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Club Soccer Tryout & "Kickaround" Info Looking to Tryout for a Club Soccer Team? The Missouri Youth Soccer Association has set the official Tryout date for the St. Louis Area (Eastern District) to be June 16th. Many of the local clubs will host unoficial tryouts which are known ask "Kickarounds" starting in early May. For the past 9 years, STLsoccer.net has hosted a Tryout / Kickaround Message Board Forum so local clubs can communicate the latest information about their Tryouts and Kickarounds. For the STLsoccer.net Tryout & Kickaround Forum - click here ________________________________________________________ CBC High School Soccer Coach Terry Michler offers two Coaching Education courses and both are NO charge! "Introduction to Dutch Coaching and Training Methods" will touch on key elements that are characteristic to the Dutch approach to soccer. For more on this course - click here. "Youth Soccer Coaching Education Program" is an opportunity for Youth Coaches to learn more about the coaching process. For more in this course - click here. Also please check out the CBC- Dutch Touch International Camp which will be lead by world-class instructor Jan Pruijn. Jan will be joined by fellow Dutch F.A. coaches to create an atmosphere focused on a professional training program of advanced skills and competition. For more on this camp - click here. Lastly, CBC Coach Terry Michler will conduct the Street Soccer Camp this summer CBC High School. With input from Jan Pruijn, one of Holland's top youth trainers and currently Technical Director of Ajax Cape Town, the Street Soccer Camp will allow the players to play informal games where the learning will occur as they play. For more on this - click here. ________________________________________________________ "The Soccer Park" (formally known as the Anheuser-Busch Conference Center or AB Soccer Park) is currently getting a major facelift! Overhaul might be a better description of the project which consists of Main Field Turf, Bermuda on two of it's three grass fields (field 4 and 6). Construction is already a week complete and is estimated to be a 10 week project. SLSG President Jim Kavanaugh also announced at the ground breaking ceremony potential plans for turf on field five. To read all about - click here. ________________________________________________________
Avalon FC and Bino's have agreed to combine local resources under the Missouri Rush Soccer Club banner starting with the fall 2012 season. The Rush is currently sponsored nationally by Nike and All State Insurance with 25 individual chapters in 24 states. They also have 18 International Clubs in Africa, Asia, and South America creating a network of approximately 40,000 players. Also this week, Avalon FC announced its affiliation with the West Ham United International Academy as a Partner Club. This offers players and coaches the opportunity to become part of an exceptional program and be exposed to soccer at the highest levels. West Ham United & Tony Carr’s system is renowned for their youth academy and the players they have developed. Read more - click here. ________________________________________________________ United States Soccer announced that the U.S. Soccer Development Academy is adopting a 10-month schedule that will start in September of 2012 and finish up with playoffs in July. _______________________________________________________ Congratulations to locals AJ Cochran (SLSG / CBC) from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and Tomas Gomez from Georgetown University (SLSG / Webster Groves HS) for getting invited to the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team. Tab Ramos has named the boys to his 26-player roster for a domestic training camp from Feb. 20-March 1 in Clermont, Fla.
Illinois Piasa of the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL-Pro) has announced a coaching change for this upcoming season. This year’s team will be coached by both Joe Reiniger and Justin McMillian. In addition to having both talented coaches to lead the team, the Piasa have also added Elvir Kafedzic as the team’s Assistant Coach and as a roster player. Read more - click here ________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Soccer Made in St. Louis covers the history, playing styles, and evolution of the world’s most popular sport in the nation’s original soccer capital, St. Louis. Starting with the first reported game in 1875, the book details the teams, the players, and the organizers who brought home national championships at every level of soccer. Longtime St. Louis soccer writer Dave Lange tells the stories of those who took the game from the sandlots of St. Louis to soccer’s biggest stage, the World Cup. Read more - click here ________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ Congrats to the Lou Fusz Soccer Club for securing to brand new turf fields. Great job Pops for all the hard work! Read more - click here ________________________________________________________
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Webster Groves native Tomas Gomez (Georgetown / SLSG) has been invited for a U.S. U-20 National Team trip to a Chile and Uruguay at the beginning of June. For more - click here _____________________________________________________ Arsenal Program a Resounding Success with St. Louis Scott Gallagher Arsenal FC announce a new initiative with Nike and St. Louis Scott Gallagher. The initiative, which is being offered to a select group of young players in the St. Louis area, incorporates a specially designed Arsenal technical program created with input for former Arsenal player and current Arsenal International Partnerships Performance Supervisor, Steve Morrow. St. Louis Scott Gallagher recently traveled to Richmond Virginia to train with players from Arsenal’s East Coast partnership, Richmond Strikers, under the guidance of former Gunner and current North American scout Danny Karbassiyoon. For more - click here _____________________________________________________ Tim Ream (St. Dominics / SLU / SLSG) becomes the first St. Louisan to play in the English Premier League (EPL). Contacted by EPL club Bolton the day after his wedding, the 24-year-old St. Louis Native defender canceled his honeymoon on the Pacific island and headed east instead. Ream has quickly become a solid starter at center back and his performances have impressed the global masses. Read more - click here Congratulations to St. Louisans Tommy Meyer (SLUH / IU) and Michael Roach (CCP / SLU) for their recent success in the MLS Draft. Meyer went to the LA Galaxy in the first round of the 2012 Major League Soccer SuperDraft. ____________________________________________________ The St.Louis Lions of the PDL announced their 2012 schedule today. The schedule consists of 8 away games and 8 home games, including a game on June 30 at Lindenwood University in St.Charles. Read more click here _____________________________________________________ Earlier this year, The STL United FC started a new soccer specific radio show. The show KFNS 590 at 10:00 AM Saturday mornings. Tune and for more information - click here. _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ The Portland Timbers (MLS) acquired promising young St. Louis midfielder Charles Renken (Bradenton / SLSG), who is returning to the U.S. after spending a season playing in Germany. Read more - click here _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Congrats to St. Louis' Visitation Academy for winning the Missouri High School Girls Soccer State Championship Class Two. Check out the brackets below and read what they are saying on the STLsoccer.net High School Soccer Message board - click here. _____________________________________________________ STLsoccer on Facebook - facebook.com/GRAPEVINEsoccer STLsoccer on Twitter - twitter.com/GRAPEVINEsoccer Check out the STLsoccer.net message board - click here |
