Nine teams celebrated Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association State Championships on Sunday at the
USA Youth Soccer Complex in Appleton – and made travel plans for Saginaw, Mich.
United FC was the only club with more than one champion Sunday, as the Kenosha club had its
Under-15 and Under-13 boys teams collect titles.
FC Milwaukee has plenty of veterans returning for its third season in the Women's Premier Soccer
League.
But the Nationals will have a vastly different look up top, as the high-scoring striker duo of
Sarah Hagen (Appleton North/UW-Milwaukee) and Laurie Nosbusch (Mequon Homestead/UW)
have moved on.
Follow Sunday's finals at the Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association State Championships at the USA
Youth Soccer Complex in Appleton.
State champions advance to the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships, which are June 23 to
27 in Saginaw, Mich.
FC Milwaukee had the most teams playing in the semifinals of the Wisconsin Youth soccer
Association State Championships, with five sides in action Saturday.
And all five will play for state championships and berths in the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II
Championships on Sunday after winning their matches at the USA Youth Soccer Complex in
Appleton.
Follow Saturday's semifinals at the Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association State Championships at
the USA Youth Soccer Complex in Appleton.
Nine clubs will have more than one team vying for Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association State
Championships this weekend at the USA Youth Soccer Complex in Appleton.
FC Milwaukee leads the way with five teams (three boys and two girls) set to play in Saturday's
semifinals, while Bavarian SC had four boys teams earn spots in the final four in their respective
divisions during group play over the Memorial Day weekend at USA Youth Soccer.
The three-day Memorial Day weekend will be packed with matches at the USA Youth Soccer Complex
in Appleton as the Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association State Championships get under way.
More than 120 teams will take part in the competition, more commonly referred to as the State
Cup.
The event includes seven divisions on the boys side (Under-13 through Under-19) and two on the
girls side (Under-13 and Under-14).
There aren't many prep girls soccer teams in Wisconsin on a better run than Hartford.
The Orioles extended their unbeaten streak to 16 games on Thursday night with a 4-0 victory over
third-ranked Germantown, and broke into the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Division 1 state
poll a day later at No.
Another big match, another big performance by Sarah Hagen (Appleton
North/UW-Milwaukee).
Hagen scored the first goal and set up a late insurance goal, both thanks to her prowess in the
air, as Bayern Munich surprised 1. FFC Frankfurt 2-0 on Saturday in Cologne to win the German Cup
for the first time in the competition's 31-year history.
The Cedarburg prep girls soccer team gave up its first goals since March and saw its perfect
season come to an end this week, but it didn't cost the Bulldogs their No. 1 ranking in the
Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Division 1 state poll.
Hartford tied Cedarburg 3-3 in a non-conference match Thursday night, snapping the Bulldogs'
eight-game shutout streak that dated to their 2-1 victory over Appleton North in a season opener
back on March 29.
In the biggest match of her young professional career, Sarah Hagen (Appleton
North/UW-Milwaukee) shone brightly Monday afternoon.
Hagen set up her team's first goal, then recorded a hat trick as Bayern Munich thumped visiting
Hamburg 5-2 in Aschheim to advance to the German Cup final for just the third time in the
competition's 31-year history.
Just a few days into the prep girls soccer season, and there's already been a bit of an
upset.
Defending WIAA Division 1 state champion Appleton North lost its season opener, falling to
visiting Cedarburg 2-1 on Thursday night.
Junior midfielder Josee Stiever, an all-state pick last spring, scored the game-winner in
the 75th minute after Anny West equalized for the Bulldogs in the 30th.
Just a few days into the prep girls soccer season, and there's already been a bit of an
upset.
Defending WIAA Division 1 state champion Appleton North lost its season opener, falling to
visiting Cedarburg 2-1 on Thursday night.
Junior midfielder Josee Stiever, an all-state pick last spring, scored the game-winner in
the 75th minute after Anny West equalized for the Bulldogs in the 30th.
She's on a different continent and playing at a different level, but one big thing remains the
same for Sarah Hagen (Appleton North/UW-Milwaukee): She scores goals.
Hagen found the back of the net twice in her professional debut to help carry host Bayern Munich
to a 3-0 victory over Freiburg in a Frauen Bundesliga match Sunday.
So, Fantasy Football Owner is being played at Pompey yet again. Against a background of a HMRC
winding up order for two months unpaid PAYE a total of £1.6m the familiar dance of chancers,
secret consortia and mad millionaires continues. Yet no serious candidate has emerged. The
transfer window advances towards slamming point and all our promising new manager, Mike Appleton,
can do is manipulate a-one-in-one-out situation with our expensive but depleted eighteen man
squad.
Paul Riley thinks very highly of Sarah Hagen (Appleton North/UW-Milwaukee).
So much so that even though Hagen signed with Bayern Munich through June and joined up with the
German club this week, Riley still wanted to make sure his team had the rights to the high-scoring
forward if she chooses to play in Women's Professional Soccer.
It might be the first time in soccer history that frozen custard helped secure a signing.
Earlier this month as Sarah Hagen (Appleton North/UW-Milwaukee) weighed a contract offer
from German club FC Bayern Munich against staying in the U.S. to play in Women's Professional
Soccer, the prolific forward made her way to her local Kopp's Frozen Custard for a snack.
UW-Milwaukee and Marquette each won conference titles, each advanced to the second round of the
NCAA tournament and each had four players named to National Soccer Coaches Association of America
women's all-region teams.
The Panthers' trio of senior forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton North), senior midfielder
Keara Thompson and junior goalkeeper Jamie Forbes were all first-team selections on
the All-Great Lakes Region team, while junior midfielder Helen Steinhauser made the second
team.
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The season ended for the UW-Milwaukee and Marquette women's soccer teams against Big Ten
Conference teams Friday in North Carolina, along with the careers of two players whose
accomplishments over the past four years will be prominently featured in the NCAA Division I record
book.
Senior Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) scored on the final touch of her career, curling in a
free kick from 19 yards out in the 90th minute, but it was the only shot on goal for the
15th-ranked Panthers in their 2-1 loss to Ohio State in an NCAA tournament second-round match in
Durham, N.
State players collected several individual awards Tuesday as the first college women's soccer
all-conference teams of the season were announced.
UW-Milwaukee dominated the Horizon League honors: Senior forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton
North) was named the league's Player of the Year for a record third consecutive season and was the
Offensive Player of the Year, junior goalkeeper Jamie Forbes was the co-Defensive Player of
the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year, freshman defender Amy Kauffung (Hartland Arrowhead) was
the Newcomer of the Year and Michael Moynihan was the Coach of the Year.
Both the UW-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin men's soccer teams had halves with the
wind at their backs Wednesday night.
But not only did the Phoenix get a goal during their 45 minutes playing with the significant
breeze, they also got one while going against the wind.
Junior forward Alonso Flores scored in the ninth minute and freshman forward Kirby
Allen (Appleton North) added a goal against the run of play – and the winds that gusted up to
35 mph – in the second half as Green Bay stopped the Badgers 2-0 in a non-conference match at
Aldo Santaga Stadium.
Marquette goalkeeper Natalie Kulla and UW-Milwaukee forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton
North) continue to add to their impressive resumes as they close in on the end of their final
regular season of women's college soccer – and their nationally ranked teams continue to win
games.
Meanwhile, UW-Green Bay coach Trevor Warren and the Phoenix continued their quest to
qualify for the Horizon League tournament.
All three divisions of the NCAA women's soccer national goal-scoring charts this week feature
Wisconsin players at or near the top of the list.
UW-Milwaukee senior Sarah Hagen (Appleton North), right, led Division I players in goals
per game (1.231), points per game (2.85) and game-winning goals (eight) and was second in points
(37) and tied for second in goals (16) heading into the week.
Five games and five wins for the Marquette, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay women's soccer teams
this week.
Yes, there was plenty to celebrate across the state: The No. 14 Golden Eagles extended their
home unbeaten streak by winning a pair of Big East Conference matches in overtime, the 15th-ranked
Panthers saw senior star striker Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) reach a career
milestone and the Phoenix celebrated their annual alumni weekend by ending a five-game losing
streak in which they didn't score.
Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) made sure the UW-Milwaukee women's soccer team
bounced back from a disappointing loss with an uplifting victory.
The senior striker scored both goals, including the game-winner in the 97th minute, as the
14th-ranked Panthers got past the University of Wisconsin 2-1 in a non-conference match Sunday at
Engelmann Field.
The season has started, and the honors keep rolling in for UW-Milwaukee's Sarah
Hagen (Appleton North) and Marquette's Kerry McBride (Elm Grove/Milwaukee
DSHA).
After claiming a bevy of preseason awards, the senior standouts earned more for their efforts
during the first weekend of the season.
Two of the country's top college women's soccer players are Wisconsin natives who play in
Milwaukee.
UW-Milwaukee forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) and Marquette defender
Kerry McBride (Elm Grove/Milwaukee DSHA) received more preseason accolades this
week, as both were named to the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy watch list and the Soccer
America Preseason All-American team.
FC Milwaukee strike partners Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) and Laurie
Nosbusch (Mequon Homestead) earned Women's Premier Soccer League plaudits again.
UW-Milwaukee's Hagen was named to the All-WPSL first team and Nosbusch, a standout at the
University of Wisconsin, was a second-team selection, the second straight season the Nationals'
forwards were so honored.
For the second straight year, FC Milwaukee's Sarah Hagen (Appleton North)
earned Midwest Conference Player of the Year honors from the Women's Premier Soccer League.
But this time around, the UW-Milwaukee star had to share the award.
Chicago Red Stars forward Michele Weissenhofer and Hagen were chosen Co-Players
of the Year by conference coaches after their impressive seasons.
UW-Milwaukee senior forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) was named to the All
White Kit Preseason All-American team.
Hagen, who has 67 goals in 65 career matches, is one of seven seniors on the inaugural AWK team
chosen by writer Chris Henderson.
The U.
FC Milwaukee won in a familiar fashion Saturday afternoon, and got the matchup it has wanted for
the Women's Premier Soccer League Midwest Conference final.
UW-Milwaukee forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) scored her 13th goal of the
season in the 37th minute, and the Nationals held off South Division champion Ohio Premier 1-0 in a
conference semifinal in steamy Dublin, Ohio.
FC Milwaukee's strike partnership of UW-Milwaukee's Sarah Hagen (Appleton
North) and the University of Wisconsin's Laurie Nosbusch (Mequon Homestead)
couldn't be in much better form heading into the Women's Premier Soccer League Midwest Conference
playoffs.
Hagen had her second hat trick in three games and Nosbusch added two goals and two assists as
the Nationals closed out the regular season with a 5-0 victory over the Madison 56ers in a North
Division finale Wednesday night in Germantown.
FC Milwaukee claimed the first of two matches against state rival Madison 56ers with a 2-0
victory on Sunday night at Breese Stevens Field, getting goals from UW-Milwaukee's Sarah
Hagen (Appleton North) and the University of Wisconsin's Laurie Nosbusch
(Mequon Homestead) on either side of halftime.
No Wisconsin team has ever won a title at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships, which
started in 1935.
Thanks the opportunistic Justine Hovden, the FC Milwaukee Under-18 girls team
has an opportunity to end that streak.
Hovden scored twice in a 15-minute span, with both goals coming off rebounds, as the Nationals
posted a 3-1 victory over Mockingbird Premier (Kent.
Mary Luba snapped a tie in the 87th minute as the FC Milwaukee Under-18 girls
team rallied past Kansas' KCFC Intensity 2-1 Tuesday morning to advance to the U.S. Youth Soccer
Region II Championship at the USA Soccer Complex in Appleton.
The Nationals fell behind just two minutes into the semifinal match, but Jacie
Jermier – a former McFarland High School standout – equalized in the 63rd.
Three Wisconsin teams, all from Milwaukee, won their groups and advanced to Tuesday's semifinals
at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships in Appleton.
FC Milwaukee's Under-17 and Under-18 girls teams and the Bavarian SC Under-15 boys team made it
to the final four in their respective divisions.
The U.S. Under-23 women's national team closed out its 2011 schedule with a 1-1 draw with host
Sweden last Tuesday in Kopparvallen, and it's no surprise UW-Milwaukee forward Sarah
Hagen (Appleton North) had the lone U.S. goal.
Hagen scored on a header in the 60th minute after the Swedes failed to clear a corner kick.
The U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships kicked off Saturday in Appleton and De Pere.
The tournament includes 14 Wisconsin teams, one in each of the seven boys and seven girls age
groups from Under-13 to Under-19. Round-robin pool matches are being played at the USA Soccer
Complex in Appleton and Southwest Park in De Pere, with the semifinals and finals Tuesday and
Wednesday in Appleton.
