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Placer United Girls Compete at Prestigious Surf Cup

Five Placer United girls teams travelled down to San Diego over the Thanksgiving weekend to participate in Surf Cup. There were over 400 college coaches in attendance recruiting for their respective collegiate programs.

140 teams from all over the country gathered in San Diego and the competition was amazing. All of our teams competed very well and made Placer United proud. Additionally, all of our teams were placed in the top divisions of their respective age groups.

Event Highlights:

  • U13 – 2-1 victory over the Regional Champion, Sparta Premier, Utah
  • U14 – Draw with LaRoca, Utah (The eventual champion, Surf, came out of their bracket.)
  • U15 – 3-0 win over the So Cal Blues and a draw with Legends
  • U16 – Draw with the Del Mar Sharks and a 1-0 win over San Tan Legacy, State Champion out of Arizona
  • U18 – Draws versus So Cal Blues (eventual champion) and West Coast FC

Additionally, the girls participated in the 5thAnnual Placer Idol event to the entertainment of their families and coaches. Each team was divided into three groups and performed some amazing skits and displays of talent and creativity. Stay tuned for a video clip from the event very soon.

Congrats to all of our teams on a very good weekend against some of the nation’s best soccer teams.


Placer Idol Winners: U14 Red (l-r) Emma Darragh, Haley Farrar, Mackenzie George, Riley Terando, Isabella Castro

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Sierra College Reaches Final Four & Two Alumni Named All-Conference

The Sierra College Women’s Soccer team reached the California CCC Final Four Championship. Their semi-final match will be held this coming Friday at Mt. Sac in Los Angeles. Placer United’s Jason Gantt is head coach and Crystal Chaidez is the assistant coach.

In addition to reaching the Final Four, two Placer United alumni have been named to the All-Conference team. Receiving the CCC Big 8 First Team All Conference awards were Marissa Griffin and Mackenzie Edwards. Griffin played on the Placer United ’94 Gold team and Edwards played on the Placer ’93 Gold team. Both played fantastic seasons for Sierra. Edwards received the added honor of being named the CCC Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year.

Congratulations to the Placer United alumni and the Sierra College Women’s team!

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Letter From Region 6 PDP Director

Region 6 2001 Parents:

Thank you to all the ‘01 boys and girls who did a tremendous job representing Region 6 last Monday night. All the coaches felt the soccer was of a high level and improved as the night went on. Region 5 coaches where VERY impressed with the talent levels in our region. I have attached a picture of both the boys and the girls. You may want to take a moment to thank your coaches and DOC’s for helping facilitating this opportunity.

We look forward to seeing all our 2001 players at our tryouts in February (dates and times TBD).

Thanks again for supporting our program!

Region 6 PDP Director
pdpreg6director@norcalpremier.com

 

Region 6 PDP Boys Team

Region 6 PDP Girls Team

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Alejandro Perez to Atttend WCDA ID National Camp

Congratulations to Alejandro Perez who was selected to attend this year’s 2012 Western College Development Academy I.D National camp in Las Vegas for ‘99 age group players.

The primary purpose of the program is to provide an identification path toward US Youth National Teams. This year’s camp will be run by US National staff members and top-level college coaches.

Alejandro plays for the Placer United U14 Boys Red team and is also currently a member of NorCal’s PDP State Team. He will be attending the WCDA Showcase event with our Placer United U15 Boys Red team. Alejandro was identified as one of the top ‘99 age group players participating at this year’s showcase.

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Placer United Athletes Play in WCDA All-Star Games

Congratulations to the following Placer United players who have been selected to play in the High School Senior All-Star Game and High School Senior All-Academic Game at the 2012 Western College Development Academy Showcase in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving weekend.

A big shout out to, Austin Burrows, Mark Calliguire, Dominic Cressa, Austin Ketchersid, Mitchell Pingree and Nick Schnable.

The Placer United coaching staff wishes you all the best at this weekend’s event.

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Placer United’s Cody Sunquist Attends National Camp

Placer United U15B player, Cody Sunquist, traveled to Home Depot Center in Carson this week for an eight day camp with the U14 US National Team.

Born in 1999, Cody has represented Placer United on NorCal’s PDP 99 state team, US Club ID2’s ‘99 team and the San Jose Earthquakes 97/98 team at the MLS Adidas 2012 Generation Cup. Cody has now made the leap into the US U14 National Team Pool.

Cody has a very busy schedule over the next few weeks both on and off the soccer field. Not only will he spend time in Carson with thirty-five other Elite soccer players, he will return to prepare for final testing to earn his 2nd Degree Black Belt in karate. Cody then travels to Phoenix as a player chosen to attend US Club’s ID2 camp for 98/99 Boys with a trip to Brazil on the line.

Over the last three seasons, Placer United has been represented at National team camps by Austin Bravo (2010), Seth Casiple (2010 and 2011) Connor Hallisey (2011), Grant Silvestre (2011).

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Placer Alumni Gollnick and Mitnick Named PacWest Players of the Week

Lauren Gollnick     

SAN RAFAEL, CA — Dominican University of California men’s and women’s soccer players collected weekly Pacific West Conference honors. Freshman LaurenGollnick has been named the women’s Player of the Week while sophomore Kolby Mitnick has been named the men’s Player of the Week.

Gollnick, who earns the honor for the second time this season, led the Lady Penguins to a 1-0-1 week in Hawaii by totaling seven points on three goals and an assist. The Meadow Vista, California native and former Placer United player, scored her third game-winning goal and added an assist in a three-point effort in 3-0 win at Chaminade University on October 26. She also scored both goals and finished with four points in a 2-2 double-overtime tie at Hawaii Pacific University on October 28. In PacWest play, Gollnick is fourth in points and tied for third in assists.

Kolby Mitnick

Mitnick earned the honor on the men’s side after he totaled seven points during a 1-0-1 week for the Penguins. The former Placer United  and Newcastle native scored two goals and added an assist in a 5-2 win at Chaminade University on October 26, finishing the game with five points. He was credited with the game-winner, his team-leading fourth of the season, and helped rally the Penguins from an early 2-0 deficit by scoring goals in the 33rd and 60th minutes.

Mitnick also led the Penguins to a comeback tie at Hawaii Pacific University on October 28 by scoring the game-tying goal in the 61st minute to forge a 2-2 double-overtime draw. Like the Chaminade contest, the Penguins trailed 2-0 but rallied to pick up a point in the standings.

Lauren Gollnick

Kolby Mitnick

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Placer United Alumni Pick Up College Awards

Ryan Hollingshead, UCLA – Pac-12 Player of the Year

The Granite Bay native and former Placer United Player is the fifth UCLA player to earn Conference Player of the Year honors. Hollingshead joins fellow Bruins Matt Taylor (2003), Patrick Ianni (2004), Michael Stephens (2008) and last year’s winner Kelyn Rowe (2011) to win this award. Hollingshead was a second-team all-conference honoree in 2011 and earned honorable mention honors in 2010. The senior midfielder tallied 20 points this season with six goals and five assists. Hollingshead is second on the team in both goals and assists. He leads the Bruins to their 40th all-time NCAA tournament appearance earning the No. 6 seed and a first-round bye.

 

Seth Casiple, Cal Berkeley – Named to All Pac-12 2nd Team of the Year

Seth Casiple, Rocklin High School and Placer United alum, had another outstanding year for Cal and was named to the 2012 Pac-12 second team of the year. Seth adds this award to his Pac-12 Freshman of the Year award for 2011 and All Pac-12 2011 Honorable Mention as well as the Soccer America All-Freshman 2011 Team and College Soccer News All-Freshman Second 2011 Team.

 

Casey Bernard, CSUS – Named to Big West Conference Team of the Year

Casey Bernard was the rock of the Sacramento State defense. The former Placer United senior from Roseville started all 13 games he appeared in and played 1,183 minutes in the season.

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