Alaska Rush Soccer

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Girls 90 Nike team with 6 girls into the NCAA tournament 3 for each division. Kirsten will play Alison in the first round. Click here to follow the tournament.

College Snippet...Alison Oien, CSM
ARVADA, Colo. (Aug. 28, 2008) – The Orediggers battled with the Upper Iowa Peacocks from start to finish as the game ended in a 2-2 tie after two overtime periods. CSM got on the board first in the 22nd minute on an Adrea Johnson goal courtesy of an Elizabeth Oba assist. The Orediggers tallied 10 shots in the first half while holding the Peacocks to just four to keep them off the board. In the second half CSM held a shot advantage (12 to 5) but this time Upper Iowa was able to capitalize on two of their opportunities. Their first goal came off a corner kick in the 82nd tying the game. Mines answered 47 seconds later taking back the lead on an Alison Oien goal that snuck in just below the crossbar. Just 29 seconds later the scored was tied again with a goal by Jennifer Lee off a free kick. CSM held an advantage in both shots (25 to 11) and corner kicks (7 to 4). Brianna Schulze (110:00) made five saves in the net. The Orediggers (0-0-1) will square off against Augustana (SD) College on Sunday, August 31, at 12:00 pm at Long Lake Ranch Park.

College Snippet...Amanda Hall, FMU
Hall produces second match-winner as patriots clip Eagles 1-0. Read more... (10/13/08)
Freshman forward Amanda Hall knocked in a rebound with 15 seconds remaining to give Francis Marion University a 2-1 win over Liberty University, Sunday afternoon (Oct. 5) in non-conference women’s soccer action. Read more... (10/8/08)

College Snippet...Maggie Maguire, USD
An update in case RUSH wants college soccer news so younger players in the club can follow the college careers of players they know. Maggie scored her first collegiate goal for the University of San Diego Sunday and had 2 assists!! She has been on the traveling team and has always practiced with the starters but hasn't had much playing time until last Friday. On Sunday she got her chance, after about 30 min., and prove she could perform in a game at the same level she had in practice the past 2 weeks. She scored a few minutes after going in and had 2 assists before the game was over, including starting as forward the 2nd half. We will see what happens next Sun. when USD plays UCLA. Maggie says hello and would like to share this with Mike who did so much to prepare her to meet the CHALLENGES involved in achieving success playing at this level. Read more... (9/30/08)

College Snippet...Carly Butcher, USC
No. 5 USC fights back for 3-2 OT win vs. No. 16 Washington, Carly with a tying score in the 78th minute to bring up overtime. Read more... (10/13/08)
Carly scored two goals tonight in the USC Georgia game. SC was actually down 2 goals in the first half and then Carly scored twice in the second to tie it up. We went into double overtime and freshman Ashley Freyer scored the game winner. Whew..... SC dominated pretty much but just couldn't get the balls in the net. Carly gets to play behind Amy Rodriguez!! Read more... (9/12/08)
In the first minute of the second half, freshman Carly Butcher gathered in a throw-in in Alabama territory and let rip a shot from about 16 yards out. It sailed to the top left of the goal for the freshman midfielder's first career goal as a Trojan. Carly was also named a player of the game. (9/7/08)

Postponed, please check the State Youth Soccer website for future dates.

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Alaska Youth Soccer Symposium 2008. Attached is the flyer and mail in registration form.

Sam Snow, the US Youth Soccer National Director of Coaching Education will be headlining this year along with all the great sessions with in focus on all aspects of the youth game. We are very excited about this educational and FUN activity and encourage everyone who belongs to AYSA to join us. September is Youth Soccer Month and we have fortunate to have Sam here to help us share this with Alaska and the rest of the United States.

Don't forget, we will announce who has won the free trip to Manchester, England to watch the Manchester United play in person! Wow I hope I win!

Thanks to all who have helped in the prep for the events and the teams who have volunteered to participate.

Sign up soon to take advantage of the early sign up (deadline is on the 15th)

Looking forward to seeing you celebrate Youth Soccer and its Eduation in Alaska.

Frank Trovato
Alaska Youth Soccer

College Soccer Season...
Two Alaska Rush players (Carly Butcher & Maggie Maguire) make college debut in San Diego...read more.

See the success of our College Advisory Program, click here to follow our Alumni during their college soccer careers. Each player has a link to their college where you will find lots of information on the school and stories about the players.

Congratulations to these Alaska Rush teams at the Alaska State Cup in Fairbanks, next stop Regionals in Lancaster, CA (June 15-21).

Boys U14: Alaska Rush 95 Nike - Finalist
Girls U16: Alaska Rush 93 Nike - Champions
Boys U17: Alaska Rush 92 Nike - Champions
Girls U17: Alaska Rush 92 Nike - Finalist
Girls U18: Alaska Rush 91 Nike - Champions

The Match of the Day, we are requesting that all Rush teams attend these highlighted matches to support our club. We hope to see you all there, Go Rush!

This is it... all the practices, games, and tournaments we use to prepare our players lead up to this single event; down the road to the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series.
This year's Alaska State Cup is in Fairbanks, a week long tournament starting on August 11 for ages U12 to U19 Boys and Girls. Click here to see the schedule and field location. Go Rush!!!

The Zane Cup is another event that takes the place of the State Cup for the younger age groups. Just as important for any club or team, it brings in most of the Youth teams to compete and show off their skills that they have been working on throughout the summer. Go Rush!!!

Congratulations to the Girls 99 Nike team for finishing at the top of their U10 age group Standings. Great job girls!

All our teams did exceptionally well in the Zane Cup. Hats off for our Boys 99 Nike, Girls 99, 98, and 97 Nike teams. Keep up the good work and the 110% you put out each game.

Girls 97 Nike

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our very own ABBY WILLIAMS who competed and WON last night in the Zane Cup Goalie Wars at Russian Jack! Abby took 1st place for the U-12 goalies in the competition, winning her division in the goalie war!! AWESOME JOB ABBY!!!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!

For those of you who do not know what the goalie war is, it is a competition held each year at the Zane Cup. One goalie is entered from each U-10, U-11 and U-12 team to compete against other goalies in their age group. Abby was entered for our RUSH U-12 team and was a formidable competitor. We are so proud of her for taking home the first place blue ribbon!

The Boys 92 Nike team is competing well down at Greensboro, North Carolina against some tough teams. Finishing on top in Group G and 8th in the over all standings. Click on the links below to follow their progress... Go Rush!!!

Boys & Girls Club Soccer
Congratulations to all four of our Academy teams playing in the B&GC league. Each team played exceptionally well; good job guys and keep up the good work.

Boys 99 Nike and Girls 99 Swoosh teams finalist in the U10 age group B&GC Tourney
Girls 99 Nike team finalist in the U12 age group B&GC Tourney

Congratulations!!!
Alaska Rush 91 G
US Youth Soccer National Directors Cup Champions!!
"Alaska Youth Soccer is proud of you.
the first time region iv has participated in the national directors cup
First Alaskan Team to win a National championship"
read more...

Region IV and Alaska Youth Soccer would like to congratulate the Girls 91 Nike team for representing Region IV at the 2008 National Directors Cup in Kirkwood, DE in July. To read more information click here.

U17 Boys, Real Las Vegas
U16 Boys, NV Devils
U17 Girls, AK Rush 91 Girls

Won 4-3 vs. FC Dallas Blue, from North Texas
Won 2-0 vs. Tidal Wave Big Blue, from Rhode Island
Won 6-1 vs. Wyoming Valley, from East Pennsylvania
Championship Game: Won 1-0 vs. FC Dallas Blue, from North Texas and President's Cup Champs

Alaska Rush Girls 91 Nike Director's Cup status...
[7/20/08] We are the Champions. Alev's only goal put us to a victory.
[7/19/08] Another great game this afternoon against Penn. Team. AK Rush 91 G won 6-1 and will advance to championship game tomorrow morning against Texas team. Goals: Alev Kelter scored 3 (hat trick!!), Olivia Burnette 2 and Whitney Velez 1 goal. The girls are ready for their big game tomorrow. Thank you Marlenny Campbell for these updates and we cannot wait for the results tomorrow!!
[7/19/08] The Alaska Rush Girls 91 Beat Rhode Island 2-0. Goals were scored by Derya Kelter and Amanda Dotten. They play a team from PA this afternoon. We are keeping our fingers crossed from them to move into the final tomorrow!
[7/18/08] It is very hot and humid here. Our girls did a wonderful job at our first game. We were behind 0-1. Alev scored for a tie and Whitney had 2 goals which one assisted by Alev. Courtney added the goal to make it 4-1. Our opponent team did not give up. They scored 2 more goals and led to the final score to 4-3 win for us.

Congratulations to the Girls 93 Nike and 94 Nike teams for making it to the Championship game and taking second in the Silver division. Well done girls, we are all proud of you.

Two-Sport Olympian?
Alev Kelter-Perusse
Anchorage Daily News

Thousands of girls throughout the United States play soccer with the dream of one day playing for the U.S. National Team. Thousands more play ice hockey with the hopes of eventually playing for the U.S. Olympic Team.

The conventional wisdom is you can’t do both. To read more, click here.

2009 ODP info is now available on the State ODP page!

National Soccer Ranking.com

Girls U18 Regional & National Rankings
Rankings as of July 2, 2008

US Club Soccer National Rankings

National Rankings

1. Colorado Rush Nike (Lakewood, CO)
2. Dallas Sting 90 (Dallas, TX)
3. Eclipse Select 89/90 (Libertyville, IL)
4. FC Delco Fury II (Valley Forge, PA)
5. St. Louis SC - Miller (St. Louis, MO)
6. ESC 90 Black (Edmond, OK)
7. Mt. Rainier FC 89 Santos (Sumner, WA)
8. BUSA Angels 90 (Mt. Brook, AL)
9. NASA 08 Elite (Kennesaw, GA)
10. Bangu Tsunami 89/90 Blue (Minneapolis, MN)
23. Alaska Rush 90 (Anchorage, AK)

Region IV

1. Colorado Rush Nike (Lakewood, CO)
2. Mt. Rainier FC 89 Santos (Sumner, WA)
3. Slammers FC (Newport Beach, CA)
4. Eagles SC (Camarillo, CA)
5. LHSC Eclipse White (Laguna Hills, CA)
6. Alaska Rush 90 (Anchorage, AK)
7. Avalanche 90 Premier (Sandy, UT)
8. Santa Rosa United 90 Gold (Santa Rosa, CA)
9. Sereno 90 White (Phoenix, AZ)
10. Mustang Fury (Danville, CA)

Congratulations!!!
To the Girls 90 Nike team for make the Quarter Finals. What a game, all the way into overtime and down the last few minutes.

Boys U17	Boys U18	Girls U17	Girls U18
Alaska Rush 91 Nike	Alaska Rush 90 Nike	Alaska Rush 91 Nike	Alaska Rush 90 Nike
Lost 1 - 3 Impact Black 91	Lost 2 - 5 Turlock Tornados United	Lost 0 - 6 Sereno 91 White	Won 2 - 0 Celtic Storm Premier
Lost 0 - 5 WSM Internationals	Lost 0 - 5 NM Rush Nike Premier 90	Lost 0 - 5 FC PTLD Sapphire	Won 4 - 3 Avalanche 90 Premier
Lost 1 - 4 Diablo Valley Black Pearl 90	Lost 0 - 8 HPFC Heat '89 Blue	Lost 0 - 6 Riverside Renegades	Lost 0 - 2 Santa Rosa United Gold
			QUARTER FINALS Lost 2 - 3 OT MRFC 89 Blue

MIDNIGHT SUN SOCCER TOURNAMENT...
Congratulations to the Girls 97 Nike team for making it to the championship game and taking home second place. Well done girls.

Premier Soccer Academies Announces Club Affiliation With The Rush Soccer Club
Lorain, Ohio. - Brad Friedel’s Premier Soccer Academies, the first full-scholarship youth soccer academy in the United States, has announced the Colorado Rush Soccer Club as its second affiliate club. The Cleveland United Soccer Club became the first PSA Affiliate Club in August.

Through a merger of two local clubs, Club Columbine and Lakewood United Soccer Club, in 1997 the Colorado Rush was born. Since then Rush Soccer has grown to include 20 clubs based in 18 states across the US and now services over 32,000 players. All Rush affiliates operate on the philosophy of the “Rush Way” to provide an unparalleled personal growth experience through the game of soccer and to promote life long participation in the sport.
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We at Rush want to thank everyone for all the hard work you put in to make this tournament successful. Each team and player played exceptionally well, which gave us some really great games to watch. Hats off to you and your teams, and we'll see you again next year.

Congratulations to our Rush teams for winning the Championship

BOYS GIRLS

AK Rush 95 Nike AK Rush 90 Nike

We are happy to announce that Rush Soccer has teamed with Wallbangers to offer something new and exciting for the 2008 season. The Rush Wallbangers is a life size vinyl wall graphic of your son or daughter that can be placed in bedrooms, basements, or anywhere else that you may want to commemorate the 2008 season.

To learn more about Wallbangers and to order yours, click on the image to the left.

KINCAID PROJECT GROUP

The Alaska Rush support and encourages our members to help the Kincaid Project Group in any way that they can. Please take the time to learn more about this wonderful opportunity of growth for soccer and our kids with a world class facility that our kids, and kids to come, can play on. Please click here for more information.

To help make this project a reality, please click here to make a contribution. Thank you.

Congratulations to the 92 Boys Nike team for competing in the Las Vegas Coaches Classic tournament. This tournament targets premier competitive teams from around the country. Out of their four games they ended up beating the Colorado Fusion Copa and tying the Rockford Raptors from Illinois. Great job guys. To learn more about the tournament and how the team did, click here.

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