Category: Youth Soccer Reporter

The Dallas Texans and Kendall Soccer Coalition programs were the big winners in boys play at Disney’s Soccer Showcase. Each won three championships on the final day of play. The Texans had 10 teams competing in placement games. Two other teams finished second, three won third-place game, and two were fourth. For all Tuesday’s results …

Emmanuel Kollie of the Philadelphia Soccer Club scored a hat trick to lead 1992 Region I to a 4-0 win over 1993 Region IV in Tuesday’s final of the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Boys Super Group. The four 1992 teams beat their younger opponents in all four placement games, the only games in which teams crossed over.

Play at Disney’s Soccer Showcase switches to the girls side on Wednesday with opening games in 17 divisions, as well as the second series of matches in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League. The Dallas Texans Red Dallas have sent the defending U.S. Youth Soccer national champions to compete in the U-17 and U-16 Showcases. Also in the U-17 Showcase are 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer national finalists Eclipse Select, PDA Fire and Sting. For the complete Wednesday schedules in the under-15 to under-18 Showcase divisions …

The Disney’s Soccer Showcase all-star team features 18 boys from teams competing in the Under-17 Showcase divisions. The team will train and compete against players from pro clubs at Chelsea’s facilities near London in August 2009.

The U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Super Group moves into the finals at Disney’s Soccer Showcase, where 1992 Region I faces 1993 Region IV in the championship game.

Lonestar SC Red edged out the NJSA 04 Gunners, the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer U-14 national champions, and FC Alliance Black on goal difference with a 3-0 win in the final game of their Showcase bracket. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

The Alpharetta Ambush SC Red won its showdown with the Dallas Texans Red Dallas, 2-1, to win its Showcase bracket.  The only other Showcase team to finish with a 3-0 record was New Mexico’s Elite FC Gladiators. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

Concorde Fire Elite was the only team to finish with a perfect record in Showcase group play. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

PDA Cruyff, CASL Chelsea FC Academy and Miami Strike Force Cagliari all finished Showcase group play with perfect records. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

Day 3 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER continues daily coverage of Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club.

The Dallas Texans and Kendall Soccer Coalition programs both have five teams in Tuesday’s boys championship games at Disney’s Soccer Showcase. Ohio’s Blast FC is the only club with two teams in Showcase finals. For all the 28 championship matchups …

As manager of Chelsea‘s youth team program and now manager of its reserve team, Paul Clement is familiar with the U.S. soccer scene. Indeed, he has traveled to the United States twice in two months, first with the U-18s to the Newark International Soccer in November and now with the U-17s, who advanced to Tuesday’s final against Kentucky’s Javanon in their Showcase division at Disney’s Soccer Showcase. Clement gave the Youth Soccer Reporter his impressions on Chelsea’s trip.

Region I is perfect after two games in the 1992 age group and Region IV is 2-0 in the 1993 age group at the U.S. Youth Soccer Boys ODP Inter-Regional, being played in conjunction with the Disney’s Soccer Showcase. For all the results and goal scorers …

Three teams — PDA Cruyff, Discoveries SC Green and Miami Strike Force Cagliari — remained unbeaten and untied in Showcase play. For all the Day 1 and Day 2 results and Day 3 schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

The Dallas Texans and Concorde Fire Elite joined Chelsea FC as the only Showcase teams with 2-0 records. For all the Day 1 and Day 2 results and Day 3 schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

The Dallas Texans Red Dallas, Alpharetta Ambush SC Red and Elite FC Gladiators had perfect records after two games in the Showcase divisions.  For all the Day 1 and Day 2 results and Day 3 schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

The NJSA 04 Gunners, the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer U-14 national champions, picked up their first win in their Showcase bracket. The only unbeaten and untied Showcase teams after Day 2 are Blast FC Red and the Baltimore Casa Mia Bays. For all the Day 1 and Day 2 results and Day 3 schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

Day 2 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER continues daily coverage of the Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club.

One of the most famous names on hand at the 2008 Disney’s Soccer Showcase is three-time U.S. World Cup player Tab Ramos, who coaches the NJSA 04 Gunners, who are 1-0-1 after two games in their Under-15 Showcase bracket. The New Jersey team won the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer under-14 national championship, capping a three-year run during which it averaged 77 games a year. Ramos, who founded the NJSA program with former MetroStar teammate Rob Johnson, talked with Soccer America about picking the right tournaments and right opponents …

With matches at 20 fields scattered across three complexes around the Orlando area, it’s hard to pick which matches to follow. Here are five involving teams who are both perfect going into Monday’s final day of group play. With semifinal play eliminated, they have everything to play for on Day 3.

Day 1 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER begins daily coverage of the Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club.

Among the big winners on Day 1 in the under-15 Showcase division were the Baltimore Casa Mia Bays, Concorde Fire Elite and Solar. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

The Alpharetta Ambush SC Red opened with an impressive 5-0 win in the U-16 Showcase. The biggest winner in the U-16 age group was the Gainesville Soccer Alliance Rampage, which earned a 6-0 victory in the Copa division. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

The Dallas Texans Academy and fellow Texas club Lonestar Red recorded convincing wins on Day 1 of the under-17 Showcase. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

Big winners on the first day of play in the under-19 boys divisions included Minnesota boarding school Shattuck St. Mary’s and Miami Strike Force Cagliari, a winner in last fall’s qualifying tournament, in the Showcase division. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …