Matanuska Soccer Club is set to start the 2010 season, beginning with our annual spring registration drive and team trials. Players new to MSC are encouraged to come out and give the club a try, as teams at all ages are currently accepting new players.

Initial team trials/tryouts will take place April 3, 10, 11 or 18, depending on the age group and gender. To view the dates and times for your player(s) tryout, click here.

For more information, please contact Ann Marie Johnstone.

Matanuska Soccer Club would like to extend hearty congratulations to all the players who tried out for the State ODP teams, and especially those who were selected to attend the Region IV ODP camp.

In all, six MSC players were chosen in their age groups to represent Alaska at the region camp in Moscow, ID, this July. Kyler Perry (94) and Austin Frizzelle (95), both from the State Champion MSC United 95 squad, were the MSC selections on the boys’ side. From MSC Polaris 96 four players were selected, including Ariana Saxon, who will again make the journey to the Region IV camp as a member of the 95 girls. Also returning for a second ODP experience is Carolyn Cox, joined this year by 96 teammates Becca Mackey and goalkeeper Jaeden Chew. Well done, all.

Again forging ahead in the quest to provide the very best athletic opportunities to Mat-Su Valley soccer players, Matanuska Soccer Club is pleased to announce the addition of Brian McDermott, CSCS, as the club’s Director of Strength & Conditioning. McDermott comes to Alaska from St. Louis County, MO, and his hiring represents a first in Alaska premier soccer – a club-dedicated speed, strength and conditioning specialist.

Please click for the full press release and bio.

June 7, 2009 - June 11, 2010
British Soccer Camps provide players of all ages and abilities with the rare opportunity to receive high-level soccer coaching from a team of international experts. Each day includes individual foot skills, technical drills, tactical practices, small-sided games, coached scrimmages, and a daily tournament. Equally important, the Challenger coaching staff provides your child with lessons in respect, responsibility, integrity, sportsmanship and leadership.

Camps will be held for MSC pre-competitive and academy players aged 6 through 10. Click here for more information or to register now.

After a strong 2009 travel season, highlighted by the 98 boys’ title-winning exploits in Seattle, several changes are set to take place for the US Club Soccer traveling arm of MSC in 2010. New teams, more elite training opportunities than ever before, a European tour and a new partnership with the Alaska Northstars are just some of the changes coming in the new year.

Check out all the happenings at the Alaska Football Club link on the left of this page, or visit the AKFC home page.

Tournament Champions

Girls U11 --           CISC Velocity 00G Turner
Girls U13 --           CISC Velocity 98G White
Boys Copa --        MSC Dynamo ’74
Boys Predator --  Coerver COE-Elite 96B
Adipure Coed --   Coerver COE-Elite 96G

Complete Results

Registration for the Fall 2009/10 Coerver® Center of Excellence and the new Center of Excellence-Elite has now closed. With the player-identification process completed, sessions are now running weekly. Current or potential students can find more information, including training squads and schedules, at the Center of Excellence link at left, or by visiting the Coerver® AK COE website.

A marker from Kyler Perry gave the MSC United 95 boys a first-half lead, which they doubled after the break and then held on to preserve the shutout and topple AK Rush 95B Nike to win the 2009 Alaska State Cup.

The state title completes a fantastic season for the U15 boys and coaches Mike Sanders, Jimmy Sliwa and Andy Burden. Next up will be representing Alaska at Far West Regionals in Albuquerque, NM, next June. Good luck United 95!

Matanuska Soccer Club teams continue to impress as the summer wears on, with several squads picking up impressive victories in the latest round of Alaska summer tournaments.

In all, five more trophies were added to the MSC haul in weeks past, as club teams competed in a pair of tournaments and continued the standard set with the victories in the Ina K Memorial.

Six Matanuska Soccer Club teams recently concluded competition in a spate of summer travel tournaments, highlighted by the United 98 boys dominating performance at the Sounders FC Adidas Cup at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Washington.

Starting things off, the MSC United 92 and 98 boys, the latter traveling as AKFC 98 United under the US Club Soccer arm of Matanuska Soccer Club, competed in the Sounders FC Adidas Cup, with the 98s winning top honors at the tournament, scoring 24 and allowing only 1. United 92 also reached a milestone while in Tukwila, winning their first out-of-state game, with James Meaney’s goal giving the boys a 1-0 victory during pool play.