Placer United U14B Red goalkeeper, Jay Roundtree, was selected by Region IV ODP staff coach Paul Holocher to attend this year’s US Youth Soccer’s Interregional Event over Thanksgiving. The event was hosted at the home of Real Salt Lake’s USSF Academy teams in Casa Grande outside Phoenix, Arizona.

Jay joined an elite group of eighteen players who were selected to play for the ODP Region IV ’98 team at the five day Interregional Event.

A big congratulations to Jay!

Go Placer!

Jay Roundtree, U14B Red

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 5^thAnnual 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

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

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.

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.

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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