Andrew Mills, Princeton University;

*Kendal Modiste, San Diego State;

*Ty Thompson, University of California, Santa Barbara;

Matthew La Grassa, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo;

Mathew Wiesenfarth, University of California, Davis;

*Seth Casiple, University of California, Berkeley;

*Connor Hallisey, University of California, Berkeley;

*Grant Silvester, University of Virginia;

*Austin Dunn, University of San Diego;

*Daylon Schiffel, University of Central Arkansas.

Congratulations all!

* Players who advanced to CDA from Placer United

Placer United has many alumni who are currently playing collegiate soccer. Two alumni girls participated in recent NCAA tournaments:

Caitlin Clark, Emory University, made the third round of the NCAA Division III tournaments for the first time in school history.

Caitlin Pulver, California State University, Sacramento, made it to the NCAA Division Tournament but suffered a first round loss.

We’re very proud of the achievements of our alumni players and look foward to seeing them back on the Placer United home field for the annual alumni game.

The first Western College Development Association Showcase kicked off over Thanksgiving in the home of the city made famous for never sleeping, The King and the Rat Pack. It was “Viva Las Vegas” time for the Placer United U14, U16 and U17 and California Development Academy U15 and U18 boys teams. They had a blast both on and off the field.

The boys’ little eyes and mouths were not only wide open at the amount of college coaches in attendance, but also with the sights and sounds they encountered while walking the famous strip. Some parents actually blindfolded their son during their outings till they got back to their rooms. It’s not called Sin City for nothing!

Meanwhile, out on the soccer fields, the boys had the good competition they expected with some of the teams being Regional/State Winners and Finalists, from Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah area’s. The U16 Placer Gold team went 1-2, U17 Placer Gold team went 1-1-1, CDA U15’s went 3-1, and the CDA U18’s went 0-1-2…all fine results considering the level of competition and also the boys had just returned from their high school soccer seasons.

Three boys from the Placer United U17 team and three boys from the CDA U18 Club team were selected to play in the All-Star games Saturday evening which attracted a lot of college coaches. One of the coaches I talked with actually drove up from Surf to attend the game. The boys didn’t disappoint in the games as they all put in good solid performances and were pretty excited about the whole experience. They even got to keep their WCDA All-Star jersey’s as a momento.

While the College Showcase was going on at one venue, the Placer United U14 boys were battling hard in the Neusport Thanksgiving Tournament against some real quality teams. They just got beat out of advancing to the final by the Celtic team they beat 2-1. But that’s Vegas baby! Sometimes, Lady Luck just leaves you hanging! Overall, the boys played some great soccer, won two and tied two, didn’t lose a game and really enjoyed the trip.

Thats it’s on Vegas..Elvis has left the building.

Five Placer United girls teams spent the Thanksgiving weekend at Surf Cup in San Diego and played against some of the Nation’s best soccer teams. There were over 200 college coaches at the event who watched/scouted our teams.

The U14 girls had a great run through the tournament. They defeated the Surf, Canyon PSA and Laguna Hills Eclipse in group play. They then beat Las Vegas Premier in the quarter-finals. The semi-final pitted them against the MVLA Mercury, a league rival. The girls lost a tight match 1-0.

The U15 girls played three quality matches in group play. In the first match, the girls lost a tight one to the Sereno Golden Eagles. They then squared off and lost to one of the top teams in the country, the San Diego Surf. The girls then rebounded with a 3-1 victory over the Las Vegas Surf.

The U16 girls had one of the most difficult draws to date. All 3 games were tightly contested but came up on the short end to Real So Cal, Surf and the Legends.

The U17 girls also had a very difficult group. They did not surrender a goal in group play. They drew with Legends and the So Cal Blues. In the third game, they defeated the Sereno Golden Eagles 1-0. Placer United and the So Cal Blues had the same # of points and won the group. Then, the girls had to go to a penalty kick shootout to see who would advance to the semi-finals. Unfortunately, the girls came up a bit short in kicks.

The U18 girls started off the weekend with a 1-1 draw with Arsenal from LA. This was a first as the girls had lost to Arsenal in the last 3 meetings. The next two games were tight but Placer ended up falling short to Colorado Storm and the Slammers.

Congratulations to all of the teams as they represented Placer United very well. We continue to represent and compete with some of the top teams and clubs in the Nation!

Congratulations to Connor Hallisey, Grant Silvester and Daniel Cuevas, members of the CDA 92/93 U18 team, for being selected to participate in the U18 National Team training camp being held at the Home Depot Center in late November.

Connor and Grant are returning CDA players who both had the distinction of being selected to the U.S. Soccer Academy All Star team last season and were named, along with Seth Casiple, to the Western Conference All-Star Starting XI for the 2009/2010 season.

Connor and Grant have also attended a number of the “by invitation only” Academy MPN camps due to their consistantly strong performances throughout last season’s very successful rookie season in the USSF Academy.

The Placer United U17 Girls Gold team has won the premier group in the fall playing league with a perfect 7-0 record. This is the most competitive league for older girls in Northern California.

Now, the girls face off in the annual “North vs. South” competition at the Bartholomew Sports Complex in Elk Grove to decide the State’s best. On Saturday, the #1 seeded Placer 94’s face the #2 seeded Legends FC at 11:00am. In the second game, the girls face the #1 seeded Slammers FC.

The championship game is scheduled for 1:00pm on Sunday. The consolation game is scheduled for 9:00am on Sunday.

These will be great games to watch so if you are in the area, come and support the U17 girls!

The Placer United U9’s-U11’s had a great weekend at Boo Fest this past weekend. The fields at Sac United were in good shape on Saturday and then got a bit sloppy on Sunday due to the rain. Our teams fought through the conditions and played great soccer.

Here are the results:

U9 Girls Gold – 0-0 draw with Davis, 0-0 draw with Bay Oaks ans a 0-4 loss to Mustang.

U10 Girls Gold – 1-1 draw with Livermore, 3-2 win over the previously undefeated El Dorado, 3-2 win over Santa Rosa and won in penalty kicks in the final to claim the championship!

U10 Girls Black – 0-3 loss to SF Vikings and 0-1 losses to Woodland and Napa.

U11 Girls Gold – 2-0 win over San Juan Blue, 0-0 draw with Davis and a 0-0 draw with North Bay. The girls were slated to play in the consolation game but is was cancelled. They were in the top 4 in the division.

U11 Girls Black – 5-1 win over Santa Rosa, 0-2 loss to the Wildcats and a 2-0 win over Sac United. The girls finished in 3rd place.

Congrats to all of the teams on a great weekend!

Five girls from the U13 Gold team were selected to play for the Region 6 PDP team in Manteca over the October 17th weekend.

Kamari Hines, Maggie Bell, Emily Curry, Jordan Holt and Kaleigh Grijalva were all selected to the team. The Region 6 PDP team is made up of the top female players born in 98-99.

The Region 6 PDP trains and plays against other Regions in Northern California.

Congratulations girls on being selected into such an elite group!