SOCCER: THOUSAND OAKS STAR TAKES A CHANCE ON UCLA MYERS PART OF BRUINS' MEN'S SOCCER CLASS, LIKELY THE NATION'S NO. 1 GROUP.Byline: Scott French Staff Writer Chance Myers made a dream come true Wednesday morning, tearing open his National Letter of Intent package, signing the documents and faxing them off to UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . ``I'm definitely excited,'' said the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. High senior, the area's top prep boys' soccer player. ``It's not really a relief, but it's kind of getting going, knowing where I'm going. It takes a burden off my back.'' Myers, a versatile player most often positioned at right back or the right side of midfield mid·field n. Sports 1. The section of a playing field midway between goals. 2. Players whose usual positions are in the midfield. mid , has long had an idea where he would be going. He's been attending UCLA games since childhood and says it's ``always been a dream to go there.'' He's one of the showcase players in a Bruins class that likely will be ranked No. 1 in the nation. UCLA coach Jorge Salcedo Jorge Salcedo (born September 27, 1972 in Cerritos, California) is an NCAA soccer coach for UCLA. Personal Salcedo grew up in Cerritos, California and attended Cerritos High School. He graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. has pulled in a half-dozen All-Americans and five players with youth national team experience, including Myers, U.S. U-17 standout Kyle Nakazawa and U-17 pool players Michael Stephens Michael James Stephens (b. 1 November, 1967) in Auckland. He was a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Auckland Aces and the Northern Districts Knights in the 1990's and he also played for Counties-Manukau in the Hawke Cup. Nowdadys he works for St Joseph's School in Pukekohe. and Patrick Rickards. Another national-teamer, U-18 goalkeeper Brian Perk, is expected to sign soon. ``We have a big class coming in, and there's definitely a lot of quality in the class,'' Salcedo said. ``We lost a lot of talent (in the MLS drafts This is a list of Major League Soccer drafts. Types of drafts include the MLS SuperDraft and the MLS Supplemental Draft. Inaugural Draft
UCLA's women's class appears to be the nation's third-best, after North Carolina's and Santa Clara's, but Jillian Ellis hasn't received all the signatures yet. U.S. U-20 star Lauren Cheney, the nation's No. 1 recruit, plans to sign her letter of intent today in a ceremony at her Indianapolis high school. Three other players with youth national team experience - midfielder
In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). Kristina Larson and defenders Lauren Switzer and Lauren Wilmoth - signed Wednesday with the Bruins. Scott French, (818) 713-3627 scott.french(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: SOCCER SIGNINGS |
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