Eclipse Select Communications
CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club forward Paige Jarsombeck has announced her commitment to play
for Creighton University's women's soccer team. The Tinley Park, Ill., native and Andrew High
School junior will join head coach Bruce Erickson's Bluejays in 2013.
U.S. Soccer Communications
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The U.S. Men's National Team opened the year in dramatic fashion as Ricardo
Clark tallied a game-winning goal seven minutes into second-half stoppage time for a 1-0 win
against Venezuela at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
The U.
U.S. Soccer Communications
VANCOUVER, Canada – The U.S. Women's National Team rolled past a young and over-matched Dominican
Republic side to open the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Women's Qualifying Tournament with a dominating
14-0 victory in a match played indoors at BC Place.
The 14 goals set a U.
David TiemstraEclipse Select Communications
CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club alum and Clarendon Hills, Ill., native David Tiemstra is
headed to Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes.
Tiemstra, a graduate of Hinsdale Central and a two-time Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the
Year out of Ohio State, was selected by San Jose during Tuesday's 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft.
No. 1 selection Andrew WengerU.S. Soccer Communications
U.S. Under-23 defender and U.S. Soccer Development Academy alum Andrew Wenger out of Duke was the
top selection by the Montreal Impact during Thursday's MLS SuperDraft held at the NSCAA Convention
in Kansas City. Three of the first five selections in the draft had Development Academy ties.
Goalkeeper Sean JohnsonU.S. Soccer Communications
The 21-year-old Bill Hamid and 22-year-old Sean Johnson are prime examples of young talent hoping
to get noticed during the U.S. MNT's January camp. Both have taken on significant roles with their
respective MLS teams and also trained abroad during the offseason in Premier League environments.
U.S. Soccer Communications
The 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup begins May 15, and with the 99th edition comes a multitude of
changes. For lower-division teams, the most significant is the random selection process for
determining home teams from the first round through the quarterfinals.
In previous years, all teams pursued this opportunity through a bidding process.
Eclipse Select and U.S. Soccer Communications
CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and Notre Dame freshman defender/midfielder Sammy
Scofield (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) was one of 24 players named to the U.S. U-23 Women's National Team
for a Jan. 15-22 training camp in Sarasota, Fla.
Scofield unites with newly-named U.
Eclipse Select Communications
CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and former Notre Dame midfielder Jen Buczkowski (Elk
Grove Village, Ill./Elk Grove) re-signed with Women's Professional Soccer's Philadelphia
Independence, the team announced Friday. Buczkowski was named to the 2011 WPS Best XI and was named
the team's 2011 Ironwoman after logging every minute of the 18-game regular season last year.
Check out coach Scott Fonfara and Kristen Janicki chatting with ESPN Wide World of Sports following
Saturday's 2-1 win over PWSI.
Eclipse Select Communications
CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club forward/midfielder and Downers Grove North High School junior
Summer Schafer announces her commitment to play for Memphis University's women's soccer team in
2013.
"I think it will be a really exciting experience going to a college that not a lot of people from
around here go to," Schafer said.
Eclipse Select Communications
CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club defender and Hinsdale South High School junior Jessica
Mutters announced her commitment to play for Creighton University's women's soccer program starting
in 2013.
The Darien, Ill., native's older sister Danielle played for Missouri Valley Conference rival
Illinois State, and her parents also attended ISU.
By Charlie Corr
Eclipse Select staff
Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and former Notre Dame midfielder Jen Buczkowski is coming off a
successful third season within Women's Professional Soccer.
The 26-year-old Elk Grove, Ill., native was named to the 2011 WPS Best XI as voted by select media,
and her Philadelphia Independence advanced to the WPS title match, eventually falling to the
champion Western New York Flash.
Brittany BockOur Game Magazine took the time to interview L.A. Vikings President and head coach
Robert Kleinberger. This winter the team has incorporated a heavily Women's Professional
Soccer-based roster to face the U.S., Canadian and Mexican national teams.
Former Eclipse Select Soccer Club players Brittany Bock (Western New York Flash) and Jen Buczkowski
(WPS free agent, played for Philadelphia Independence in 2010 and 2011) are on the squad.
By Charlie Corr
ESPNChicago.com
Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson, who is entering his third season in MLS, has been called up
by U.S. National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann for a January training camp.
The session starts on Jan. 3 as the U.S. prepares for a Jan. 21 match against Venezuela in
Glendale, Ariz.
