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BY GARY SPARKS

PREMIER CHAIRMAN MESSAGE

This is the last CSL Premier Magazine forthe 2015 Season. This year’s issues havefocused on improving the game environ-

ment for the player’s health and safety, playerrecruiting requirements, coaching and playerdevelopment as well as attempting to addresssome of the major issues confronting the sportincluding the lack of respect for the game offi-cials, the coaches and even the players them-selves.If one just watches just a few games, it becomes ob-vious that some parents, spectators and coaches justcannot let the players do their thing. The rational fortheir behavior seems to be that they believe their actionson the sidelines will influence the calls of the referee,the behavior of the opponent players and somehowchange the outcome of the game itself. Just how manytimes have you ever seen any of the above “changes”actually happen? In reality, you have probably seenthings only get worse on the field and never not get bet-ter. And just how will this sideline behavior carry over tocollege games, semi pro or pro games for that matter?Will college coaches condone this type of behavior orwill they just bench the player?Yes, there is no question that parents do have a lotriding on their child’s performance: the “scholarship” atthe end of the rainbow. But I argue that if every playerfollows the guidelines set forth by the NCAA, NSCAA,Cal South and CSL, a player can obtain a scholarshipthat will really mean something to their future successes,not just athletically but for their life after sports.If I can convince the sideline spectators to believe justone thing I have said this year, it is the answer to the fol-lowing question: Why has their child chosen soccer andwhy are they so willing to devote so much of their timeto this sport?That answer is very simple and very compelling. It isbecause THEY LOVE THE GAME. They love to play thegame.As already stated, a lot of the previous CSL PremierMagazine space has been devoted to players advancingtheir soccer careers to a higher level: College, US Na-tional Teams and Professional Contracts. While all of theabove are admirable goals and a fine result for many ofour players, I am of the opinion that college and profes-sional soccer is NOT what youth soccer is all about. Youth soccer has intangibles that come out of socceraside from college. Too many parents think that just be-

cause their kid played soccer for the last 13years they deserve something for college. Andif they don't get it, they are bitter towards soc-cer. However, college scholarship is not whytheir child plays. Today, as players have fordecades before today, play because they loveplaying. Not to mention they make lifelongfriends, travel all over the country and spendquality time with their family at different tour-

naments and weekend events. Soccer is the best youth sport in the world. But guess

what? Soccer is an ageless sport. Most competitive play-ers play soccer as long as he or she is able to kick theball. Organized soccer does not stop at U19. Soccer for players after CSL, consists of many, manyopportunities: College Intramural, Men’s Leagues,Women’s Leagues, Fraternity Leagues, Sorority Leagues,Co-ed Leagues, Semi Pro Leagues, Over 30 Leagues,Over 40 leagues, etc., etc. and the list goes on and on.Anyone who loves the game and wants to continue toplay will find a team for them. A little know fact: South-ern California Adult Leagues combined are larger thanCSL and CSL hosts thousands of teams.Playing in college is just a bonus. But it is very difficultto tell people that now because there is too muchmoney involved but, in reality, it is how it should be con-sidered, a bonus.My point, your child plays for the love of the game.He or she plays because they simply love to play. Andanything else they receive from the game is just a bonus.All we need to do is to make sure we do nothing to hin-der their love of the sport. All we need to do is supportthem in any way we can. A

Coast Soccer League2015 PREMIER COMMITTEE

Premier Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary SparksVice Chairwoman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marguerite CochranBoys U16 & U19 Competitive Chairwoman . . . Karen SparksGirls U16 thru 19 Competitive Chairwoman . . Karen SparksReferee Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick CruzMarketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Ritter Action Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Campbell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill ReeseTeam Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Campbell of NuPhotoWebmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David FlieglerData Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roma KleinPrinter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam George of PTS Marketing Group

Playing in the top Premier division of CoastSoccer League (CSL), Celtic Hibs iscoached by Luis Ramirez Assistant Coach

Travis Holland; and managed by Richard Wo-jtasiak. The team was built from the begin-ning by Head Coach Luis and has been a winner everystep of the way. Further solidifying their determina-tion and hard work, a perfect 12-0 first place Silverseason guided their decision to skip Silver Elite, andcompete to a second place 7-2-2 Gold Season. Withan impressive 30-5-2 record, and 107 goals for and34 goals against, over the first three seasons, the Hibswere optimistic and thankful for the opportunity tocompete at the Premier level last season and didn’tdisappoint with a 7-3-3 record. Currently, the team is ranked #48 in the country by

gotsoccer.com and #8 in California SouthState ranking. Coach Luis has added some ex-citing talent to supplement the existing teamand hope to challenge for a top place finish atthe Premier level of CSL. A

BOYS UNDER 16

CELTIC HIBS

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BOYS UNDER 15

NOTTS FOREST RED TEAM

The Notts Forest (NFFC) BU15 Red team – cur-rently ranked #8 in CalSouth and coached byErik Andersen since their 2012-2013 (BU12)

season – is eager to play in the CSL PremierLeague for a second year in a row. Several newplayers, who are expected to contribute to theteam’s near- and long-term success, have been re-cently added. The team were unceremoniouslybounced from CRL failing to qualify via CRL Play-In thisyear. This year’s goal is to try and earn an automatic quali-fication. And although their hopes of advancing to theSurf Cup quarter finals in their first tournament togetherwere dashed after having lost 1-0 to the 2014-2015

BU14 CalSouth National Cup champions in thelast 30 seconds; the team’s national rankingjumped 38 positions after also having tied the13th-ranked, and having defeated the 7th-ranked, team in the nation. The team’s success results from the club’s phi-losophy of putting player improvement and teamdevelopment over recruitment, and committing

to “teaching respect and promoting a love of the gameamong … players, coaches, parents and community.”For example, five of the original BU8 players remain onthe roster, and most have been with the team for morethan three years. A

The San Diego United Futbol Club wasfounded in 2008 in San Diego’s east county.The club is committed to player development.

A core group of players who started with SanDiego United as under 11 boys in 2008 are still onthe team today. Now the boys under 18 team isplaying in the Coast League Premier Division. Theyearned their spot in the Coast League Premier thisyear by winning the Coast League Gold Division last sea-son. Prior to moving to the Coast League last season theteam played in the San Diego Developmental Academy.The team is coached by Sami Brahim Nedjar who is goinginto his fourth season as head coach. Sami is a USSF ALicensed coach who has been coaching soccer for manyyears and at many levels including, youth club, highschool, ODP and college.

The team is made up of 18 seniors and threejuniors from 11 different high schools all withplans of attending college. Sixteen of the playershave a 3.5 GPA or higher and nine of the playershave a GPA of 4.0 or higher!! Most of the play-ers on the team are hoping to continue their soc-cer careers past high school. The team has hadsome success winning the San Diego United

Summer Challenge Tournament the last three years,winning the SoCal Showcase in 2013 and 2014, AlbionCup National Showcase in 2014, and advancing to thesemifinals of the Players Showcase in Las Vegas in 2014.Coach Nedjar said, “This is a great group of boys. Notonly are they a good team, but, they are like family! Itis awesome that they get to compete on such a bigstage in their last season together.” A

BOYS UNDER 18

SAN DIEGO UNITED U18 BLACK


There is no doubt that this Carlsbad Eliteteam has determination and knows howto persevere. In the past three years, this

team has grown from a 5th place finisher in theCSL Premier bracket to finishing in second placelast season. They have gone from their 2013appearance in the NPL Championship Cup,where they didn’t advance out of their bracket, to beinga finalist in 2014 at the same event. In National Cupthis past spring, despite injuries, Carlsbad Elite was a fi-nalist, narrowly missing a bid to the Far West RegionalChampionship. All the successes in the past year wereachieved after transitioning to new leadership, underCoach Brett Williams, and many new faces on thesquad.The goal of the upcoming CSL season is to focus oneach player’s development – creating optimal physicalfitness, technical skills and mental toughness. Addition-ally, with a few more roster changes, the players wantthe season to bring them closer together, realizing that

team unity and bonding will create strength onthe field. By approaching the CSL season in thismanner, the Carlsbad Elite girls know it will pre-pare them for what post-season holds…. Cali-fornia Regional League, Las Vegas Showcase,National Cup, and more. The ultimate teamgoal is, once again, a bid for the National Cham-

pionship. With hard work and determination, their fu-ture looks bright.Amidst all the soccer training, recently the club an-nounced its affiliation with the MLS team, LA Galaxy. Inthe next year, due to this new venture, we anticipatemore exposure and opportunity for all our teams. TheElite 98 girls, however, all of who are either juniors orseniors, realize that their time is now to take it to thenext level in their quest to play collegiate soccer. Witha combined team GPA of over 3.8, each player will con-tinue to study hard and train hard to see their dreamsof playing at the college level come to fruition. A

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CARLSBAD ELITE

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Those “in the know”, would likely describethe current Carlsbad GU15 Elite team in thesame way as they would the current Man-

chester United squad. A team (unwittingly) intransition mode. A team capable of winning everygame. A team that has an abundance of potential.A team filled to the brim with ambition and chem-istry. A team that is climbing through the gears but hasa turbo-charge button that it has yet to press.Having lost more than a handful of its regular startersover the last 12 months or so, Carlsbad has been suc-cessful in recruiting new and welcome talent that to-gether with the established players, demonstrate thepassion and commitment of the team of old. The latter part of the 2014-15 season clearly demon-strates just how “transitional” the team is. The girls can

boast a second place finish in the CSL Premier Lea-guer (with only one point difference); and a fourthplace finish in the California Regional League,qualifying for the US Youth Soccer Region IVChampionships. This qualification led them to afun-filled week in Boise and reaching the RegionIV quarterfinals.

Under the watchful eye of Coach Brett Williams andwith some of the noisiest (yet “sporting”) fans, theteams facing the Carlsbad GU15 Elite team this seasonshould prepare themselves for a real contest no matterwhat the league or tournament. Just like the currentManchester United team, if you play against them youshould hope that Carlsbad Elite is not firing on all cylin-ders!!!A

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GIRLS UNDER 15

ALBION WHITE

Albion GU15W is extremely proud and ex-cited to be part of the girls’ Premier Divisionof Coast Soccer League for the upcoming

2015 season. Although based out of Point Loma,San Diego, this team draws players from all overSan Diego County and Orange County. Compet-ing at this same level last season, the team facedmany challenges, playing most of the season with 3-4injured players at any given time. We were proud of thefight these girls had, and although they landed in 7thplace, they only gave up 4 losses the entire season. Withsome roster changes this year, and some serious trainingthis summer, Albion Gu15 is ready to compete and theirplan is to finish at the top! Albion Gu15 is led by Head Coach, Ernie Romero.Ernie has been with Albion Soccer Club for 3 years. Hecurrently holds an E license. Ernie’s playing backgroundgoes from youth play for Arsenal Soccer Club, throughcollege play for Cal State Northridge and Mount San An-

tonio College. He previously coached for ArsenalSoccer Club as a head coach, and Tualatin HillsUnited SC., ultimately landing at Albion San Diego.He currently coaches 4 teams for Albion, and re-cently coached his Gu16 team to compete for aNational Title in Oklahoma, landing 3rd place inthe nation. Coach Ernie has a knack for connect-

ing with players and challenges them to perform to theirfull potential. He will tell you that “Talent opens doors,but character gets you through it.”Albion Gu15’s play as a team, with heart and passionfor this game. While being taught Albion’s style of cre-ative possession soccer, and incorporating a deep driveand passion for the game, you are sure to see some ris-ing stars out of this group. With many goals in place forthis elite group of athletes, the ultimate is to land in FarWest Regionals and eventually take home a Nationaltitle. These girls have the skill, determination, and heartsto make this happen.A

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BOYS UNDER 17

ALBION WHITE

We are Albion SC White - Gins BU17, sev-enteen players coached by Noah Ginsand Andre Schmid. The majority of our

players have been teammates for six years or moreand have developed an incredibly close bond witheach other. This is clearly evident in their supportof each other on the field and their friendships offthe field. Our team has travelled extensively over the years andbecause parent participation is outstanding, many familyfriendships have developed as well. We train at RobbField in San Diego and travel to Irvine every weekend toplay our CSL games. We also play in California Regional

League and National League. Our boys have twooverriding goals - to be Youth Soccer NationalChampions and to play college soccer. We have excelled in National League, travellingto North Carolina in December and Las Vegas inMarch. This has earned us a spot in the NationalChampionship tournament the last two years,

travelling to Germantown, MD in July 2014 and Tulsa,OK in July 2015. We train with the focus of making it athird straight year this next summer in Frisco, TX. Ourcurrent rank in Cal South is 2nd, our Region IV rank is7th, and our National rank is 15th. A

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GIRLS UNDER 16

CARLSBAD ELITE

After the Coast League, Carlsbad returnedto the National League with impressive vic-tories playing in North Carolina and Las

Vegas. Playing top talent from Florida, Tennessee,Arizona, Pennsylvania and of course Southern Cal-ifornia, Carlsbad took second place in the NationalLeague. Carlsbad continued to gain national recognition bywinning the California Regional League and making itto the finals of the Far West Regional Championship inBoise, Idaho. There impressive play earned them a tripto the National Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thiswas Carlsbad's second straight year qualifying for the

National Championship. The Carlsbad Elite Girls are directed by Head

Coach and Club Director of Girls, Carl Higham.The team is anchored at Goalkeeper with threegoalies, Ashley Seymour, Avrie Fox, and Ashley Er-ickson. The stingy Defense includes Erin Sinai,Piper Wurth, Cheyenne Balodis, Brooke Miller and

Jocelyn Panduro. The impressive middle includes SierraEnge, Kayleigh Webb, Sydney Denofrio, Kami Hoban,Emma Bushee, Jaycee Johnson, Brielle Jones, Tina Odd-one, and Brooke Giles. Finally up top Carlsbad has EmilyKnepler, Emelia Owen, Claire Moore and Kacie Pou. A


BOYS UNDER 16

CERRITOS UNITED SOCCER CLUB BLUE

CUSC 99 Bu-16 Premier returns for its thirdyear, coached by Ben Prado. The team is ahard working group of student athletes

whose dedication to the team is what makes themsuch an easy group to coach. Almost all the boyscarry a 3.0 and above, which has been the em-phasis of coach Ben Prado since he started thisteam as a Bu-09 team. Like all teams, the team has gonethrough many changes and challenges which havemade this team stronger.Some of these boys have been with the team since U-09 and the core have been together for 4 years or morewith 4 new players added this year. With the new mem-

bers a stronger bond has grown that effectivelyshows in the way they play, and the camaraderieand confidence they have created on and off thefield. They have won numerous tournaments andjust last season our team reached the semis in Na-tional Cup, played there second year in the Na-tional Premier League finishing third, they were

invited and are playing out of the California RegionalLeague. They also had 5 boys invited to the ODP pro-gram. This group is young with many great opportuni-ties in front of them. This team can best be described asa diverse and skilled set of players all academically giftedand college bound when the time comes. A

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GIRLS UNDER 15

OCEANSIDE BREAKERS BLACK

The Oceanside Breakers G00 Black team ledby Coach Miguel Barragan had a great 2014season, as they were crowned Coast Soccer

League Premier Champions; a first in club history.The team is eager to defend their league title dur-ing the 2015 season. The Breakers feel preparedas they are coming off a very successful preseason– Surf Cup quarterfinalist (lost in pks), Albion Cup Na-tional Showcase Champions (2014, 2015), SoCal CupChampions and Attack Summer Classic Champions.

Team goals continue to be to play an attractivestyle of competitive soccer and learn life lessonsthrough soccer. Players have set forth an individualgoal to find the correct collegiate program thatsuits them academically and with soccer. As al-ways, we are very grateful for our amazing groupof parents and our awesome team managers,

along with great support base from our community andour club. Go Breakers!!! A


GIRLS UNDER 17

SOUTH VALLEY CARTER

Road Warriors! South Valley G98’s Coast Soc-cer League journey began in U10 BronzeNorth seven years ago. Back then, young

teams from Bakersfield played their ‘home’ gamesin Valencia! Our families were committed, andour girls loved the higher levels of competition asthey climbed the Coast Soccer League brackets. The girls received a huge reward for their commitmentand hard work by earning a Premier bracket berth atU14! This made their ‘home’ game venue UC Irvine, buteven with all the travel, South Valley’s G98 Carter teamboasts the statistic of rostering six girls on the team fromthe very beginning of the journey. Coach Jason Carter,who is also the director of the club, has been coachingthe G98s for the past four years, and in this last year, hehas helped the team attain accomplishments that are‘firsts’ for our club or for Kern County. Most notably, the South Valley G98 girls surprisedeveryone in the 2015 National Cup by reaching the semi-

final game where they were defeated by BeachFutbol Club, the eventual National Champion. OurSouth Valley girls always play with heart, and theycontinually drive to be stronger on the field; theycertainly love being challenged by great teams inthe Coast Soccer League Premier Bracket. Andeven though most of them can now ‘drive them-

selves’ to practice, their families all still loaded up intotheir cars on the weekends, press cruise control, and takeanother season’s worth of Coast Soccer League journeys!A

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BOYS UNDER 16

FULLERTON RANGERS WHITE

The Fullerton Rangers B99 White team plays inthe Premier Division of Coast Soccer League(CSL). Coached by Cristian Rus and managed

by Jose Salazar, the team tries to play a fast-paced,possession style game. The team has been quite successful over the pastcouple of seasons, including finishing in 1st place(and undefeated) in last season’s CSL Premier Division.Other recent accomplishments include finishing in 1stplace in last season’s National League (which included avictory against the 2014 National Champions United FAfrom Georgia), 2014 Cal South National Cup champions,1st place in 2014 California Regional League, 2014Coast League Cup champions, 2014 Region IV Far Westsemi-finalists and 2013 Surf Cup champions.

The team is looking to continue its success andfurther develop their skills by playing against someof the toughest competition across the country. Inaddition to CSL, the boys are also currently playingin the California Regional League and will be trav-eling to North Carolina in December and to LasVegas in March ’16 to participate again in the

prestigious US Youth National League competition. Theteam has high hopes for this season. The team’s objec-tive is to work hard in order to play better game bygame, hopefully qualifying to play in the National Cham-pionships next summer in Frisco, TX and eventually seethe boys go on to be successful in whatever they chooseto do. A


GIRLS UNDER 16

LA PREMIER FC

The 2015 GU-16, LA Premier CSL PREMIERLEAGUE Team has had a Tune-Up. We arenow at full strength and ready to play. Look

for a new style and improvement in play. The LA Premier, GU-16 PREMIER LEAGUE teamhas some new faces. Through our Never EndingRecruiting, we have added 7 new girls to our team.As is expected in recruiting, we sense and feel an im-provement. That is the Nature of Competitive Sports.A year ago after tryouts, we were around CAS #25 to#27 ranked. This Team has trained hard and developedinto a CAS Top Ten and National Top 100 Team. Our ex-

pectation is to be the best.A top goal for us now is to get ALL of our girlsonto College Soccer Teams. Many of our girls havespent the summer at college ID camps and open-ing lines of communication with their chosen col-leges.GU-16 is a PRIORITY year in the recruitment of

ALL of our girls. We will be playing in Major CollegeShowcase Tournaments for the next 2 years. ALL of ourgirls desire to play collegiate soccer. Now we need tocouple up winning and showcasing our girls.A

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GIRLS UNDER 15

FRAM MISEROY

FRAM Soccer Club GU15 Miseroy is a hardworking, loyal and committed group of girlsthat love to play together. Led by Coach Erick

Miseroy for the past three years, the team has im-proved steadily by dominating the 2014 GoldSouth bracket, finishing as the 2014 League Cupfinalist (only losing in PKs) and then earning thepromotion to Premier. Also earning a berth in the highlycompetitive California Regional League the last two years,they have enjoyed playing at the highest level. The teamwill also be participating in numerous college showcasesthroughout the season. Coach Erick Miseroy, who is also the Director of Goal-keeping for FRAM Soccer Club, has many years of coach-ing experience including High School and Collegepositions. As a High School teacher in addition to acoach, Coach Miseroy is a patient and skillful communi-cator who motivates the girls to become their best. He

is also a mentor to the girls and families, helpingnagivate the path to college soccer.FRAM Soccer Club was established in 1972 andis committed to providing the highest level of soc-cer training, education and competition to moti-vated youth players in the South Bay. FRAM has aheritage that separates us from other clubs in the

area through numerous championships and our longstanding affiliation with Nansen Field and the commu-nity.GU15 Miseroy is made up of girls who are not onlyhigh achieving athletes, but are also excellent studentsand serve their community. Players and parents love tobe together both on and off the field, but are most pas-sionate about cheering on the “FRAMily.” With talentedathletes, committed families and experienced coaches,GU15 Miseroy is looking forward to great year in CSLPremier.A


GIRLS UNDER 16

VENOM

Venom GU16 is a team that is based out ofthe Westchester area near LAX. The core ofthe team was originally AYSO All Star players

coached by Annabelle Gharibeh in 2009. Through-out the years as an AYSO team, Coach Annabellerecruited additional players to play in competitivetournaments against club teams. During this time,the girls were back to back Champions for both the StateGames and the Vegas Memorial Day tournament. Im-pressed with the talent that each player brought to thefield, Coach Annabelle formed a club team namedVenom in 2011. When deciding to take this team club,there was a goal for the girls to achieve. The goal was forthe team to be at the CSL Gold level before entering highschool. In the third year of playing club, the team skipped

Silver Elite and went straight to Gold. With the ded-ication from Coach Annabelle, the players and theirparents, this goal was accomplished. During their journey as a club team, they were2013 Disney International Cup Champions, 2014Vegas Players Showcase Finalist, 2015 Vegas Pre-mier Invitational Cup Champions and 2015 FC

Man United Summer Cup Champions.In 2014, Coach Annabelle turned the team over to herdaughter Shonice Myers. She has been successful incoaching the girls for the past year and getting them pre-pared to play at the CSL Premier Level. Coach Shoniceand Venom GU16 are looking forward to an amazingand competitive season!A

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GRANADA UNITED

As a group GU16 Granada United is very dy-namic in the ability to change our style ofplay to suit the game we are in. Our work

ethic and adaptability is what has helped the groupgrow and bond. We brought in a number of newassets this season to strengthen the group andgrow our game. Our strengths are constantthroughout the team with a real desire to learn which hasenabled our girls to develop so much this year. After thesuccess at the NPL Finals and continuing development theteam is very excited to start the 2015 fall season.

Our goal for the year is to attain the highest pos-sible league position we can and try to take our-selves into the top half of the premier table. Wewant to do this whilst playing our style of play andgain understanding of how to play under differentpressures and challenges. Player goals are to un-derstand their positions and their roles and respon-

sibilities in order for them to develop their understandingand thus giving them the best possible chance of suc-ceeding in games and in their future soccer experience.A


BOYS UNDER 14

TOTAL FUTBOL ACADEMY-OC

This is the first year playing at the Premier levelfor the TFA-OC B01 team. Coach Marius Rushas such great passion for the sport and he

strives to instill that same love for the game in theboys he coaches. The boys are expected to train hard,work hard and to be at their best/give their best atall times. Although players have come and gone overthe years, Coach Rus has taken this team from Bronze all

the way to Premier in a relatively short period of time. Such an achievement can be attributed/ is a tes-tament to the work ethic of these boys/. to thededication and motivation of all those involved. Regardless of the outcome, we look forward toplaying against some of the best teams in SouthernCalifornia. Here’s to a fun-filled, competitive 2015

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Total Futbol Academy – OC (“TFA-OC”) is ledby Coach Marius Rus. Coach Rus hascoached this team since they were U8’s.

TFA-OC is entering its 2nd year in the Premier Di-vision after capturing the U14 championship withan undefeated 9-0-3 record in 2014. The team is excited to take on the challenge oftrying to repeat as champions in the most competitiveleague and division in Southern California. Since last fall,the team has accomplished quite a bit including severaltournament championships with most notable being2015 U14 Dallas Cup Championship. Dallas Cup was asignificant accomplishment for this team as Dallas Cupis the most noted International Invitational Tournamentheld in the United States. The team swept through poolplay with a record of 3-0 with wins over teams from Dal-las, Guatemala and Utah. That’s when the crazinessbegan. The quarterfinal against Lonestar Academy wentto PKs and in the middle of PK’s our keeper, SeanO’Brien, was injured with a separated shoulder. Instepped our tallest player, Aaron Tebay, who has neverplayed keeper and he led us to a victorious round. In theSemi Final, again without our keeper and with defenderRyan Kay filling in, we faced TSA Hurricanes (Okla-homa), the previous year’s finalist, and in the 2nd OTAaron Tebay scored the eventual game winner for the1-0 win. In the finals, the team faced FC Dallas Academyat FC Dallas Stadium with the game being broadcast onTime Warner Cable. Cap-tain Tye Hernandezopened the scoring on apass from Kevin Bahena.FC Dallas answered laterin the 1st half. The teamplayed a hard foughtgame and with a 1-1score they again foundthemselves in PK’s. AaronTebay again stepped in tothe keeper role for thePK’s and saved 3 attemptsto send the team to thetitle. This was a tremen-dous accomplishment forthe boys and we look for-ward to defending ourcrown. The team has estab-lished itself as one of the

top teams at this age group and for a period oftime the team has been ranked in the top 10 na-tionally. We have added some exciting players tothe roster over the summer. The team’s roster isas follows: Gen Akamatsu, Steven Arreola, KevinBahena, Edwin Camacho, Ryan Candelario, PhilipFiguerres, Paco Hanon, Gabe Hernandez, Nic Her-

nandez, Tye Hernandez, Tyler Johnson, Ryan Kay, KevynLopez, Connor Molloy, Sean O’Brien, Eddy Ojeda, StevePerez, Ethan Ryver, Matt Sansone, Aaron Tebay. Theboys are hardworking players and are grateful for thesacrifices their parents make to support their soccer development. A

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BOYS UNDER 17

F.C. GOLDEN STATE EAST

F.C. Golden State BU17 East, formerly Premier98, is proud to be back and competing onceagain in the Coast Soccer League Premier. It has

been an amazing year for the team after yet an-other successful League season during 2014-2015;in which, they finished first place in points but dueto an unfortunate accumulation of yellow cardsforced the team to drop a point and settle for secondplace. The team has grown since then and learned amuch-needed lesson from the season allowing them towork harder and become more ambitious than ever. To start the 2015-year the team came together aftertheir high school season and began their journey toachieve their biggest goal as a team, which was/is toprove they are worthy of being number one in the na-tion; and so far, rightfully so, they are one big event awayfrom fulfilling their objective. To begin, the team participated in the National Cupevent in which they were still struggling to find their formwithin the tactical part of the team. Consequently, mak-ing it to the round of 16 and being eliminated after un-derperforming and forcing them to defeat. This allowedthe team to regroup and analyze what needed to bedone to improve and perform as a team with such highexpectations. As the months went by, they prepared fortheir next event, GotSoccer Cup. For this tournamentthey went on to become champions and managed toscore a staggering 15 goals and conceding nonethroughout the five games of competition. This was onlythe beginning; they becamemore and more hungry, as afew weeks later the team headout to Sacramento for theUSCS National Cup XIV WestRegional event in which theywere declared champions afterwinning against a series ofhighly ranked teams. Duringthe group stage, the team wonall three matches by scoringeight goals and conceding two.Managing to advance to theround of playoffs, in which theyfaced Sacramento United (2ndin the nation, then) and beatingthem by a score of 5-0, andmoving on to the final to faceMonarcas Academy (4th in thenation, then) and also winning

by a staggering 7-1 final score; ultimately scoringtwenty goals and conceding only 3 throughout theevent of five matches. This subsequently gave them their pass to theUSCS National Cup held in Indiana. With only acouple of weeks to prepare, the team had to facesome adversities to make the trip possible and

compete to the best of their abilities. With the lack oftime and preparation, the team was able to advancefrom their group stage and into the semi-final match los-ing on an unfortunate own goal that came off of a de-flection from a defender. Forcing them to lose 1-0 in anatmosphere they have never been before and yet be ableto achieve such accomplishments. Creating two greatscoring opportunities within the final minutes of thegame, made the players forget about their success andlean towards the feeling of defeat. Still managing to al-most overcome the error that caused their loss, the ef-forts were just not enough. Even though thechampionship was not achieved, the coach, managersand parents were very happy with the team’s accomplish-ments. It had taken great performances for the team tomake it this far and they were worthy of a celebration. With many events still to come, the team had less thana week to regroup and prepare for Surf Cup. During thisevent, the players were carrying quite a few set of injuriesbut still pushed through and managed to make it to play-offs. In quarterfinals, the team had to settle for a score-less draw leading on to pks. Unfortunately, missing the

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opportunity to win it on two occasions by missing theirchances, it led all the way to the ninth shooter and con-sequently losing the game. The team had drawn muchattention during this event, with multiple Universities andColleges asking about the players. They had been veryimpressed with the quality of soccer being played, lead-ing on to multiple interests in various players. This madethe coach extremely happy, obviously knowing that thissuccess is his ultimate goal as a coach. He desires nothingmore than for these players to get an education throughthe help of soccer, and becoming a collegiate player, justlike he did during his years. Coach Chris got the privilege of playing collegiate soc-cer and also played professionally at the highest level. Ob-taining the knowledge he got through his playing years,he also added on his coaching education. He has forcedthe players to understand the importance of an educationand aspires to help every player achieve their collegiateobjectives and include the athletic experience within. With the team already drawing this much attentionfrom various Universities and College coaches, it was theteam’s ambition to keep on working hard and becomingmore successful on and off the field. They now hada week to prepare and head out to Santa Clara tocompete in the Santa Clara Sporting Invitationalleading on to yet another championship with greatperformances against very competitive teams. Theywent on to advance from their group and playedsome very tough matches. To winning their quarterfinal game by scoring an amazing bicycle kick at theend, to beating Pats in the semi final with a 3-1score, to facing Sporting (1st in the nation, then) inthe final and winning 1-0. The team was on a mis-sion and a mission they will not give up until fulfilled.A month later they went on to compete in the

United Cup event, in which they were declared champi-ons after scoring sixteen goals and only conceding onethroughout the tournament. After good performancesthrough the group stage, the team carried and built ontheir momentum by winning every playoff game with a3-0 score up until the final in which they ended up win-ning 3-1 and conceding their only goal in the finalminute of the game.At the present time they prepare for yet another com-

petitive season at the Premier level for Coast SoccerLeague. They know they have really tough competitionahead of them but still plan on working hard and achieveyet another first place League trophy like they did in2013 when they won the league without losing a singlegame. After this the team will embark and finalize theyear by competing in the Surf College Showcase heldduring Thanksgiving, and compete for the first time everin the Disney Soccer Showcase in Florida. This will be thefirst F.C. Golden State team to ever compete in thisevent, hoping to make the club proud by performing tothe best of their abilities and also finally achieving theirobjective of becoming number one in the nation.A

2015 CSL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENTBERNARD TOWERSPhone: 714-234-4607 FAX: [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENTCLIFF TABORPhone: 714-771-1964 [email protected]

TREASURERROMA KLEINPhone: 714-771-1964 FAX: [email protected]

RECORDING SECRETARYCAROL RITTERPhone: 714-771-1964 FAX: [email protected]

REGISTRARALESHA GARRETTPhone: 714-771-1964 FAX: [email protected]

PREMIER COMPETITION CHAIRMANGARY SPARKSPhone: 714-771-1964 FAX: [email protected]

CHAIRPERSONSGirls Competition 9-13

TERRY WILSONPhone: 323-697-7066 [email protected]

Girls Competition 14-15EDDIE NUNEZPhone: 714-724-2542 [email protected]

Girls Competition 16-19TERRY WILSONPhone: 714-931-8338 [email protected]

Boys Competition 9-13MIKE BENJAMINPhone: 714-572-1306 [email protected]

Boys Competition 14-15TY LEATHERMANPhone: 818-645-2824 [email protected]

Boys Competition 16-19ALESHA GARRETTPhone: 714-771-1964 FAX: [email protected]

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORKAREN SPARKSReached by Email ONLY: [email protected]

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GU14 Santa Monica UnitedGU14 Eagles White

GU15 FC Golden StateGU15 FRAM Miseroy

Coast Soccer LeagueSupports the Fight Against

Breast Cancer

GU15 Fullerton Rangers Blue GU16 Albion OC White Premier


BU16 Oxnard Wave

GU15 Albion SC White

GU15 Carlsbad Elite Williams

GU15 Fullerton Rangers Blue

BU15 Empire SC Orange

BU15 FC Golden State Black

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BU16 Fullerton Rangers

BU16 SWSC


BU16 Celtic

GU17 Carlsbad Elite

GU19 LA Galaxy Conejo Valley


GU17 South Valley Carter

BU17 FC Heat

BU17 NVSC

BU17 Oceanside Breakers Black

BU17 Valley United Hernandez

GU19 Carlsbad Elite

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BU17 Santa Barbara White

BU19 Santa Monica United Blue

GU19 TFA Ie Barca

GU17 BYSC Corona United

GU14 Claremont Stars


GU16 FC Golden State GU17 IE Surf Sanchez

SAN DIEGO UNITED GU17 and BU19 Black

GU16 YASC Spartans FC GU15 CCU So Cal Academy

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