Tournament Highlights 2015 - United Soccer Alliance

Tournament Highlights

2015

▪ U11 Rangers Black win Florida Winter Cup December 18, 2015

U11 Rangers win all of their games and are crowned champions at the Florida Winter Cup.

Team: 04 Rangers Black

Coaches: Clive Reid, Mike Graston

▪ CCSC Dominates CASL Showcase Tournaments December 17, 2015

CCSC sent 6 teams (3 girls, 3 boys) to the 2015 CASL Tournaments, some of the Nation's premier College Soccer Showcases. With over 600 college coaches in attendance at each tournament, the U17 SOL BLACK, U15 SOL BLACK, Jacksonville U15 ECNL team with 11 CCSC players, U17 RANGERS BLACK, U16 RANGERS BLACK and U14 RANGERS BLACK represented CCSC.

Luis Torres, Executive Director of Coaching (DOC) for CCSC, summarized the Club's performance: "I am very happy and encouraged by the results of all of the CCSC teams at the CASL Showcases. This is the best overall performance by our club at a high profile college showcase to date. The boys teams had a very impressive showing capped off by the U16 team winning their group. On the girls side the results were highly impressive with the U17 Sol black team winning their group by playing some of the best soccer I've ever seen them play. The girls representing CCSC on the ECNL side were just as impressive winning their group in a very competitive bracket, but perhaps most impressive was the U15 Sol team going 3-0 to win their group. The team has been building towards that kind of success all year and it is something that they can build on into the next season. Congrats to all of our teams!"

In traveling to Cary, NC in late November/early December, CCSC teams faced elite teams from across the Country. With a Showcase-style format, each team played 3 games within it's Group. The team with the highest points after Group play is crowned as the winner. The achievement of CCSC teams at such a high level tournament is impressive. According to Matt Hollyoak, DOC & Boys Technical Director for CCSC, “ CASL is a fantastic tournament that gives our teams and players alike the opportunity to play teams from outside of our region that we do not normally see. Both the performances and results from all of our teams were impressive, they truly show all of the hard work and effort that has been put forth by players and coaches”.

GREAT JOB TEAMS!!!!

Below is a summary of the results. Please check out Photo Albums on our CCSC site for pictures from these events!

U17 Girls - 2-1 record. Group Winner. U15 Girls - 3-0 record. Group Winner. U15 Girls ECNL - 2-1 record. Group Winner.

U17 Boys - 1-1-1 record. 2nd Place in Group. U16 Boys - 2-1 record. Group Winner. U14 Boys - 1-1-1 record. 2nd Place in Group.

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Clay County Soccer Club’s U15 00 SOL-BLACK December 10, 2015

(Front Row) F. Lampe, M. Rooker, I. Quintana, C. May, M. Meagher, G. Forte and S. Someya. (Back Row)

Coach Lemieux, M. Reedy, M. Rodriguez, A. Patel, A. Bilyeu, C. Feaster, S. Millinor, A. Lemieux, J. Cruz, G. Bellomo and Coach Cruz.

Clay County Soccer Club’s (CCSC) U15 00 SOL BLACK team traveled to Cary, NC this past weekend to participate in the 2015 CASL Girl’s College Showcase against some of the top teams in the U.S. as well as an opportunity to play in front of some of the Nation’s College Coaches that were present for the tournament.

The young ladies completed an amazing weekend of soccer by going undefeated against highly ranked teams from the states of Ohio and North Carolina to win their Group with all 16 girls significantly contributing to the wins. Throughout the Tournament, CCSC controlled possession with exceptional ball movement and technical skill, a strong back line and fantastic goalkeeping.

CCSC’s U15 SOL opened the tournament with a 3-2 win in their first match against a formidable Ohio Elite Academy team. For their second match, CCSC’s U15 SOL met the talented North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad Football Club (PTFC) and prevailed with a dominating 3-0 victory.

This set the stage for a final match between North Carolina’s 2015 State Cup Semi-finalist, Triangle United Soccer Association (TUSA), that also went undefeated in group play leading up to the game against CCSC.

CCSC struck first to make the game 1-0. However, TUSA’s determined squad bounced back with 2 goals to take the lead going into half-time of a very physical, tough game. CCSC countered with an equalizer in the second half to draw even at 2-2. That score held until about the 73rd minute when CCSC took the lead at 3-2. The score would hold and CCSC U15 00 SOL BLACK emerged as Group winner.

An amazing weekend of soccer for an amazing group of girls. GO SOL!!!

See photos of the team's weekend: 2015 CASL and NCAA College Cup

▪ U16 Girls win Adidas Sr. Cup College Showcase November 30, 2015 The Girls 99 SOL Black team went undefeated with a goal differential of 11-2 over four games in Savannah

thanks to great ball movement and goal keeper play.

Coach(es) Mel Perez & Brett Roundtree

▪ U18 Sol Red Wins Adidas Senior Cup College Showcase November 23, 2015

U18 Sol Red comes home from Savannah with another tournament win. The team finished with 3 wins and 1 loss. 13 goals for and 3 against.

Coach: Mike Giannini

Back: Kimmie Martocci, Madelyn Bauman, Anna Nesi, Maritza Romero, Kelsi McKenzie, Mike Giannini, Andrea Sein, Genny Olah, Ashley Herrera

Front: Faith Leipau, Hana Snead, Teddi Lesoine, Danielle Fletcher, Katie McNeil, Amy Strozinsky Not pictured: Katy Eichele, Tanner Hess

▪ U11 Rangers Black win PDA Fall Classic October 21, 2015

Congrats to the U11 Rangers black for a great tournament win!!

Coach: Clive Reid

Team: 04 Rangers Black

▪ U11 Rangers White Finalist at ACDC October 13, 2015

After a slow start against the chargers from Clearwater 5-1 loss, the boys showed great character to come back and win a tough battle against TBU North White 2-1. This set up a must win Sunday morning which the boys did in great style beating TBU North Gold 4-1. The prize was another shot at the chargers in the finals. Although we lost, the game was much tighter and only after a late penalty was the result secure. The boys were the only unranked team in the bracket, I am very proud of their efforts.

HC Doug Black, AC Chris Odle, Arthur, Nick, Aidan, Samir, Donnie, Christian, Luke, Jireh, Hudson, Matthew, Ethan, Jackson

Coaches: Doug Black and Chris Odle

▪ U10 Rangers Black Win PDA Fall Classic October 13, 2015

Congratulations to the U10 Rangers Black for winning the PDA Fall Classic! Great job boys!

Coach: Tony Davis

▪ U15 Black are Finalists in the JFC Labor Day Shootout September 10, 2015

Coaches: Jimmy Merritt and Doug Black

▪ U18 Sol Red wins Tampa Bay Labor Day Showcase September 10, 2015

U18 Sol Red come home with 3 wins, 1 draw and first place in the Tampa Bay Labor Day Showcase. 8 goals for and only 1 against.

Coach: Mike Giannini

▪ U14 Rangers Red; Winner at JFC Labor Day Shootout September 7, 2015

U14 Rangers Red take first place in the JFC Labor Day Shootout. Coach: Gary Valero

▪ U11 Rangers Black wins gold division in Labor Day Shootout September 7, 2015 U11 Rangers Black beat Orlando City 5-1 in the final to bring home the trophy!

Asst Coach Mike Graston, Coach Clive Reid, Jacob G, Cooper S, Liam M, Seth B, Seth E, Aidan K, Nick S, William K, Noah D, Cole S, Tayshaun R, Derek H

▪ U14 Sol Black Heads to 2015 Southern Regional Championship June 11, 2015

U14 Sol Black are the Region 3 Premier League East Champions, earning a spot in the US Youth Soccer 2015 Southern Regionals Championship Tournament! The U14 Sol Black are headed to Little Rock, Arkansas on June 17th to play in the 2015 Southern Regional Championship tournament. The championship runs June 18 - 25, 2015 and winners head to the US Youth Soccer National Championship Tournament.

Team Coach: L. Torres, Wale L., Haley F., G. Hauth The U14 Sol Black could use your help! The team has a GoFundMe page to raise money to offset the costs. Any donation amount is appreciated! Let's help the girls get to Arkansas! http://www.gofundme.com/LiaSOLGOAL

▪ U14 Girls Red Place 3rd in Region B Finals March 17, 2015

The U14 Girls Red gave a good account of themselves in the Region B finals taking 3rd place honors in their first year together.