SOCCER WORLD

MINOOKA – After a year off for family reasons, Liz Skwarczynski returns as varsity coach for the Minooka Lady Indians soccer team this spring.Two years ago, Skwarczynski’s squad wound up 9-10. Last season, with Leslie Goolsby at the helm, Minooka lost its first match before winning three in a row. The Lady Indians bowed out 6-13 via a 3-2 loss against Bradley-Bourbonnais at the Minooka IHSA Class AA Sectional.The Lady Indians begin their 2008 campaign Tuesday by hosting Bolingbrook.Skwarczynski has a half dozen letterwinners readying for the season, including a trio of senior tri-captains in forward-midfielder Allie Sutton, midfielder Allison Schieffer and defender Tabitha Mitchell.Other letterwinners include junior defender Katie Rings, junior midfielder Tori Atkinson and sophomore defender Haley Hetfleisch.

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Mississauga’s Tomasz Radzinski will be in the national lineup for the first time since last November when Canada takes on Estonia in an international soccer friendly on March 26 in Tallinn.A one-time forward/midfielder in the English Premiership for both Everton and Fulham, Radzinski is playing this season in Greece with Skoda Xanthi.He’ll be joined by former Malton Soccer Club competitor Paul Stalteri, who’s currently playing for Fulham after a number of seasons with Tottenham Hotspurs. Stalteri is the senior member of the Canadian squad, making his 62nd appearance.This Canadian team, which is preparing for its second international match of the year, is primarily comprised of European players. Of the 19 players announced to the team yesterday, 18 play in Europe.The only exception is Dwayne De Rosario of the Houston Dynamo.“It has been good to see that most of our European-based players have been getting a game each weekend with their professional clubs during the winter,” said Canadian coach Dale Mitchell.

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Though only two games into its 2008 season, the Rhea County High School soccer team is already halfway to matching its 2007 win total.

The Golden Eagles, who went 2-10-2 last season, defeated Tellico Plains High School 4-0 in Tuesday night�s opener.

�We emptied the bench the last 15 minutes,� Rhea County Head Coach Scott Heath said of the shutout victory. �We�re faster than we were last year. The team�s binding together real close. They�re easy to coach and flexible with their positions.�

The Eagles� improvement was evident in game two of the season as well, when they held even with the reigning Region 3-AAA Champions the Soddy Daisy Trojans for more than a half. Though the Trojans triumphed after two goals late in the game, Heath was impressed with his team�s ability to hang with an area superpower.

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WASHINGTON, DC (March 19, 2008)- D.C. United and its non-profit arm, United for D.C. announced today its partnership with the U.S. Soccer Foundation to expand United Soccer Club over the next three years to seven, ten and 12 sites successively. United for D.C. and the U.S. Soccer Foundation will work together to support their missions to promote youth soccer in economically disadvantaged urban communities.

“United for D.C. and D.C. United are excited for the opportunity to bring United Soccer Club to more communities in Washington, D.C.” says Kevin Payne, President and CEO of D.C. United and United for D.C. board member. “The support from the U.S. Soccer Foundation allows the program to expand its focus East of the River and eventually reach communities throughout the District to create opportunities for more young people to play soccer.”

“The expansion of the United Soccer Club program creates exciting new opportunities for young boys and girls in our nation’s capital to play and enjoy the game of soccer,” said John Koskinen, President of the U.S.

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Coppell’s girls soccer team entered Tuesday night’s showdown against Hebron tied with the Hawks for first place in District 6-5A.The team won March 3 against Newman Smith, 5-0, in a game that was called after halftime because of snow.Laura Heckman scored twice for the Cowgirls, who also had goals from Emma Peters, Alyssa Diggs and Jazmyne Avant.”Laura had a couple nice goals and Peters scored on an unbelievable shot from deep outside to score,” said Coppell coach Chris Stricker. “Unfortunately, we didn’t carry it over to Friday against Creekview.”Stricker said the Cowgirls had trouble finishing their opportunities in Friday’s scoreless tie against the Lady Mustangs.”They didn’t really have a good shot on goal the entire game,” Stricker said. “We had our chances, but couldn’t bury it when we needed to.” Stricker also credited Creekview goalie Vicki Alonzo for keeping Coppell from scoring.”I think she might have been in the girls’ heads a little,” Stricker said.

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ST Mary�s College, Galway, captured the Connacht schools soccer title in Castlebar on Monday last. The windswept conditions didn�t deter the players from netting five splendid goals and showcasing some outstanding individual performances.

The first goal of the game arrived with only five minutes of the game played after Gerard Cheevers delivered a well-struck St Mary�s corner into the six yard box, which was met by an excellent header from Captain, Mike Elwood.

The Galway side grew in confidence after taking the early lead and added a second as soon as the 12th minute. The ball was played down the left to Eric Holland who in turn played an excellent through ball into Jonathan Duane who got a head on to the leather and guided it into the far corner.

In rampant mode, St Mary�s looked like scoring their third when some excellent support play by Mike Elwood helped release David O�Carroll, but his powerful shot flew just wide.

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Police arrested a 17-year-old Manalapan boy Tuesday for causing $24,800 in damage to a soccer field last year. Police found the teenager through On-Star records.

About 11:30 p.m. Nov. 21, the teen allegedly spun his 2007 GMC Denali, making “donuts” in St. Joseph’s Episcopal School in the 3300 block of South Seacrest Boulevard.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel is not releasing the teen’s name because his is a minor.

During the time the teen was spinning out, On-Star received a “collision notification.” The documents were turned over to police after a subpoena.

Police charged the teen with reckless driving and criminal mischief.

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On Tuesday, Chris Przemieniecki and the Golden Eagle soccer team announced that Justine Jones signed a letter of intent to play for UMC this season.Jones is a junior college transfer from Walla Walla Community College in Washington. At Walla Walla she was a team captain and scored 14 goals and tallied three assists in 2006.”She (Jones) brings experience at the college level and comes from a college program that has been both regionally and nationally ranked. Many good players have come out of the Walla Walla program,” Przemieniecki said. “Justine is a player that can step into our system and make an immediate difference. She will also bring a winning attitude to our program.”

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A rainbow leading to a pot of gold has yet to appear.With no sunlight for two days – a rain-filled St. Patrick’s Day Monday and a still-soaked Tuesday – the weather has been unlucky for the R-7 Metro Lead-Off Baseball Tournament and 10th annual Tiger/Bronco/Titan girls soccer invitational.The Metro Lead-Off tourney has been condensed into a regular eight-team tournament bracket scheduled for today and Thursday. Each team will play two games today (3:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.) and a single game on Thursday at 11 a.m. All games will remain at Legacy Park. .

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