A big congratulations to all of the Placer United players who have represented the Club on National, Regional, State and Sacramento teams. Check out the impressive list of accomplishments below:

BOYS
2002 PDP Sacramento Team

Lucas English
Miciah Kirton
McClean Learned
Evan Schorer
Jake Seiber
Samir Tarazi
Fernando Zepeda
Cristian Villanueva

 

2001 ODP State Team

Alex Carpignan
Cade Mawson
Dominic Paielli

 

2001 PDP Sacramento Team

Cade Mawson

 

2000 ODP State Team

Reid Aguilar

 

2000 USSF MTC Player Pool (US Soccer Training Center)

Mason Finnell
Josh Freeman
Benji Kikanovic

 

1999 US National Team

Cody Sunquist

 

1999 PDP State Team

Cameron Douglas
Alejandro Perez
Jordan Vice

 

1999 ODP State Team

Ryan Branigan

 

1998 ODP Region 4 Team

Jay Roundtree

 

1998 ODP State Team

Nico Carpignano.

 

U14 USSF Academy

Special mention to Omar Oseguera who leads goal scoring in Cal North with 15 goals

 

SAC PRO All Star Team

Seth Casiple
Jimmy Frazelle
Connor Hallisey
Ryan Hollingshead
Gabe Padilla
Matt Scammacca
Grant Silvester

GIRLS

Women’s Philippines National Team

Sydney Pagador

U18 Jewish American National Team

Nicole Spring

 

USSF MTC Player Pool (US Soccer Training Center)  

Anna Gregg
Maleah Milner
Jessica Raybe
Emily Talmi

 

1996 ODP Region 4 Team  

Lizzie Hutchison

 

1996 ODP State Team

Emily Hansen

 

1997 ODP Region 4 Team

Anna Gregg

 

1997 ODP State Team

Erin Barr
Kayleen Cendana
Anna Gregg
Jessica Raybe
Sydney Talmi 

 

1998 ODP Region 4 Team

Maggie Bell

 

2000 ODP Region 4 Team

Emily Talmi

 

2000 ODP State Team

Clare Murphy
Isabella Perez
Emily Talmi

 

2000 PDP State Team

Isabella Perez
Emily Talmi

 

2001 PDP State Team

Jenna Ladrech
Kirsten Webb
Ryan McKinley

The Norcal National Premier League (NPL) and the Norcal Fall League have come to a close and Placer United has captured FOUR championships.

The Norcal National Premier League (NPL) is the top playing league in Northern California.  Placer United has five girl’s teams in the league.  Two of the teams won the championship in the Premier Division.  The U14 Red had 8 wins and 1 loss.  They scored 17 goals and only allowed 5.  The U18 Red had 7 wins and 1 draw, scoring 17 goals and only allowing two.

Additionally, the U15 Red and U16 Red girls brought home second place in the NPL.  The U18 White had a great run and ended up in third place.

In the Norcal Region 6 Fall League, the U11 Girls Red went a perfect 10-0 on the season.  They scored 41 goals and only allowed 5.  The U11 Boys Red also went undefeated with an 8-0 record, scoring 63 goals and only allowing 6.

Placer United also had many teams that were near the top of the standings in their respective divisions.  The older boys, fresh off of high school soccer, are starting their winter league seasons, in addition to our older girls who are starting their winter league.

Congratulations to all teams on a great fall season and good luck this winter!

The Placer United Girls Cup Tournament is in the books and we hosted a record 210 teams at the event! Additionally, there were a number of college coaches in attendance to watch the action and recruit players for their colleges.

Three Placer United teams won their groups and played in championship games.

The U11G 03 Red team played in the Super Group of the event and there were many of the top teams in Northern California represented. The girls opened with a convincing 4-0 win versus Pleasanton Rage. In game two, the girls drew 1-1 with Peninsula in a tightly contested battle. In game three, the girls handled Mustang Fusion 3-1 and advanced to the final. In the final, the girls were matched up against West Coast Fury. This matchup included two of the top teams in Northern California battling for the championship. It was a back and forth game with both teams having scoring chances but the girls came up on the short end, 2-1.

The U14G 00 Red also played in the Super Group of the event. There were many tough teams in this division. In game one, the girls opened up with a 2-0 win versus Ajax Modesto and thwarted a few attacks by the Ajax front runners. In game two, the girls had an identical result, 2-0 over the Cal Northstars. Needing only a draw to advance, the girls played Crossfire from Oregon to a 1-1 draw and a place in the final. The opponent in the final was the South San Jose Bay Area Fusion, a team littered with skilled and physical players. The girls conceded a goal early but then got into a rhythm and scored two goals before halftime. That result stood and the team brought home the championship with a final score of 2-1.

The U15G 99 Red girls competed in the Super Group and some of the top teams in the state were competing. In game one, the girls survived a rough start giving away an early goal but stormed back with a 4-1 victory over Orchard Valley. In Game two, the opponent was Butte United Intensity. This was a physical battle and the girls came out on top 3-1. Needing only a draw, the girls faced the other undefeated team in their bracket, Santa Clara Sporting Green. This was a back and forth affair and the Placer United girls scored a late goal to tie the game at 2-2 and reached the final. Waiting for Placer United in the final was Lamorinda. The wind had picked up and whomever had the wind in their favor seemed to have more of the run of play. The girls were up 2-1 and survived a late rally of scoring opportunities to bring home the championship.

All in all, the tournament was a massive success. All of our Placer United teams played extremely well on the weekend with a number of them barely missing the final. Congratulations to all of our teams on a great weekend and a special thanks to all of the parent volunteers who helped out to make this event one of our best tournaments ever!

Caitlyn Kretzschmar scored the game winning goal in the 10th minute of the extra time to give the University of San Diego women’s soccer team (4-2-0) a 2-1 win over the Missouri Tigers (3-3-0).

Missouri outshot the Toreros 20-13, but the Toreros constantly put pressure on the Tigers, putting 12 of those shots on target.

The Toreros got on the scoreboard first, when Mariah Butera scored her first goal of the season in the 34th minute when she connected from 20 yards out.

The Toreros would take a 1-0 lead into halftime, however the Tigers knotted the match up in the 64th minute after Reagan Russell found the back of the net with a rocket shot.

The score would remain tied through 90 minutes, forcing extra time. The first overtime period was winding down when Kretzschmar found herself one-on-one with the Tigers’ keeper after a giant blast from Michelle Craft. Kretzschmar was able to dribble past the keeper and slip the ball in to the empty net to give the Toreros a split in the Texas A&M Tournament.

Sydney Pagador, and her Phillipines National teammates, have been hard at work preparing for the Asean Football Federation Women’s Championship which begins tomorrow in Myanmar.  The team has been training and playing friendly matches in preparation. Reached via email, Sydney is having an unbelievable experience and looks forward to the tournament.  “It has been so much fun!” said Sydney. “ I have been playing right back in a 3-6-1 formation and I have learned a lot since I have arrived. We are all very excited to begin the tournament!”

The Phillipine Malditas, despite a rookie-laden roster, look forward to reaching the semifinals of the Asean Football Federation Women’s Championship late this month. “This team may be young, but I believe it is stronger compared to the team that saw action in the AFF women’s tourney last year,” said head coach Ernie Nierras.

The Malditas, assured of competing in the Southeast Asian Games this December, have been grouped with Japan’s Under-23 side, Indonesia, Laos and host Myanmar.  The team is leaving tomorrow for Yangon, Myanmar (fka Burma) for the big event: ASEAN Football Federation Women’s Championship. Games are from Sep. 9 to the 23rd. The Philippines is grouped with Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, and Japan U-23 (wow!). Winner of this group will battle against the winner of the other group composed of Vietnam, Thailand, Jordan, Australia U-19. The roster is full of U-19 girls.

Nierras said the Malditas had a good draw up until the powerhouse Japanese were included in the group, where only the top two teams will clinch semifinal seats. But the coach added he expects his side to beat Indonesia and Laos with the duel against Myanmar serving as the key to their semifinal hopes.

The other group is made up of Australia, Malaysia, Jordan and Vietnam.

The PH booters open their campaign  against Indonesia on Sept. 10.

At 4:30 a.m. on Saturday morning all around Placer County, the ringing of alarm clocks, followed by the grinding of coffee beans and the sizzle of bacon and eggs was heard loud and clear. “Why?” you ask. Err Hello! It was the start of the new 2013/14  EPL season.

When the final whistle blew, Liverpool went to the top of the league. It was time for families to pack their bags and jump into their soccer transporters as Placer United teams were off to compete in tournaments in Davis and Woodland.

Out in Davis we had four Placer United teams make the finals on a sizzling hot Sunday afternoon. On the girls side the U11G White team went into the final unbeaten in their bracket play. They girls played tough and hard but couldn’t replicate the same energy and soccer they had produced in the earlier games due to the hot sun.  With the game tied 0-0 they were eventually beaten on PKs.

Over on the boys side, the U11B White team also topped their bracket and went into the final on the back of  playing some really good soccer and scoring some quality goals. They started the final really well and got their reward with a good goal. But with five minutes left, the weather eventually took its toll and they conceded two late goals to lose out 2-1.

The U11B Red team continued to show why they are one of the top teams around as they started the tournament exactly where they left off the weekend before, winning their three bracket games  and advancing to the final. In the final the boys started off  really quickly and notched up two goals before half time which was enough to secure back-to-back tournament wins.

In the U10Boys Premier Division, the Placer Boys Red team ran away with the title. After scoring 19 goals in bracket play they produced another goal fest in the final as they ran out 6-0 winners to cap off a great weekend of soccer for Placer United teams in Davis.

Over in Woodland, we had both the U16 Boys teams competing in the Premier Division of the Woodland Cup.  The Red team won the Championship game 6-0, and the White team finished 4th overall. Both teams battled really well and were really exhausted as they entered the tournament on the back of a week of high school tryouts.

Big congrats to all our teams competing in Davis and Woodland. A special mention for Maclean Learned, the U11 Boys Premier Final MVP, and Chase Tanon, the U10 Boys Premier Final MVP. Way to go guys!

As you can see it was another great weekend of soccer. Stay tuned for more!