Monday & Wednesday: February 8, 10, 15, 17, *22, *24
4:30-6:00pm
* Extended Tryouts
GU10 White, BU10 White, GU13, BU13, BU14
Tuesday & Thursday: February 9, 11, 16,18, *23, *25
4:30-6:00pm
BU14 Premier
Tuesday & Thursday: February 23, 25, March 2, 4
4:30-6:00pm
GU18 Premier GK Linsey Mcfarland has verbally committed to play soccer at UC Santa Barbara
An official visit was taken this weeknd by Linsey Mcfarland to UC Santa Barbara to visit the campus and meet the coaching staff and team. Upon her return to San Diego she made the decision that Santa Barbara was going to be her final decision to play college soccer and gain her education. This is a great school with a top education and soccer program.
Krista Lauer, GU18 Premier Recruited to play at Bates College
The GU18 Premier team continues to place the players at top universites around the country. The latest player to be recruited to play soccer in college was left defender Krista Lauer who will be graduating from Albion SC and moving onto Division III,Bates College (Maine).
GU10 White, GU12, BU9 White, BU11 White, BU12, BU13 Red All Advance to 2nd Round of State Cup
Albion SC each year send more and more teams further along at the state cup level. The season ends and begins at State Cup for Albion SC and to compete at this tournament helps us evaluate the teams that are ready to start competing on a Regional and National Level and challenges our teams in a large tournament playing against many variables. As a program we greatly look forward to this event in preparing our players and putting them up against the challenge and adversity of state cup competition.
ROAD TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS FOR ALBION SC BU15
Albion SC BU15, Ranked # 2 in the Nation by Got Soccer begins the US National League in Wilson, North Carolina in conjunction with the NCAA Division I Final Four. The team has been on a quest to win the the US National Championship and that opportunity begins on December 10th against the Dallas Texans, Lamont Raiders, Baltimore Bays, and CASL Elite. The team is playing 4 games in North Carolina and 3 games in Las Vegas in March. The top two of this league will earn a spot in the National Championship in July.
ALBION SC'S OSCAR ORTEGA PLAYING FOR THE US U17 NATIONAL TEAM AGAINST PORTUGAL, BRAZIL, NETHERLANDS
Oscar Ortega is playing live on Fox Soccer Channel for the next 2 days at 6pm Pacific Time. He is playing with the U17 National Team as they play Brazil and Netherlands in Phoenix, Arizona. They played against Portugal on Friday Night and lost 2-1 with Oscar playing very well in the match. Oscar is doing very well as a Full Time US National Team player and is being considered for the U17 World Cup in 2011.
GU14 WIN COAST SOCCER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP,WITH GU15 GOLD, GU19 PREMIER AND BU15 GOLD ALL SHOWING VERY STRONG
Albion SC GU14 Premier team left the Presidio Soccer League Premier flight to go up against tougher competition in the Coast Soccer League. The team was placed in the Silver Elite bracket to see if the team would be strong enough to win the league and then be given the opportunity to play in the Gold Flight. The team just finished the league win an impressive 8-2-4 season finishing 2 points ahead of the 2nd place team.
The GU15 White and GU18 White competed in the CSL top flights this season competing very strong and finishing in very respectable positions in the league. The BU15 White just competed in the 2nd CSL season finishing in the top 5 of CSL Gold in both seasons.
The CSL experience for our players and families has been a very positive experience and one that has really elevated the level of play for the players and teams participating as well as offered great exposure.
COLIN WEBB GETS US NATIONAL TEAM CALL UP
Colin Webb was waiting for the call and it finally came after a final performance at the Home Depot Center with the US National Team Coaching Staff a few weeks ago. Colin will join his Albion SC teammate, Oscar Ortega in Florida as he will train with the US National Team and Staff for 10 days to try and earn a spot in the full time residency program for the US National Team players. This residency is the U17 National Team being groomed for the U17 World Cup in 2011 and is a full time program for the player to go to school and train with the US National Team full time. This program is fully sponsored by the US National Team.
" As a program we are very excited that we are now consistently preparing players for this level of play. This will be our 2nd player to attend Residency Camp with several other players being considered. We look forward to seeing Colin reach his potential, which for us we have always believed it was National Team or Professional Soccer in Europe."
Technical Director, Noah Gins
GU18 PREMIER FORWARD KATIE WAHL HAS ACCEPTED FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO PLAY D1 COLLEGE SOCCER AT WESTERN CAROLINA
Katie Wahl is heading into her Senior year of high school with her college future in place. Albion SC has helped match Katie’s desire to play college soccer at a high level with a top Division 1 program in North Carolina. After competing in the Las Vegas College Showcase and the Texas Shootout in Houston this year, Katie was presented with several offers from colleges across the country. Having just returned from visiting the campus and participating in the Western Carolina University College Camp, Katie has decided to call WCU home and has given a verbal commitment to secure her college future.
WCU is part of the UNC system and is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. The Lady Catamounts were the SoCon Champions in 2001, 2005 & 2008 and have made 2 NCAA appearances, the most recent in 2008.
Katie has been a player on the rise with the program and she really has not come into her own until the last few years here. We have always seen Katie’s potential standing 6’1" tall with a great physical presence on the field, but needed to refine her technical abilities. Katie has progressed extremely well with the program over the last few years and has drawn interest from many, many colleges and universities around the country including St. Marys, University of Chicago, Northwestern just to name a few. We are very excited to push Katie onto the next level and this next year will be a preparation year for her days ahead in college.
The club expects to be able to graduate nearly 100% of the GU18 Premier team off to the college level with some sort of scholarship in place for them. Last year’s graduates from this team include Morgan Keefe (Harvard University), Kelsey Griswold (Whitworth University), Alex Mc Lauglin ( Cal State Northridge) and Casey Lockey (Cal State Fullerton). At the current time we have 3 players who have already committed with Devin Marshal going to Arizona State on a full scholarship, Brianna Chapman going to Cal State Fullerton on scholarship, and now Katie Wahl to Western Carolina on a full scholarship.
ALBION SC BU15 INVITED TO PLAY IN THE ELITE US NATIONAL LEAGUE
The Albion SC BU15 Team, continuing a consistent high level of accomplishment year in and year out, has finished up a remarkable year compiling an overall record of 46 wins, 10 losses , and 12 ties - Scoring 147 goals and allowing only 35.
They won the Albion Cup Showcase in 2008, Surf Cup Semi Finalists 2008, FWRL Champions 2008, 1 loss in the Gold Flight of Coast Soccer League 2008, Lost in PK’s of Surf Thanksgiving 2008, Nomads Showcase playing 2 years up in the U16 Flight lost in PKS in the Semi Finals 2009, Lost in Pk’s in the Semi Finals of Dallas Cup 2009, Finalist of Cerritos Memorial 2009, Lost in the Semi Finals of Region IV 2009 Championship in Pk’s, Albion Cup Champions 2009, Surf Cup Finalists 2009.
The team has just been called up by US Soccer to play in the Prestigious US National League where US Soccer brings the best 8 teams in the country together to play over 2 weekends and offer the top 2 teams a spot in the National Championship as well as incredible exposure. The team will travel to Raleigh, North Carolina in December and to Las Vegas in March to compete in this Elite League.
Albion SC’s very own Oscar Ortega has been called up to a full time position with US National Team Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida.
“Albion SC believes in maximizing potential in our players and pushing them to the highest level we can take them,” says Technical Director Noah Gins. “If as a coach you can take a player and see the potential that exists within that player and truly maximize their potential then the player and program will see maximum results. “
Oscar is a good example of a player trained and developed to reach his potential. At the age of 9 when Oscar came to tryout for Albion SC he was a very good player, he was not the best player at the time, but clearly one of the kids we recognized with some of the highest qualities and extreme potential. And for us potential is just that, potential… It is what a player and a program can do with that potential that really means anything. When Oscar came into the club he came in with several talented players, some even at the time better than him and a few years later those players moved onto other clubs. Oscar remained loyal and committed to the team and program. As we continued to develop Oscar we put a plan together to push him to the ODP and see if the National Team would be within reach. Oscar in the first year of ODP made the team and quickly moved through the program making the Regional Team and National Pool in the first year. For the last few years the training for the team and Oscar has been very focused with high standards and discipline all while playing a very competitive schedule. The environment fostered the needs for Oscar to grow and push himself to be ready for the opportunities that would come again with the US National Team.
As a program from coaching staff down to the players that pushed Oscar to the level he is at today we are all very proud of Oscar and the program for taking this potential and fostering that into the clubs first and not last call up to the US National Team Residency Program.
Oscar was only 1 of 15 boys in his age group (1994) in the US to be invited to move to Florida to be full time with the US National Team. He will attend the Bradenton Academy for School and will train with the US National Team every day. The US National Team Staff will oversee and manage Oscar each day and all will be provided for Oscar. The players brought into Residency will be groomed for the next 2 years for the next Youth World Cup and beyond. For now Oscar will have a new challenge and with the preparation and knowledge gained at Albion SC he should go to Florida and be ready to succeed.
Oscar will depart for Florida on August 22, 2009 and will play his last games with Albion SC on August 15 and August 16 in the FWRL being played at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. We hope to see everyone come out and support the BU15 team as they defend their FWRL Title and see Oscar perform before he leaves for the US National Team.
ALBION SC ANNOUNCES FIRST PROFESSIONAL PLAYER SIGNED TO PARIS ST GERMAIN (PSG)
The word is traveling through US Soccer as Albion’s very own, Jeremiah Bunton has been selected to play for PSG ( Paris St. Germain) in France. As one of Albion’s truest products, Jeremiah has pushed himself into the European game after being spotted by professional scouts in France. Jeremiah has been working extremely hard towards this goal and has now proven to all American players the dream of playing in Europe is possible. Jeremiah will spend the next year with PSG and have many opportunities in the months ahead. Jeremiah was a PSL All-Star who was then brought into the Albion SC program at age 8. His focus and determination to become a professional existed at the youngest of ages and the club has supported and provided the training neccessary for him to reach his goals. Stay tuned for updates on his year with PSG and all the exciting things that follow for Jeremiah.
Puma has announced Albion SC as a PUMA PREMIER CLUB and will be providing many special opportunities to Albion and its players. This is great recognition for the club and to have Puma behind the club in this manner will help Albion SC reach its National Recognition.
