Posted On June 23, 2010 by PUSC

Placer United Participates in US Club Regionals and Reno Event

A number of Placer United Girls teams were in action this past weekend. These events, for most teams, were the kickoff events for the new season!! Reno, Nevada U12 Girls Black 99 – 1 win, 2 losses and 1 draw U14 Girls Black 97 – 3 wins and 1 loss – Semi-Finals (lost in pk’s) […]Continue reading..

Posted On June 21, 2010 by PUSC

Placer United Players Survive PDP Screening and Move on to Train with US National Team Coach

Three female players from the Placer United Soccer Club were selected, after a tryout, to an exclusive training session with US National Youth Team Coach, Mike Dickey. The players that were selected included Paige Crouch and Madalyn Schiffel from the 95 Gold team and Lauren Gollnick from the 94 Gold team. The Player Development Program […]Continue reading..

Posted On June 5, 2010 by PUSC

A Letter from Nathan

Dear Friends, Colleagues and Soccer Enthusiasts: I hope that you are well. I just wanted to bring you up to speed with some changes that have been going on in my life. Last week I was offered an opportunity to join the Twin City Youth Soccer Association in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as their new […]Continue reading..

Posted On June 4, 2010 by PUSC

Thank You to Nathan Williams and Congratulations to Ron Benjamin and Paul O’Brien

Dear Placer United Soccer Club families: On behalf of the entire PUSC Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce to you that we have promoted Girls Director of Coaching Ron Benjamin and Boys Director of Coaching Paul O’Brien to the positions of Co-Directors of Coaching. The Board made this decision, and Ron and Paul […]Continue reading..

Posted On June 4, 2010 by PUSC

Placer United U13 Girls Gold Finalists at Stanford Memorial Day Tournament

The U13 Girls Gold team had an awesome showing at the first tournament of their season. The girls played up 1 age group in this tournament and by the way they played and performed you would have never been able to tell. Overcoming all of the obstacles that playing up represents, the girls were awesome […]Continue reading..

Posted On June 3, 2010 by PUSC

Placer United Girls Teams Compete over the Memorial Day Weekend

Placer United Girls teams played in their first events of the year over the Memorial Day Weekend. Stanford Memorial Shootout (most of our teams played up an age group) U11 Black – 1-0 over San Juan / 0-1 to Walnut Creek 0-3 to Palo Alto U12 Gold – 2-0 over Nevada Prem / 3-0 over […]Continue reading..

Posted On June 1, 2010 by PUSC

Stanford Memorial Shootout Champions

Congratulations to Coach James Kavanagh and Placer U11 Boys Gold for winning the their age division at the 2010 Stanford Memorial Shootout. The boys were dominant in group play, scoring 8 goals and only allowing 1. In a hard fought battle, the Placer boys defeated the Sunnyvale Alliance 4-3 in the finals. Way to go […]Continue reading..

Posted On May 18, 2010 by PUSC

Concord Cup Champions

Placer U11 Girls Gold defeated Diablo FC 2-1 in the Final to become 2010 Concord Cup Champions. Congratulations Girls!Continue reading..

Posted On May 14, 2010 by PUSC

All City Athletes

May 10th was an exciting day for a number of Placer United and CDA players. The Sacramento River Cats in partnership with MaxPreps.com named the “All City” high school teams in 22 different sports. They are the Sacramento area high school “Dream Teams”. 13 of the 16 players named for boys soccer are CDA players: […]Continue reading..

Posted On May 13, 2010 by PUSC

It’s Official: Our Bid Is In

Tomorrow, the USA Bid Committee will deliver our Bid Book to FIFA. We’re another step closer to earning the honor of hosting the World Cup! This Bid is our story — the story of all fans whose passion for the game courses through our country: the busy mom coaching her kid’s soccer team; the lifelong […]Continue reading..