Becky Sauerbrunn

[LSI]

St. Louian Becky Sauerbrunn goes #3 in Draft to Washington Freedom:

WPS General Draft Results

Round One
Player (College)
Notes

1. Washington Freedom
Sarah Huffman (Virginia)
2. Bay Area
Jill Oakes (UCLA)
3. Washington Freedom
Becky Sauerbrunn (Virginia)
(via trade with St. Louis on Sept. 24)
4. Boston Breakers
Amy LePeilbet (Arizona St.)
5. Los Angeles
Karina LeBlanc (Nebraska)
6. Chicago Red Stars
Danesha Adams (UCLA)
7. Sky Blue FC
Cori Alexander (Portland)

Round Two

8. Sky Blue FC
Keeley Dowling (Tennessee)
9. Chicago Red Stars
Ella Masar (Illinois)
10. Los Angeles
Kendall Fletcher (UNC)
11. Boston Breakers
Nancy Augustyniak Goffi (Clemson)
12. Los Angeles
Christie Welsh (Penn State)
(via trade with St. Louis on Sept. 24)
13. Bay Area
Kandace Wilson (Cal St. Fullerton)
14. St. Louis
India Trotter (Florida St.)
(via trade with the Washington Freedom on Sept. 24)

Round Three

15. St. Louis
Angie Woznuk (Portland)
(via trade with the Washington Freedom on Sept. 24
16. Bay Area
Liz Bogus (Arizona St.)
17. Washington Freedom
Lori Lindsey (Virginia)
(via trade with St. Louis on Sept. 24)
18. Boston Breakers
Sue Weber (Hofstra)
19. Los Angeles
Manya Makoski (Arizona St.)
20. Chicago Red Stars
Marian Dalmy (Santa Clara)
21. Sky Blue FC
Kacey White (UNC)

Round Four

22. Sky Blue FC
Jenny Anderson-Hammond (Clemson)
23. Chicago Red Stars
Ifeoma Dieke (Florida Int’l)
24. St. Louis
Joanna Lohman (Penn State)
(via trade with Los Angeles on Sept. 24)
25. Boston Breakers
Kristin Luckenbill (Dartmouth)
26. St. Louis
Amanda Cinalli (Notre Dame)
27. Bay Area
Tracy Hamm (Cal Berkeley
28. Washington Freedom
Emily Janss (Maryland)

NOTE: Each of the seven teams had four picks. The order was established based on a lottery done at the Board of Governors meeting on September 15, 2008 prior to the U.S. National Team allocation on September 17. The order was 1-7, 7-1, 1-7, 7-1. The WPS General Draft was open to both domestic and international players.


Becky Sauerbrunn
# 11
Defender/Midfielder - D/M Junior

High School/Previous College
Ladue H.S.
Hometown - St. Louis, Mo.

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Courtesy: VirginiaSports.com
Release: 07/19/2007
2006
• 2nd Team NSCAA All-American
• 3rd Team SoccerBuzz All-American
• 1st Team NSCAA and SoccerBuzz All-Mid Atlantic Region
• 1st Team All-ACC
• 1st Team VaSID All-State
• ACC All-Academic Team
• Started all 22 games and played every minute of the season
• Virginia Nike Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team

2005
• Honorable Mention SoccerBuzz All-American
• 1st Team NSCAA and SoccerBuzz All-Mid Atlantic Region
• 2nd Team All-ACC
• 1st Team VaSID All-State
• Preseason SoccerBuzz and Soccer America All-American
• Started all 25 games and played every minute of the season
• Had one goal and two assists on the season
• Her 2,289 minutes played is a Virginia record for a season
• Virginia Nike Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team

2004
• Redshirted due to missing the season while a member of the United States team that finished third at the U-19 World Championships in Thailand

2003
• 1st Team NSCAA All-American
• 2nd Team SoccerBuzz All-American
• SoccerBuzz and Soccer America Freshman All-American
• Finalist for SoccerBuzz National Freshman of the Year
• 1st Team NSCAA and SoccerBuzz All-Mid Atlantic Region
• ACC Freshman of the Year
• 2nd Team All-ACC
• 1st Team VaSID All-State
• Started all 21 games and played every minute of the season
• Had two assists on the season

INTERNATIONAL
• Member of the U-21 National Team
• Competed for the United States at the 2004 U-19 World Championships and played every minute of each of the six games the U.S. played
• Represented the United States at the U-16 and U-19 levels, serving as captain of both squads

PREP & CLUB
• Two-time NSCAA Youth All-American
• Two-time Parade All-American
• 2003 Gatorade Missouri Player of the Year
• 1st Team St. Louis Post Dispatch All-Metro
• Had 21 goals and 19 assists during senior season at Ladue High School
• Led J.B. Marine club to four state cup titles and 2000 regional championship
• Veteran of the Missouri and Region II ODP teams
• Was also conference player of the year in volleyball and basketball in high school
• St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar-Athlete Award winner

PERSONAL
• Full Name is Rebecca Elizabeth Sauerbrunn
• Daughter of Jane and Scott Sauerbrunn
• Born June 6, 1985 in St. Louis, Mo.
• Has two older brothers, Grant and Adam

[LSI]

Becky Sauerbrunn of the University of Virginia is this week’s STLsoccer.net Player of the Week. This week in the Women’s Professional Soccer - “General Draftâ€

[TheLink]

Congrats to Becky! here is an article I found on the WPS site:

The Starting 11: Becky Sauerbrunn
Saturday, March 22, 2008
By: WPS

As Women’s Professional Soccer prepares for its April 2009 kickoff, we will be introducing, or in some cases re-acquainting, the league’s prospective players to fans with The Starting 11, which are 11 things you need to know about each woman.

A three-time NSCAA All-American at the University of Virginia, Becky Sauerbrunn is on the fringes of the U.S. National Team, who she debuted for at the Four Nations Tournament in January. Playing in Women’s Professional Soccer is also on her to-do list and if fate allows, she could suit up for her hometown team.

On growing up in the soccer hotbed of St. Louis:

St. Louis has a good soccer history. You’re always surrounded by soccer, especially on the men’s side. Because of that there are a lot of good male coaches out there. I was lucky enough to play on a guys’ team for a long time before I switched over to a girls’ club. When I was on the girls’ club, I had a lot of great coaches so it definitely helps growing up in St. Louis.

On playing at the same youth soccer club, JB Marine, that fellow St. Louis native and U.S. National Team member Lori Chalupny, who is a year older than Sauerbrunn, played for:

When we trained with JB sometimes the age groups would train together, so we could have a lot of numbers. So I got to train with Lori for awhile. She’s always been a phenomenal player. She’s always stood out among the rest. It’s always nice being able to compete against someone like her.

(Aaron James Kehoe/isiphotos.com)
A St. Louis native, center back Becky Sauerbrunn played for the same youth club as fellow National Team member Lori Chalupny.On which WPS team she would like to play for:

I’d love to play anywhere. St. Louis would be great. All of the cities sound amazing. I’ll just be happy if I make a team.

On her game:

I play center back and I’m a pretty simple player. I like to keep possession of the ball. I feel I’m decent with 1-v-1 defending. I’m decent in the air. I don’t really play a lot of long balls, but I like to keep possession.

On the most memorable goal she scored:

I would have to say it was probably my first collegiate goal. We were already winning by a lot, but it’s just a great feeling to actually score a goal, especially from a position such as center back that you rarely hear scores. I believe it was a set piece on the wing. One of the girls on my team just bent it in and I got my head on it and it went far post.

On the best part of being a member of the team that represented the U.S. at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship in Thailand:

Wow, that’s a hard question because every single thing was amazing. I would have to say the first part of the tournament that we played in Thailand when we were in Phuket. It was just a wonderful atmosphere. Our hotel was on the beach and our first round games were all in Phuket. We got like 10,000 fans. All the people in Thailand were just super nice and just really supportive. I think it was just that whole atmosphere that just made it so special.

On the player she most looks up to:

I would always say Michelle Akers is someone that any female soccer player can look up to just because of what she did and what she went through and how she battled through Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and still did so amazing, so I’d have to say her.

On the most important thing she learned at the University of Virginia:

After you play a game or after you leave a training session, think about it but then let it go. Don’t ever let it seep into the next game. Just move from day to day. Don’t look at the past. Don’t look at the future. Just focus on the present. (Head Coach) Steve [Swanson] has helped me a lot with this.

On her lack of a nickname:

I’ve actually never really had nicknames. On one of my first club teams with girls at St. Louis United, we all had little funny nicknames and mine was Ace, but there was never a story behind it. Then here on the National Team, the girls call me Becks, so that’s not exactly a nickname.

On what she wants to pursue professionally after her soccer career is over:

I’m actually trying to get my masters at Virginia. I’m in the education school so I’m trying to become an English teacher. So after soccer’s done I wouldn’t mind becoming a teacher and becoming a coach.

On her favorite books:

My favorite books are probably the Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, and then there’s a sci-fi book I really like called Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. There’s Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. Everything is Illuminated is about the holocaust. The Power of One is kind of a story of a kid that comes from the wrong side of the tracks and has this goal to be the welterweight champion of the world. It talks about his struggle of growing up in South Africa during the time of apartheid and Hitler coming into Africa. Then Enders Game is another story kind of like that about perseverance.

[give and go]

LA Sol tops Washington 2-0. Sauerbrunn starts at back for Washington. A decent match with stellar play from Marta and Wambach and others. First goal was a fifty-fifty cross that Scurry should have punched.

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Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 12, 2009; Page D03

Showing the kinks of a team still learning to play together, in just the second game of the season in the first year of a new league, the Washington Freedom struggled to capitalize on an abundance of goal-scoring opportunities in its home opener at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds last night.

In front of 5,028, a record crowd for the venue, defender Becky Sauerbrunn's second-half goal -- the Freedom's first in Women's Professional Soccer league history -- gave Washington a 1-1 tie with the Chicago Red Stars, earning the franchise its first point.

But the result came with some regret as Washington (0-1-1) dominated play for much of the game and had a man advantage for the final 25-plus minutes.

"We had been knocking at the door all first half, we had a bunch of great chances, so it was really just a matter of time," Sauerbrunn said. "It just kind of happened. It was extremely frustrating because I really feel that we deserved to win that game, I think we had a lot of quality chances, I think we had a lot more chances than the other team did. It was unfortunate that we didn't finish them, but I really do think we deserved to get three points out of that."

Sauerbrunn's goal came in the 54th minute off a driven, bending free kick from midfielder Sonia Bompastor that Sauerbrunn flicked from her near post run to the far upper corner, leaving no chance for Red Stars goalkeeper Caroline Jönsson.

The goal came early in a half in which the Freedom players continually found themselves on the doorstep but were unable to tuck away any of their several quality chances.
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After Chicago captain Frida Östberg picked up her second yellow card in the 63rd minute for throwing her body and elbow into the path of midfielder Lisa De Vanna, Washington pushed relentlessly at the Red Stars' defense.

Abby Wambach's diving header on the end of a Bompastor cross in the 82nd minute was the best prospect of the final 25 minutes, but a reflex save from Jönsson turned it away, and Chicago (1-0-1) survived the final minutes.

"The responsibility is not one person," Wambach said. "But I really feel like I should have put one of those goals away at the end today."

The Red Stars took the lead in the 29th minute when Freedom midfielder Lori Lindsey lost the ball in the middle of the field, sparking a Red Stars counterattack.

The ball was slowed down and played back to defender Marian Dalmy, who played a quick pass up the field that slipped by its intended target and into the path of a charging Lindsay Tarpley.

Tarpley collected the ball on the right side of the box and curled a shot inside the left post for her second goal of the season, giving Chicago a 1-0 lead.

The goal came against the run of play, however, as Washington had put together some nice possession -- especially through the left sideline where Bompastor's energy created havoc for the Chicago defense.

Bompastor's work on the outside continued in the second half, along with the creative play of midfielder Allie Long in the middle of the field, often led the Freedom attacks.

But despite 14 shots on goal to Chicago's three, Washington found the net only on Sauerbrunn's header.

"I think it's sharpness in front of the goal, it's repetition in finishing, which will come," Freedom Coach Jim Gabarra said. "It's certainly better than last week and it's certainly better than the week before in L.A. But I don't think you're going to get that many quality chances in every game this season. If we do, I'll be happy because I think our finishing certainly will improve."

[give and go]

Becky played well against the LA Sol on Fox Soccer Channel's Sunday match. She made a goal line clearance and also marked Marta well until injury time. LA prevailed 1-nil.

[give and go]

Nice season for the Freedom ends. Becky S. played in the 2-1 playoff loss at Maryland Soccerplex. The Freedom missed the energy of Bompastor. Give Sky Blue credit for pressing and finishing.

[TheLink]

*The Insider has obtained the Washington Freedom's protected list ahead of WPS's expansion draft: Abby Wambach, Cat Whitehill, Ali Kreiger, Homare Sawa, Lisa De Vanna, Sonia Bompastor, Erin McLeod, Sarah Huffman, Becky Sauerbrunn and Allie Long. Surprisingly, Lori Lindsey, who was invited to USA national team training camp next month, was not protected. Atlanta and Philadelphia will select up to nine players apiece on Sept. 15. No current team can lose more than three players. After a team loses a player, it may add two to the protected list.

[GRAPEVINEsoccer]

The 2011 STLsoccer.net Player of the Year goes to St.Louisan Becky Sauerbrunn. Sauerbrunn grew up playing for J.B. Marine Soccer club, leading her team to four state cup titles and the 2000 regional championship. In high school at Ladue, she was a two-time Parade All-American, and 2003 Gatorade Player of the Year.

Player of the Year Award
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[give and go]

Washington ousted by Philly. (the owner of defending champs Sky Blue is guardedly optimistic about the league. He said next year is the 3rd year for WPS and that is how long the prior (WUSA) league lasted. He mentioned possible expansion in Dallas and maybe another LA team. They will take a few weeks off for the Womens World Cup next summer)IMO some of the big names need to get involved: Mia, Brandy, etc.

[give and go]

Sauerbrunn is selected to the US World Cup qualifier team. not sure of Chalupny's status.

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Lori has a head injury and out for now.

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WOW - local Becky Sauerbrunn could play tomorrow in WC final 4!!!

found this on the web:

Rest up, recover and do it all over again. While fans stateside suddenly rediscovered their love for women’s soccer on Sunday, 12 years to the day after their first true romance with the game, the United States Women’s National Team found itself needing to refocus.

Clearly, the U.S. was riding an emotional high after Sunday’s penalty kick victory over Brazil. It was arguably the most important victory in team history and undoubtedly the biggest win since that 1999 penalty shootout win over China in the final. And how could anybody not be emotional? The tension in Sunday’s match was palpable even across the Atlantic; it felt like a final.

But the Americans now face the task of avoiding that post-big victory hangover. You know, that sitting on top of the world, American hero, invincible feeling that a match like Sunday’s – a once-in-a-career occurrence, truthfully – evokes. Sometime between leaving the field in Dresden on Sunday and waking up for a recovery session on Monday it had to hit this U.S. team: It is still only the semifinal stage. To top that off, Wednesday’s semifinal against France kicks off less than 72 hours after this 120 minute-plus, emotionally and physically exhausting fight the U.S. and Brazil endured.

Such a short turnaround time is no easy task. The mental aspect is hard enough given how the American public has instantly thrust this team into the spotlight. In a "what have you done for me lately?" society, the U.S. women know that the fan fare could disappear just as quickly as the team’s second-minute goal to open the scoring came on Sunday.

And then there is the physical aspect. Playing for 120 minutes is taxing on the body. Doing that in the German summer heat and in a World Cup quarterfinal in a bruising match against a bitter rival is downright punishing to one’s body. Monday was a recovery day and there is no doubt that some tired legs carried over into Tuesday. This is, after all, the oldest of the 16 teams in the tournament.

Luckily for the U.S., France too had to endure 120 minutes followed by penalty kicks, but Les Bleus outlasted England on Saturday, giving them an extra 24 hours of recovery.

Even more dangerous for the Americans is how naïve this French team is (a typically insulting trait that is in this case admirable). Not once in this tournament has France looked rattled. Not in losing 4-2 to Germany in group play, not while trailing England for 28 minutes in Saturday's quarterfinal and certainly not in penalty kicks against the English (who are currently cringing at the very thought of that white spot 12 yards from goal).

Yes, France is inexperienced. Les Bleus had previously never even made it out of the group stage and currently feature just five players from the team that played in the 2003 Women's World Cup.

But while some may point to inexperience as a possible downfall to France, it should be noted that the team is convincingly mature. Young stars Louisa Necib, Marie-Laure Delie and Gaëtane Thiney are playing with confidence and have shown hardly any frustration this tournament. They are composed under pressure and even when wronged by a bad call or tough foul they keep their mouths shut and their heads up.

They will not be scared of the United States, which enters the match as a slight favorite over the first-time semifinalists. There is no awe factor for France. There is in fact a remarkable and unprecedented swagger about this French team.

So for the U.S., the first step is putting Sunday in the past, at least for the next week. Beyond the physical and mental recovery, the Americans face what has surprisingly been the tournament’s most consistent team thus far.

Christie Rampone and the U.S. defense must deny the front three of Delie, Necib and Thiney, especially, any space around the box. All three have proven to be lethal finishers from long range. U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage faces a tough decision in replacing Rachel Buehler, who was red carded in the 65th minute against Brazil for her challenge on Marta inside the box.

Becky Sauerbrunn could make her way into the lineup or Sundhage could slide Amy LePeilbet into her more natural center back role and start Stephanie Cox at left back. Regardless, both will be tasked with keeping track of a free-flowing French attack that sends numbers through from the midfield.

Speedy American midfielder Heather O’Reilly will match up with French left back Sonia Bompastor – one of the best players in this tournament – out on France’s left flank in what could be the key match-up of the game.

Offensively, the U.S. will need creative, dynamic runs from Wambach, Amy Rodriguez and the rest of the squad to sneak into the blind side of France’s defenders just as England’s Kelly Smith did in the opening seconds of Saturday’s quarterfinal.

For the U.S., Sunday’s win over Brazil was one of championship proportion. The key now is how well the players grasp that a championship is still at least 180 minutes away. Otherwise, Wambach’s miracle goal becomes nothing more than a highlight reel clip and an award show nomination for "best moment." But the U.S. women already know that.


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SI.COM has confirmed that Becky will start tomorrow in the Semi-Final against France.

Wednesday is Becky Sauerbrunn's big chance. It's an unlikely story: After not having played a single minute in this World Cup, center back Becky Sauerbrunn is set to start on Wednesday in place of Rachel Buehler, who's suspended after her red card in the Brazil game. Sauerbrunn trained with the starters in practice on Tuesday -- the other 10 first-teamers remained unchanged from the Brazil lineup -- and she has been preparing to play ever since the moment in Sunday's postgame celebration when a teammate turned to her and said: "Are you going to be ready?"

"If they call my name, I'll be ready," Sauerbrunn said.

A 26-year-old Virginia alum who plays in WPS for MagicJack, Sauerbrunn says there's no way she would be on this U.S. team were it not for the existence of the U.S. domestic league. She did play in two games against Japan in May when Christie Rampone was injured, but Sauerbrunn wasn't even sure she'd be on the final U.S. roster when she went into her meeting with coach Pia Sundhage before final cuts were made. ("I thought it was 50-50.")

Now she'll be starting in a World Cup semifinal. One thing that should help on Wednesday: Sauerbrunn is familiar with her central defender partner, Rampone. They both play alongside each other on their WPS team.

[LLMG]

Ladue High's Becky Sauerbrunn has been a regular with the U.S. women's soccer team for a couple years now. Since the start of 2011, she's been on the roster for every game, been in every camp.

Still, when it comes to actually getting in games, she remains one of the least experienced players on the team. Of the 18 players that will be making the trip to the United Kingdom for the Summer Olympics, Sauerbrunn ranks 16th in international matches played, with just 24 games. She's near the bottom in minutes played this season.

Such is the plight of a backup defensive player. Soccer coaches will tinker with their midfields and attackers, but once they find a back line that works, they stick with it, relying on familiarity to build a cohesive unit that knows not only where each other is on the field, but what everyone else is thinking.

So Sauerbrunn, a center back, bides her time, waiting and learning. Boy is she learning. Even if she were playing in games, she might not be getting as much experience as she gets in practice.

"In training, we usually have the starting group playing against the not-starting group," Sauerbrunn said. "So I'm playing against Abby (Wambach), Alex (Morgan), Boxy (Shannon Boxx) in training. We're basically playing games against the USA in training. I have grown as a player mentally by going against those players. My training has vastly improved by being able to dress for games and watch from field level and see movements up close and see what it takes at this level. I get 45 minutes here and there. Any sort of experience helps."

Sauerbrunn, 27, has played 569 minutes this year, about half of what the team's regular back four has clocked. She has appeared in nine of the team's 16 matches, starting four. She's played more minutes than just three of the 16 field players on the roster.

Still, she fills an important role on the team. She is the main backup at center back and got the nod there in the semifinals of the Women's World Cup, turning in a well-praised performance when Rachel Buehler had to serve a red-card suspension. Sauerbrunn has gotten occasional looks at outside back in case the need arises, but she said it's nothing consistent.

"It's funny," she said. "It goes camp by camp. They try me at outside back a little, in case I need to fill in, then the next camp, I'm at center back. ... I haven't gotten to train there very often, but I feel I've made strides and feel better if I have to move outside."

The lessons Sauerbrunn has learned will probably soon be put to test. Her chance figures to come after the Olympics. Christie Rampone, the U.S. captain, just turned 37 and seems likely to retire, which will open up the spot on the backline that she has held since 2000.

Right now, Sauerbrunn is ready to help as needed, though she hopes the future holds more playing time.

"I hope so," she said. "It depends on who the coach is, who retires. It depends on higher-ups but I hope to be part of the team."

That's all in the future though. First, there are the Olympics. The U.S. women will be among the first athletes to start playing at the Olympics and, if things go right, one of the last to hit London. It's tough to cram a six-game schedule into 17 days of the Olympics, so the women's soccer competition begins two days before the Opening Ceremonies, on July 25.

Another Olympic tradition is that soccer matches before the finals are played at sites outside the host city. The Americans open with two first-round matches in Glasgow, Scotland, and then the third in Manchester, England. If the Americans win their group, they wouldn't play in London until the final.

That means the players won't take part in the Opening Ceremonies and won't stay at the Olympic Village. "It's strange that we're part of the Olympics but apart from the Olympics," Sauerbrunn said.

Sauerbrunn has a good chance of following in the footsteps of St. Louisan Lori Chalupny and coming home with a gold medal. Despite losing to Japan in last year's WWC final, the Americans are the No. 1 team in FIFA's rankings and will be one of the favorites in the tournament. The Americans excel at the Olympics, winning gold in 1996, 2004 and 2008, and settling for silver in 2000. Germany, which is ranked second, didn't qualify for the Olympics, leaving third-ranked Japan as the main competition.

Japan has had the U.S. team's number lately, winning on penalty kicks in the WWC final and then getting a win and a tie in the first two meetings this season. The Americans finally beat them on June 18, winning 4-1 in a friendly in Sweden. From a morale point of view, it was badly needed by the Americans.

"I think for us it was huge," Sauerbrunn said. "We had played them so much for the World Cup and after and hadn't beaten them. We were constantly watching video, trying to figure out a style or tactic we could use. We implemented a new defensive mentality that we used in Sweden, applying high pressure all over the field. Japan was giving up balls and we were finishing things and able to capitalize on mistakes. That was a huge confidence booster."

Next week, Sauerbrunn and the team leaves for England for pre-Olympics training. It's another chance on the sport's biggest stage, another chance to learn.

"It's the same amount of excitement going into the World Cup," she said. "It's a different tournament, but the roster is similar and there are some different coaches on the staff. I'm still excited about going to a world event."

[CADDAD]

good luck Becky! do STL proud!

[IamBob]

I'll be watching on the telly

[GPower]

good to see the STL players on the national team representing.

[overath]

Good to see a better alternative to Buehl-dozing and Getting Boxxed in.....Pia has the team playing Sewell to Vaninger '75 vintage Stars soccer for the mindless...hard to watch no creativity, no rhythm, we need more than result, we need entertainment and art!!

[GRAPEVINEsoccer]

Congratulations to St. Louisans Becky Sauerbrunn and Tommy Meyer for being named the STLsoccer.net 2012 Players of the Year! This past summer, Becky (Ladue High School / J. B. Marine Soccer Club) won the Olympic Gold Medal for USA Women's Olympic Team. This past fall, Tommy Meyer (SLU High School / St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club won the MLS Cup starting at centerback for the LA Galaxy. Both were solid contributors to their perspective teams on winning these titles.

More on this award:
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