Several SpaceCoast  teams played across the state of Florida for an exciting chance to compete in this year’s first round of state cup.

Thanks to everyone who competed and played their best ,you are to be commended for your valiant effort  and Congratulations to the following amazing ten teams that won and will be moving on.

 10 of 11 SCUSC teams advance in State Cup – (6) directly to Round of 16 and (4) to the 2nd Round . All SCUSC combined for a weekend result of 22-2-7.!!! Our Boys teams went 9-0-3 and our Girls teams went 13-2-4

SCUSC Girls Results

U13  Coach Courtney Lundy, Advance to Round of 16 (3-0-0)

U14  Coach Fariborz Zanganeh, Advance to Preliminary Round 2 (1-1-1)

U15 Coach Fidgi Haig, Advance to Round of 16 (3-0-0)

U16  Coach Mike Martin, Advance to Preliminary Round 2 (0-1-1)

U17 Coach Fidgi Haig, Advance to Round of 16 (2-0-0)

U17 Coach Mike Lord, Advance to Preliminary Round 2 (2-0-1)

u18 Coach Allie Goff, Advance to Round of 16 (2-0-1)

SCUSC Boys Results

U15 Coach John Duguid, Advance to Preliminary Round 2 (2-0-1)

U16 Coach Jerry McCabe, Advance to Round of 16 (3-0-0)

U17 Coach Scott Armstrong team did not advance  (1-0-2)

u18 Coach Robin Chan,Advance to Round of 16 (3-0-0)

Please congratulate the following players for being selected to ODP. Additionally please recognize those players listed that will be competing and represent Florida in Alabama.

Jasmine Mcknown

‘97 Girls

Stephanie Arrington
Olivia Bergue
Ashely Calcagno
Laren Jackson
Jasmine McGowan
Emily Plotts
Maleia Storum
Monica Vega

’99 Girls
Caley Calcagno*
Francesca Festagallo
Hollyn Knight
Cynna McGirt*
Serena Neighbor*
Julia Ramsey
Olivia Simmons
Kaley Verpaele*

’99 Boys

Trenton Blanchard

* denotes selected for Alabama team

SCUSC Alumni Katie Stengel scored three goals for the U.S. in the group round of the CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship.

Under-20 Women’s National Team advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championship in first place of Group B with three identical 6-0 wins in group play.

Details..

Give the West Shore Boys Team and SCUSC Coach Scott Armstrong a big high five for winning their first State Title. They defeated Berkeley Prep, 3 – 2 on their way to becoming the 2012 2A State Champs!

Team Video

Floridat Today   ESPN

It is that time of year again, and our first round of Region Cup sent 10 Space Coast United teams into battle.

Coming out victorious and advancing to the next round was U11 Elite Girls coached by Greg Santos, U12 Elite Girls coached by Bill Richards, U12 Boys Elite coached by Devin Dean, and U15 Premiere team coached by Mike McGonagle.

Congratulations to all of our teams who participated, and good luck in the following rounds!

Post taken from   http://www.touchontheball.com/

Recently in our District Finals one team had their best player out since the preseason with a knee injury and the other team had their two starting center mids out for the season with knee injuries.  Is it that a fluke or a trend?  Actually, it is a fact that female athletes in general have a greater risk for ACL injuries than male athletes.  One study shows that females have a 5 times higher risk than males for an ACL injury.  Other studies peg the risk at somewhere between 2-8 times greater for female athletes.  The bottom line is that this is a real issue and one that needs to be addressed at all levels of coaching and training not only for our female athletes but for all of our athletes.  What are we to do?  I have done a little bit of research and found this resource to be invaluable.  The program is only 15-20 minutes a session 2-3 times a week. Should every club and school incorporate this into their training sessions or in addition to their training sessions?  Should every parent have their child go through this program?  Check it out:  http://smsmf.org/pep-program

I understand that I have proposed everything with the ball or most exercises with the ball, but from my experience and I am sure many if not all of you will agree, this simple ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure.

Toni Pressley put Melbourne on the Map after being selected in the 2012 WPS Draft on Fri, from humble beginnings, playing for SCSUC, to making it to the big time league,   what exciting news, continuing her soccer career on a professional level, . Congratulations Toni, you’ve made our small town proud and you are a shining example for all our local hopefuls, showing our players that they too can shine like the Star you already are.

Can we say SCUSC has that Magic touch?  Well, three times is the charm, and Congratulations to our three amazing players that were selected from all the  players and colleges across the United States, yes our club must have that certain X factor, having three players on this Elite list is quite impressive!

And the Honor goes to……. The following Alumni players:
First Team: Katie Stengel, Third Team; Toni Pressley, and Tishia Jewell

Yes, Three times really is the Charm…….

http://www.nscaa.com/news/2011/12/2011-ncaa-women-di-all-america