The Santa Clara Sporting Club would like to congratulate the following Santa Clara Sporting student-athletes:

Class of 2009
Michael Walker, Santa Clara Sporting 91 Green Team - Tufts University
Jose Ramirez, Santa Clara Sporting 91 Green Team - Evergreen Valley College

Class of 2010 (verbal commitments)
Matt Taylor, Santa Clara Sporting 91 Green Team - Stanford University
Adrian Berg, Santa Clara Sporting 91 Green Team - Stanford University
David Cabiles, Santa Clara Sporting 91 Green Team - San Jose State University
Christopher Fisher, Santa Clara Sporting 91 Green Team - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Class of 2011(verbal commitment)
Alana Sooy, Santa Clara Sporting ’93 Green Team - UC Irvine

Bret Simon, Stanford Mens Soccer Head Coach - Photo Rights: Stanford Mens Soccer

On November 4th, Santa Clara Sporting hosted a "College Soccer Recruitment" evening for all interested Sporting players, parents and coaches who were interested in playing college soccer. An overview of the college recruitment process was presented by Bret Simon who is the Head Coach for the Stanford Men’s Team. Bret explained the importance of maintaining academic excellence and soccer skills to the players and parents who attended the meeting. The club would like to thank Bret for making time to visit Santa Clara Sporting to share his insights into soccer beyond club.

Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting 96 Girls Green Team for their second place overall finish at the 2009 District 2 Cup Tournament last weekend in Morgan Hill. The team won their three bracket games with a 1-0 victory over the MVLA Spirit Team...

The West Ham United International Academy has announced the launch of a North American Partner Club programme with partnerships agreed with some of the United States and Canada’s top youth football clubs, and Santa Clara Sporting was named to this elite program.

As the Quarter-finals of the  Under 11 NorCal State Cup(s) week-end approaches, many returning players and adults will remember the sad and tragic news last year - at about this time - concerning the accident that took the life of Jonathan - a young Santa Clara Sporting Under 10 player....
 

Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting ’99 Boys Green Team for winning the 2009-10 CYSA Cal-North State Cup Championship last weekend on December 20th. The team finished the last event of the 2009 Season winning the boys U10 CYSA State Cup in Livermoore. The team went undefeated

Congratulations to Jonathan Salcedo from the ’92 Sporting Boys Team for getting selected to the 2009 Disney Showcase All-Star Team. Jonathan will travel to London, England to train at the Chelsea Football Club Academy and compete against some top international academy teams in 2010.

Congratulations to the following Santa Clara Sporting players who were selected to the 2009-10 Cal-North State ODP Teams last month. These players endured a two weekend tryout in Morgan Hill and Ripon, and competed against 100-125 other players to make the selection to the State Team roster.

• 1997 Team - Fiona Sequeira
  1996 Team - Anthony Macias and Alec Prusa
• 1995 Team - Lyndon Gooch and Ryan Foo
• 1994 Team - James Pierce
• 1993 Team - Sarah Benett, Ana Maria Sola, Haley Hughes, Madison Salom and Zarette Munoz

Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting ’98 Boys Green Team for winning the 2009-10 NorCal Premier State Cup in the U11 Boys Platinum Division. The team started off the tournament with three bracket games; they tied the Bay Oaks RR ’98 Team 1-1, beat the Heat Team 3-2, and

The Santa Clara Sporting ’97 Girls (U12) Green Team were looking to shake off some rust at the Modesto Ajax Winter Invitational after their three week break following the NorCal State Cup. The girls came out a little flat on Saturday morning and had to come back to win 2 -1 over the Cal Cougars.

The Santa Clara Sporting 97 Girls survived torrential rain storms and a superbe field of nationally ranked teams in Southern California to bring home the 2010 Copa Real Nike Cup trophy on Sunday, January 18th.  On Saturday, the U12 Sporting girls tied Slammers FC (ranked #10 in US) 0-0 in a tough battle, then pounded three goals into their opponents net and defeated the Irvine Strikers 3-0.  On Sunday, they tied the host team Real So Cal White Team

The Santa Clara Sporting Club is proud to announce that the club raised $20,000 last October during their 2009 Goals-for-a-Cure Campaign. Special recognition goes out to the Santa Clara Sporting ’93 Girls White Team led by Jim Goularte and Cynthia Bates-Brown which raised $3,516 to fight breast cancer.

The Santa Clara Sporting ’96 White Team recently rubbed shoulders with Luis "El Matador" Hernandez, the third highest goal scoring striker for the Mexican National Team while they were playing indoor soccer this winter.

The Santa Clara Sporting Club donated $20,000 tonight to the El Camino Hospital Foundation to provide free mammograms to women who need financial support to receive breast screening exams. Lindsay Greensweig, Interim President of the El Camino Hospital Foundation attended the event to receive the check from Santa Clara Sporting.

Santa Clara Sporting alumni, Kelsey Foo recently returned from Europe after traveling with the ’93 Region IV ODP Team. The U17 girls team was led by head coach Jerry Smith, who is also the head coach of the womens soccer program at Santa Clara University. They spent a week from February 27th to March 7th on the road playing international soccer games in Portugal and Spain, and got the chance to watch three games at the 2010 Algarve Cup. Here is a short interview with Kelsey.

Santa Clara Sporting’s own Sebastian Lleget who now plays in the West Ham United Academy Team has been progressing so quickly, that he may get pulled into the first team and play in the English Premier League before the year ends. Read the story at ESPN Sports.

The Santa Clara Weekly Newspaper wrote a nice article about our Goals for a Cure Campaign. Check it out!

 El Camino Hospital announced their Two-Day Mammo Marathon to be held April 9th-10th at their new Los Gatos location. El Camino Hospital Los Gatos is offering mammograms at no charge, and the Santa Clara Sporting Club helped raise over $46,000 during the last two years during their Goals for a Cure Campaign to provide funds for the community service activity.

Every season, the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League highlights the importance of education within our soccer community, and celebrates the success of our student athletes off the field through the SCYSL Scholar Athlete Award. Improving one’s soccer game is fun and rewarding...

 March 17, 2010 - The CYSA Board of Directors announce the formation of the CYSA-CAL Soccer League (CCSL). This new state wide playing league will provide Division 1 and Division 3 teams the ability to seek higher levels of competition. This will result in improved player and team development. The league is open to all Division 1 and Division 3 soccer teams aged U9 – U19. CYSA wants to provide an environment for all levels and accommodate teams as best as we can. We realize it is important to place teams within a competitive league and this is vitally important to the integrity of the league. CYSA will offer a fall, spring and winter league to accommodate the needs of Northern California.

Depending upon their standings in the past year, Division 1 teams should apply for the State Premier, the State Gold, the Regional level, or the Gold/Silver levels of the District playing league division. Division 3 teams should apply for the Bronze or Copper levels of the District playing league division. Teams may choose to register in a Region or District Division that is different from their designated region or district. Once all applications have been received, the CYSA Cal Soccer League will make a determination as to the initial playing level for each team. 

Visit the CYSA to read FAQs or visit the CYSA website for more details about the league

Congratulations to Demitri Cacoyannis, who received the 2010 CYSA District II "Coach of the Year Award" last weekend at the Annual CYSA Expo.  Demitri is one extremely busy "Soccer Dad" who coaches the Santa Clara Sporting 95 (U14) Boys Team, the Santa Clara Sporting 99 (U10) Girls Green Team, and the Santa Clara Sporting 99 (U10) White Team.  Last year was a banner year 

Santa Clara Sporting ’93 striker Julio Morales and sophomore at Willow Glen High School was named the 2010 San Jose Mercury Soccer Player of the Year today. Julio led his Willow Glen Rams Soccer Team to the CCS Finals and scored 8 or 9 goals during the playoffs, and 17 goals throughout the season. The Santa Clara Sporting ’93 Girls Green Team players gathered many awards as well.

The Dallas Cup Tournament was a launching pad for the ’93 Sporting Boys Team in gaining exposure to National Team scouts, as well as various Professional Club Team Scouts from around the world. David Silva, the Sporting 93 goalkeeper has been called-up by the U17 Mexican National Team for a training camp coming-up this week in Mexico City.

Santa Clara Sporting's "Goals for a Cure campaign" is 1 of 5 finalists in the "Support Through Sport Contest" - please vote for Santa Clara Sporting so we can win and donate $500 to the American Cancer Society!  The contest is held by Demosphere International, our awesome web hosting provider! Please vote today! Deadline to vote is 5/14

Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting 97 White girls team who won the 2010 Cool Summer Cup Tournament in Santa Maria, CA., on June 25, 2010. The team went undefeated in four games to bring home the Champion’s Gold Cup...