Team Highlights

On Tuesday, Aug. 17, the U12 girls raised $146 for our club in just 2.5 hours. Many thanks go to Kim McCalla, owner of Anytime Fitness in Lino Lakes for her hospitality in hosting the event in their parking lot. At one point, there were 4 cars in line to get washed by our hard-working girls. Many thanks to Holly Bastyr for volunteering to oversee the activities. Funds raised will be used for worthy Causes, including supporting soccer scholarships, goal/net purchases and underwriting activities for our great club.

The U12 C1 Girls - Cougars had a very successful season, culminating in a U12 C1 State Runner's Up Finish at the MYSA State Tournament.  In the State Final, they battled an extremely talented MTA Team to the bitter end, giving up the deciding goal with only one minute left in double overtime.  It was a fantastic year, one that everyone will remember in years to come. 

The girls won a strong U12C1 North Division in resounding fashion, with a 9-1 record, scoring 45 goals and giving up only 8.  Our overall record was 29-5-2, scoring 143 goals and giving up only 33.  In tournament play, we won 17 games, losing only 4. We performed very strongly in tournaments and brought home the Championship Trophy for the Eau Claire Tournament.       

All the girls worked extremely hard all season long.  They played for each other, bonded together as a team, and competed like true Champions!

Congratulations to the U15 girls C2 team on winning the North district playoffs and advancing to the 2010 MYSA State tournament! The team played fantastic in the District playoffs and easily won all three games in regulation time; 3-0 over North Metro, 2-1 over North Branch, and 2-0 over Champlin in the final. Earlier this season the team also won the St. Croix Cup by a combined score of 13-0 in 4 games! Team members are Brielle Anderson, Nikki Boehne, Abby Cafferty, Mackenzie Crowley, Ana Giebink, Alyssa Hubbell, Alli Johnson, Amber Jonason, Lauren Kolak, Kailyn Kuzel, Allie Lee, Jessie Lodico, Arianna Lossing, Nana Mitsuishi, Maddy Moore, Cassie Olson, Hanna Stibbe, and Bethany Swan.

 The U 15 Boys soccer team had a fantastic year, they met the majority of the goals that they set for the season.  This was their first season as a C2 team, and one of their main goals was to earn more than 75% of the MYSA points so they could go back to C1.  The boys obtained this goal and they were just shy of obtaining their 2^nd goal of winning the state tournament.  They won the Blaine Breakout Tournament and they played very well in the MN Thunder and Rochester Tournaments, and they made it to the semi finals in the USA Cup.  The boys had a 19 – 7 – 7 record with 16 shutouts.  Players had an opportunity to participate in 122 activities that started in January.  The majority of the players participated in Goal Kick and NSC indoor games, Acceleration North pre-season conditioning training, and the coaches hosted pool parties and pizza parties at their homes.  Players, coaches, and parents all helped to contribute to the success of the team.

Congrats to the U11 C3 team Cyclones for taking first place in their division at Maplebrook Tournament. Good job girls!!

Congratulations to the U11 Centennial Cheetahs who came in 2nd place at the NSC Cup Tournament this past weekend. After easily handling the East Select team from Duluth, they then had to play a very formidable opponent team, the MTA 99 E Blue. They lost by a score of 2-8. They knew to have any chance to make it to the semi-finals , they needed to win on Sunday, and they did just that by beating the Wayzata Goldrush by a score of 2-0. Monday came and in the first round they were matched up against a very physical team, the DASC Elite from Sioux Falls, SD. Even though they were run over, the Cheetahs went on to win 3-0, which set up a rematch against the MTA 99 E Blue team for the championship. They kept the score close and went into halftime with a score of 0-1 in favor of the Thunder. In what proved to be a great game, the Cheetahs eventually lost by a score of 0-3. Nice work girls!!

On May 14, the U10 Girls Cougars & U10 Girls Pumas volunteered at Feed My Starving Children. They where part of a group that packaged over 19,000 meals for the children of Haiti.

U12 C1 girls played in tournaments in May, 2010.

In Eagan, they went 2-1 and played in the championship. They lost 2-1 in overtime to Minneapolis United. The girls played four great games.

They just played in the Dakota Rev Tournament and went 3-0 and missed playing in the championship by one point. All three wins were shutouts. The girls played amazing and this has been a great start to the season!

The Cyclones girls U11 team represented our club in fine fashion at the Mahtomedi tournament ending on May 16. In three games, the Cyclones scored 13 goals and gave up just one; ending with a record of 2 wins and a tie.

Strong defense & goaltending, aggressiveness, passing and confident footwork have set the Cyclones on a winning path. Scoring has been unusually diverse – with 7 different girls notching goals and almost all involved in scoring plays at the tournament.

Congrats to those who acheived great success at the Blaine Breakout last weekend.  Here's a quick summary:

U13 Girls - Champions!
U14 Girls - 3 wins in their bracket, but were beaten in the semi-final.
U15 Boys - Champions!
U16 Boys - 2nd Place!

Congratulations to the Centennial Fire for winning first place for U13 C1 Girls at the Blaine Breakout 2010.