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August
24, 2010 - Four Placer United
Teams in Action this Past Weekend - Four Placer
United Girls Teams were in action this past weekend as
all of the teams prepare for their league seasons.
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 August
22, 2010 - U16G Black Home from
Oregon - The U16 Girls Black Team has returned
from the weekend in Portland, Oregon bringing along a
First Place award in the mixed U15-U16 Silver Division
of the Nike Mt. Hood Challenge.
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 August
18, 2010 - U9Gold Boys team
competed in their first big tournament - The
U9Gold Boys team competed in their first big tournament
at the Santa Clara Sporting on August 6-8. They did very
well and reached the quarter-finals-and had a lot of
fun. Good job! |
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 August 10, 2010 -
Placer United U-13 Girls Crowned
Champions of Mustang Girls Stampede Tournament.
The U-13 Girls Gold team traveled to Danville CA. over
the August 7-8th to play in the prestigious Mustang
Stampede Tournament. Playing in the Gold Division the
girls registered a record of 4 wins and 1 one tie
earning the right to play in the Final.
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August 10, 2010 - Placer United
Girls Have Great Results at Danville Mustang Stampede !!
- The Placer United U10-U15 Gold Girls competed
at the Mustang Stampede this past weekend. The field was
littered with some of the top teams on the West Coast !
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August 10, 2010 - Savannah Coiner of
the 93' U18 Gold Girls Perseveres in the ODP Program
after many Years of Disappointment - I have
been a part of the Cal North State Team for six years
now, and every year I have gone to tournaments with the
team and attended Regional Camp every July with the
team. At the end of the week long camp every year, I
listened to the other girls names being called that had
been selected to the Regional Pool of about 30 players.
It was so hard being told that I wasn't good enough,
every single year but I always went home with my head
high and with an evaluation telling me what needed work.
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Three CDA Players Named to Western
Conference Starting XI
In the West
Conference, three California Development Academy players
were honored, along with two players from 2009-10 runners
up Cal Odyssey's two honorees. Arsenal's P.J. Brown took
the conference coaching honor, while two Arsenal players, Mendiola and Adam Zepeda earned a spot on the Starting XI
team.
U-15/16 West Conference Starting XI:
GOALKEEPER: Adam Zepeda (Arsenal FC)
DEFENDERS: Alexis
Flores (Chivas USA), Joshua Alvarez (Cal Odyssey),
Grant Silvester (CDA),
Marcial Cazares (Chivas USA)
MIDFIELDERS: Oscar
Gonzalez (San Diego Surf), Juan Guerrero (Mustang SC),
Connor Hallisey (CDA), Seth Casiple
(CDA)
FORWARDS: Raul Mendiola (Arsenal FC),
Villyan Bijev (Cal Odyssey)
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6, 2010 - Placer United U16G Reach
Semi-Finals in Super Group at Prestigious Surf Cup
- The Best of the Best - The Placer United
U-16 Girls Gold team demonstrated tremendous character
and teamwork during their recent appearance at San Diego
Surf Cup, arguably one of soccer's most prestigious
tournaments. With acceptance into the tournament
reserved for only the very top teams, the U-16 Girls
were thrilled to be playing against the best of the
best.
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August 3, 2010 - SureWest -
This week's SureWest Sports Show is now available for
viewing online (Show will air on SureWest cable channel
702 tonight at 7pm).
In this show (Show #72) we have Placer United highlights
from two matches (see below) that took place last
Saturday.U14 Placer United 97 Black
v. Galt United (girls)
U11 Placer United 00 Gold v. River City United Red
(boys)
To see the show online, go to
www.surewestsports.com. Once on the site, click the
"Watch the Show" tab at the top of the page and select
"Show 72". Pass the word on to those respective teams.
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July 29, 2010 -
Placer's Dine Out Night for the month of August
is Chili's restaurant on Lead Hill and Eureka Blvd. Head
into Chile's on August 9th, 10th or 11th with the
attached
coupon and enjoy a great dinner while helping to
support Placer United. |
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 August
3, 2010 -William Jessup University
Men's Soccer Signs Uriel Moreno - Moreno joins
the Warriors from nearby Lincoln High School, where he
was a three-year varsity starter. He helped Lincoln win
the Pioneer League Championship and Sac-Joaquin Section
Championship as a sophomore.
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30, 2010 - Placer United U-13
Girls Champions of Lake Oswego Nike Cup!!! - The
U-13 Girls Gold
team traveled to Lake Oswego, OR over the July 24-25th
weekend to play in the Oswego Nike Cup.
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July 27, 2010 - Placer United Teams
had Great Success this Past Weekend in Tournament Play!
- Many Placer United Teams were in action this past
weekend. Read
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July 17, 2010 -
Placer United Goalkeeping Program - 2010-11 Season
- The Placer United Soccer Club would like to
announce our new Goalkeeping Program and coaches for the
2010-2011 Season. Read
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 June 23, 2010 -
Placer United To Join The Western
College Development Academy - A new premier
youth soccer program focused on established, elite clubs
delivering consistent, high-quality competition and
college readiness services for its members launches
today. Twenty-four youth soccer clubs across the western
United States have formed the Western College
Development Academy, which debuts this summer with teams
representing clubs in Washington, Oregon, California,
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Colorado.
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9-11, 2010 - Placer United
Prestige Cup - Congratulations to the Placer
U12GoldBoys team and coach Paul O'Brien for being the
finalists at the Placer Prestige Cup last weekend. The
boys did very well, won all the preliminary games and
semi-finals, scoring 17 goals and only allowing 3. They
fought a hard battle in the finals against Juventus
Aztecs, and lost 1-3, getting 2nd place. Way to go
Placer U12Gold. |
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 July
15, 2010 - Prestige '97 Girls Gold
Crowned Davis Legacy College Showcase Champs -
The numbers - 5 games played, 16 goals for, 1 goal
against, 3 days, 100+ degrees heat - gives a glimpse of
the weekend, but doesn't tell the entire story. This
cohesive team has endured a great deal of hardship in
the past couple of months - 3 friends/teammates down due
to serious injury and a loss of a long-term coach.
There's one thing however, that this team did not lose -
their drive and will.
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July
15, 2010 - CDA 93/94 Concludes
Successful First Season - The CDA 93/94 team
concluded their season at the US Soccer Development
Academy Playoffs in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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 July
6, 2010 - Placer United Girls
Train with the US National Team Staff Coach -
Paige Crouch, Lauren Gollnick and Madeline Schiffel
(94's) were selected to participate in the Player
Development Program (PDP) through NorCal Premier and US
Club Soccer.
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 July
6, 2010 - CDA player invited to
Fiorentina Tryout - Congratulations to Dalton
Pando who was invited was one of 18 players to a
showcase game in front of Fiorentina coaches at Santa
Clara University. Dalton scored all three goals ont he
3-0 win for his team. NorCal Premier hosted this PDP
event where the coaches from Fiorentina scoped the
talent. In June, Dalton was contacted by the coaches who
invited him to Italy for a tryout with their youth
academy team. Dalton will be leaving August 21 for 10
days. Dalton played 2 years with Placer United and 2
years San Juan before joining the the current CDA
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June 29, 2010 - Placer United Girls
Teams Compete Well at Cal Cup - The U11-13 Placer
Gold Girls competed at the Cal Cup this past weekend.
All of our teams were placed in difficult brackets and
played very well. Here are their results:
U11 Girls Gold - 0-2 to Ajax, 12-0 over Santa
Rosa, 2-4 to Cal Northstars, 2-1 over Santa Clara
Sporting
U12 Girls Gold - 1-2 to Santa Rosa, 2-1 over
Walnut Creek, 0-2 to Elk Grove and 0-2 to Mustang
U13 Girls Gold - 5-0 over sac Utd, 4-1 over
Heritage, 3-0 over SCA, 0-0 draw with Modesto Ajax in
the semi-finals and were defeated in penalty kicks.
Congrats to all of the teams for a job well done !! |
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June 27, 2010 - U16 & U18 Boys in US
Soccer Academy Playoffs - The California
Development Academy (CDA), a collaboration of the Placer
United Soccer Club (PUSC) and the San Juan Soccer Club
(SJSC), announced today that their U16 and U18 boys
teams had advanced to the US Soccer Academy playoffs in
Greensboro , NC , to be held June 25-29. The CDA teams
are the official U.S. Soccer Federation Academy teams
for Northern California, and are intended to provide the
highest level of soccer training, development, and
competition to the very best U.S. youth soccer athletes
in the region.
Supporters may watch CDA games streaming live online as
the CDA U16 take on PDA; June 27 at 4:00pm ET; and June
29 as the CDA U18 play Vardar at 10:00am ET. The games
may be viewed at
www.ussoccer.org.
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June 27, 2010 - Placer is pleased to
announce we have created a full-time Technical Director
position - As part of Placer United Soccer Club's
ongoing commitment to providing the best youth soccer
development program in Northern California, we are
pleased to announce that with the support of the Board
of Directors, current Placer United Pro Staff Coach
Kelcey Chaidez has been promoted to the position of
Director of Technical Development for the U9-13 boys and
girls age groups.
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 June 27, 2010 -
Megan Hanson of 94' Gold Girls
Commits to Dominican University!! - I have
verbally committed and accepted a scholarship to
Dominican University in San Rafael, California. The
reasons I chose to attend DU are because of the
beautiful location, the great nursing program, and the
excellent soccer program! Dominican University is a D2
soccer program and competes in the Pacific West
Conference. I can't wait to attend Dominican University
in the fall of 2011! |
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June 23, 2010 - Placer United
Participates in US Club Regionals and Reno Event -
A number of the Placer United Girls teams were in
action this past weekend. These events, for most teams,
were the kickoff event for the new season!!
Reno, Nevada
U12 Girls Black 99 - 1 win, 2 losses and 1 draw
U14 Girls Black 97 - 3 wins and 1 loss - Semi-Finals
(lost in pk's)
US Club Regionals in Modesto
U13 Girls Gold 98 - 1 win and 2 losses - Super Group
U14 Girls Gold 97 - 3 wins and 1 loss - Semi-Finals
- Super Group
U15 Girls Gold 96 - 1 win and 2 losses - Super Group
U16 Girls Gold 95 - 1 win and 2 losses - Super Group
U16 Girls black 95 - 2 wins and 1 loss - Premier Group
U17 Girls Black 94 - 2 wins and 1 loss - Premier Group
Congrats to all players on a great start to the
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June 21, 2010 - Placer United
Players Survive PDP Screening -
Move on to Training with US
National Team Coach -Three female players from
the Placer United Soccer Club were selected, after a
tryout, to an exclusive training session with US
National Youth Team Coach, Mike Dickey.
The players that were selected : Paige Crouch and
Madalyn Schiffel from the 95' Gold team and
Lauren Gollnick from the 94'Gold team.
The Player Development Program (PDP) held the workouts
last Sunday in Oakland. The PDP program is a tool that
NorCal Premier Soccer (www.norcalpremier.com
) uses to identify the top players in Cal-North and
other states. There were 3 different sessions for the
following age groups (96, 95, 94)
The girls participated in a "Invite Only" training
session/screening and then were informed that they will
move on to the exclusive session for only 21 players in
the 94 age group. That session will be held June 29th in
Santa Rosa.
Congratulations to the girls and we look forward to
having them train with the US National Team Staff !!!!! |
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June
5, 2010 - Thank You to Nathan
Williams and Congratulations to Ron Benjamin and Paul
O'Brien - On behalf of the entire PUSC Board of
Directors, I am pleased to announce to you that we have
promoted Girls Director of Coaching Ron Benjamin and
Boys Director of Coaching Paul O'Brien to the positions
of Co-Directors of Coaching. The Board made this
decision, and Ron and Paul accepted the positions, last
night. Read
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June
5, 2010 - A letter from Nathan
- Dear Friends, Colleagues and Soccer Enthusiasts, I
hope that you are well. I just wanted to bring you up to
speed with some changes that have been going on in my
life. Last week I was offered an opportunity to join the
Twin City Youth Soccer Association in Winston Salem,
North Carolina, as their new Director of Coaching. After
much discussion with my wife, we feel that this will be
a fantastic move for us as a family.
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June
4, 2010 - Placer United U-13 Girls
Gold - Finalist at Stanford Memorial Day Tournament -
The U-13 Girls Gold team had an awesome showing
at the first tournament of their season. The girls
played up 1 age group in this tournament and by the way
they played and performed you would have never been able
to tell. Overcoming all of the obstacles that playing up
represents, the girls were awesome matching their
opponents in every facet of the game along the way.
The girls battled with Carson Valley to open the
tournament and coming up just short 3-2 however, anyone
watching that game would admit they deserved at least a
tie.
In the next two game the girls maxed out points handling
both Sagebrush 3-0 and Nevada Elite 7-0. The team
finished group play with 22 points putting them into the
final game.
In the Final game the girls met a very tough Santa Rosa
Blizzard team who are a very solid team in the U-14 age
group. The girls had an incredible showing in the Final
match. Solid in every area of the game Goal Keeping,
Defending and Attacking. It truly was a beautiful team
effort with every girl on the team contributing. The
girls were unbelievably composed in the Final coming up
just a bit short 1-0 on a penalty kick.
Congratulations to an awesome group of girls and a great
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June
3, 2010 - Placer United Girls
Teams Compete over the Memorial Day Weekend - The
Placer United Girls teams played in their first events
of the year over the Memorial Day Weekend !!!
Stanford Memorial Shootout (most of our teams played
up an age group)
- U11 Black - 1-0 over San Juan / 0-1 to Walnut Creek 0-3
to Palo Alto
- U12 Gold - 2-0 over Nevada Prem / 3-0 over Nevada Elite
/ 0-2 to Sac Utd / 0-0 with Santa Rosa (lost in pk's)
4th
- U12 Black - 0-1 to SJ White / 0-2 to MP Strikers / 0-2
Nevada Elite
- U13 Gold - 3-0 over Sagebrush / 2-3 to Carson Valley /
7-0 Nevada Elite / 0-1 Santa Rosa in Final 2nd
- U13 Black - 1-2 to EDYSL / 0-3 to Burlingame / 0-3 to
Central Valley
- U14 Black - 6-0 over San Ramon / 2-0 over Nevada Elite /
0-2 to Burlingame / 1-0 over West Valley 3rd
PDA College Showcase in New Jersey
(over 200 college
coaches at the event)
- U17 Gold - 0-0 with Wall Wombats-NJ / 1-1 with
Brentwood-TN / 0-0 with Chantilly-VA
- U18 Gold - 0-0 with FC Stars of Mass / 1-2 to Syosset-NY
/ 2-2 with Montclair-NJ
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 June
1, 2010 - Stanford Memorial
Shootout Champions Congratulations to coach James
Kavanagh and his Placer U11 Boys Gold for winning the
their age division at the 2010 Stanford Memorial
Shootout. The boys were dominant in group play, scoring
8 goals and only allowing 1. In a hard fought battle,
the Placer boys defeated the Sunnyvale Alliance 4-3 in
the finals. Way to go Placer! |
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 May
18, 2010 - Concord Cup Champions
- Placer U11 Girls Gold defeated Diablo FC 2-1 in the
Final to become 2010 Concord Cup Champions.
Congratulations Girls! Go Placer United! |
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 May
14, 2010 - All City - May
10th was an exciting day for a number of Placer United
and CDA players. The Sacramento River Cats in
partnerships with MaxPreps.com named the "All City" high
school teams in 22 different sports. They are the
Sacramento area high school "Dream Teams".
13 of the 16 players named for boys soccer are CDA
players:
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Evan Hodge
Connor Hallisey
Jacob Feener
Gabe Padilla
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Austin Bravo
A.J. Agha
Evan Johnston
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Cole Alexander
Kody Duff
Austin Kinn
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Seth Casiple
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Jacob Feener was named "High School Soccer Player of the
Year"
In addition, Catlin Clark (G93 Gold) was named for girls
soccer and Emma Freeman (formerly G93 Gold) and Karlie
Garcia (formerly G95 Black) were named for cross
country. Karlie was selected as "High School Cross
Country Athlete of the Year."
Congratulations to all of our "All City" athletes. |
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May 13, 2010 - USA Bid Committee
will delivers Bid Book to FIFA - It's official:
our Bid is in. Tomorrow, the USA Bid Committee will
deliver our Bid Book to FIFA. We're another step closer
to earning the honor of hosting the World Cup!
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 April
28, 2010 - Keslie Cooper accepted
into United States Air Force Academy - "Next year
I will be attending the United States Air Force Academy
in Colorado Springs, Colorado. When I received my
appointment, I was both honored and ecstatic. Although
my four year Air Force experience will be drastically
different from a normal college lifestyle, I truly
believe that my long term gains are worth giving up
short term luxuries. I chose this sacrifice because I
honestly believe in the motto "service before self" and
hope to learn to live my life in accordance with the Air
Force values. When I graduate, I want to leave a better
person than I was the day I walked off the bus for my
first day of Basic Cadet Training, rather than a more
educated version of the person I am today. To top it all
off, soccer is what got me this opportunity and I am
thankful for all the challenges and experiences I had
due to playing with Placer United. I will be playing in
the Division 1 Mountain West conference, and am looking
forward to the challenges that will soon be presented to
me on the field. It was a long road to finally receive
my appointment, and it feels amazing to have reached
this milestone. Thanks Placer!!" |
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20, 2010 - Erika Garcia verbally
commits to Harvard University - I chose Harvard
because a once in a lifetime opportunity like that
usually doesn't happen to a girl like me. I come from a
little town in Northern Nevada, and I am a part of the
first generation of my family that was born here in th
U.S. My parents are legalized immigrants from Mexico.
They came here 23 years ago with the hopes to have my
sister, my brother, and myself go to college to have an
easier and better life for ourselves. When I was younger
and playing soccer I was content with having good grades
and staying in Nevada for school... But, then came
Placer Soccer Club and huge doors were opened! Harvard
saw me and my coach, Ron, made everything a reality
instead of just a dream. I chose Harvard for my family,
for an outstanding education, for my club, and for
myself. |
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April 17, 2010 - U15-19 Tryout are Completed -
Thank you to all the players who attended this years
tryouts.
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April 15, 2010 -
Placer United U17 and U16 Boys
advance to the Nor Cal Finals on May 8th. Congratulations
to both teams as they Advance to the Nor Cal finals for
the second year in a row.
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 April
15, 2010 - Abby Williams commits
to Lafayette College Lafayette College is located
in Easton, Pennsylvania (approximately one hour from New
York City and 90 minutes from Philadelphia). It is a
small, Division 1 liberal arts school which competes in
the Patriot League. Lafayette was the perfect academic
and athletic fit for me and, for lack of better words,
everything just clicked. I plan on majoring in Policy
Studies, a multidisciplinary course of study in the
design, management, and evaluation of policies and
institutions while minoring in French. |
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