In less than 24 hours, the Beach Futbol Club will be once again on the national soccer stage! On Friday, December 1st, the GU16 White will be competing in the US Youth Soccer National League, while the GU16 FC will be competing in the NCAA Women's Final Four Girls Showcase event – with both events being held in/around the Atlanta metropolitan area. This is a landmark day for Beach FC, considering that over 500 collegiate coaches from schools throughout the country are descending on Atlanta to scout for the next college stars. Over the past several years, the club has seen it's player footprint grow tremendously in the college ranks. Thanks to it's great staff of coaches, the new crop of players are well on their way to becoming top recruits for schools across the country.
This week’s schedule sees the U16 White play against teams from Michigan, Virginia, Missouri & finally the host club from Atlanta, Georgia; while the U16 FC will play teams from South Florida, Illinois, and New Mexico. Within this group of opponents are State Champions, Regional Semi Finalists, and even National tournament participants! To follow the results of the Under 16 Girls, go to the following links:
News and Notes:
Mauricio Ingrassia’s Long Beach State Women made their most successful NCAA tournament run, getting all the way to the Elite 8, before bowing out to the Duke University Blue Devils in Durham, North Carolina. Leading into the NCAA’s, the 49er women won the Big West Conference Tournament – getting the “automatic bid” in the NCAA’s, beating UC Irvine 1-0, then going on the road to beat Pepperdine (1-0), Miami (1-0), and UC San Diego (1-0). Congrats to Coach Ingrassia, and fellow Beach FC staff coaches Jeff Joyner (G13/G14), Anton Arrache (G18) and Lindsey Bullock (G12)!
The LA Galaxy won the MLS Cup at The Home Depot Center in front of sold out crowd of 33,000 plus fanatical fans! On top of the MLS Cup, the Galaxy also won the MLS Supporter’s Shield, by having the best record throughout the entire league season.
Surf Cup and Surf Thanksgiving Tournaments: both the G16 White and the G18s played at the prestigious Surf College Cup (16s losing in the Semifinals), while the G11s (Danny Pena) and the G12s (Fred Velez) played in the Surf Thanksgiving tournament – with the G11s losing in the Quarterfinals!
SCDSL: in Flight I, several age groups were won by Beach FC in the innagural season of the SCDSL! The Under 11 girls coached by Rich Perez, the Under 14 girls coached by Jeff Joyner, the GU14 Gold coached by Eduardo Nunez and Sal Marroquin (Flight II), the GU15 Black coached by Dalton Kaufman (Flight II), the GU16s coached by Fred Velez and Mauricio Ingrassia, and finally - both of the Under 18/19 girls (Steve Soler and Anton Arrache) finished with the highest points in league in Flight 1! Congratulations to all of the girls and boys teams in the SCDSL first year! #Go BEACH!
Keep checking this blog for updates throughout the upcoming week for scores and news from Atlanta!
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