The Florida Premier League, part of US Club Soccer’s National Premier Leagues (NPL), has announced that it will add SIX new clubs for the 2012-13 season. These new clubs will join five founding members of the Florida Premier League: Brandon FC, Jacksonville United, Orlando City FC (formerly CFK Kraze/Krush), Space Coast United, and Tampa Bay United.

The six new clubs joining the Florida Premier League in the U-13 through U-18 boys and girls age groups for the 2012-13 season are:

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The U 15 girls coached by Brett Restivo and Coach Rick Phillips won the Bazooka Tournament playing up an age group at the U16 level. The team beat three different teams including a FCA America state cup team. The scores of our game were 1 -1 (West Pasco), 3-1 (Aburndale), 1-0 (West Pasco-Semi Finals) and 1-0 (FC America-Final)

Great Job Girls!!

Both of our U12 Boys competitive teams entered the Palm Bay Spring Challenge May 5/6 weekend, and both teams claimed championships in their respective divisions.

Our U12 Boys Elite team (coaches Devin Dean and Keith Szachacz, trainer James Phillips) entered the event in the U12 fullsided (11 v 11) first division.  The boys started off the tournament with a 4:0 win over Pinecrest Premier, and followed that up with a 3:1 decision over Clay County Red, concluding pool play in first place.  The tournament semifinal against Melbourne Beach was scoreless after regulation and overtime, proceeding to penalty kicks from the mark, with Space Coast prevailing on the 6th kick. The final was a rematch against Clay County; typical of the entire weekend, a total team effort with everyone contributing led to a 4:1 tournament final victory for Space Coast.

Our U12 Boys Premier team (coach and trainer Vlade Campo) competed in the U12 8v8 division.  After a tough start against eventual first division champion Wellington and a close loss to first division finalist First Hernando SC, the Storm found themselves seeded in the bottom half of the second division elimination bracket.  Sunday dawned with a solid 3:0 victory over First Coast Academy Red, earning a place in the tournament final against Rockledge.  Space Coast proceeded to close out their tournament title with a methodical 4:0 victory to claim the title.

The U12 Elite girls powered into the Region B Cup Finals with a sweep of their Challenge Round matches on Feb 25 and 26.  In their first match, they beat local rival Indialantic Force by a score of 7-1.  Brook Walsh scored four goals; other goal scorers were Anne Marie Cawley, Ali Tosches, and Isabel Mossing.

The next two games were rematches since the Storm had lost to both teams in a tournament last November.  First up was Creeks Clash from St Johns, FL.  In the Region Cup Knockout Round just a few weeks ago, the Storm and Clash played to a 0-0 draw.  This time the Storm came out on top with a 3-0 shutout.  GK Brooklynne McGonagle cleared 6 saves in posting the clean sheet, and Walsh tallied another hat trick.  In the final match, the Storm again reversed the previous outcome.  The girls scored consistently and gave up only one resulting in a 4-1 victory and a trip to the Region Cup Finals in Jacksonville on March 31.  This time Catie Stewart scored along with Mossing, Tosches, and Walsh.

The U12 Elite girls team members are Elena Barr, Emily Bodi, Jessica Clanton, Anne Marie Cawley, Hannah Dearing, Hanna Howe, Allison McDowell, Brooklynne McGonagle, Isabel Mossing, Daniela Mordas, Catie Stewart, Alison Tosches, Sara Towers, and Brookelyn Walsh.  Bill Richards is the head coach, assisted by Brian Mossing.

The U13 Elite Girls Team traveled to South Florida for the Orange Classic 2011 tournament during the Holiday break and returned home as the Champions.  Scoring 11 goals during the 5 games, while only allowing only 2 goals against and achieving 3 shutouts while playing with only one sub during the semifinals and finals, the girls demonstrated their strength, teamwork and perseverance.  A great finish to 2011

Just a reminder that Wednesday night Goal Keeper sessions with Mike  have changed times :

6:00-7:0 Ages 13-14
5:00-6:00 Ages 10-12

Please refer to the keeper pages for details :

http://www.spacecoastsoccer.org/blog/competitive/goalkeeper-training/

The Space Coast Storm U12 Elite Girls Coached by Bill Richards and Brian Mossing competed in the 22nd Annual Seminole Girls Fall Festival in Sanford, FL, and finished in second place after a hard fought 1-0 final against the Maitland Dominators.  With no score in regulation or overtime, the teams went to a shootout with Maitland converting 3 penalty kicks to 2 by Space Coast.  In pool play, the Storm defeated Lakeland Futbol 7-1 and Florida Rush 3-2.  The Storm fell to the Dominators in pool play, 2-1. ,

Our U18 Boys Elite team won the Lotto Invitational Cup tournament in Palm Coast this past weekend with Coach Scotty Armstrong.  Since there were 5 teams in the U18/U19 bracket, the champions were decided by playing four games against the other division opponents.  The boys finished with 3 wins and 1 tie to earn the championship.  All games were played in the wind, rain and muddy conditions which made every game much more interesting and entertaining than usual.  After winning our final game against an U19 squad, the team left Palm Coast prior to finding out where they would place since that wouldn’t be decided for three hours.  One player stayed around to watch the last match which would decide the team’s fate.  Even though the odds were stacked against the SCU U18 team winning, the three victories and a draw were enough to bring home the hardware, a nice first place “cup” and individual metals.  Congratulations on a great performance and total team effort!

Bracket A

The Friday night keeper session with Cal has been cancelled for Oct 21.

The Oct 7, 14, and 28 will happen this month as planned.

There is still plenty of other dates to come out and work with him.

For more details see the keeper page