This is a place for clubs, teams and players in the North Alabama Soccer League to list their latest accomplishments.  

Morgan United U19 Soccer Team wins Alabama Sports Festival Title
       The Morgan United Under 19 Boys Soccer Team won the Gold Medal at the Alabama Sports Festival in Huntsville June 19-20. They won the preliminary games by scores of 4-1 and 7-1 and won the Gold Medal game 7-2. Plans are also being made for Morgan United to play in the 2004 Clash Of Champions Soccer Tournament in Birmingham July 9-10. This tournament includes the top three teams from each state (Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina and possibly Florida).
       Morgan United players are mainly high school players from Austin, Brewer, Decatur and Hartselle High Schools most of whom also play in the NASL. One is from Westminster Christian Academy. Team members are Nick Alexandre, Zach Allen, Trey Brooks, Michael Cole, Sage Copeland, Eric Gilbert, Mokhtar Hajialilu, Justin Knight, Mitsu Matsuo, Justin Owensby, Allen Ozier, Julian Pline, T.J. Rees, Hunter Stinson, John Waits and Ben Wyker. They are coached by Phil Knight and Scotty Stinson.


Decatur United '88 Soccer Team wins Alabama Sports Festival Championship
      The Decatur United ’88 Boys soccer team won the 2004 Alabama Sports Festival State Championship this past weekend. Decatur outscored their opponents 14-2 to win the title.
      The team is composed of area high school soccer players from Decatur, Priceville, Cullman, Huntsville, Hartselle and Athens. Team members are Casey Harbin, Conner Johnson, Andrew Warnke, Clay Culpepper, Mark Potter, Jonathan Davis, Clay Brown, Garrett Hayes, Adam Woodson, Lee Thibodeaux, Michael Breeden, Ryan Kirschbaum, Mack McDaniel, Jackson Gamble, Aaron Burleson, Derek Humphries, Charlie Chenn and Jeremy Brown. They are coached by Mike Pline and Ken Gamble.  Decatur United '88 is also the defending USYS Division II Alabama State Champion. Winning the title makes Decatur United eligible to play in the 2004 Clash Of Champions Soccer Tournament in Birmingham July 9-10. This tournament includes the top three teams from each state (Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina and Florida).

Summer Kicks Team wins Alabama Sports Festival Championship
     Summer Kicks (Lady Kicks '88, '89, '90 combination team) won the U-16 Girls Gold Medal in the 2004 Alabama Sports Festival which was hosted in Huntsville on June 18 - 20. Congratulations to Norbert Webley (Coach), Mark Snow (Manager), and the Summer Kicks team. The team managed to score 24 goals in three games while only allowing 1 score on a direct free kick. The  team is now slated to represent Alabama in the 2004 Clash of the Champions
Soccer Tournament scheduled for July 9 - 11th in Birmingham, AL. The Clash of the Champions Soccer Tournament invites the top three teams to participate from each age division from Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolina.

Huntsville, Alabama Teams Looking for Gold at 2004 US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championships

RICHARDSON, Texas (June 10, 2004)  – By winning the recent US Youth Soccer Alabama State Cup, five Huntsville teams have qualified to compete in the US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championships.

• Under 13 Boys  - Huntsville Soccer Club Strikers ’91

• Under 14 Boys  - Huntsville Soccer Club Strikers '90

• Under 15 Girls  - North Alabama United Samba ’89

• Under 16 Boys  - Huntsville Soccer Club Strikers ’88 

• Under 17 Girls  - Lady Kicks ’87 Red

      Nine Birmingham soccer teams have qualified to compete in the US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championships.

• U-14 Girls – Mountain Brook Angels ’90 Red

• U-15 Boys – Vestavia Steamers ’89

• U-16 Girls – Attack ’88 Blue

• U-17 Boys – American Soccer Club Jets ’87

• U-18 Boys – Vestavia Steamers ’86

• U-18 Girls – Attack ’86 Blue

• U-19 Boys – Vestavia Steamers ’85

• U-19 Girls – American Soccer Club Lady Jets ’85
  
        These fourteen teams will be among the more than 184 top boys and girls US Youth Soccer teams from 12 state associations competing for the Regional title, June 24-30, at the US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championships in Austin, Texas.  Daily reports and complete results from the tournament will be available on www.usyouthsoccer.org.
        The US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championships, which will feature top teams in the Under-14 through Under-19 age groups, begins on Thursday, June 24 with opening ceremonies.  Preliminary games will be played Friday, June 25 through Sunday, June 27.  Quarterfinal matches will be played Monday, June 28 with Semifinal matches on Tuesday, June 29.  The US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Champions will be crowned following Final games on Wednesday, June 30.
        US Youth Soccer State Cup champions and select runners-up from 12 state associations, including host South Texas Youth Soccer Association will participate.  The other state associations represented are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Texas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
        Regional winners of the Under-14 through Under-19 brackets earn a berth to the 2004 US Youth Soccer National Championships to be played July 20-25, in Lake Buena Vista, Fl. at the Disney’s Wide World of Sports® Complex.
        Following individual State Cup tournaments, the US Youth Soccer Regional Championships are the second stage of the country’s premier national youth soccer tournament.  The chronological dates and locations for the four US Youth Soccer Regional Championships and the US Youth Soccer National Championships are: 
   

• 2004 US Youth Soccer Far West Regional Championships
  Plantes Ferry and Polo Fields - Spokane, WA.
  June 20-26, 2004
   

• 2004 US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championships
  Travis County – NE Metro Park – Austin, TX.
  June 24-30, 2004
   

• 2004 US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Championships
  Sportscore Complexes 1 & 2 – Rockford, IL.
  June 25-30, 2004
   

• 2004 US Youth Soccer Region I Championships
  University of Rhode Island – Kingston, R.I.
  June 30 – July 5, 2004
   

• 2004 US Youth Soccer National Championships
  Disney’s Wide World of Sports® Complex - Lake Buena Vista, FL.
  July 20-25, 2004
   
  For more information please log on to http://www.usyouthsoccer.org

• The Huntsville Soccer Club (HSC) Strikers '92 Blue team coached by Henry Mpagi and Christy Copeland dominated the U-12 division this Memorial Day Weekend at the regional Memphis Invitational Tournament. The team earned their title as tournament champions by defeating FC Dallas (Texas) 3-1 and the Memphis FC (Tennessee) 5-2 in the preliminaries, the Solar FC (Texas) 2-1 in the semi-finals, and then the North Texas Strikers (2-0) in the finals! Alex Clay scored six goals, Bradley Boyett had four - including a hat trick against Memphis - Zach Clark and Sam Witt each with a goal, and Bobby Copeland led the team with six assists.

• Bill Dworsky of the Huntsville Soccer Club U16 Boys State Champions scorers two goals against Finland and one against US MNT U17 and one against South Africa to lead all scorers at the adidas Super Group Tournament.
        http://www.usysa.org/mediacenter/N/66376_E.html
        US Youth Soccer Boys ODP Region III defeats Finland Under-17 Men’s National Team 4 - 0.
        The US Youth Soccer Boys ODP Region III team handed Finland a decisive loss as the Region III defense kept them off the scoreboard. Region III scored four goals to none as Bill Dworsky (AL) started them off early with a goal in the 6th minute then followed-up later with another in the 59th. Sonny Guadarrama (TX) added a goal in the 75th minute as his buddy from the Lone Star State Manuel Mariel (TX) did in the 63rd minute of play.
        http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/scripts/runisa.dll?m2:gp::
  15040+mediacenter/display+E+66463+A
        US Youth Soccer Boys ODP Region III vs. U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team 3:1 The US Youth Soccer Boys ODP Region III team had the U.S. Under-17 Men's defense guessing as Region III poured on three goals to one.  Billy Dworsky
  (AL) started things off in the 14th minute with Luis Fraz (TX) following his lead in the 17th minute followed by one for good measure in the 60th minute by teammate Estavan Mariel.  Dworsky netted his second goal of the adidas Super Group.
   
• http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/mediacenter/N/66601_E.html
  US Youth Soccer Boys ODP Region III vs. Ajax Capetown (South Africa) 2:1 Ajax Capetown started the scoring off early in the 3rd minute. US Youth Soccer Boys ODP Region III team tied the game in the 8th minute with Bill Dworsky's (AL) third goal of the adidas Super Group to lead all scorers. Teammate Luis Fraz (TX) scored his second goal of the adidas Super Group in the 21st minute to give Region III the come from behind victory.
   
• US Youth Soccer Boys ODP Finish Unbeaten
  US Youth Soccer Boys ODP competing in adidas Super Group at Disney Soccer Showcase
  Bill Dworsky leads all scorers
  http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/mediacenter/N/66601_E.html
        As the sun set on the adidas Super Group at the Disney Soccer Showcase in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, the four regional teams from the US Youth Soccer Boys Olympic Development Program remained unbeaten. In the final day of action, the regional teams finished what they started and ended a great weekend of play.
        "What a great weekend for US Youth Soccer's ODP programs," said Bob Boupane, Boys ODP Chairman. "Congratulations to our players and coaches as well as the international teams represented. We are very proud of our boys and the level of play they continue to bring to the US Youth Soccer ODP program. The adidas Super Group provided a great test and our programs withstood the pressure."
       The US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Regional Teams remained unbeaten to finish an outstanding start to the adidas Super Group. Joining the US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Regional teams are the U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team; Under-17 Men's National Team from Finland and the Under-17 club teams from Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) and Ajax Capetown (South Africa).
   

2003 Champions and Finalists

Kicks '92 Finish Second at Germantown

The U12 Boys State Champs (Kicks 92) went to Germantown December 6th and 7th and had major success. Playing in the Premier Division, the top division of the Germantown Invitational Tournament with featured teams such as Oklahoma State champions and finalists, Mississippi State champs and finalists, Missouri finalists, Illinois finalists and the number 1 ranked team from Georgia.

The Georgia State Champs - Cobb Chiefs Gold, went into the tournament ranked 14th in the nation by www.Nationalsoccerranking.com. The Kicks went in this weekend ranked 26th in the nation, and Naperville, Illinois were ranked 29th in the nation. Naperville beat the Chiefs 1-0 in the semi-finals and the Kicks won their group play to advance to the final to face the Illinois team. The Kicks '92 team fought hard and lost 1-0 in the final - proving they can compete with the best teams out there. It was a tremendous accomplishment for a local team to be in such a prestigious tournament among such tough competition and make it to the final.

Kicks '92 results were: www.gscfury.com
vs. ESC Royals (Edmond, OK) 1-0
vs. Mississippi United (Rankin, MS) 1-2
vs. Busch SC (St. Louis, MO) 1-0
vs. Naperville, IL 0-1 (FINALS)

• Bob Jones Girl's Soccer Team is Honored by NSCAA
  
  Three more honors were given to the Bob Jones Girl's Soccer team this past week.
  
  First, the team qualified for the sixth year in a row for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award. To qualify for the award, the team must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 for the entire academic year.
  
  Secondly, Erica Wales, starting goalkeeper on the 2003 6A championship team, was selected as an National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas Scholar Athlete All-American. She is one of 38 athletes selected from a pool of more than 300 nominees from across the nation. The honorees will be recognized at the NSCAA All-America Luncheon on Jan. 17, 2004. The luncheon is part of the 57th Annual NSCAA Convention, which will be held January 14-18, 2004, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C.
  
  And finally, Coach Ken Hudson was selected as the Region III (South) Coach of the Year for large high schools. He is now in the running for the National Coach of the Year which will be selected at the NSCAA Awards dinner on January 16, 2004.
  http://www.nscaa.com/docs/03rhscoy.htm

• 2003 Alabama Division II State Cup
  November 7 - 9 in Huntsville, Alabama
  2003 Division II State Cup Champions
  U11B  Kicks ' 93 Red
  U12G  Lady Kicks Red Hots '92
  U12B  Kicks FC ' 92
  U13G  Lady Kicks '91 White
  U13B  NAU Avalanche
  U14B  Kicks '90 Red
  U16G  NAU Samba ' 88
  U16B  Decatur United '88

• Snickers State Cup
  Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2003 in Huntsville, Alabama
  2003 State Champions
  U13 Boys - HSC Strikers 91
  U14 Boys - HSC 90 Strikers
  U15 Girls - NAU Samba 89
  U16 Boys - HSC Strikers 88
  U17 Girls - Lady Kicks 87 Red
   
• The following NASL teams were crowned Alabama State Champions at the 2003 Snickers Cup and will represent the state of Alabama at Region III Regionals in 2004:
  U14 Boys - HSC 90 Strikers
  U15 Girls - NAU Samba 89
  U16 Boys - HSC Strikers 88
  U17 Girls - Lady Kicks 87 Red
   
• In the Snickers Cup for U13 Boys the HSC Strikers '91 were crowned state champions.
   
• The Madison Soccer Club '93 Shockers won the U11 Blue Division at the Top Gun Invitational Tournament in Pensacola, FL November 1-2, 2003.
   
• The following NASL teams finished as finalists at the 2003 Snickers Cup:
  Samba '91 Girls, Lady Kicks 90, VFC Arsenal U15 Boys, and Madison SC Shockers U18 Girls.

• The CDS Venom U12 Boys made it to the Governors Cup Finals in a 15 team field, before losing to the Dothan Shockers '92.
• The Madison Soccer Club '95 Shockers won the U9 Boys age group at the 2003 Governor's Cup in October.
• The Kicks '95 Red were finalists in the U9 Boys age group at the 2003 Governor's Cup.
• The HSC Strikers '94 were champions in the U10 Rec Age Group at the 2003 Governor's Cup.
• The Kicks '94 Red were champions in the U10 Competitive Age Group at the 2003 Governor's Cup.
• The Decatur Freedom finished as finalists in the U10 Rec Age Group at the 2003 Governor's Cup.
• In the U10 Competitive Girls age group at Governor's Cup the Lady Kicks '94 Red finished as champions and the NAU Samba '94 Yellow were finalists.
• The Samba '93 were champions in the U12 Girls Age Group at the Governor's Cup.

September 2003

• Blue-Gray Classic - Montgomery
  Champions:
  • The U11 River City Raptors from Decatur won the U11/12 Grey age group
     
• TNFC Fall Classic - Franklin, TN
  Champions:
  • The HSC Strikers '92 Blue won the U-12 Gold Division at the TNFC Fall Classic.
  • Valley Futbol Club U -15 Boys Arsenal won the boys gold division at the TNFC Fall Classic by defeating the current Tennessee state champion and tying the Tennessee State Runner up.
  • Lady Strikers 94 - U10 Girls Champions
    
     
• TNFC Fall Classic
  Finalists:
  • The Avalanche '91 U13 Boys team coached by Bob Evans was the finalist in the U13
    B Silver division in the TNFC Fall Classic tournament in Franklin, TN.
  • Decatur Revolution '95 B U9
  • HSC Strikers '85 B U17-19
  • NAU Scorpions '92 U 12 Boys

August 2003 - Atlanta Cup

• Posted by ALAsoccer to Al.com's soccer forum on 8/31/2003.
  Atlanta Cup is second largest youth soccer tournament in America. Of the 25 Alabama teams participating, six teams were semifinalists and one team is left in tomorrow's final. Congratulations to Jets 88 Blue who made it to the U16 Boys B division final and good luck tomorrow!  (Follow-up - Jets lose to Norcross Fury Gold in overtime. Final score 2-1.) The results are found at http://www.atlantacup.com/
  The 6 semi-finalists are:
  • U11 Boys Div A: Kicks 93 Red
  • U15 Boys Div B: Kicks 89
  • U15 Girls Div A: NAU Samba FC
  • U19 Girls Div A: Attack 86
  • U19 Girls Div B: Angels 86
  • U19 Girls Div C: Lady Kicks 86.

  The Angels 90 and Kicks 87 both were fifth in points in the their divisions. A break here or there and they would have also made the semi-finals.
   

• Samba 89 advanced to the semi finals in the A bracket of the Atlanta Cup this weekend:
  Samba 3 United Quest 0
  Samba 3 Forsythe Rowdies 0
  Samba 1 AFC Lightning 0
  Samba lost to Top Hat Gold (Region III Champions) in the semi finals 4-1. The Top Hat striker is the starting striker for the U16 National Team and scored 3 of the Top Hat four goals.

June 2003 - Regionals

• Samba did not advance but we had a great Regional experience. Beat Arkansas 1-0. Lost to La (NOSA) 1-0. Tied SC (St Giles Extreme) 1-1. We played some of our best soccer ever. The two goals we gave up were on a PK and a corner kick. Otherwise we shut everyone down. We had shots off the post, off the cross bar and in the box at the keeper but ball would not go down. We possessed the ball most of every game and had 3-1 ratio on corner kicks.
       NOSA lost to Top Hat 2-1 in the semi. Top Hat beat Dallas Sting 2-1 in the finals. We were that close. We won a lot of respect for the club and gained the confidence that we can play at this level if we prepare for it. This was a great confidence booster going into next season. If you have never been there, the Regionals are everything you have heard and then some. Many thanks to our good friends around the Region who helped us prepare.
  See you in Austin, Texas next year.
  Cheers,
  Samba FC
   
• For the second year in a row the U19 Lady Kicks from North Alabama make it to the Finals at Regionals. They lost 3-0 to Georgia in the finals on July 1st. A girls team from Alabama has never won Regionals.  http://www.gasoccer.org/gysacup/regionals/19ga.html
  Charlie Zarzour
   

April 2003

• Congratulations to the Lady Kicks '91 and the Kicks '92 Boys for their successful weekends at the TNFC Spring Cup! The Lady Kicks were winners of the Girls U12 A division, and the Kicks '92 Boys were Co-Champions (Final game was cancelled due to bad weather) with the ERSA Express in the Boys U11 A division.
• Congratulations to the Lady Kicks '91. They traveled to Franklin, TN this past weekend (April 6,7) for the TNFC Spring Cup Tournament and were Tournament Champions in the Girls U12 A Division. Game 1 the Kicks played Diadora Lady Impact form Knoxville; This was a well-fought game where the Kicks came out on top 1-0. In game two, they played the Rochester Lightning 91 form Rochester Michigan. After surrendering the first goal of the game, the Kicks fought back to win the game 2-1. Game three Sunday morning had them matched up with the United Quest from Atlanta Georgia. The Kicks handled the Quest with relative ease winning 4-0. This placed the Kicks into the finals against defending Champions TNFC Lady Rhythm (Ranked 23rd in the Nation, and 6th in Region III). TNFC had not given up a goal in any of their three bracket games winning 4-0, 5-0, 4-0 respectively. This was certainly going to be a tough opponent. The Kicks took the lead early scoring 10 minutes into the game off a nice piece of passing down the flank with the goal coming of a cross from the right side. The Kicks went up 2-0 five minuets later when they caught TNFC napping on a short corner. TNFC fought right back and scored 3 minutes later. It was a long hard fought battle for the rest of the half ending at 2-1. The second half started out evenly, with both teams having a few scoring chances. Fifteen minutes into the second half of the game, lighting struck and the game was postponed. Rain soon followed and the game was called early with the final score 2-1 Kicks. Lessons learned on going up early and holding on :-) Congratulations to the Lady Kicks '91 as they win their 3rd tournament of the season.
• The Kicks '92 Boys are tournament Champions again. After recently winning the Memphis Blowout tournament in Memphis March 22, 23, the Kicks '92 maintained their national ranking and undefeated Spring Tournament play this past weekend in Franklin, TN at the TNFC Spring Classic in the Boys U11 A division. In game one, they defeated the tournament host team, TNFC Premier 5-3. In Game 2, they defeated the Diadora Impact of out Knoxville 3-2 and advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, they were up 1-0 at the half over the Evansville Elite Flames from Indiana, and unfortunately due to bad weather the game was called and after a 10 minute waiting period the game was declared over and the Kicks were game winners by tournament rule. Unfortunately, there was no Final game to be played due to the bad weather and the Kicks 92 had to settle with Tournament Co Championship with the ERSA Express out of Chattanooga, winners in the other semi final, also cut short due to weather (2-1 in the second half). The boys showed great discipline and intensity playing strong two tournaments in a row and lifted their level of play with each game. Congratulations boys!!! A special thanks to Alex Clay and Coach Henry Mpagi of the HSC Blue 92, for Alex's massive contributions as a guest player over the weekend.

March 2003

• Kicks 92 U11 Boys team win the Inaugural Memphis Blowout Tournament.  They defeated the JFC 92 (Jackson Futbol Club, MS - recent winners of the Vulcan Cup in Birmingham) 2-1 in the semi-finals, and defeated MFC 92 (Memphis Futbol Club) 2-0 in
  the finals. The kids played great and had a lot of fun.
• Game 1 the Kicks played to top ranked team from Tennessee, the Memphis Futbol Club (MFC) 92 (ranked 16 in Region III). This was a well fought game where the Kicks pulled off a miraculous comeback coming back from a 2-0 deficit in the final 90 seconds of the game to score two crucial goals to tie the game. In game two, they defeated the Germantown Fury 92 3-0. Game three in the semi finals they faced an extremely talented opponent in the Jackson Futbol Club (JFC) 92, (the top team in Mississippi (ranked 15 in Region III), recent Champions of the Vulcan Cup in Birmingham, AL). This was a tough battle. The Kicks went down 1-0 with 9 minutes left in the game, but mustered up the courage to pull off another final minute heroics finish by scoring with three minutes left in the game to tie it, and then again in the final minute of the game to seal the victory. In the finals they had a rematch against the MFC 92 again, an outstanding team. This time the Kicks took the lead early scoring 20 seconds into the game. It was a long hard fought battle, but the Kicks prevailed and scored again in the final minute of the game to seal the victory winning 2-0.

February 2003
 

• Huntsville High School Varsity Girls won the Southern Shootout in Bay Minette, and did not give up a goal. Scores were:
  HHS v Daphne, 6A (2-0)
  HHS v St. Paul, 6A (8-0)
  HHS v Baldwin County, 6A (5-0)
  HHS v Daphne, 6A (again in the finals) (6-0) game called at the half due to weather.
  
  2nd Team All-Tournament
  Madeline Knott and Keavy Nenninger
  
  1st Team All-Tournament
  Stephanie Boyd (7 goals in the tournament), Mally Cash, Meghan Calvert (8th grader Keeper), Sullivan Saunders and Tiffany Sobul
  
  Tournament Defensive MVP - Katie O'Reilly
  Tournament Offensive MVP - Sarah Marek (8 goals in the tournament)
  
  HHS Girls are now 5-0-0, scoring 32 goals giving up 0.

September 2002

• NASL Teams do well at TNFC Fall Classic Tournament in Franklin, TN
  Three NASL teams won the Premier (highest level of play) Divisions of their age groups at the  TNFC Fall Classic September 21st and 22nd in Franklin, Tennessee. The HSC Strikers Blue '87 won the U16 Boys division.  The HSC Strikers Blue '88 won the U15 Boys division.  The Kicks '92 won the U11 Premier group.  In addition the Decatur United U17 team finished second in the U18 Boys group.  The HSC '92 Blue finished second in the U11 Premier group.  On the girls side the '89 Shockers Girls finished second in the U14 Girls group and the HSC '91 Lady Strikers finished second in the U12 Girls Classic Division.

August 2002

• Samba FC 89 Girls (U14) advanced to the semi-finals in the A bracket of the Atlanta Cup this weekend. Results were as follows:
  Samba 6 - Atlanta Metros 2
  Samba 1 - GSA Phoenix Red (Ga. State Champions) 1
  Samba 2 - St. Giles Thunder (Greenville SC) 1
  Triangle FC Navy (NC State Champs and #4 in Group III Region) 1 - Samba 0
        Samba was tied 0-0 with the Triangle FC when they scored on a corner kick with 2 minutes remaining in regulation play. United Quest Red (Ranked 8th in the Group III Region) beat GSA Phoenix Red on PK's in the other semi final. Triangle FC went on to beat the Quest 2-1 in the finals.
        Samba FC 89 is coached by Richard Todd and is made up entirely of players from the Huntsville/Madison area.
   
• The U12 River City Raptors, a new NASL girls team from Decatur, played in and won their first tournament ever at the Summer Sizzler in Tuscaloosa August 24th.  Their first match at the Sizzler (also their first match ever) was played on the stadium field of the University of Alabama soccer team.  Check out the pictures from their matches at
  http://www.mvpphoto.net/mp_includes/index_ie2.asp

February 2003

• Huntsville High School Varsity Girls won the Southern Shootout in Bay Minette, and did not give up a goal. Scores were:
  HHS v Daphne, 6A (2-0)
  HHS v St. Paul, 6A (8-0)
  HHS v Baldwin County, 6A (5-0)
  HHS v Daphne, 6A (again in the finals) (6-0) game called at the half due to weather.
  
  2nd Team All-Tournament
  Madeline Knott and Keavy Nenninger
  
  1st Team All-Tournament
  Stephanie Boyd (7 goals in the tournament), Mally Cash, Meghan Calvert (8th grader Keeper), Sullivan Saunders and Tiffany Sobul
  
  Tournament Defensive MVP - Katie O'Reilly
  Tournament Offensive MVP - Sarah Marek (8 goals in the tournament)
  
  HHS Girls are now 5-0-0, scoring 32 goals giving up 0.

September 2002

• NASL Teams do well at TNFC Fall Classic Tournament in Franklin, TN
  Three NASL teams won the Premier (highest level of play) Divisions of their age groups at the  TNFC Fall Classic September 21st and 22nd in Franklin, Tennessee. The HSC Strikers Blue '87 won the U16 Boys division.  The HSC Strikers Blue '88 won the U15 Boys division.  The Kicks '92 won the U11 Premier group.  In addition the Decatur United U17 team finished second in the U18 Boys group.  The HSC '92 Blue finished second in the U11 Premier group.  On the girls side the '89 Shockers Girls finished second in the U14 Girls group and the HSC '91 Lady Strikers finished second in the U12 Girls Classic Division.

August 2002

• Samba FC 89 Girls (U14) advanced to the semi-finals in the A bracket of the Atlanta Cup this weekend. Results were as follows:
  Samba 6 - Atlanta Metros 2
  Samba 1 - GSA Phoenix Red (Ga. State Champions) 1
  Samba 2 - St. Giles Thunder (Greenville SC) 1
  Triangle FC Navy (NC State Champs and #4 in Group III Region) 1 - Samba 0
        Samba was tied 0-0 with the Triangle FC when they scored on a corner kick with 2 minutes remaining in regulation play. United Quest Red (Ranked 8th in the Group III Region) beat GSA Phoenix Red on PK's in the other semi final. Triangle FC went on to beat the Quest 2-1 in the finals.
        Samba FC 89 is coached by Richard Todd and is made up entirely of players from the Huntsville/Madison area.
   
• The U12 River City Raptors, a new NASL girls team from Decatur, played in and won their first tournament ever at the Summer Sizzler in Tuscaloosa August 24th.  Their first match at the Sizzler (also their first match ever) was played on the stadium field of the University of Alabama soccer team.  Check out the pictures from their matches at
  http://www.mvpphoto.net/mp_includes/index_ie2.asp

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