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More information about the awards can be found at www.kysoccer.org
ESPN RISE rolls out its first list of fall boys' soccer players to watch for the 2009 season.
As the fall season nears, a more detailed list will follow, broken down by state.
Friday, we offer this
list of 40 players as a starting point. There are sure to be
changes as top prospects who spent last year in the
U.S. Soccer Residency program are sure to trickle back to
high school, and some elite players may opt to skip high
school play.
Harrison Petts
highlights the starting list of 40 players. The Zionsville
(Ind.) senior who has committed to Indiana scored 41 goals,
had 26 assists, was named to the ESPN RISE fall boys' soccer
first-team All-America squad.
Other notables are
Maryland commit Marquez Fernandez from McDonogh School
(Owings Mills, Md.) and Joseph Lopez from
Brentwood (N.Y.). Both were second-team ESPN RISE
All-America selections.
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An interesting mix of thunderstorms, lightning, hail and
searing heat greeted Louisville’s best soccer talent
when it descended on South Dakota for the US Youth Region II Championships
from June 19-24.
Eleven teams from Derby City traveled to Sioux Falls — 10 as Kentucky State Open champions and one as a wildcard.
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The crown of Kentucky soccer belongs to
Louisville's Javanon Soccer Club.
Two Javanon teams qualified for the U.S. Youth Soccer National
Championships, which will be held July 21-24 in Lancaster, Mass.,
near Boston. It is the first time Kentucky has ever had two teams in the
prestigious national tournament.
And the club is seeking its first national title since 2006.
Javanon's '91 and '92 International boys' teams (the teams are named
for the year of their players' birth)
qualified for the tournament by winning their divisions at the Region II
Championships held June 20-24 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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09 Regionals - Max McKiernan (Region II)'s blogs
Regional champions a story you
may not have heard
Javanon Club squads kick competition
BY AIDAN KELLY
CNHI News Service
Last Wednesday was important for United States soccer.
Beating Spain — the No. 1-ranked team in the world — in the FIFA
Confederations Cup by a 2-0 scoreline brought with it publicity not
normally
associated with the sport in this country.
Spain had not lost a game in its last 35, so it was a big deal. Really.
And it became water cooler talk. Or toilet talk, depending on where you like
to have your work conversations.
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Javanon headed to nationals
Javanon Soccer Club's '92 Boys won the 17-and-under division at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships Wednesday
Javanon grinds out win in under-17 boys final
The Chicago Fire Juniors learned that the hard way in
their 2-1 defeat in the under-17 boys division at the U.S. Youth Soccer
Midwest Regional Championship.
One of 14 championship games on the final day of play at Yankton Trail Park, the title match went into penalty kicks.
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U17 Javanon wins third consecutive State Cup
Written by ESNN (Elite Soccer
News Network)
Tim Chastonay's Javanon U17 Boys team has
been flourishing despite not being involved in the USSF Development
Academy
program. The squad has won three consecutive Kentucky State Cup titles and
also took honors in this spring's
version of the Midwest Regional League.
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THREE-PEAT!!!
Jboys win their 3rd
consecutive State Cup in convincing style. The boys out scored their
opponents 23-1.
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JBoys Win U17 Premier
Red Division
The JBoys win the Premier Red
Division & automatically qualify for the Region II Tournament. The boys went
6-1 in their bracket &
finished strongly winning their 6 final games!
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The Big Kick Off!
The select soccer has just begun and
Greater Louisville's top teams are ready to show their stuff
by Adian Kelly
High school students across
Louisville & southern Indiana have been training hard with their select
soccer teams
through the winter, & now its time to show the world what they've got.
Club soccer features many
levels of teams, from recreational leagues where anyone can play, to highly
competitive
teams where players must try out for a certain club. These tryouts are
normally held 10 months before teams actually
start playing in travel tournaments & their respective leagues. The most
competitive teams play in the Midwest
Regional League or MRL, where the teams travel all over the region for games
& tournaments. Other successful
teams play in various divisions of the Kentucky Select Soccer League &
Indiana Soccer League.
We bring you a look at the teams to look out for this season, the leagues
they play in & where they might be by season's end
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Five Louisville soccer
players make TopDrawerSoccer.com's top 100 player!
Two 2009 & three 2010 players recognized:
Top Drawer Soccer just updated 2009 and 2010 Top 100 TopDrawerSoccer.com
"Players To Watch Lists". Included in the list are two local players
graduating in 2009:
Kevin Bick was listed at number 20 and Kyle Schickel was number 41. Bick has
signed to play at Indiana, Schickel will play for Northwestern.
In the 2010 list, Tsotleho "Sunny" Jane was 14, Lepekola Seetane was 24, and
Taylor Hafling was 97.
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2009 Listing
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BOYS'
PREP SOCCER: Goblirsch, Buttram, Bouthilette and Shearer take
All-Area awards (03/02)
By NATHANIEL BRYAN
nbryan@thenewsenterprise.com
Jack Goblirsch felt his junior season wasn’t
near as solid as his sophomore campaign.Fortunately for Elizabethtown’s
standout center midfielder,
the seven area boys’ high school soccer head coaches didn’t agree with him.
Goblirsch ran away in the voting for Offensive Player of the Year as
well as the top spot on the first team on the 2008-09
News-Enterprise/Coaches’ Boys’ All-Area Soccer Team.
Goblirsch assisted on 18 goals and scored 14 of his own as he led his
Panthers to a 12-9-1 overall record and spots in both the district and
region
tournament championship games.
While some might look at Goblirsch as a flashy goal scorer, Goblirsch
doesn’t mind setting the table.
“I don’t think of (scoring) much. I’m trying to do whatever it takes to get
the (win) at the end of the day.If it’s scoring or laying it off, that’s
fine with me,”
Goblirsch said.
That versatility is what made Goblirsch stand out, said Elizabethtown coach
Jon Parsons
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Cole Page signs with Evansville University
Cole Page
5-9 • 155 • Louisville, Ky. • DuPont Manual HS
Page enters the University of Evansville as a proven leader and defender at
the youth level after serving as team captain of the
Javanon SC team that
reached the USYSA National Championships last summer. Javanon was also the
Kentucky state champion in 2007
and 2008, and a finalist at the Disney
Showcase in December. Page has also been a member of the Kentucky ODP
program, and was a standout
at duPont Manual High School. “Cole has the
drive and commitment to make him an excellent leader among his peers, and
has the ability to
make everyone around him better,” said Jacobs, “We expect
him to be a key contributor for us in the back.”
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Cole Signing LOI Page Family after Signing
Cullen Hall Signs with Belmont University
Cullen Signing
LOI
Cullen Signing LOI Pic 2
RISING STAR:
Javanon's Taylor Hafling
by
Bryan Alvarez
2008 Sports Year in Review
By: Aidan
Kelly
If you're looking
for someone to comment on the biggest successes in Louisville area boys'
soccer this year, Tyler Riggs and
Max McKiernan are your men.
Javanon ‘92 dominated the club news this summer after winning the Midwest
Region II title to book its place at the US Youth Soccer
National
Championships in Little Rock, Arkansas in July. Four months later, St Xavier
swept all who came its way to retain the KHSAA boys'
varsity soccer state
title. McKiernan and Riggs were integral members of both squads. Both say
the past 12 months have been
"a dream come true.”
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Layth & Taylor are named
to the Disney Showcase All-Star Team 2008!!
Taylor & Layth will now participate in training
with the Chelsea FC in England next Aug. The trip will
be 9 days of training, sightseeing, game watching & an actual round robin
tournament.
The team will train and compete against players from pro clubs at Chelsea's
facilities near London in August 2009
ESPN Rise article about the Disney All-Stars
Soccer America article about the Disney All-Stars
J-Boys Win "B" Bracket of
the Disney Showcase Blue Division U17 2008!
The 92 Boys won their bracket & went on to compete
against the youth team of the British Chelsea FC.
The boys ended up losing in the finals 5-0. Still the trip to Disney was a
huge success for the J-Boys!
Chelsea article about the Disney Showcase game
ESPN article about the Disney Showcase game
November 9, 2008
St. X wins second straight
title, 7-2
Tigers score early, often
vs. Highlands
By Jason Frakes
GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- Losers of just one match over their final two seasons,
the seniors on the St. Xavier High School soccer team went
out with style.
Nick Jones
scored twice and fellow seniors Kevin Bick, Ryan Smith and Kyle Schickel
added a goal apiece as the Tigers whipped
Highlands 7-2 in last night's State Tournament final in front of 1,892 fans
at Toyota Stadium.
The No.
1-ranked Tigers (22-1) captured their second straight state title and
seventh in 15 years. They won their final 16 games
after a 1-0 loss to Manual on Sept. 11.
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Cullen & Jack for making 2nd team All-State & Layth for Honorable Mention!
TriplePlay
Taylor Hafling is the starting
goalkeeper & captain for the Louisville Male soccer Team. He is also the
keeper for the
Javanon '92 team that won the regional competition this summer. "We have him
as captain because he has
such a high standard for playing and a high work ethic," says Damien
Sweeney, his coach at Male. "If anyone
wants to be successful, they need to go to him and emulate what he does."
We asked Taylor, his mom, Denise, & Coach Sweeney a few questions to see who knows Taylor better.
Here is are the answers & results to the survey
Here is the whole magazine in PDF format
November
7, 2008
St. X,
Highlands advance to soccer final
Seven Tigers score to
defeat Boyle Co.
By Kenzie L. Winstead
GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- The St. Xavier High School soccer team took control
early, kept up the pressure and cruised past Boyle County 7-0
last night in the state semifinals at Georgetown College's Toyota Stadium.
The Tigers
(21-1), the defending state champions and winners of 15 straight, will face
Fort Thomas Highlands at 8 tomorrow night for the state title.
Highlands defeated Henderson County 2-0 last night. Seven players scored for
St. X, ranked No. 1 in the state.
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October 31, 2008
St. X storms into state semis
Schickel scores 3 in 6-2 triumph
By Kenzie L. Winstead
Special to The Courier-Journal
St. Xavier High School's top-ranked soccer team exploded for four goals
in the first 30 minutes and cruised
past host Oldham County 6-2 in last night's sectional, paving its road to
the state semifinals.
The Tigers (20-1), defending state champions and winners of 14 straight,
will face Boyle County, a 1-0 winner over West Jessamine,
in the first semifinal at 6 p.m. Thursday at Georgetown College's Toyota
Stadium.
October 29, 2008
St. X rolls over John Hardin 5-1
But Tigers allow first playoff goal
By Bob White
Special to The Courier-Journal
It didn't take defending
state soccer champion St. Xavier long to take control of its Subsection
Three game against John Hardin last night.
Although the host Tigers allowed their first goal of the playoffs, they
rolled to a 5-1 victory.
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October 23, 2008
St. X gets past Manual's tough 'D'
No. 1 Tigers get both goals late
By Bob White
Special to The Courier-Journal
Ryan Smith and Kyle
Richard broke through the packed-in Manual defense for goals in the final
eight minutes, and the No. 1
St. Xavier soccer team escaped with a 2-0
victory over No. 5 Manual in the Sixth Region Tournament final last night at
St. X.
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2008 Game Changers
Meet some outstanding metro players who will have a big say in where
district, sectional,
regional and state boys’ soccer titles go this month.
Taylor
Hafling, Louisville Male
There are a
number of reasons why junior goalkeeper Taylor Hafling is among not just the
best players in the state, but in the country.
To find out why, just ask his
coach at Male, Damien Sweeney.
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entire article
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St. X soccer team copes with injuries as
title defense starts
By Jason Frakes
jfrakes@courier-journal.com
The preseason has not been kind to the St. Xavier High School soccer team -- not that anyone is going to feel sorry for the Tigers.....
A look at other teams from the Louisville area:
Top 25
No. 2 Male has a new coach in Damien Sweeney, a 2000 graduate of the
school who played at Transylvania and was an assistant at Male the
past two seasons. The Bulldogs will build around junior
Taylor Hafling, one of the nation's top
goalkeepers.
Sweeper Michael Boone and defenders Chris Pesyan and Ben Miller, all
seniors, also return.
Others to watch
Christian Academy
finished 11-10-1 last season, and coach Doug Lucas
expects Brian Swanson (seven goals, 14 assists in 2007),
Jacob Shively, James Boehnlein and Austin Chitwood
to be key contributors this year.
Collegiate
reached the Seventh Region final last season, finishing 15-5-1, and returns
strong
players in Layth Masri, Ryan Miller,
Charles Edwards, Max Burge and Nathan Webb.
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BOYS' PREP SOCCER: Elizabethtown's Goblirsch has more in store for 2008
By
NATHANIEL BRYAN
Jack Goblirsch has
been more than all right entering his third season as a starter for the
four-time defending
5th Region Tournament finalists. He was a
second-team Coaches’ All-State selection last year as well as
being
voted the Boys’ Area Offensive Player of the Year and Boys’ Area
Sophomore of the Year.
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BOYS' PREP SOCCER: E'town hopes fifth time could be the charm
The Elizabethtown Panthers have reached four
consecutive 5th Region Tournaments, but have
come up short each time.
Coach Jon Parsons thinks this could be the year of the Panthers.
by NATHANIEL BRYAN
Headlining the returning players is junior central midfielder Jack
Goblirsch, who swept the 2007 Area Offensive
Player and Sophomore of the
Year awards as well as being named to the coaches’ All-State Team.
“He deserved all of that and I look for bigger and better things from
Jack. It’s been a great pleasure to see the progress he’s
made and it’s
all due to how hard he’s worked. He stays busy. He constantly works at
it,” Parsons said.
Goblirsch’s running mate in the midfield is fellow junior captain Nick
Link, a second-team All-Area selection last year.
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