St. Louisan Chalupny Scores - US Advances to Final
St. Louisan Lori Chalupny scored a goal to help the U.S. advance to the gold medal match of the 2008 Olympics with a 4-2 come-from-behind victory against Japan at Beijing’s Workers’ Stadium on Monday.
Since women’s soccer was added to the Olympic program in 1996, the U.S. is the only team that has advanced to all four Olympic Finals, and for the second consecutive Olympics will play Brazil with the gold medal on the line.
“It was not an easy match as I thought Japan played very well, but we were able to come back from 1-0, and it’s due to the entire team,” said U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage. “We’ve been able to get goals from different players and tonight was no different. I’m very proud of how the team performed tonight and now we can look forward to our next match against Brazil.”
The gold medal match for women’s soccer will be played on Thursday, Aug. 21, and shown live on USA Network and the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel at 9 a.m. ET. Fans can also follow online via ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker.
The U.S. was playing Japan for the second time in 10 days after defeating them 1-0 in Group G play in Qinhuangdao on Aug. 9. This time, it was Japan that took a 1-0 lead. Looking dangerous from the start, the Japanese forced Hope Solo to make a save on a header off a corner kick in the fifth minute, and 11 minutes later got the first goal of the game off a corner from the right side. The out-swinger was headed up in the middle of the penalty area and bounced out to the right side for Yukari Kinga, who drove a low ball back into the center. Shinobu Ohno slipped in behind the U.S. defense, which was pulling forward, and was all alone as she settled the ball and drove it under Solo.
But, the U.S. wasn’t without chances early. O’Reilly and Chalupny, both catalysts on the first two U.S. goals, each broke through into the area in the first 15 minutes. O’Reilly was muscled to the ground without a call and Chalupny’s effort went wide.
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Congratulations to the St. Louis Scott Gallagher Over-30 Men for winning the USASA Over-30 National Championship. This is a repeat championship for this team. St. Louis Scott Gallagher Director of Youth Development, Kevin Kalish scored the only and winning goal in the 44th minute. St. Louis Scott Gallagher Director of Goalkeeping for Missouri Boys, Tim Kelly recorded a shutout in both the semi and the final. For the roster and to talk about this tremendous accomplishment for soccer in St. Louis and the club, click the picture above. _______________________________________
Tony Hubert on SLU Soccer:
"2008 is a chance for Saint Louis University to re-establish itself as a national contender. With that stated the reality for the Billikens is that their entire season is really just a dress rehearsal for the NCAA tourney."
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On August 2nd at the 4v4 Futbalfest, Dutch Touch's Terry Michler teamed up with some other great coaches for a free coaches clinic. If you missed it, please stay close to the website for a follow up clinic coming soon. Here was the line up:
*Soccer Shots - Coaching 3 to 8 year olds *Terry Michler's Dutch Touch - 4v4 Tactic Clinic *Acceleration - Coaching Speed *Total Soccer Training - Coaching Fast Footwork *STL Goalkeeping Academy - Goalie Clinic
Congrats to the teams that represented Missouri in the 2008 US Youth Soccer Region II Championships. To talk about all the action on the STLsoccer.net Message Board - click here.
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Male Missouri Cup Champions: U13 - Scott Gallagher U14 - Lou Fusz SC Gold U15 - St. Louis Scott Gallagher U16 - Scott Gallagher U17 - Springfield United U17 - St. Louis Scott Gallagher (won MRL bid) U18 - Scott Gallagher U19 - Scott Gallagher U23 - St. Louis Scott Gallagher M-Amateur - St. Louis Scott Gallagher M-O30 - St. Louis Scott Gallagher
Female Missouri Cup Champions: U13 - St. Louis Soccer Club, Wipke U13 - JB Marine-Skrivan (Wild Card Bid) U14 - KC Select Scream U15 - St. Louis Soccer Club, Baynes U16 - St. Louis Soccer Club, Hummert U17 - St. Louis Soccer Club, Huber U18 - St. Louis Soccer Club, Miller U19 - JB Marine, Kaiser F-U23 - JB Marine Bozesky F-O30 - JB Marine Szarwinski
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In Class 2 High School Girls State Final action, Incarnate Word Academy beat St. Joseph's Academy 1-0 on a first-half goal from senior Blake Miller. The state championship is the eighth for the Red Knights (20-2-1). St. Joseph's Academy (20-3-1) has won six titles.
In the third place game, St.Teresa's Academy beat Hazelwood Central 3-0. The game was called early in the second half due to bad weather. The Stars (24-3) received first-half goals from Rachel Mize, Caroline Gray and Maegan Kelly. The Hawks finished 17-11-1.
In Class 1 State Final action, Kansas City-based Notre Dame de Sion defeated Notre Dame of St. Louis 1-0 in regulation Saturday night. The state title is the first for Notre Dame de Sion.
In the third place game, St.Dominic beat Duchesne 2-1. Lindsey Schmucker scored with 23 seconds to play, lifting the Crusaders (22-6) over Duchesne (18-6). _______________________________________
Congratulations to former Lafayette High School midfielder Brandon Manzonelli for recently signing a developmental contract with Major League Soccer to play for the New England Revolution. Prior to joining the Revolution, Brandon had a two-year stay in Spain with Villarreal, where he had played with the club's Under-18 team. He played in 25 games with the youth team, scoring eight goals and adding 10 assists. He also made three appearances with Villarreal's reserve team. Brandon was also a member of the Scott Gallagher Soccer Club. Brandon will be joining fellow St.Louisans Joe Germanese, David Roth, Taylor Twellman, and Steve Ralston in New England.
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A new Women's Pro Soccer League is coming Soon to St. Louis. St. Louis investor Jeff Cooper says, “There’s a tremendous upswing in women’s collegiate soccer, particularly in our market,” For more from Jeff Cooper on this new League, click logo below:
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Congrats to Missouri State High School Class Three Champions Rockhurst from KC on their 1-0 win over #1 ranked SLUH. Class Three (Large School)
Congrats to Class Two Champion Cape Girardeau Notre Dame's (21-4-1) as they defeated Smithville 4-1. Class Two (Medium School).
Congtrats to Class One Champion Whitfield Warriors for their 2-1 win over Pembroke Hill of Kansas City at Anheuser-Busch Center. Class One (Small School).
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The Gallagher College Friendlies with the help of STLsoccer.net and Krieger's Sports Grill, is offering a great opportunity to view some top college level soccer. Each night will feature a team or two that finished last year ranked in the Top 20 D1 Final Season Rankings (Bradley #8, UIC #9, IU #14, Tulsa #16). The games begin this Wednesday night, August 20th and then continue Friday, August 22nd and conclude on Saturday night, August 23rd.
Many St. Louis players will be featured in the games. Seven time National Champions Indiana University will bring back to town three St. Louis High School All-American's: Will Bruin (Desmet / SLSG / IU), Tommy Meyer (SLUH / SLSG / IU) and sophomore Michael Roach (CCP / SLSG / IU). Also on the IU roster is All-State SLSG Goalie Luis Soffner (SLUH / SLSG / IU) and All-State forward Chris Haeffner (SLUH / SLSG / IU). On Friday night, University of Illinois-Chicago will start St. Louis forward Kevin Stoll (CCP / SLSG / UIC) and former High School All-American and Lou Fusz Soccer Club forward Matt Spiess.
Local two time National Champions Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville play Saturday night vs Bradley and will feature many St. Louis players like former local High School All-State stars, Benny Jeffery (Hazelwood Central / SLSG / SIUE - above far right) and Ryan Wilhelm (CBC / SLSG / SIUE). SIUE is coached by SLSG Missouri Boys Director of Youth Development, Kevin Kalish.
Click below for a complete schedule for the games, please come out and support these St. Louis players!
We have a new team deal available for groups of 10 or more. For your team to be eligible for this deal, you have to be a member of a club that participated in this summer's STLsoccer.net Tryout Forum on the message board. Game day tickets are priced at $5/night but if you buy 10 tickets or more - you can get a "Series ticket" good for all 6 games for $5 total! This is a $10 savings! This advanced ticket deal is available at Krieger's, located right by the AB Soccer Park at 141 and Big Bend. Thank you to all of these clubs for supporting the STLsoccer.net message board forum!
Below is a list of those clubs that participated in the Tryout Forum:
WC Arsenal, Avalon FC, Tony Glavin SC Norco SC, Lou Fusz SC, Metro Strikers SC, Vardar Missouri SC, Coca Cola SC, Elite St. Louis FC, Knights SC, Mid Rivers SC, Kolping Kicks SC, BFC Soccer Club, Swanner Athletic FC, St. Louis Scott Gallagher SC, AFA Cougars SC, LK Wood SC, Bino's SC and Imo's SC.
Wednesday August 20th - Soccer Park - Main Field *6pm - University of Missouri S & T (Rolla) vs McKendree University *8pm - Indiana University vs University of Tulsa
Friday August 22nd - Soccer Park - Main Field *6pm - University of Central Arkansas vs Dayton University *8pm - University of Illinois Chicago vs University of Tulsa
Saturday August 23rd - Scott Gallagher Complex *5pm - University of Missouri St. Louis vs Washington University *7pm - Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville vs Bradley University
Ticket Prices: advanced package deal (all 6 games) $7 game day ticket price $5 advanced game day price (one night) $4 Kids Under 10 - Free
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Follow Olympian Lori Chalupny, the only St. Louisan rostered for the US and started the US’s first game vs Norway. Unfortunately, she was injured just seconds into the match while challenging for a cross against Norway inside the U.S. penalty area. Chalupny was inadvertently punched in the jaw by U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo and went down for a few moments. She rose to play the next 14 minutes, but suffering from some dizziness and blurred vision, she had to be replaced. Lori did not play the game last night vs Japan. On, August 12 in the 3rd game of group play, Lori went all 90 minutes as the U.S. Women’s National Team won Group G at the 2008 Olympics in dramatic fashion. The defeated New Zealand, 4-0, as four different players scored, including a goal just 40 seconds into the match from midfielder Heather O’Reilly.
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A new STLsoccer.net message board forum has been created for Beach Soccer. STLsoccer.net Management Staff feels this is a growing nitch in soccer that deserves it's own forum. All-Americans FC and STLsoccer.net have come to a new marketing agreement and All-Americans have agreed to moderate this forum and will keep everyone up to date on this unique form of soccer. If there are any other Beach Soccer organizations out there, please email STLsoccer.net and we will give you moderator status as well (info@STLsoccer.net). The STLsoccer.net Beach Soccer Forum is unbias towards any organization. For a quick link to this forum, click the logo below.
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For more on the MLS league expansion from MLS Commisioner, Don Garber and to talk about St. Louis getting a team click here. _______________________________________
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At USYSA Regionals, St. Louis Scott Gallagher U17's lost 2-1 in the regional final on penalty kicks and the Scott Gallagher U19's who also made it to the final but unfortunately lost 2-0 to the KC Junior Wizards.
In the Over 30 age group, the St. Louis Scott Gallagher Men won the USASA Region 2 Championship and advance to the nation's Final Four in Seattle the weekend of August 2nd. This St. Louis Scott Gallagher team is the defending National Champions. _______________________________________
Next Summer, check out Rick Benben’s UMKC Soccer Camps!
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Next summer check St. Louis Soccer Camps by clickling the logo below. These camps are run by Lindsey Bryant who is the Coaching Director of SCCYSA and played college soccer for Iowa State University (ages 2 to 14). Flyer - click here
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Below you will find a highlight video of the USA U17 Youth National Team vs Scott Gallagher U16 Academy Team, compliments of stldigital.com video. For the entire game video, please go to SaturdaySoccerReport.com or click here. For all your video and photo needs, contact stldigital.com.
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Above is this week's STLsoccer.net YouTube soccer video of the week submitted by St. Louisans. If you find a YouTube video you think we might be interested in putting up, please send us an email.
STLsoccer.net is proud to announce our "2008 Make a YouTube Video Contest." We are looking for the St. Louis area soccer player or coach with the best soccer video. It can be a great goal from your team, a soccer trick or dribbling video, or anything related to soccer. Depending on how many we receive, we will try to feature all of the entries on our new Multimedia section. Please include your name, age and team / club. Simply email us the link and we will take it from there (send to info@STLsoccer.net).
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The Saturday Soccer Report is a new soccer only radio show on Team 1380 radio sponsored by St. Louis Soccer United. The show will cover everything in the world of soccer from the local scene in St. Louis to the international game abroad. Each week Tony Hubert and Joe Pelusi will update you on the MLS, Collegiate Soccer, and the best leagues in Europe. Plus they will give you opinions on all the biggest teams and names in the sport and visit with the best personalities in the game.
STLsoccer.net has recently agreed to a partnership with The Saturday Soccer Report and the show will now feature the "STLsoccer.net Player of the Week" and soon the "STLsoccer.net Coach's Corner". Now listen to an MP3 of the show over the net at any time from your PC - click here
Click below to answer the latest Saturday Soccer Report Poll question.
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In front of a packed house earlier this spring, the Scott Gallagher Soccer Club hosted a special, once in a lifetime event. The U20 Brazilian National Team came to the Scott Gallagher Training Facility and played the Scott Gallagher Academy All-Stars (1-0 Brazil) and SIU-Edwardsville (1-0 Brazil) in 50 minute mini games. A special thank you to the Mid-Rivers Soccer Club for their help sponsoring this event.
Below are the videostreamed highlights from the action. To view a better quality (non-streamed) highlight video from stldigital.com and to watch the entire games announced by Tony Hubert from the Saturday Soccer Report, go to SaturdaySoccerReport.com by clicking the banner ad below the video.
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Pre-game footage and behind the goal view: (thanks Marc Vanacht)
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For info on tournaments around the area, click on our tournaments page or click the logo below. We also listed a few of the more popular tournaments within driving distance of St. Louis. If we missed one that you feel is traditionally well managed, please send us an email.
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The St. Louis soccer scene will be invaded the week of July 20 through July 25, 2008 with players and coaches from Holland for a once-in- a- lifetime camp with the elite level players from the St. Louis area.
The camp will be lead by world-class instructor Jan Pruijn, formerly the director of the Ajax Amsterdam International Youth Academy and currently the lead scout for Everton F.C. in the English Premiership League.
For the truly elite St. Louis player, this is a “can’t miss” opportunity. To register, click logo below:
Also check out CBC Dutch Touch Street Soccer Camp! The Street Soccer Camp will allow the players to play informal games where the learning will occur as they play. The format of the Camp will be small-sided games, 4 vs 4, where the players will combine fun with learning. click here for details.
