Loomis, CA — Over 120 players gathered at Del Oro High School on Saturday for the annual Placer United College I.D. Camp. The following colleges were represented as they scouted the Sacramento area talent:

• Sacramento State
• UC Davis
• Cal State Monterey Bay
• Cal Berkeley
• University of Nevada
• Sonoma State
• Dominican University

Additionally, the Placer United coaching staff was on hand to help out the college coaches throughout the camp. The coaches ran the players through training sessions for the first half of camp and then the players played 10v10 games for the second half. The players were outstanding and gave everything they had in front of the college coaches. After the sessions, the players and parents participated in an invaluable Question & Answer period with the college coaches about the college recruiting process.

Thanks to everyone who came out and participated !

Coach John Bustos reports and provides radio capsules and updates for Bustos Media Network at Woman’s World Cup from BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Canada.  Video of Warm Up

Savannah Coiner, Vasa IFK, Finland

Upon finishing her fourth starting season in the ACC at Clemson University, Placer ’93 Gold alum Savannah Coiner has signed a contract with the Finland-based club Vasa IFK, to pursue her dream of playing professionally. Coiner finished her fourth season in the ACC as team captain, leading her team back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007.

Coiner signed the contract just days after graduating from Clemson and she left on June 13^th to be in Vaasa, Finland for her first game with the club on the 15^th. Vasa IFK competes in the Naisten Liiga, the premiere division for Women’s futbol in Finland. Vaasa is located on the Western Coast of Finland, about four hours northwest of the capital, Helsinki. Coiner will be joining the club in the middle of their season as they played their first games in April.  The regular season will run through September, with post-season play occurring in October.

California Cup, Gold Division, Champions

The Placer United U13G 03 Black team won the gold division of the California Cup this past weekend. They opened up with a convincing 3-0 win over the Central Marin Magic and then drew 1-1 with Galt FC. The win and draw were enough to propel the girls to the semi-finals. In the semis, the girls won a nail biter, 2-1 versus the Ethos Saints. The game looked like it was going into overtime until goal two was scored by Hannah Zieour to win the game in the last five minutes. The final game was played against Nevada Elite Football 03 Blue that had Nevada scoring the first goal. Placer began the 2nd half scoreless. With both teams determined to play hard to the end, there was only one minute left in the game when Placer came up with a goal by Sydney Johnson. After going into two overtime periods, Placer nailed it in PK’s, stopping two of Nevada’s goals with Placer getting four goals into the net! Over the weekend, the girls scored six goals and only conceded two en route to their first tournament championship. A hard earned Cal Cup win for Placer! Congratulations to the girls and Coach BJ! —contributor Maryann Zywot

Abbie Faingold, GK, Portland State University

Abbie Faingold was selected to join the 2015 U.S. Maccabi Women’s Open soccer team as a goalkeeper for the European Games which are being held in Berlin, Germany from July 27 through August 5, 2015. Abbie received her goalkeeper training at Placer United from Gene DuChateau, Matt Scamacca and Matt Bernard. The aforementioned coaches provided Abbie with a solid foundation to prepare her to play at the collegiate level. With exposure at several college showcases, Abbie received a scholarship to play at Portland State University where she is playing Division I women’s soccer in the Big Sky Conference. Abbie just concluded her freshmen year with the PSU Vikings under Head Coach Laura Schott. Abbie continued to grow and advance in her goalkeeping under the training and guidance of Coach Chris Lewis, former standout PSU goalkeeper and Portland Thorns player. This is a tremendous opportunity and experience for Abbie to represent her country at the international level. Abbie is honored to have been selected.

Good luck Abbie!

Anna Gregg, left

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior Anna Gregg was named the Player of the Year in the Delta League, earning league player of the year for second straight season.

She helped St. Francis to a third-place finish and runner-up section finish. She was also named the River Cats Girls Soccer Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Gregg led the Delta League with 32 goals (T54 in nation) in 2015 with a league-best 72 points (T65 in nation). She also recorded eight assists, the second-best total in the league.

Junior forward Hailey Barrett and senior midfielder Rachel Schaefer joined Gregg on the Delta All-League first team. Senior Serena Ramos received the Delta League Sportsmanship Award.

Schaefer was named the Defensive MVP for the second consecutive season, while Gregg was the Offensive MVP and Cornerstone winner. Barrett received the Iron Woman Award after scoring eight goals with eight assists, the second-best totals on the team, for 24 points, the fifth-best total in the league.

by Tod Palmer  tpalmer@kcstar.com

May 30, 2015 — Sporting Kansas City rookie Connor Hallisey made his first MLS start with forward Dom Dwyer sidelined by a sore neck and Hallisey made it count.

Hallisey, the club’s 2015 first-round pick from California-Berkeley, had played 51 minutes in four career appearances before a 4-0 win Friday against FC Dallas at Sporting Park.

Hallisey went a career-high 64 minutes and notched his first MLS assist on a goal by Graham Zusi a minute before subbing off to thunderous applause.

“It was awesome,” Hallisey said. “Obviously, leading up to the game, there were nerves, but nerves are good. They get your adrenaline going and get you out there feeling good. Once the game started, you get in the zone and don’t even think about it.”

Hallisey also earned a corner kick in the third minute with his hustle up the right flank and later broke up a promising FC Dallas attack in the ninth minute by tracking back and knocking Mauro Diaz off the ball at the top of the penalty box.

But the unquestionable highlight was his back-heel pass in the box to tee up Zusi.

“I probably could have taken the shot, but Zeus was streaking through and I’m pretty sure he was yelling ‘back heel,’ so he made it easy on me,” Hallisey said. “When somebody makes a run like that, you have to reward them.”

• Four Sporting KC players — Chance Myers, Benny Feilhaber, Tim Melia and Roger Espinoza — will be the at the Kansas City Zoo on Sunday for Sporting KC Day at the Zoo.

Among the festivities, the zoo’s six orangutans will be outfitted in Sporting KC merchandise and the club’s futsal court will be set up for use by guests from noon to 4 p.m.

Myers and Feilhaber will play soccer with sea lions at 1:30 p.m. and Melia and Espinoza braving the cold with the penguins at 2:30 p.m.

After those activities, the players will take part in a 30-minute autograph session/meet-and-greet.

• Fewer than 1,000 tickets remain Sporting KC’s opening game in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against St. Louis FC at 7:30 p.m. on June 16 at Sporting Park.

St. Louis FC, a United Soccer League expansion team, advanced to the fourth round of the Open Cup by knocking off Minnesota United FC on Wednesday in a penalty-kick shootout.