 47th minute. CASL had two chances in the 52nd and 53rd minute as the Alexises, First Shaffer and then Degler hit ball just over the goal after crosses were played to them. CASL played the last 16 minutes one person down as Bria Dixon received a red card in what became a very physical game. Another good showing for CASL's Under 16 girls that came up one goal short in the semis. The team and caoch Damon Nahas should be proud of their effort in this very difficult age bracket in the Southern Regionals!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Who is left on the fourth day of the Regionals? Day 4
Six of the CASL 9 teams will play today (Monday) in the USYS Southern Regionals. Five will be in the quarterfinals and the U19 boys will be playing their last round robin game and a win would put them in tomorrow's semifinals. See below who is left and this blog will be updated throughout the day with scores, etc.:
The USYS Southern Regionals are a 6 day event beginning Friday June 17 and will end with championship games on Wednesday June 22. Winners will advance to the USYS National Championships in Phoenix in late July. Three single game days of round robin play where two teams from each 4 team group will advance to the Monday quarterfinals (except in U19 where only 4 of the 12 teams qualify for Tuesday's semi-finals). All games are being played in Murfreesboro, TN near Nashville. I will try to update the blog many times per day to keep folks up to speed.
Charlie Slagle
Day 4 (All times are CDT)
U14 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Zinner; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: David Adams, Daniel Avila, Josh Cornell, Ryan Day, Vinnie Durand, Hank Gauger, Brandon Gettinger, Dylan Haynes, Abulle Ibreahim, Dominic Jensen, Kyle LaCivita,David McCallum, Brandon Millington,Zach Olofson, Nick Retzlaff, Momo Sabha, Brandon Sainz, Matthew Zinner
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL: 4-1
Sat 4 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 1-2
Sunday 10 am v Tulsa (OK) FINAL: 2-1
Mon 10 am V LAFC Houstonians (S-TX) 1/4 finals FINAL 0-3
Record 2-2-0
Standing in Group: 2nd ADVANCE TO 10 AM 1/4s ON MONDAY
1/2 Time: 0-1
Goal Scorers:
Gk: Vinnie Durant
David McCallum
A late goal in the 1st half propelled a strong Houstonians team to a victory over a very game CASL squad. coach John Bradford and his team should be proud how they performed in their first regional experience.
U14 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Christy Goudy; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Tory Andrews, Alexa Asher, Celeste Barnard, Allie Cutler, Megan Goudy, Allison Gupton, Ashley Kendrot, Kirstie King, Kat McDonald, Taylor Otto, Holly Priestley, Emma Socha, Katie Stokely, Mary-Love Taylor, Heather Timothy, Briana Velasquez
Fri game v Little Rock FC (AR) FINAL: 6-0
Sat 2 pm v SCU/MP (SC) FINAL: 2-1
Sun 10 am v FC Alliance Black (TN) FINAL: 2-0
Mon 10 am v Hurricanes (OK) 1/4 finals FINAL: 0-1
Record 3-1-0
Standing in Group: 1st ADVANCE TO 1/4'S ON MONDAY AT 10 AM AS GROUP WINNER
1/2 Time: 0-0
Goal Scorers:
GK: Celeste Barnard
A latish goal in the second half by the Hurricanes was all they needed in a hard-fought well-played closely contested match. The team and coach Sean Nahas, gave an excellent representation of themselves over the last four days.
U15 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Krause; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Elijah Agu, Sam Bissett, Cody Brinkman, Simon Burke, Danny Davis, Caleb Duvernay, Mac Garrett, Evan Krause, Andrew Lawrence, Jason McCartney, Stevie Megaloudis, Hernan Mogollon, Kenneth Perkinson, Robert Smith, Wyatt Street, Brian Wendelgass
Fri game v LA Fire Blue (LA) FINAL: 2-0
Sat 2 pm v Arkansas Comets FINAL 5-0
Sun 8 am v Texans Houston (S-TX) FINAL: 0-1
Mon noon v Solar (N-TX) 1/4 finals FINAL: 0-2
Record 2-2-0
Standing in Group: 1st-Tied ADVANCE TO MON NOON 1/4 FINAL AS 2ND FROM GROUP
1/2 time: 0-2
Goal scorers:
GK: Kenneth Perkinson
Two first half goals by Solar won the game. The CASL U15 team had a great Regionals and Coach Bradford and his team should be proud how they played over the last four days.
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Dom Babbitt, Maddie Blackwell, McKenzie Blackwell, Cailyn Boch, MacKenzie Dipper, Caroline Duncan, Sydney Frizzelle, Rebecca Kenny, Amanda Lasater, Colleen Markey, Riley Nociti, Gracin Palmer, Alexis Pendergraft, Katrina Pibl, Bayley Rigsbee, Cheyenne Warrick, Maddie West
Fri game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Sat 8 am v TNFC Impact (TN) FINAL: 3-0
Sun noon v MSC Lakers (LA) FINAL: 1-0
Mon noon v Birmingham United (AL) 1/4 finals FINAL 4-0
Record 4-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st Quarterfinal monday at noon
1/2 time score: 4-0
Goal scorers: Alexis Pendergraft
Riley Nociti
Maddie West
McKenzie Blackwell
Gk: Caroline Duncan
An outburst of four 1st half goals advanced the team to the 11 am Tuesday semi-finals. Assists went to Pendergraft, West and MacKenzie Dipper.
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Joanna Boyles, Caroline Brown, Cameron Castleberry, Cady Cone, Sydney Curtis, Alexis Degler, Bria Dixon, Taylor Francis, Christina Gibbons, Kat Palmer, Paige Reckert, Kelsey Reeves, Morgan Reid, Alexis Shaffer, Cameron Sigmon, Erin Tanhauser, Claire Wagner, Maya Worth
Fri game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Sat 2 pm v CESA (SC) FINAL 1-0
Sun 8 am v Lonestars Red (S-TX) FINAL 1-0
Mon 10 am v NWA (AR) FINAL: 4-0
Record 4-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st ADVANCE TO MON 10 AM Quarterfinal
1/2 time: 2-0
Goal Scorers: Alexis Shaffer
Paige Reckert 2
Maya Worth
Gk: Taylor Francis
A dominating performance by this veteran team looking to go back to the national finals again after missing out last year (this team was national runner-up in 2009 at under 14). They will play Tuesday in the semi-finals at 1:30 pm. A couple of Paige Reckert goals and singletons by Maya Worth and Alexis Shaffer with assists going to Reckert, Christina Gibbons and Alexis Degler led to the final score.
U19 Boys-Coach Paul Forster; Manager Laurie Girard; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Harrison Delbridge, Kyle Emerson, Bright Edo, Ryan Fleming, Michael Forsyth, Matt Frongello, Jared Girard, Alex Givens, Davis Griffin, Ethan Hall, Olutolanio Ibikunle, Greg Judge, Alex Long, Ryan Metts, JP Rafferty, Glenn Scott, Ross Tomaselli, Jared Watts, Matthew Wescoe, James Williams
Fri v LA Fire Red (LA) FINAL: 1-2
Sat 10 am v Lonestars Red (TX-S)- Ppd until Monday
Sun 8 am v MS JFC Fire (MS) FINAL: 6-3
Mon 4 pm v Lonestars Red (TX-S) GAME DELAYED BY 1 HOUR
Record 1-2-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-1
Goal Scorers:
GK: Alex Long
Big Round Robin game on Monday to determine the group winner versus Lonestars Red coached by former CASL coach, Bruce Talbot.
The USYS Southern Regionals are a 6 day event beginning Friday June 17 and will end with championship games on Wednesday June 22. Winners will advance to the USYS National Championships in Phoenix in late July. Three single game days of round robin play where two teams from each 4 team group will advance to the Monday quarterfinals (except in U19 where only 4 of the 12 teams qualify for Tuesday's semi-finals). All games are being played in Murfreesboro, TN near Nashville. I will try to update the blog many times per day to keep folks up to speed.
Charlie Slagle
Day 4 (All times are CDT)
U14 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Zinner; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: David Adams, Daniel Avila, Josh Cornell, Ryan Day, Vinnie Durand, Hank Gauger, Brandon Gettinger, Dylan Haynes, Abulle Ibreahim, Dominic Jensen, Kyle LaCivita,David McCallum, Brandon Millington,Zach Olofson, Nick Retzlaff, Momo Sabha, Brandon Sainz, Matthew Zinner
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL: 4-1
Sat 4 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 1-2
Sunday 10 am v Tulsa (OK) FINAL: 2-1
Mon 10 am V LAFC Houstonians (S-TX) 1/4 finals FINAL 0-3
Record 2-2-0
Standing in Group: 2nd ADVANCE TO 10 AM 1/4s ON MONDAY
1/2 Time: 0-1
Goal Scorers:
Gk: Vinnie Durant
David McCallum
A late goal in the 1st half propelled a strong Houstonians team to a victory over a very game CASL squad. coach John Bradford and his team should be proud how they performed in their first regional experience.
U14 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Christy Goudy; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Tory Andrews, Alexa Asher, Celeste Barnard, Allie Cutler, Megan Goudy, Allison Gupton, Ashley Kendrot, Kirstie King, Kat McDonald, Taylor Otto, Holly Priestley, Emma Socha, Katie Stokely, Mary-Love Taylor, Heather Timothy, Briana Velasquez
Fri game v Little Rock FC (AR) FINAL: 6-0
Sat 2 pm v SCU/MP (SC) FINAL: 2-1
Sun 10 am v FC Alliance Black (TN) FINAL: 2-0
Mon 10 am v Hurricanes (OK) 1/4 finals FINAL: 0-1
Record 3-1-0
Standing in Group: 1st ADVANCE TO 1/4'S ON MONDAY AT 10 AM AS GROUP WINNER
1/2 Time: 0-0
Goal Scorers:
GK: Celeste Barnard
A latish goal in the second half by the Hurricanes was all they needed in a hard-fought well-played closely contested match. The team and coach Sean Nahas, gave an excellent representation of themselves over the last four days.
U15 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Krause; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Elijah Agu, Sam Bissett, Cody Brinkman, Simon Burke, Danny Davis, Caleb Duvernay, Mac Garrett, Evan Krause, Andrew Lawrence, Jason McCartney, Stevie Megaloudis, Hernan Mogollon, Kenneth Perkinson, Robert Smith, Wyatt Street, Brian Wendelgass
Fri game v LA Fire Blue (LA) FINAL: 2-0
Sat 2 pm v Arkansas Comets FINAL 5-0
Sun 8 am v Texans Houston (S-TX) FINAL: 0-1
Mon noon v Solar (N-TX) 1/4 finals FINAL: 0-2
Record 2-2-0
Standing in Group: 1st-Tied ADVANCE TO MON NOON 1/4 FINAL AS 2ND FROM GROUP
1/2 time: 0-2
Goal scorers:
GK: Kenneth Perkinson
Two first half goals by Solar won the game. The CASL U15 team had a great Regionals and Coach Bradford and his team should be proud how they played over the last four days.
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Dom Babbitt, Maddie Blackwell, McKenzie Blackwell, Cailyn Boch, MacKenzie Dipper, Caroline Duncan, Sydney Frizzelle, Rebecca Kenny, Amanda Lasater, Colleen Markey, Riley Nociti, Gracin Palmer, Alexis Pendergraft, Katrina Pibl, Bayley Rigsbee, Cheyenne Warrick, Maddie West
Fri game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Sat 8 am v TNFC Impact (TN) FINAL: 3-0
Sun noon v MSC Lakers (LA) FINAL: 1-0
Mon noon v Birmingham United (AL) 1/4 finals FINAL 4-0
Record 4-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st Quarterfinal monday at noon
1/2 time score: 4-0
Goal scorers: Alexis Pendergraft
Riley Nociti
Maddie West
McKenzie Blackwell
Gk: Caroline Duncan
An outburst of four 1st half goals advanced the team to the 11 am Tuesday semi-finals. Assists went to Pendergraft, West and MacKenzie Dipper.
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Joanna Boyles, Caroline Brown, Cameron Castleberry, Cady Cone, Sydney Curtis, Alexis Degler, Bria Dixon, Taylor Francis, Christina Gibbons, Kat Palmer, Paige Reckert, Kelsey Reeves, Morgan Reid, Alexis Shaffer, Cameron Sigmon, Erin Tanhauser, Claire Wagner, Maya Worth
Fri game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Sat 2 pm v CESA (SC) FINAL 1-0
Sun 8 am v Lonestars Red (S-TX) FINAL 1-0
Mon 10 am v NWA (AR) FINAL: 4-0
Record 4-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st ADVANCE TO MON 10 AM Quarterfinal
1/2 time: 2-0
Goal Scorers: Alexis Shaffer
Paige Reckert 2
Maya Worth
Gk: Taylor Francis
A dominating performance by this veteran team looking to go back to the national finals again after missing out last year (this team was national runner-up in 2009 at under 14). They will play Tuesday in the semi-finals at 1:30 pm. A couple of Paige Reckert goals and singletons by Maya Worth and Alexis Shaffer with assists going to Reckert, Christina Gibbons and Alexis Degler led to the final score.
U19 Boys-Coach Paul Forster; Manager Laurie Girard; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Harrison Delbridge, Kyle Emerson, Bright Edo, Ryan Fleming, Michael Forsyth, Matt Frongello, Jared Girard, Alex Givens, Davis Griffin, Ethan Hall, Olutolanio Ibikunle, Greg Judge, Alex Long, Ryan Metts, JP Rafferty, Glenn Scott, Ross Tomaselli, Jared Watts, Matthew Wescoe, James Williams
Fri v LA Fire Red (LA) FINAL: 1-2
Sat 10 am v Lonestars Red (TX-S)- Ppd until Monday
Sun 8 am v MS JFC Fire (MS) FINAL: 6-3
Mon 4 pm v Lonestars Red (TX-S) GAME DELAYED BY 1 HOUR
Record 1-2-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-1
Goal Scorers:
GK: Alex Long
Big Round Robin game on Monday to determine the group winner versus Lonestars Red coached by former CASL coach, Bruce Talbot.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
What is going on at USYS Southern Regionals? Day 3
The USYS Southern Regionals are a 6 day event beginning Friday June 17 and will end with championship games on Wednesday June 22. Winners will advance to the USYS National Championships in Phoenix in late July. Three single game days of round robin play where two teams from each 4 team group will advance to the Monday quarterfinals (except in U19 where only 4 of the 12 teams qualify for Tuesday's semi-finals). All games are being played in Murfreesboro, TN near Nashville. I will try to update the blog many times per day to keep folks up to speed.
Charlie Slagle
CASL ENDED FRIDAY WITH A 6-3-0 RECORD
CASL ENDED Saturday with 4-4-0 Record
Day 3 (All times are CDT)
U14 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Zinner; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: David Adams, Daniel Avila, Josh Cornell, Ryan Day, Vinnie Durand, Hank Gauger, Brandon Gettinger, Dylan Haynes, Abulle Ibreahim, Dominic Jensen, Kyle LaCivita,David McCallum, Brandon Millington,Zach Olofson, Nick Retzlaff, Momo Sabha, Brandon Sainz, Matthew Zinner
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL: 4-1
Sat 4 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 1-2
Sunday 10 am v Tulsa (OK) FINAL: 2-1
Record 2-1-0
Standing in Group: 2nd ADVANCE TO 10 AM 1/4s ON MONDAY
1/2 Time: 2-1
Goal Scorers: Josh Cornell
Hank Gauger
Gk: David McCallum
Two first half goals to take a 2-0 lead held up and team advances to the quarterfinals.
U14 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Christy Goudy; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Tory Andrews, Alexa Asher, Celeste Barnard, Allie Cutler, Megan Goudy, Allison Gupton, Ashley Kendrot, Kirstie King, Kat McDonald, Taylor Otto, Holly Priestley, Emma Socha, Katie Stokely, Mary-Love Taylor, Heather Timothy, Briana Velasquez
Fri game v Little Rock FC (AR) FINAL: 6-0
Sat 2 pm v SCU/MP (SC) FINAL: 2-1
Sun 10 am v FC Alliance Black (TN) FINAL: 2-0
Record 3-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st ADVANCE TO 1/4'S ON MONDAY AT 10 AM AS GROUP WINNER
1/2 Time: 0-0
Goal Scorers: Kat McDonald (pk)
Heather Timothy
GK: Celeste Barnard
Two 2nd half goals seal the victory including a great volley by Heather Timothy off a corner kick. Off to to the quarterfinals tomorrow after an undefeated round robin trio of games!
U15 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Krause; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Elijah Agu, Sam Bissett, Cody Brinkman, Simon Burke, Danny Davis, Caleb Duvernay, Mac Garrett, Evan Krause, Andrew Lawrence, Jason McCartney, Stevie Megaloudis, Hernan Mogollon, Kenneth Perkinson, Robert Smith, Wyatt Street, Brian Wendelgass
Fri game v LA Fire Blue (LA) FINAL: 2-0
Sat 2 pm v Arkansas Comets FINAL 5-0
Sun 8 am v Texans Houston (S-TX) FINAL: 0-1
Record 2-1-0
Standing in Group: 1st-Tied ADVANCE TO MON NOON 1/4 FINAL AS 2ND FROM GROUP
1/2 time: 0-0
Goal scorers:
GK: Sam Bissett
Kenneth Perkinson
A late goal by the Texans won a very close game. The Texans and CASL tied for 1st place in the group and the Texans move on as the #1 in the group due to head to head and CASL moves on as
#2.
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Dom Babbitt, Maddie Blackwell, McKenzie Blackwell, Cailyn Boch, MacKenzie Dipper, Caroline Duncan, Sydney Frizzelle, Rebecca Kenny, Amanda Lasater, Colleen Markey, Riley Nociti, Gracin Palmer, Alexis Pendergraft, Katrina Pibl, Bayley Rigsbee, Cheyenne Warrick, Maddie West
Fri game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Sat 8 am v TNFC Impact (TN) FINAL: 3-0
Sun noon v MSC Lakers (LA) FINAL: 1-0
Record 3-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st Quarterfinal monday at noon
1/2 time score: 0-0
Goal scorers: Maddie West
Gk: Caroline Duncan
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Joanna Boyles, Caroline Brown, Cameron Castleberry, Cady Cone, Sydney Curtis, Alexis Degler, Bria Dixon, Taylor Francis, Christina Gibbons, Kat Palmer, Paige Reckert, Kelsey Reeves, Morgan Reid, Alexis Shaffer, Cameron Sigmon, Erin Tanhauser, Claire Wagner, Maya Worth
Fri game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Sat 2 pm v CESA (SC) FINAL 1-0
Sun 8 am v Lonestars Red (S-TX) FINAL 1-0
Record 3-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st ADVANCE TO MON 10 AM Quarterfinal
1/2 time: 1-0
Goal Scorers: Maya Worth
Gk: Taylor Francis
a first half goal by Maya Worth on a pass from Kat Palmer was all that was needed for the victory and a clean slate in the round robin. GK Taylor Francis and the defense did not allow a goal in 240 minutes of soccer.
U17 Boys-Coach Steven Chaconas; Manager Jill Herbst; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Taylor Birdsall, Blair Capel, Langdon Clay, Alex Herbst, Sam Hoeferkamp, Brian Howard, Richi Kanu, Ryan King, AT Martin, CJ Miller, Matthew Millington, Ryan Milroy, Fraser Murphy, Seth Poole, CJ Tikvart, Ty Unger, Matt Williams, Satchel Wiltshire
Fri game v Arkansas Comets FINAL: 1-2
Sat 8 pm v Tulsa Black (OK) FINAL 1-5
Sun 4 pm v GCU Dynamos (MS) FINAL 1-3
Record 0-3-0
Standing in Group: 4th
1/2 time: 1-1
Goal scorers: Sam Hoeferkamp
GK: Matt Williams
U17 girls-Coach Rusty Scarborough (CASL DOC); Manager David Lindquist; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup Team members: Kiki Davis ( UVA ), Caitlin Donovan, Caroline Gentry, Courtney Johnson, Caroline Lindquist, Stephanie Lossau, Annie McHenry (UNCC), Taylor Newcomb, Michelle Oestreich, Haley Patsey, Meghan Poirier, Alex Puszczynski, Sydney Sawaya, Madison Shaw, Katie Thomas, Monica Trickett, Clay Weaver,)--graduating seniors and the school they will be entering next fall in ( ).
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL 0-1
Sat 10 pm v Brentwood (TN) FINAL: 0-1
Sun 6 pm v Solar red (S-TX) Final: 0-2
Record 0-3-0
Standing in Group: 4th
1/2 time:
GK: Maddie Shaw
Annie McHenry
U18 girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Susan Stokes; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Stephanie Bronson(NCSU), Jess Crowder(WVU), Sarah Dejak(Syracuse), Sarah Floyd (App St.), Ally Glover (ECU), Casey Hachem (App. St.), Stephanie Hartman (UNCW), Rachel Hunter (Naval Academy), Taber Lewis (High Point), Erin Mulhern (American), Katelyn Reeve (Clemson), Sarah Russo (Coastal Carolina), Sam Seelinger (USC Upstate), Ashley Shaffer (Georgetown), Lucia Stein-Montalvo (Davidson), Ashley Stokes (UNCG)--graduating seniors and the school they will be entering next fall in ( ).
Fri game v Murfreesboro Lady's Strikers FINAL: 4-0
Sat 6 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 0-1
Sun 2 pm v Dallas Texans Red (N-TX) FINAL 1-2
Record 1-2-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-1
Goal scorers: Ashley Stokes
GK: Allie Glover
Sarah Dejak
U19 Boys-Coach Paul Forster; Manager Laurie Girard; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Harrison Delbridge, Kyle Emerson, Bright Edo, Ryan Fleming, Michael Forsyth, Matt Frongello, Jared Girard, Alex Givens, Davis Griffin, Ethan Hall, Olutolanio Ibikunle, Greg Judge, Alex Long, Ryan Metts, JP Rafferty, Glenn Scott, Ross Tomaselli, Jared Watts, Matthew Wescoe, James Williams
Fri v LA Fire Red (LA) FINAL: 1-2
Sat 10 am v Lonestars Red (TX-S)- Ppd until Monday
Sun 8 am v MS JFC Fire (MS) FINAL: 6-3
Record 1-1-0
Standing in Group: 2nd
1/2 time: 3-2
Goal Scorers: Kyle Emerson 2
Ross Tomaselli
JP Rafferty
Matthew Wescoe
James Williams
GK: Ethan Hall
Davis Griffin
A wild scoring affair with 5 goals in the first half and four in the second evens the team's record at 1-1-0. Big Monday Round Robin game on Monday to determine the group winner versus Lonestars Red coached by former CASL coach, Bruce Talbot.
Charlie Slagle
CASL ENDED FRIDAY WITH A 6-3-0 RECORD
CASL ENDED Saturday with 4-4-0 Record
Day 3 (All times are CDT)
U14 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Zinner; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: David Adams, Daniel Avila, Josh Cornell, Ryan Day, Vinnie Durand, Hank Gauger, Brandon Gettinger, Dylan Haynes, Abulle Ibreahim, Dominic Jensen, Kyle LaCivita,David McCallum, Brandon Millington,Zach Olofson, Nick Retzlaff, Momo Sabha, Brandon Sainz, Matthew Zinner
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL: 4-1
Sat 4 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 1-2
Sunday 10 am v Tulsa (OK) FINAL: 2-1
Record 2-1-0
Standing in Group: 2nd ADVANCE TO 10 AM 1/4s ON MONDAY
1/2 Time: 2-1
Goal Scorers: Josh Cornell
Hank Gauger
Gk: David McCallum
Two first half goals to take a 2-0 lead held up and team advances to the quarterfinals.
U14 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Christy Goudy; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Tory Andrews, Alexa Asher, Celeste Barnard, Allie Cutler, Megan Goudy, Allison Gupton, Ashley Kendrot, Kirstie King, Kat McDonald, Taylor Otto, Holly Priestley, Emma Socha, Katie Stokely, Mary-Love Taylor, Heather Timothy, Briana Velasquez
Fri game v Little Rock FC (AR) FINAL: 6-0
Sat 2 pm v SCU/MP (SC) FINAL: 2-1
Sun 10 am v FC Alliance Black (TN) FINAL: 2-0
Record 3-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st ADVANCE TO 1/4'S ON MONDAY AT 10 AM AS GROUP WINNER
1/2 Time: 0-0
Goal Scorers: Kat McDonald (pk)
Heather Timothy
GK: Celeste Barnard
Two 2nd half goals seal the victory including a great volley by Heather Timothy off a corner kick. Off to to the quarterfinals tomorrow after an undefeated round robin trio of games!
U15 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Krause; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Elijah Agu, Sam Bissett, Cody Brinkman, Simon Burke, Danny Davis, Caleb Duvernay, Mac Garrett, Evan Krause, Andrew Lawrence, Jason McCartney, Stevie Megaloudis, Hernan Mogollon, Kenneth Perkinson, Robert Smith, Wyatt Street, Brian Wendelgass
Fri game v LA Fire Blue (LA) FINAL: 2-0
Sat 2 pm v Arkansas Comets FINAL 5-0
Sun 8 am v Texans Houston (S-TX) FINAL: 0-1
Record 2-1-0
Standing in Group: 1st-Tied ADVANCE TO MON NOON 1/4 FINAL AS 2ND FROM GROUP
1/2 time: 0-0
Goal scorers:
GK: Sam Bissett
Kenneth Perkinson
A late goal by the Texans won a very close game. The Texans and CASL tied for 1st place in the group and the Texans move on as the #1 in the group due to head to head and CASL moves on as
#2.
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Dom Babbitt, Maddie Blackwell, McKenzie Blackwell, Cailyn Boch, MacKenzie Dipper, Caroline Duncan, Sydney Frizzelle, Rebecca Kenny, Amanda Lasater, Colleen Markey, Riley Nociti, Gracin Palmer, Alexis Pendergraft, Katrina Pibl, Bayley Rigsbee, Cheyenne Warrick, Maddie West
Fri game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Sat 8 am v TNFC Impact (TN) FINAL: 3-0
Sun noon v MSC Lakers (LA) FINAL: 1-0
Record 3-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st Quarterfinal monday at noon
1/2 time score: 0-0
Goal scorers: Maddie West
Gk: Caroline Duncan
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Joanna Boyles, Caroline Brown, Cameron Castleberry, Cady Cone, Sydney Curtis, Alexis Degler, Bria Dixon, Taylor Francis, Christina Gibbons, Kat Palmer, Paige Reckert, Kelsey Reeves, Morgan Reid, Alexis Shaffer, Cameron Sigmon, Erin Tanhauser, Claire Wagner, Maya Worth
Fri game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Sat 2 pm v CESA (SC) FINAL 1-0
Sun 8 am v Lonestars Red (S-TX) FINAL 1-0
Record 3-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st ADVANCE TO MON 10 AM Quarterfinal
1/2 time: 1-0
Goal Scorers: Maya Worth
Gk: Taylor Francis
a first half goal by Maya Worth on a pass from Kat Palmer was all that was needed for the victory and a clean slate in the round robin. GK Taylor Francis and the defense did not allow a goal in 240 minutes of soccer.
U17 Boys-Coach Steven Chaconas; Manager Jill Herbst; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Taylor Birdsall, Blair Capel, Langdon Clay, Alex Herbst, Sam Hoeferkamp, Brian Howard, Richi Kanu, Ryan King, AT Martin, CJ Miller, Matthew Millington, Ryan Milroy, Fraser Murphy, Seth Poole, CJ Tikvart, Ty Unger, Matt Williams, Satchel Wiltshire
Fri game v Arkansas Comets FINAL: 1-2
Sat 8 pm v Tulsa Black (OK) FINAL 1-5
Sun 4 pm v GCU Dynamos (MS) FINAL 1-3
Record 0-3-0
Standing in Group: 4th
1/2 time: 1-1
Goal scorers: Sam Hoeferkamp
GK: Matt Williams
U17 girls-Coach Rusty Scarborough (CASL DOC); Manager David Lindquist; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup Team members: Kiki Davis ( UVA ), Caitlin Donovan, Caroline Gentry, Courtney Johnson, Caroline Lindquist, Stephanie Lossau, Annie McHenry (UNCC), Taylor Newcomb, Michelle Oestreich, Haley Patsey, Meghan Poirier, Alex Puszczynski, Sydney Sawaya, Madison Shaw, Katie Thomas, Monica Trickett, Clay Weaver,)--graduating seniors and the school they will be entering next fall in ( ).
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL 0-1
Sat 10 pm v Brentwood (TN) FINAL: 0-1
Sun 6 pm v Solar red (S-TX) Final: 0-2
Record 0-3-0
Standing in Group: 4th
1/2 time:
GK: Maddie Shaw
Annie McHenry
U18 girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Susan Stokes; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Stephanie Bronson(NCSU), Jess Crowder(WVU), Sarah Dejak(Syracuse), Sarah Floyd (App St.), Ally Glover (ECU), Casey Hachem (App. St.), Stephanie Hartman (UNCW), Rachel Hunter (Naval Academy), Taber Lewis (High Point), Erin Mulhern (American), Katelyn Reeve (Clemson), Sarah Russo (Coastal Carolina), Sam Seelinger (USC Upstate), Ashley Shaffer (Georgetown), Lucia Stein-Montalvo (Davidson), Ashley Stokes (UNCG)--graduating seniors and the school they will be entering next fall in ( ).
Fri game v Murfreesboro Lady's Strikers FINAL: 4-0
Sat 6 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 0-1
Sun 2 pm v Dallas Texans Red (N-TX) FINAL 1-2
Record 1-2-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-1
Goal scorers: Ashley Stokes
GK: Allie Glover
Sarah Dejak
U19 Boys-Coach Paul Forster; Manager Laurie Girard; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Harrison Delbridge, Kyle Emerson, Bright Edo, Ryan Fleming, Michael Forsyth, Matt Frongello, Jared Girard, Alex Givens, Davis Griffin, Ethan Hall, Olutolanio Ibikunle, Greg Judge, Alex Long, Ryan Metts, JP Rafferty, Glenn Scott, Ross Tomaselli, Jared Watts, Matthew Wescoe, James Williams
Fri v LA Fire Red (LA) FINAL: 1-2
Sat 10 am v Lonestars Red (TX-S)- Ppd until Monday
Sun 8 am v MS JFC Fire (MS) FINAL: 6-3
Record 1-1-0
Standing in Group: 2nd
1/2 time: 3-2
Goal Scorers: Kyle Emerson 2
Ross Tomaselli
JP Rafferty
Matthew Wescoe
James Williams
GK: Ethan Hall
Davis Griffin
A wild scoring affair with 5 goals in the first half and four in the second evens the team's record at 1-1-0. Big Monday Round Robin game on Monday to determine the group winner versus Lonestars Red coached by former CASL coach, Bruce Talbot.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
What is going on at USYS Southern Regionals? Day 2
WEATHER DELAY IN MURFREESBORO-DELAY BEGAN AT 9:50 AM CDT. 10 AM GAMES PUSHED BACK!
GAMES RESUMED AT @ 2 PM. Times of some games have changed (see below)
The USYS Southern Regionals are a 6 day event beginning Friday June 17 and will end with championship games on Wednesday June 22. Winners will advance to the USYS National Championships in Phoenix in late July. Three single game days of round robin play where two teams from each 4 team group will advance to the Monday quarterfinals (except in U19 where only 4 of the 12 teams qualify for Tuesday's semi-finals). All games are being played in Murfreesboro, TN near Nashville. I will try to update the blog many times per day to keep folks up to speed.
Charlie Slagle
CASL ENDED FRIDAY WITH A 6-3-0 RECORD
Day 2 (All times are CDT)
U14 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Zinner; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: David Adams, Daniel Avila, Josh Cornell, Ryan Day, Vinnie Durand, Hank Gauger, Brandon Gettinger, Dylan Haynes, Abulle Ibreahim, Dominic Jensen, Kyle LaCivita,David McCallum, Brandon Millington,Zach Olofson, Nick Retzlaff, Momo Sabha, Brandon Sainz, Matthew Zinner
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL: 4-1
Sat 4 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 1-2
Record 1-1-0
Standing in Group: 2nd
1/2 Time: 1-0
Goal Scorers: Hank Gauger
Gk: Vinnie Durant
Two 2nd half goals by Concorde spelled doom for CASL in a very competitive game. CASL scored a great goal as Dom Jensen's skim header found Hank Gauger's feet and Hank finished with authority!
U14 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Christy Goudy; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Tory Andrews, Alexa Asher, Celeste Barnard, Allie Cutler, Megan Goudy, Allison Gupton, Ashley Kendrot, Kirstie King, Kat McDonald, Taylor Otto, Holly Priestley, Emma Socha, Katie Stokely, Mary-Love Taylor, Heather Timothy, Briana Velasquez
Fri game v Little Rock FC (AR) FINAL: 6-0
Sat 2 pm v SCU/MP (SC) FINAL: 2-1
Record 2-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 Time: 0-1
Goal Scorers: Taylor Otto 2
GK: Celeste Barnard
Two seconf half goals, one in the last 5 minutes by Taylor Otto off assists by Heather Timothy and Allison Gupton clinched at least a tie for first place in their group
U15 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Krause; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Elijah Agu, Sam Bissett, Cody Brinkman, Simon Burke, Danny Davis, Caleb Duvernay, Mac Garrett, Evan Krause, Andrew Lawrence, Jason McCartney, Stevie Megaloudis, Hernan Mogollon, Kenneth Perkinson, Robert Smith, Wyatt Street, Brian Wendelgass
Fri game v LA Fire Blue (LA) FINAL: 2-0
Sat 2 pm v Arkansas Comets FINAL 5-0
Record 2-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time: 3-0
Goal scorers: Mac Garrett
Robert Smith (diving header)
Danny Davis
Wyatt Street
GK: Kenneth Perkinson
Sam Bissett
Two goals in the first few minutes of the game allowed for an easy victory for CASL. The team clinches at least a tie for first in their group.
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Dom Babbitt, Maddie Blackwell, McKenzie Blackwell, Cailyn Boch, MacKenzie Dipper, Caroline Duncan, Sydney Frizzelle, Rebecca Kenny, Amanda Lasater, Colleen Markey, Riley Nociti, Gracin Palmer, Alexis Pendergraft, Katrina Pibl, Bayley Rigsbee, Cheyenne Warrick, Maddie West
Fri game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Sat 8 am v TNFC Impact (TN) FINAL: 3-0
Record 2-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st (clinched 1st place)
1/2 time score: 1-0
Goal scorers: McKenzie Blackwell
Maddie West
Colleen Markey
Gk: Caroline Duncan
A dominating performance by the team with 2 assists by MacKenzie Dipper and one by Maddie West propelled the team to the win. With the win, the team clinched a place in the quarterfinals and also clinched winning their group.
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Joanna Boyles, Caroline Brown, Cameron Castleberry, Cady Cone, Sydney Curtis, Alexis Degler, Bria Dixon, Taylor Francis, Christina Gibbons, Kat Palmer, Paige Reckert, Kelsey Reeves, Morgan Reid, Alexis Shaffer, Cameron Sigmon, Erin Tanhauser, Claire Wagner, Maya Worth
Fri game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Sat 2 pm v CESA (SC) FINAL 1-0
Record 2-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
11/2 time: 0-0
Goal Scoers: Alexis Shaffer
Gk: Taylor Francis
A 2nd half goal by Shaffer on assists from Paige Reckert and Claire Wagner helped the team pull out a hard fought battle. The team clinches a quarterfinal berth on Monday.
U17 Boys-Coach Steven Chaconas; Manager Jill Herbst; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Taylor Birdsall, Blair Capel, Langdon Clay, Alex Herbst, Sam Hoeferkamp, Brian Howard, Richi Kanu, Ryan King, AT Martin, CJ Miller, Matthew Millington, Ryan Milroy, Fraser Murphy, Seth Poole, CJ Tikvart, Ty Unger, Matt Williams, Satchel Wiltshire
Fri game v Arkansas Comets FINAL: 1-2
Sat 8 pm v Tulsa Black (OK) FINAL 1-5
Record 0-2-0
Standing in Group: 4th
1/2 time: 1-2
Goal scorers: AT Martin
GK: Brian Howard
Matt Williams
Two early goals, for the 2nd night in a row, were the undoing for the Under 17 team
U17 girls-Coach Rusty Scarborough (CASL DOC); Manager David Lindquist; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup Team members: Kiki Davis ( UVA ), Caitlin Donovan, Caroline Gentry, Courtney Johnson, Caroline Lindquist, Stephanie Lossau, Annie McHenry (UNCC), Taylor Newcomb, Michelle Oestreich, Haley Patsey, Meghan Poirier, Alex Puszczynski, Sydney Sawaya, Madison Shaw, Katie Thomas, Monica Trickett, Clay Weaver,)--graduating seniors and the school they will be entering next fall in ( ).
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL 0-1
Sat 10 pm v Brentwood (TN) FINAL: 0-1
Record 0-2-0
Standing in Group: 4th
1/2 time: 0-1
GK: Annie McHenry
Maddie Shaw
A deflected cross near the end of the 1st half provided Brentwood with the lead. No goals by either side were scored in a very hard fought 2nd 1/2. Thus the team from TN prevailed.
U18 girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Susan Stokes; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Stephanie Bronson(NCSU), Jess Crowder(WVU), Sarah Dejak(Syracuse), Sarah Floyd (App St.), Ally Glover (ECU), Casey Hachem (App. St.), Stephanie Hartman (UNCW), Rachel Hunter (Naval Academy), Taber Lewis (High Point), Erin Mulhern (American), Katelyn Reeve (Clemson), Sarah Russo (Coastal Carolina), Sam Seelinger (USC Upstate), Ashley Shaffer (Georgetown), Lucia Stein-Montalvo (Davidson), Ashley Stokes (UNCG)--graduating seniors and the school they will be entering next fall in ( ).
Fri game v Murfreesboro Lady's Strikers FINAL: 4-0
Sat 6 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 0-1
Record 1-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-1
Goal scorers:
GK: Allie Glover
Sarah Dejak
In a very competitive game that went from end to end, Concorde's 1st half goal held up.
U19 Boys-Coach Paul Forster; Manager Laurie Girard; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Harrison Delbridge, Kyle Emerson, Bright Edo, Ryan Fleming, Michael Forsyth, Matt Frongello, Jared Girard, Alex Givens, Davis Griffin, Ethan Hall, Olutolanio Ibikunle, Greg Judge, Alex Long, Ryan Metts, JP Rafferty, Glenn Scott, Ross Tomaselli, Jared Watts, Matthew Wescoe, James Williams
Fri v LA Fire Red (LA) FINAL: 1-2
Sat 10 am v Lonestars Red (TX-S)- Ppd until Monday
Record 0-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time:
Goal Scorer:
GK:
GAMES RESUMED AT @ 2 PM. Times of some games have changed (see below)
The USYS Southern Regionals are a 6 day event beginning Friday June 17 and will end with championship games on Wednesday June 22. Winners will advance to the USYS National Championships in Phoenix in late July. Three single game days of round robin play where two teams from each 4 team group will advance to the Monday quarterfinals (except in U19 where only 4 of the 12 teams qualify for Tuesday's semi-finals). All games are being played in Murfreesboro, TN near Nashville. I will try to update the blog many times per day to keep folks up to speed.
Charlie Slagle
CASL ENDED FRIDAY WITH A 6-3-0 RECORD
Day 2 (All times are CDT)
U14 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Zinner; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: David Adams, Daniel Avila, Josh Cornell, Ryan Day, Vinnie Durand, Hank Gauger, Brandon Gettinger, Dylan Haynes, Abulle Ibreahim, Dominic Jensen, Kyle LaCivita,David McCallum, Brandon Millington,Zach Olofson, Nick Retzlaff, Momo Sabha, Brandon Sainz, Matthew Zinner
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL: 4-1
Sat 4 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 1-2
Record 1-1-0
Standing in Group: 2nd
1/2 Time: 1-0
Goal Scorers: Hank Gauger
Gk: Vinnie Durant
Two 2nd half goals by Concorde spelled doom for CASL in a very competitive game. CASL scored a great goal as Dom Jensen's skim header found Hank Gauger's feet and Hank finished with authority!
U14 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Christy Goudy; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Tory Andrews, Alexa Asher, Celeste Barnard, Allie Cutler, Megan Goudy, Allison Gupton, Ashley Kendrot, Kirstie King, Kat McDonald, Taylor Otto, Holly Priestley, Emma Socha, Katie Stokely, Mary-Love Taylor, Heather Timothy, Briana Velasquez
Fri game v Little Rock FC (AR) FINAL: 6-0
Sat 2 pm v SCU/MP (SC) FINAL: 2-1
Record 2-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 Time: 0-1
Goal Scorers: Taylor Otto 2
GK: Celeste Barnard
Two seconf half goals, one in the last 5 minutes by Taylor Otto off assists by Heather Timothy and Allison Gupton clinched at least a tie for first place in their group
U15 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Krause; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Elijah Agu, Sam Bissett, Cody Brinkman, Simon Burke, Danny Davis, Caleb Duvernay, Mac Garrett, Evan Krause, Andrew Lawrence, Jason McCartney, Stevie Megaloudis, Hernan Mogollon, Kenneth Perkinson, Robert Smith, Wyatt Street, Brian Wendelgass
Fri game v LA Fire Blue (LA) FINAL: 2-0
Sat 2 pm v Arkansas Comets FINAL 5-0
Record 2-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time: 3-0
Goal scorers: Mac Garrett
Robert Smith (diving header)
Danny Davis
Wyatt Street
GK: Kenneth Perkinson
Sam Bissett
Two goals in the first few minutes of the game allowed for an easy victory for CASL. The team clinches at least a tie for first in their group.
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Dom Babbitt, Maddie Blackwell, McKenzie Blackwell, Cailyn Boch, MacKenzie Dipper, Caroline Duncan, Sydney Frizzelle, Rebecca Kenny, Amanda Lasater, Colleen Markey, Riley Nociti, Gracin Palmer, Alexis Pendergraft, Katrina Pibl, Bayley Rigsbee, Cheyenne Warrick, Maddie West
Fri game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Sat 8 am v TNFC Impact (TN) FINAL: 3-0
Record 2-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st (clinched 1st place)
1/2 time score: 1-0
Goal scorers: McKenzie Blackwell
Maddie West
Colleen Markey
Gk: Caroline Duncan
A dominating performance by the team with 2 assists by MacKenzie Dipper and one by Maddie West propelled the team to the win. With the win, the team clinched a place in the quarterfinals and also clinched winning their group.
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Joanna Boyles, Caroline Brown, Cameron Castleberry, Cady Cone, Sydney Curtis, Alexis Degler, Bria Dixon, Taylor Francis, Christina Gibbons, Kat Palmer, Paige Reckert, Kelsey Reeves, Morgan Reid, Alexis Shaffer, Cameron Sigmon, Erin Tanhauser, Claire Wagner, Maya Worth
Fri game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Sat 2 pm v CESA (SC) FINAL 1-0
Record 2-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
11/2 time: 0-0
Goal Scoers: Alexis Shaffer
Gk: Taylor Francis
A 2nd half goal by Shaffer on assists from Paige Reckert and Claire Wagner helped the team pull out a hard fought battle. The team clinches a quarterfinal berth on Monday.
U17 Boys-Coach Steven Chaconas; Manager Jill Herbst; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Taylor Birdsall, Blair Capel, Langdon Clay, Alex Herbst, Sam Hoeferkamp, Brian Howard, Richi Kanu, Ryan King, AT Martin, CJ Miller, Matthew Millington, Ryan Milroy, Fraser Murphy, Seth Poole, CJ Tikvart, Ty Unger, Matt Williams, Satchel Wiltshire
Fri game v Arkansas Comets FINAL: 1-2
Sat 8 pm v Tulsa Black (OK) FINAL 1-5
Record 0-2-0
Standing in Group: 4th
1/2 time: 1-2
Goal scorers: AT Martin
GK: Brian Howard
Matt Williams
Two early goals, for the 2nd night in a row, were the undoing for the Under 17 team
U17 girls-Coach Rusty Scarborough (CASL DOC); Manager David Lindquist; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup Team members: Kiki Davis ( UVA ), Caitlin Donovan, Caroline Gentry, Courtney Johnson, Caroline Lindquist, Stephanie Lossau, Annie McHenry (UNCC), Taylor Newcomb, Michelle Oestreich, Haley Patsey, Meghan Poirier, Alex Puszczynski, Sydney Sawaya, Madison Shaw, Katie Thomas, Monica Trickett, Clay Weaver,)--graduating seniors and the school they will be entering next fall in ( ).
Fri game v CESA (SC) FINAL 0-1
Sat 10 pm v Brentwood (TN) FINAL: 0-1
Record 0-2-0
Standing in Group: 4th
1/2 time: 0-1
GK: Annie McHenry
Maddie Shaw
A deflected cross near the end of the 1st half provided Brentwood with the lead. No goals by either side were scored in a very hard fought 2nd 1/2. Thus the team from TN prevailed.
U18 girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Susan Stokes; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Stephanie Bronson(NCSU), Jess Crowder(WVU), Sarah Dejak(Syracuse), Sarah Floyd (App St.), Ally Glover (ECU), Casey Hachem (App. St.), Stephanie Hartman (UNCW), Rachel Hunter (Naval Academy), Taber Lewis (High Point), Erin Mulhern (American), Katelyn Reeve (Clemson), Sarah Russo (Coastal Carolina), Sam Seelinger (USC Upstate), Ashley Shaffer (Georgetown), Lucia Stein-Montalvo (Davidson), Ashley Stokes (UNCG)--graduating seniors and the school they will be entering next fall in ( ).
Fri game v Murfreesboro Lady's Strikers FINAL: 4-0
Sat 6 pm v Concorde (GA) FINAL: 0-1
Record 1-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-1
Goal scorers:
GK: Allie Glover
Sarah Dejak
In a very competitive game that went from end to end, Concorde's 1st half goal held up.
U19 Boys-Coach Paul Forster; Manager Laurie Girard; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Team members: Harrison Delbridge, Kyle Emerson, Bright Edo, Ryan Fleming, Michael Forsyth, Matt Frongello, Jared Girard, Alex Givens, Davis Griffin, Ethan Hall, Olutolanio Ibikunle, Greg Judge, Alex Long, Ryan Metts, JP Rafferty, Glenn Scott, Ross Tomaselli, Jared Watts, Matthew Wescoe, James Williams
Fri v LA Fire Red (LA) FINAL: 1-2
Sat 10 am v Lonestars Red (TX-S)- Ppd until Monday
Record 0-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time:
Goal Scorer:
GK:
Friday, June 17, 2011
What is going on at USYS Southern Regionals? Day 1
The USYS Southern Regionals are a 6 day event beginning today, Friday June 17 and will end with championship games on Wednesday June 22. Winners will advance to the USYS National Championships in Phoenix in late July. Three single game days of round robin play where two teams from each 4 team group will advance to the Monday quarterfinals (except in U19 where only 4 of the 12 teams qualify for Tuesday's semi-finals). All games are being played in Murfreesboro, TN near Nashville. I will try to update the blog many times per day to keep folks up to speed.
Charlie Slagle
CASL ENDED THE DAY WITH A 6-3-0 RECORD-WE'LL SEE WHAT SATURDAY BRINGS!
Day 1 (All times are CDT)
U14 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Zinner; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
8 am game v CESA (SC) FINAL: 4-1
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 Time 3-0 CASL
Goal Scorers: Matthew Zinner
Dominic Jensen
Zach Olofson
Hank Gauger
Gk: Vinnie Durant 1st half
David McCallum 2nd half
A dominating 1st half performance led to a victory
GK: Kenneth Perkinson
Sam Bissett
U14 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Christy Goudy; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
8 am game v Little Rock FC (AR) FINAL: 6-0
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 Time: 2-0 CASL
Goal Scorers:Allie Cutler 2
Taylor Otto 2
Emma Socha
Holly Priestley
GK: Celeste Barnard
The team dominated throughout and broke through with a great 2nd 1/2
U15 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Krause; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Noon game v LA Fire Blue (LA) FINAL: 2-0
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time: 1-0
Goal scorers: Danny Davis
Andrew Lawrence
GK: Kenneth Perkinson
Andrew Lawrence
A goal in each half won it for the Under 15's
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
10 am game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time score: 2-0
Goal scorers: Cheyenne Warrick
Amanda Lasater
Dom Babbitt
Colleen Markey
Gk: Caroline Duncan
Built a 3-0 lead early in the 2nd half and two goals later in the second half by the Fire made it close. Goal by Markey off an assist from Warrick sealed the game at 4-2
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Noon game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
11/2 time:1-0
Goal Scoers: Paige Reckert
Christina Gibbons
Gk: Taylor Francis
U17 Boys-Coach Steven Chaconas; Manager Jill Herbst; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
8 pm game v Arkansas Comets FINAL: 1-2
Record 0-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time:1-2
Goal scorers: Taylor Birdsall
GK: Brian Howard
Matt Williams
2 early goals held up for the comets despite heavy pressure from CASL in the 2nd half
U17 girls-Coach Rusty Scarborough (CASL DOC); Manager David Lindquist; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
2 pm game v CESA (SC) FINAL 0-1
Record 0-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-0
GK: Annie McHenry
Maddie Shaw
A goal in the 1st minute of the 2nd half was all CESA needed to win the game
U18 girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Susan Stokes; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
6 pm game v Murfreesboro Lady's Strikers FINAL: 4-0
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time:1-0
Goal scorers: Taber Lewis 2
Erin Mulhern
Rachel Hunter
GK: Allie Glover
Sarah Dejak
Three 2nd half goals opened this game up for CASL
U19 Boys-Coach Paul Forster; Manager Laurie Girard; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Noon v LA Fire Red (LA) FINAL: 1-2
Record 0-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-0
Goal Scorer: Matthew Wescoe
GK: Alex Long
Charlie Slagle
CASL ENDED THE DAY WITH A 6-3-0 RECORD-WE'LL SEE WHAT SATURDAY BRINGS!
Day 1 (All times are CDT)
U14 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Zinner; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
8 am game v CESA (SC) FINAL: 4-1
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 Time 3-0 CASL
Goal Scorers: Matthew Zinner
Dominic Jensen
Zach Olofson
Hank Gauger
Gk: Vinnie Durant 1st half
David McCallum 2nd half
A dominating 1st half performance led to a victory
GK: Kenneth Perkinson
Sam Bissett
U14 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Christy Goudy; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
8 am game v Little Rock FC (AR) FINAL: 6-0
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 Time: 2-0 CASL
Goal Scorers:Allie Cutler 2
Taylor Otto 2
Emma Socha
Holly Priestley
GK: Celeste Barnard
The team dominated throughout and broke through with a great 2nd 1/2
U15 Boys-Coach John Bradford; Manager Kim Krause; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Noon game v LA Fire Blue (LA) FINAL: 2-0
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time: 1-0
Goal scorers: Danny Davis
Andrew Lawrence
GK: Kenneth Perkinson
Andrew Lawrence
A goal in each half won it for the Under 15's
U15 Girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Laurie Rigsbee; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
10 am game v MS JFC Fire Premier (MS) FINAL: 4-2
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time score: 2-0
Goal scorers: Cheyenne Warrick
Amanda Lasater
Dom Babbitt
Colleen Markey
Gk: Caroline Duncan
Built a 3-0 lead early in the 2nd half and two goals later in the second half by the Fire made it close. Goal by Markey off an assist from Warrick sealed the game at 4-2
U16 Girls-Coach Damon Nahas; Manager Elizabeth Curtis; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Noon game v Ponte Vedra Storm (FL) FINAL 2-0
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
11/2 time:1-0
Goal Scoers: Paige Reckert
Christina Gibbons
Gk: Taylor Francis
U17 Boys-Coach Steven Chaconas; Manager Jill Herbst; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
8 pm game v Arkansas Comets FINAL: 1-2
Record 0-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time:1-2
Goal scorers: Taylor Birdsall
GK: Brian Howard
Matt Williams
2 early goals held up for the comets despite heavy pressure from CASL in the 2nd half
U17 girls-Coach Rusty Scarborough (CASL DOC); Manager David Lindquist; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
2 pm game v CESA (SC) FINAL 0-1
Record 0-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-0
GK: Annie McHenry
Maddie Shaw
A goal in the 1st minute of the 2nd half was all CESA needed to win the game
U18 girls-Coach Sean Nahas; Manager Susan Stokes; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
6 pm game v Murfreesboro Lady's Strikers FINAL: 4-0
Record 1-0-0
Standing in Group: 1st
1/2 time:1-0
Goal scorers: Taber Lewis 2
Erin Mulhern
Rachel Hunter
GK: Allie Glover
Sarah Dejak
Three 2nd half goals opened this game up for CASL
U19 Boys-Coach Paul Forster; Manager Laurie Girard; qualified by winning NCYSA State Cup
Noon v LA Fire Red (LA) FINAL: 1-2
Record 0-1-0
Standing in Group: 3rd
1/2 time: 0-0
Goal Scorer: Matthew Wescoe
GK: Alex Long
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Why are US Soccer Fans Saying Whew? And Other Musings
The US are in the Gold Cup Quarterfinals as expected at the beginning of the tournament. The US and Mexico were expected to be in the final and our neighbors to the south have stormed into the quarterfinals with three convincing wins. The US, on the other hand, has struggled since leaving Cary a couple of weeks ago. there was the Spain friendly in Boston which was wasn't pretty for the home team. Then a 2-0 victory over Canada in Detroit, then the shocker, a 2-1 loss to Panama in Tampa. Going into last night, there were many possibilities for advancement and some possibilities for non-advancement. A Canada victory over Panama could force a 3 way tie if the US also won against Guadaloupe. Canada was up 1-0 but an extra time goal by Panama made the game a tie ensuring that the "Canal" folks would win the group. A US win and they would also advance. The US had plenty of chances but could only muster one goal in a 1-0 victory-thus advancing to play Jamaica on Saturday in Washington, DC. These games were in the brand new Livestrong Park where Sporting Kansas City plays. The 18,000 seat beautiful soccer stadium was filled to the brim with spectators. We'll see what happens this weekend and beyond....the winner of the Gold Cup advances to the eight team Confederations Cup in 2013 in Brazil which is a prelude to the 2014 World Cup in "Samba" land!
The Railhawks are sizzling; 9-1-1 for the year and lapping the field in the NASL thus far-"Back of the Net" Soccer Show will have coach Martin Rennie and a player on this Saturday (7-8 am on 99.9 the Fan).
The USYS Southern Regionals begin Friday in Murfreesboro, TN. CASL has teams in 9 of the 12 age brackets, all as NC State Cup winners. This blog will update everyone with scores after each time slot throughout the round robin part of the tournament. Scores, scorers, assisters, gks will be listed about 6 times per day....so keep informed. I will be talking live (and early) from TN on "Back of the Net" Saturday about Friday games and upcoming Saturday and Sunday games.
A personal note-this blogger is a proud papa as son, Barry, has been named the head men's soccer coach at NCAA DII Newberry College in Newberry, SC. Barry, 27, has been the assistant at NCAA DI Wofford College for the last three years and before that an assistant at DII Colorado School of the Mines and at DI Appalachian State. Barry played at NCAA DIII, Sewanee-The University of the South.
Stayed tuned for many scores from TN, Go Railhawks this weekend (at home), Go USA in the Gold Cup and also for the US Women getting ready to play in the FIFA Women's World Cup!
Charlie Slagle
The Railhawks are sizzling; 9-1-1 for the year and lapping the field in the NASL thus far-"Back of the Net" Soccer Show will have coach Martin Rennie and a player on this Saturday (7-8 am on 99.9 the Fan).
The USYS Southern Regionals begin Friday in Murfreesboro, TN. CASL has teams in 9 of the 12 age brackets, all as NC State Cup winners. This blog will update everyone with scores after each time slot throughout the round robin part of the tournament. Scores, scorers, assisters, gks will be listed about 6 times per day....so keep informed. I will be talking live (and early) from TN on "Back of the Net" Saturday about Friday games and upcoming Saturday and Sunday games.
A personal note-this blogger is a proud papa as son, Barry, has been named the head men's soccer coach at NCAA DII Newberry College in Newberry, SC. Barry, 27, has been the assistant at NCAA DI Wofford College for the last three years and before that an assistant at DII Colorado School of the Mines and at DI Appalachian State. Barry played at NCAA DIII, Sewanee-The University of the South.
Stayed tuned for many scores from TN, Go Railhawks this weekend (at home), Go USA in the Gold Cup and also for the US Women getting ready to play in the FIFA Women's World Cup!
Charlie Slagle
Monday, June 13, 2011
Management Team - Part 3 Lisa Stevenson
This is the 3rd of three articles that I have written about the CASL Management team. I have been blessed with a great staff and I want to share that with the members of CASL.
Charlie Slagle
WHAT A YEAR-Thank you CASL Management Team
Part 3: Lisa Stevenson-CASL Business Manager
By Charlie Slagle-CASL CEO
About one year ago Jay Howell, CASL’s excellent Director of Coaching, left CASL to become the Executive Director of Birmingham United in Alabama. Jay is doing well and we all wish him continued success with his club! I had been with CASL for nine years then and worked closely with Jay on the direction of the club and his departure meant that CASL’s organizational chart needed to change. I did this quickly as CASL, I thought, already had the personnel in place to make a seamless transition for the years to come. CASL added and/or changed a few job descriptions and titles and the “new” management team was devised. This management team consists of Business Manager, Lisa Stevenson, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Michael Milazzo and Director of Coaching (DOC), Rusty Scarborough. I, as CEO, am the fourth member of this group. Michael also serves as CASL’s marketing director.
The transition to the “new” management team has gone, in my opinion, even better than my “pie in the sky” expectations. The last year has been a wonderful year for CASL, on the fields, in the office and with improvements to CASL’s infrastructure. Some of these accomplishments are more visible to a member’s eyes than others. It is easy to see the success on the field and it is easy to see the improvements to WRAL Soccer Center but the differences in the way CASL operates is a little more difficult to see.
Over the last couple of weeks, in two separate articles, I have commented on the contributions of two CASL management team members, DOC, Rusty Scarborough and COO, Michael Milazzo. Today, I am writing Part 3 of 3 and will highlight CASL Business Manager, Lisa Stevenson. For “semi” bios on these three, please refer to my CASL blog, which is accessible from the CASL home page. Each of these three was highlighted in a blog entry earlier this year and these articles have also been posted on the Charlie CASL blog.
Lisa Stevenson has been working for CASL for more than a decade focusing on the financial end of the business. She inherited me as the CEO almost 10 years ago and had to train a college soccer coach in the art of being an administrator. In the early days of my CASL tenure, the budget procedure was shaky, at best. There was a deficit and CASL was in the process of building what is now WakeMed Soccer Park. The money to build the soccer park came from interlocal tax funds due to the success of CASL’s Shootouts and Showcases (now the CASL visitraleigh.com National Soccer Series presented by Chelsea Football Club). Construction stayed within budget but CASL had to maintain a new park with no outside operating budget. The soccer park was a drain to the CASL budget above and beyond the deficit that was already in place. With Lisa’s guidance, CASL stemmed the tide of this until the Town of Cary took over the management of the soccer park. After Cary took over the park, CASL eliminated the deficit in just over one year. Since that day, CASL has been in the black, yearly. Lisa Stevenson was instrumental in my early years of keeping the budget on track and eventually eliminating the deficit and keeping it away.
CASL is a 501-c-3 non-profit corporation. Non-profit means that CASL can not make a profit but it doesn’t mean that CASL cannot incur a loss….therefore it could be a “loss” corporation. Lisa has been a gentle “bulldog” in making sure that employees do not overspend their budget and that, as a whole, CASL’s financial end runs smoothly. Lisa and I are the architects of the CASL yearly budget which has a revenue and expense of close to 5 million dollars.
She is instrumental in this process!
Lisa Stevenson acts as CASL’s HR person, as well. Lisa has had to learn this side of the business and has done so through classes and various seminars etc. She does a wonderful job in regards to employee benefits and the various laws and rules that govern businesses.
Lisa is now in the process of over-hauling CASL’s budget structure. This new program-based budget has been two years in the making and Lisa has led the way in this endeavor. There will be differences in the recording of transactions and more individual employee responsibility in regards to their part of the budget. I am sure, that due to Lisa’s work on this that the process will continue to move forward and that when full implementation of this process is complete, it will improve CASL.
As valuable as the other two members of the CASL Management Team are, Lisa may be the most valuable to the organization. Lisa knows what is happening in all realms of the organization, in regards to revenue and expenses. She is well versed in all the nuances of employee rules and laws and keeps the staff informed of anything that they need to know. Lisa handles all her duties in a professional manner. She does this humbly and has garnered the respect of all that work for CASL and all the outside entities which she has to deal with.
Lisa Stevenson has helped guide me in my first 10 years on the job here at CASL and she continues to guide me to this day. I look forward to many more years of working with Lisa as everyone’s job (including mine) is a little easier due to Lisa being CASL’s Business Manager!
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