Ian Barker has been a star in soccer coaching education here in the United States, and yesterday
was offered the ultimate opportunity in that arena when he was selected as the Director of Coaching
Education for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
"Ian is the perfect choice to lead the NSCAA's coaching education program to new heights," said
Cummings.
United FC midfielder Jaime Colin was named to the Region II team for the U.S. Youth
Soccer 1996 Boys Olympic Development Program Winter Interregional in Bradenton, Fla.
The event starts Thursday, with matches scheduled against each of the other three regions.
Region II faces Region I on Friday afternoon, Region III on Saturday afternoon and Region IV on
Sunday morning.
Vuk Latinovich of the Milwaukee Kickers scored as the 1997 Region II team closed the U.S.
Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program Thanksgiving Interregional with a 2-0 victory over its
Region I counterparts Monday at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
Latinovich opened the scoring in the 19th minute for Region II, which won its final two matches
after losing to Region IV 2-0 in its opener.
Brian Ainscough was right in his assessments about newly named New England Revolution head coach
Jay Heaps as a player in the past. Now fans of the Revs will be hoping the Northeastern Huskies
men's soccer coach's good judgment continues in his beliefs about Heaps as a coach.
Jay Heaps left a pair of his former coaches believing he had a bright future in coaching.
The Seattle Sounders relative easy access to Clark County, Washington talents (Nick Paludichuk,
Mikhail Doholis) will shortly be coming to an end as the Portland Timbers will be selecting their
U-16 and U-18 players come spring 2012. While some criticized that the Sounders took over a top
level Academy program to springboard their launch, the Timbers are even more aggressive taking over
the whole of the Oregon Olympic Development Program (though still have catchment limits on HGP
signings).
The signings just keep on coming during the PASL offseason as teams prepare for the upcoming
campaign.
Today Managing Partner/Head coach, Bernie Lilavois and the newest professional sports team in
Southern California, Anaheim Bolts, will announce the second player to be signed in
Jeff
Hughes, as well as new goalkeeper coach,
Jeff Tackett.
Wind Lake's Luka Prpa (North Shore United) and Fox Point's Jack
Shaw (Bavarian SC) started play at the U.S. Soccer Under-14 boys national team
identifcation camp Sunday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Prpa and Shaw are among 80 players born in 1998 and '99 selected to train twice daily under the
direction of Under-14 boys coach Manny Schellscheidt during the six-day camp.
Mark your calendars! The Olympic Development Program (ODP) District tryouts are just around the
corner. Tryouts for the upcoming season are for players (male and female) born in the years of
1995,...
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From the Evansville Courier Press, July 24, 2011
There has always been a 'High School versus Club' debate between groups on both sides of the
discussion of the best place for young soccer players to ply their trade, but a recent initiative
from US Soccer could escalate this debate to all new heights.
Ten Wisconsin boys and at least three state girls were invited to U.S. Youth Soccer Region II
Olympic Development Program holdover camps this month.
Players are selected for the holdover camps, which are used to select the regional ODP teams,
based on their performances at the Region II ODP camps.
Ten Wisconsin boys and at least three state girls were invited to U.S. Youth Soccer Region II
Olympic Development Program holdover camps this month.
Players are selected for the holdover camps, which are used to select the regional ODP teams,
based on their performances at the Region II ODP camps.
Glendale Falcons, Austin Hart
The 2011 Region 2 Boys Camps are being held in Overland Park, KS this week. The Camps bring in the
State teams from Region 2 offering age group competition between the teams and leading to what is
termed the Holdover Camp where individual players are invited to stay and participate on a Regional
level squad.
Ortega - Hawkins - Henry - Opfer, Springfield SC 95-96
Springfield Soccer Club has announced that a trio of their players have been added to the Missouri
State ODP squad. Nicole Ortega (Catholic HS), Kasey Opfer (Glendale HS) and Aspen Hawkins (Central
HS) (Alternate) have made the 95 Girls ODP State team.
Earlier this month in Woodbridge, one of the area's top soccer players, Dario Redondo, sat in
the stands watching No. 7 Gar-Field High School, a team for which he used to star, cruise to a 5-0
win.
One night later in Fairfax, Langley forward Josh Ellis charged from the top of the box as a
blocked penalty kick rebounded into the area and smacked the ball into the net, helping lead the
second-ranked Saxons to a 3-0 win in the district playoffs.
Tim Davis, Springfield SC
The Springfield Soccer Club is excited to announce the hiring of Tim Davis. Tim comes to
Springfield from Park City, UT where he was the Assistant Director of Coaching for the Park City
Soccer Club. Tim has worked with all ages of the club, and has specifically been working with and
improving the girls side of the club.
Jay DeMerit -- Getty ImagesSoccer players have their unique paths to get to the professional ranks,
but Vancouver Whitecaps FC defender Jay DeMerit's is as rare as they come.
The former University of Illinois-Chicago standout and one-time Chicago Fire Reserves player has
seen it all, and paved his way when the elements did not look so favorable.
GERMANTOWN, MD - Former college standout and W-League Champion Cindi Harkes has
been named as the first assistant coach of D.C. United Women, joining head coach Michael Jorden in
leading the new W-League team when it begins its first-ever season in May.
"Cindi is a top-class coach with extensive experience helping young women develop into outstanding
soccer players," said D.
Kyle Martino is a top broadcast analyst for Fox Soccer, a former MLS Rookie of the Year
and has been capped multiple times for the US of A.
Juan Agudelo for the United States............ (Photo: Credit: Matt Mathai)
Coming off the Chile-USA friendly, with national teams trialing fresh-faced youngsters for
upcoming tournaments, it seems that now is a good time to talk about the crucial metamorphosis of a
young talent becoming a professional success.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Virginia head coach George Gelnovatch announced the
signing of Eric Bird, Matt Brown, Spencer LaCivita, Kyle McCord, Calvin Rezende, Conner Rezende,
Grant Silvester, Chris Somerville, Kyler Sullivan and Ryan Zinkhan to National Letters of Intent to
play soccer for the Cavaliers beginning in the fall of 2011.
MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 2, 2011)
The Minnesota women's soccer team has announced its 2011 signing class with seven new additions
to the Gophers program including a trio of All-Americans, the 2010 Star Tribune Player of the Year,
the 2010 Pioneer Press Player of the Year and the 2010 Minnesota Ms.
