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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. Read More...
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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U9B GoldAugust 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!
U13G Prestige Gold - Mustang Stampede ChampionsAugust 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. Read More...
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 ! Results...
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. Read More...
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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August 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. Read More...
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. Thanks!
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.
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. Read More...
July 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. Read More...
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 More...
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 More...
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. Read More...
U12 Gold BoysJuly 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.
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. Read More...
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. Read More...
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. Read More...
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 Pre-Academy team. Best of luck to Dalton in Italy.
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 !!
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. Read More...
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. Read More...
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!
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 season!!  
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 !!!!!
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 More...
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. Read More...
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 team!!
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
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!
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!
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:

Evan Hodge
Connor Hallisey
Jacob Feener
Gabe Padilla

Austin Bravo
A.J. Agha
Evan Johnston

Cole Alexander
Kody Duff
Austin Kinn
Tyler Kin
Seth Casiple
Tanner Roland

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.
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! Read More
Keslie CooperApril 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!!"
April 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.
April 17, 2010 - U15-19 Tryout are Completed - Thank you to all the players who attended this years tryouts.
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. Read More...
Abby WilliamsApril 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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