Sarah Nichols, Central Bulldogs (2011)
Here are the statistics for the 2010 Spring season as provided by the Coaches in the region.
If your team’s goalie is not represented here, have your coach contact Ole@SGFsoccer.com in order to provide the information.
Missouri 1993 ODP team at Region II Tourney
Jackson Patillo (Willard, Sr), Taylor Arens (Catholic, Sr), Luke Straus (Catholic, Jr) and Lucas Moore (Nixa, Jr) spent last weekend playing for the Missouri State Olympic Development Pool (ODP) 1993 team in the Region II Tournament. The 18 player squad was pulled from over 50 players that were evaluated over the course of the past year as Head Coach John Roeslein toured the state holding tryouts and practice games.
Front Row L to R: Jack West, Shane Woods, Kyle Martin, Drew Dempsey, Edin Husejinovic, Luke Straus.
Middle Row Kneeling L to R: Law Duncan, Danny Gustafson, James Lewallen, Luke Moore, Taylor Arens
Back Row Standing L to R: Coach John Roeslein, Nick Cherry, Jackson Patillo, Grant Wilson, Ray Lee, Will Lukowski, Conor Parrish, Asst. Coach Jason Roeslein, Aaron Van Wormer.
Here is Coach Roeslein’s email regarding the tournament:
Just want to update everyone on the weekend 93 Boys ODP Team and Tournament Results. Also, I want to thank all the club coaches for the hard work they do all year long with these boys. The Regional Pool will be published on the Region II web site and on they MYSA website as soon as I can get it. These boys received a lot of compliments from the Regional Coaching Staff and particularly the Head and Asst. coach from this age group. I want all of you to know this is a reflection of the great work you are doing with the boys during the year. Thank you for working with me this year and congratulations.
Group Play (Friday and Saturday)
93 Missouri – 4 vs 93 Ohio North – 0
93 Missouri – 1 vs 93 Michigan – 1
93 Missouri 0 6 vs 93 Kentucky – 1
93 Missouri – 7 pts in bracket
93 Michigan – 5 pts in bracket
93 Kentucky – 2 pts in bracket
93 Ohio North – 1 pt in bracket
Semi Final
93 Missouri – 0 vs 93 Indiana – 0 Indiana advances on PK’s 4-5
Final
93 Indiana – 1 vs 93 Michigan – 1 Indiana is champion on PK’s 4-5
The Regional Pool will be announced soon. Normally they did this after the tournament, but because some of the teams had long distances to travel they released teams early and said they would be published on the Region II web site.
I was very proud of the team and the way they played and how they conducted themselves at the tournament.
I have four Club Box seats available for the upcoming International Friendly game between the KC Wizards and Manchester United on Sunday July 25th. Please contact me at 417-597-4314 if you are interested in purchasing the tickets, along with a parking pass.
The game is being played at the KC Chief’s stadium in Kansas City on Sunday July 25th. Game time is 5:00 pm so an easy afternoon drive and home in plenty of time for work on Monday.
The seats are in Section 229, Row 2 and list for $75 apiece and the parking pass is $25. Willing to accept a less-than-list price offer on the package.
Sarah Nichols, Central Bulldogs (2011)
Here are the statistics for the 2010 Spring season as provided by the Coaches in the region.
If your team’s goalie is not represented here, have your coach contact Ole@SGFsoccer.com in order to provide the information.
Missouri Elite FC’s first annual alumni game was held June 21 at Lake Country Cooper Complex. Though many ladies could not make it, players included former club standouts now representing Missouri Valley and Hendrix College alongside our newly graduated local All-Stars. The ladies squared off against the returning seniors and new additions to the 1992 team for the upcoming Fall 2010 season.
The group of girls represented over 10 years of club development in the Southwest Missouri area. For more information about Missouri Elite, visit our site at www.moelitefc.com
Teal Bunbury, KC Wizards by DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Star
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A scoreless drought, a long winless streak against Columbus and a three-game losing streak all ended when rookie Teal Bunbury scored in the first half and goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen made it stand with seven saves as the Wizards beat the Crew, 1-0, on Wednesday.
Nielsen made six saves in the second half, including a right-toe stop of Guillermo Barros Schelotto in the 70th minute, a left arm stop of Emilio Renteria eight minutes later and a Steven Lenhart header in stoppage time. The Crew outshot the Wizards 15-4 after the break and 19-8 for the match but did not convert any of their eight corners.
Bunbury returned to Ohio where he played last season for the University of Akron and scored his first MLS goal in the 14th minute to end KC’s 339-minute scoreless streak.
The Wizards (4-8-3, 15 points) beat Columbus for the first time since posting a 0-5-1 mark over the past meetings.
Check out the analysis on Down The Byline as well.
Crowd Reacts, USA vs Algeria – Photo by jamesradke.wordpress.com
CHICAGO (July 14, 2010) – The U.S. Men’s National Team won Best Moment at the ESPY Awards this evening for its 1-0 victory in added time against Algeria in the team’s final group match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup that provided the U.S. a place in the Round of 16. U.S. midfielder Landon Donovan, who scored the winning goal against Algeria, also won the Castrol Performance Under Pressure and Best MLS Player awards.
Donovan accepted the ESPY for Best Moment along with eight of his teammates live on stage at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. Joining Donovan on stage were Jozy Altidore, Carlos Bocanegra, Jonathan Bornstein, Edson Buddle, Steve Cherundolo, Maurice Edu, Benny Feilhaber and Stuart Holden.
“The comment I’ve received more than any other is ‘thank you for inspiring us and inspiring our country,’” said Donovan during his acceptance speech. “I believe it takes two to tango and I want to say on behalf of all of us, thank you for allowing us to inspire you guys. You put everything else aside to let us inspire you, so thank you so much.”
Others nominees in the category were the New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl championship, figure skater Joannie Rochette’s bronze-medal Olympic performance following the death of her mother and Phil Mickelson’s win at the Masters.
“That whole tournament was an emotional roller coaster for us, and to have the support of all of America behind us felt amazing after that goal went in,” added Bocanegra, the U.S. MNT captain, in acceptance of the award. “We’d like to thank U.S. Soccer. We’re accepting this award on behalf of the team and our coaching staff. We’d like to really thank John Skipper and ESPN for really believing in soccer in America and the world.”
The ESPY awards are given out annually since 1993 and are determined by fan vote.
Missouri State University has a wonderful Library and the Department Head responsible for Special Collections, Dave Richards, recently visited Ghana during the World Cup. Dave is a wonderful speaker, if you ever have a chance to hear him I would highly recommend it. He also maintains a personal blog, Ozarks Yin Yang, that is travelogue regardless of whether he’s visiting Ghana, Chicago or even downtown.
He shares with us his experiences in Ghana during the World Cup and the impact the games had on the population:
I saw the match (USA vs Ghana Round of 16) at a local bar in East Legon, Ghana (near the University of Ghana) with a Ghanaian student and about 50 other Ghanaians. On the first goal, the entire bar erupted with cheers, loud music, and the blowing of about six of those South African horns (I forget what they’re called, but they are VERY loud when you’re sitting just a few feet away from them). The U.S. goal quieted the crowd but everyone was cautiously optimistic that Ghana would score in overtime. Things were pretty tense, some folks in the room were praying!
Then, when Gyan kicked that beautiful gaming winning goal, the place again roared with screams, yells, spilled drinks, jumping, horn blowing, etc. At the end of the game people poured out into the streets and celebrated well past midnight. Car horns, loud music, cars speeding down streets waving Ghanaian flags, etc. My friend, Alex, from Ghana, was stunned. About a half-dozen Ghanaians shook my hand or hugged me to offer their condolences. Alex and I went bar hopping afterwards, and people would start singing the national anthem or dance in the streets. It was quite amazing. In a sense, Ghana was playing not only for their own country, but also for all of Africa. Happy to be able to be a part of it!
Incidentally, the soccer coverage here is very impressive with in-depth analysis, frequent rebroadcasts, and broadcasts available in several languages.
I bought a Black Star jersey. 
This is the video I took when I arrived at the airport in Ghana. June 13th, the match between Ghana and Serbia. Video records the reaction of the crowd with the penalty kick scored by Gyan.
Saw the heartbreaking miss by Gyan with friends in Ghana. They were absolutely stunned and I think Gyan’s miss shook them up so much that they then flubbed the penalty kicks. Unbelievable miss.
Visitors may want to read up on the history, society, and culture of the country formally known as the Gold Coast, British West Africa.
Bill Griffiths, Farmers Gastropub owner
The final two matches of the 2010 World Cup are this weekend. As has been his habit for the entire tournament, Bill Griffith’s and his staff at Farmer’s Gastropub downtown will open their doors for fans of the world’s game. Join us for excellent food, beverages and futbol.
Saturday’s 3rd Place game between Germany and Uruguay kicks off at 1:30 pm as does Sunday’s Final between Spain and the Netherlands kicks off at 1:30 pm. Pre-game broadcast begins at 1:00 pm.
Come early for best seating and enjoy a great meal prepared from locally sourced foods. Viva Espana!
Regular contributor Terry Michler, Head Coach of the CBC Cadets, is the winningest High School Coach in the USA and the founder of the CBC Dutch Touch Soccer Academy in St Louis. He offers his thoughts on the Spanish win the World Cup.
Within the first few minutes of the broadcast of the Championship game of the 2010 World Cup, Martin Tyler mentions whether it will be ‘total soccer’ or ‘title soccer’ for the Dutch. Spain answered that question rather convincingly during the next 120 minutes of play as they put their stamp on the game. It was the Spanish 11 that demonstrated ‘total soccer’ that has forever been associated with Dutch football. The Dutch, in their quest of ‘title soccer’, failed to produce anything close to resembling the style of play that we have come to expect from the Oranje. It was a most inopportune time to produce such a haphazard performance. In each of the previous games, there was always the feeling that the next game would produce more of the Dutch quality in the game, and then when the Final rolled around, they fail to produce with their last chance.
It was the Spanish who played the ‘dutch’ game with fluid movements of passing and interchanging of positions. It was short, quick, crisp, meaningful passes that always landed safely on the foot of a teammate in an open ‘pocket’ of space. It was cat and mouse and the Dutch struggled to catch up with the passes. Positional play was also very important to the Spanish attack as they could always find a player with space on the wing, and at the right time, play a through ball to a player breaking in on goal. They defended with high pressure and forced turnover after turnover, never allowing the Dutch any chance to establish any rhythm in their buildup. The only chances for the Dutch came on the break, and then they failed to take advantage. So, it was the Spaniards who demonstrated the ‘total soccer’ that the Dutch had made famous in years gone by. Johan Cruyff said before the Final that Spain played more of a ‘dutch‘ game than the Dutch themselves.
When Bert van Marwijk interviewed with the KNVB for the National Team job, he told them his goal was to win the World Cup. He knew all the history of the Dutch National teams and how they imploded over the years and he took the approach that a change was necessary to have a chance for the title. His approach yielded wonderful results as they did not lose a game until the Final. But the ‘title soccer’ approach only got them to the same point of disappointment that they have been before, but not beyond. So, at the end of the day, when the dust settles, it was Spain that produced the best soccer and even had Holland scored on one of their chances, it would have been an injustice to the quality that the Spanish produced, against all the recklessness of the Dutch.
On a personal note, being a staunch supporter of the Oranje, Dutch Vision and ‘Total Soccer’, it is extremely disappointing that they could not deliver the goods at the right moment. It is ironic because one of the biggest coaching points in the dutch philosophy is to play in the right moment – to do the right thing, in the right way at the right time to the right place. To pass the ball at the right time, with the right speed, to the right place, in the right way — that is the basis of their play. Unfortunately, with the whole world watching, waiting and wanting to see the best of the best, they failed to hold up their end of the deal. It was a moment that could erase the emptiness of ’74 and ’78 and put that first star on their jersey, but to me, more importantly to show the world their quality. Maybe, when you deviate too much from makes you special, you come up short. ‘Total soccer’ carried them a long way, ‘Title soccer’ left them a bit short.
