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The AV's Youth Sports Connection
Youth Soccer
California Soccer Academy Returns
June 11th, 2008
The 6th annual California Soccer Academy returns returns this July 7th thru 11th.
The Academy features top college coaches from accross the country. This year, coaches from University of San Diego, USC, Cal State Northridge, Williamette (Oregon), Grand Canyon, and Bakersfield will be in attendance. In past years, coaches from San Diego State, Masters, and Loyola Marymount have participated.
Players from UCLA and CSUN will be in attendance, including the Matadors Salma Tarik. Tarik is a standout freshman at Cal State Northridge who is also a member of the Egyptian Women's National Team.
The camp is for players ages 8-18. Please call Margaret at 661-478-8560 for more information.
Rattlers Win Summer Classic
June 17th, 2008
The Lancaster Rattlers U-13 boys soccer team won the Rancho Santa Margarita Summer Classic on June 14th and 15th. The team's strong offense produced 13 goals over their four games, while their stingy defense did not allow a goal all weekend. The boys played good clean soccer all weekend without a single yellow or red card given. The team is coached by Ruben Messina who is also the PDL goal keeper coach for the Lancaster Rattlers.
The boys defeated the Slammers, Lightning, and West Coast United FC, all by 2-0 scores, and then beat Capo FC 7-0.
The team members are left to right top: Assistant Coach Rene` Messina, Matthew Bauer, Brandon Herrera, Coach Ruben Messina, Jeffrey Zicker, Joel Landin, Cameron Ward, Manuel Esperanza, Dominic Ruvalcaba, Assistant Coach Jose Villegas, Assistant Coach Juan Gomez. Bottom row: Andy Tenas, Rogelio Lopez, Mychale Montgomery, Ricardo Vasquez, Lucas Francile, Erick Gonzalez.
Rattler U11s Take 1st
June 15th, 2008
The Lancaster Rattlers Girls U-11 have done it again. The girls took another 1st place
trophy home, this time at the Victorville Summer Cup. The girls won all four games, one by shoot-out, while 15 goals.
Cal Elite Heads For Pleasanton
July 21st, 2008
The Cal Elite U19 girls soccer team will try to build on a strong showing at the Slammers tournament when they travel to Pleasanton this weekend.
At the Slammers tournament this past weekend, the girls showed tremendous growth. They managed an upset the U19 host Slammers team 3-0, and then they avenged a National Cup loss to OCP (formerly OJSC) by a 3-1 score. Unfortunately, a 2-1 loss to San Ramon in the semifinals prevented them from advancing. Even though the girls spent 90% of the second half on San Ramon's side of the field, getting off many shots, they could only manage the one goal. San Ramon went on to win the championship in the final by a score of 1-0 against a very strong Arsenal GU19 Premier Team.
At Pleasonton this weekend, the girls will get exposure to several college coaches. In bracket play, they'll square off against Turlock United Heat (Canada), the Evergreen Stars (Washington), Placer United Prestige (Canada), and Diablo FC (Canada).
