YOUTH SOCCER NOTEBOOK: SOCCER KIDS GO TO CAMARILLO : THIRD ANNUAL COOL CLASSIC WILL HAVE 145 TEAMS PARTICIPATING.Byline: Patrick Hipes Daily News Staff Writer In a summer club season that will see as many as four tournaments in a weekend from which local soccer teams may choose, there are precious few in the immediate area. One is this weekend, when the Camarillo Eagles will play host to 145 teams in the third annual Cool Classic at five venues throughout Camarillo. ``We're trying to fit the right competition to the right teams so everyone gets the good games,'' tournament director Steve Monka said. ``We want to have good games to attract the college scouts. That's the main thing, to get these kids exposure.'' Well, it's one of the things. With 13 age-group teams under the Camarillo Eagles crest, money is another driving force to host tournaments. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Monka, the club earned nearly $20,000 in last year's tournament, which drew 180 teams paying $325 to $375 each. The money goes back into the program, paying for uniforms, fields and coaches. ``We're trying to raise money to get our own fields right now,'' said Maggie Faling, the club's president. ``Right now, we're stuck in the middle and have to please everyone.'' Field space is a problem for all clubs. Most in the area look longingly at the massive soccer complex recently completed in Lancaster, where AYSO AYSO American Youth Soccer Organization AYSO All Your Saturdays Occupied AYSO Alabama Youth Soccer Organization AYSO Albuquerque Youth Soccer Organization (Albuquerque, New Mexico) and club teams have groomed and consistent places to play, night and day. ``There are not a lot of competitive fields,'' said Monka, an Eagles coach who uses Valle Lindo School as the main field for the club. ``There are a lot of fields, but they're not in the shape to play and they don't have lights. ``In Lancaster, they do a good job with the fields and the city's backing them, which is real nice.'' Faling and Monka said they want to work with AYSO programs to bring Lancaster's idea to Camarillo, a small community that forces them to use players from nearby Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. and other Ventura County towns to round out teams. ``We don't have the population base,'' Faling said. ``For a long time our teams have struggled. For us out here in hicksville, it's harder to stay within the community.'' But they do have the Cool Classic. It begins Saturday at five sites - Rio Mesa High, Freedom Park, Monte Vista Monte Vista can refer to
Nike Surf Cup nearing: It may be considered the Wimbledon of U.S. club soccer, and the Nike San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Surf Cup will be the first to tell you. Still, the 18th Surf Cup begins July 24 at the San Diego Polo Club in Del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
The Surf Cup is one of the Big Three tourneys in the U.S. The others: the USACup in Blaine, Minn., where the Palmdale Falcons won the under-16 title a year ago, and the Dallas Cup The Dallas Cup is an international football tournament for invited youth teams, held annually in Dallas, Texas. It was first held in 1980. 2007 Tournament The 2007 Dallas Cup is sponsored by Dr Pepper. . Last year, the Surf Cup drew over 25,000 fans in each of the two weekends of play. The Polo Club features 18 fields of regulation size, and it draws some of the best youth teams from around the world. Any club team that is accepted into the tournament is immediately legitimized. ``It's wonderful exposure for us,'' said Faling, the Camarillo Eagles president who saw two of her teams - a girls' under-15 team and an under-12 team - make the final cut. An international flavor: In a soccer-rich region where clubs must compete to attract the best talent, the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, United Soccer Club is hoping an influx of foreign-born instructors and trainers will help. The club is boasting a total of four internationals who will aid in the club's Protege Soccer Academy, which will host the 1998 Summer Holiday Soccer Camp on Sept. 1-4 at Valencia Glen Park. The list includes Raymond Lodge, who played in the English Premier League with such clubs as Newcastle and Middlesborough, and two former Nigerian players in Bola bo·la also bo·las n. A rope with weights attached, used especially in South America to catch cattle or game by entangling their legs. [From American Spanish bolas, pl. Oduwole and Tetteh Okonkwo, a member of the national team in the mid-70s. The camp also has secured Carrie Serwetnyk, who had 29 caps (international appearances) with the Canadian National Team Canadian National Team or Team Canada can mean various things:
Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . She is a coach at Boston College. It's all about access: To get the best information on club tournaments and California Youth Soccer Association news, click onto its official Web site (http://www.primenet.com/-cysas/). THREE'S A CROWD Three's a Crowd was a short-lived American television sitcom spinoff of Three's Company. It was, albeit loosely, based on the British TV series Robin's Nest, just as Three's Company had been based on a British series, Man About the House A look at the two tournaments competing for teams with the Camarillo Eagles' Cool Classic this weekend Pateadores Six-A-Side: The well-known Mission Viejo club program - led by Galaxy head coach Octavio Zambrano - can draw big names to its events. It's also cheaper at $165-$175. For boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. under-10 to under-19. American Eagles Invitational: A Class I tournament in Covina features boys' and girls' teams from under-11 through under-18. Registration is $300. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box PHOTO (1) (Ran in Simi and Conejo Editions only) Coach Steve Monka of the Camarillo Eagles said the Cool Classic should provide the players plenty of exposure to college scouts. (2) (Ran in Simi and Conejo Editions only) Brianna Monka practices ballhandling for the Camarillo Eagles, who are hosting a 145-team tournament this weekend at five venues. Phil McCarten/Daily News BOX: THREE'S A CROWD (See text) |
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