nches a relationship that will offer many benefits to both clubs’ players.

Also, MSC’s Online Registration is open right now through September 15th at midnight. For players interested in the Youth Development Academy, the cost is $125 for 7 training sessions and 3 game sessions. Fall MSC Premier Fee of $75 for players associated with a team.

For online registration, please click here. Manual registration forms can be found here, as well as the official Rules of Competition. Online registration will close November 10.

Taking on Phoenix again in the Final, United’s Jacob Spannagel scored midway through the second half to hand the team their first Alaska state championship. This coming on the heels of the team’s unbeaten, league-winning campaign made for an exciting summer for the boys.

First up, the MSC United 96 boys took their division by storm, winning 11 and only drawing once in 12 games. They followed up the league season by winning State Cup, proving their summer performance was no fluke. In the youngest competitive division, the MSC Polaris 01 girls won league honors, going 6-1-1 against division opponents to edge CISC Velocity 01G Blue from Anchorage. MSC's last champion was the MSC United 98 boys, who also won the league last summer, as well as the 2011 Alaska State Cup. The boys again dominated their competition, only surrendering 10 goals in 12 league games.

MSC Polaris 96 took U16 championship honors by defeating CISC Velocity 97G Blue 3-2. An opener from Bekka Ord and a brace from Peyton Johnstone after the interval gave MSC all the cushion they’d need, while goalkeeper Jaeden Chew saved a late penalty to preserve the final margin. In boys U14 action, defending state champion MSC United 98 got untracked with a 5-0 semifinal victory over North Pole Cyclones 98, before taking down CISC Velocity 98B Blue 5-1 in the final.

After winning their conference championship over the conference’s #1 seeded Bellevue University (NE), Sliwa and the Argos made their first appearance in the National Tournament, traveling to Tukwila, WA, where they continued the historic postseason run by downing the tournament’s #2 seed, Simon Fraser University (BC). With a berth in the quarterfinals on the line, UGF then traveled to Orange Beach, AL, to take on the University of Science & Art of Oklahoma. In a tense, back-and-forth match, Sliwa and the Argos fought back from 2-0 and then 3-2 down, before losing 4-3 in the first sudden-death overtime period.

A photo of Sliwa competing in the final match can be viewed here.

Also of note, five former members of the MSC United 92 boys finished their freshmen seasons of varsity college soccer, led by Blaine Carver, who traveled from the Kenai Peninsula to play for the squad and who was recently named GNAC Freshman of the Year for his stellar play, including two hat tricks, while at Seattle Pacific University. A full list of United 92 products and their colleges is below:

Blaine Carver (Seattle Pacific University)
Zach Zegzdryn (Willamette University)
Dylan Crawford (Clark College)
Jesse Rouse (Otero Junior College)
Weston Patrick (Northwest Nazarene)

Matanuska Soccer Club

Attended by USSF National Team staff, Regional Training Camps are part of US Club Soccer’s id² national player identification and development program, providing an opportunity for the country’s top youth talent to be identified and developed for inclusion in U.S. Soccer’s National Team programs. Each day, MSC’s Letherman and the other players were put through two high-intensity workouts and then had the opportunity to play in evening matches. Including meetings and player seminars covering topics from nutrition, individual training and understanding the collegiate recruiting process, the players spent almost 10 hours a day on nothing but soccer.

Led by McKeown and coaches George Navario (USSF) and Greg Vanney (Director, Real Salt Lake AZ Academy; USSF), 13 staff coaches from some of the country’s most successful clubs ran training and game sessions. In addition to the USSF National Team staff at the event, additional guests included Scott Leber from iSoccer, who took the players through a series of skill assessment drills on Friday morning as part of the National Standards Project. Leber also spoke to the group later in the day about different methods for becoming a better player through individual training.

“Once again, the level of play at the camp was very good and we were able to take a look at some players who would be a good fit for the upcoming id² National Selection International Tour,” said Gerry McKeown, US Club Soccer’s id² Boys’ Program Director and also an assistant coach with the U.S. U-15 Boys’ National Team.

Upon his return, the MSC United 98 midfielder noted that the chance to meet, train with and play against the nation’s best was the biggest highlight of the camp. For future MSC players, his advice is to concentrate on developing perfect technique and quicker decision-making to play at that level, where the speed-of-play was unlike anything he’d ever seen before. "There just isn’t any time at that level. If your first touch isn’t perfect, every single time, there is no second touch," he stated. "Decisions must be instant, and correct, or it’s going to end up in a chance the other way. The defenders are fast, physical and smart, the midfielders quick, technically perfect and two-footed and the forwards could finish anything. Every single player there was good."

Video highlights, photos and updates from all three 2010 id² Regional Training Camps can be found on the Arizona RTC web page. More information on the id2 national identification and development program can be found here.

Polaris 96 will be competing in the Region IV President's Cup June 14-19, facing teams from Washington, Hawaii and Nevada in the group stages. You can follow all the action here. After winning the Alaska State Cup, MSC United 98 will take part in Far West Regionals June 20-26 in Boise, ID, taking on Colorado Arsenal Gold, Vegas United SC 98 and New Mexico Rush 98 in group play. Follow them here.

 Video, Highlights and Commentary courtesy of George Langevin Productions

www.langevinproductions.com
 

Schedules and results can be viewed here.

Click here for Rules of Competition.

To learn more about the facility, visit their website here.

MSC Polaris 96 squad members Jaeden Chew and Peyton Johnstone head a list of club players who are taking advantage of several opportunities to leave the state and advance their games this fall.

Chew, Polaris 96 team captain and starting goalkeeper, recently completed a four-day individual training camp in Seattle, WA. Put together by MSC and Coerver® Coaching NW personnel, the clinic included several five-hour goalkeeper-training sessions with Coerver® Goalkeeping Director Andy Klubberud, as well as individual sessions with Jorde LaFontaine-Kussmann, starting GK for the University of Washington Huskies. Also during the trip, Chew was able to take in a UW women’s soccer training session, as well as attend their 4-1 victory over Cleveland State at Husky Soccer Field.

Johnstone has again joined the Crossfire Premier 97G A squad, Far West Regional semifinalists in 2010 and the team for which she played during the Nike Crossfire Challenge and Surf Cup in July, 2010. She’ll travel to Redmond at least three times in all throughout the fall, joining her Crossfire counterparts for their Northwest Champions League schedule.

Also on the move in fall 2010 are several members of the MSC Polaris 01 squad, who will be competing in Las Vegas at the Mayor’s Cup with the AKFC 01 Aurora girls. Joining the U10 girls are nine members of the state-champion MSC United 98 boys team, who’ll again travel with their AKFC 98 United squad to take on some of the best boys’ competition the West has to offer.

Please join us in wishing all these MSC players good luck during this important phase in their development.

MSC Polaris 99 and 96 both finished as State Cup Finalists, with the latter earning the right to represent Alaska at the Region IV President's Cup in West Jordan, UT, next June.

MSC United 98 completed their route through the state tournament undefeated, ending the competition with a 3-0 win over CISC Velocity 98B Blue to finish as the 2010 AYSA State Champions.

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!

In conjunction with the Friendlies, MSC is hosting a Goalkeeper Academy conducted by Coerver TX director John Sime. For a complete schedule of matches and the GK clinics, please click here.

Three different weeks are set aside for the training: May 30 - June 3; June 6 - 10; June 13 - 17. Please contact your team manager as soon as possible to confirm your team’s week, and then register for the camp.