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August 23, 2010


CHECK OUT OUR NEW ONLINE STORE!!!


ASG Florida now has an online store.  Each of your managers will be asking you whether you want to purchase various ASG Florida bags and warm-ups.  We would like to get a bulk order out and to coordinate it through our managers.  However, you are able to pay by credit card online immediately.  There is a small credit card handling fee per item because we are using PayPal to keep your data secure.  We will have several other ASG Florida spirit wear items up online in the very near future.  You can look forward to them including short sleeve and long sleeve t-shirts as well as hoodies.

Click here to go to the online store. 











                                     

 

August 19, 2010

 A SUCCESSFUL PRE-SEASON KICK-OFF!!!!!

The past two weekends started ASG Florida's year off in an outstanding way.  ASG Dallas Director and US Men's U-20 National Team Staff Coach Dave Dir and ASG Dallas Coach Dave Kunitz flew in to work with our staff to help further the education of our coaches and players.  They were on hand to conduct training sessions for the players and to help the coaching staff with training content and methodologies.  Titus conducted our initial fintess testing to establish a baseline that players are able to use throughout the year to gauge their progress.  On top of that, we had a fantastic cookout with the entire ASG Florida family lending a hand.
 

Thank you to the staff, parents and players for starting the year off in an exciting way!  Speacial thanks to
Yvette Marshall, Cheryl Everett, Dian Lensch and Tanja Clendinen for their time effort and enegry in submitting outstanding photos!


                                         
                            Coach Dir is all smiles                            Coach Kunitz with Coach Powell


You can click here on the ASG Pre-Season Kickoff Photo Gallery  to see the highlights.

U.S. U-14 Girls' National Development Program ID Camp Underway in Portland

The annual U.S. U-14 Girl’s National Team Identification Camp began on July 31 and will run through August 6 at the University of Portland.

The annual U.S. U-14 Girl’s National Team Identification Camp began on July 31 and will run through August 6 at the University of Portland. The venue for the camp moves to the northwest after being held in Pomona, Calif., for the past four summers. The camp features 100 of the top young female players in the country, the majority in born in 1996 with a few in 1997, as each of the four regions – West, North, South and East – is represented by 25 players. These players are all age-eligible for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup although the majority of that roster is likely to be made up of players born in 1995. Mike Dickey and his coaching staff will oversee a week of training and games and then will pick 36 players for a U-14 Girls’ National Team training camp being held from September 18-25 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Many top players who have gone on to accomplish big things for the U.S. youth and full National Teams have come through the I.D. camp, including Heather O’Reilly (1999), Lindsey Tarpley (1999), Stephanie Cox (2000), Lauren Cheney (2001), Amy Rodriguez (2001), Tobin Heath (2002), Amber Brooks (2005) and Kristie Mewis (2005). This is the 12th year of the U-14 Girls’ I.D. camp which started in 1999.

GOALKEEPERS (9): Taylor Braun (Dallas Texans; Colleyville, Texas), Caroline Brockmeier (ASG Florida; Tallahassee, Fla.), Kelsey Dossey (Zionsville; Plainfield, Ind.), Casey Murphy (PDA; Bridgewater, N.J.), Alexandra Nicholas (Pleasanton Rage; Pleasanton, Calif.), Abigail Pyne (Black Bear United; Dixmont, Maine), Olivia Sherman (TNT Dynamite, Okemos, Mich.), Kaylyn Smith (Pride SC Predators; Monument, Colo.) Erika Yohn (West Virginia United SC; Morgantown, W. Va.)

DEFENDERS (19): Julia Ashley (Match Fit Chelsea; West Orange, N.J.), Emilia Bladin (Seattle United; Seattle, Wash.), Reema Bzeih (Unattached; Irvine, Calif.), Payton Cook (Richmond Kickers; Glen Allen, Va.), Hannah Coy (Magic Jacks; Boca Raton, Fla.), Schuyler DeBree (Match Fit Chelsea; Fair Haven, N.J.), Lucy Edwards (FC United; Lake Forest, Ill.), Delaney Fechalos (Atlanta Fire United Elite; Suwanee, Ga.), Monica Flores (SDFC 09 Lynx; Livingston, N.J.), Indigo Gibson (SC Blues; Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Chloe Hemingway (West Coast Futbol Club; Irvine, Calif.); Arianna Hudson (FC Portland; Portland, Ore.), Genevieve McGowan (FC United; Lincolnwood, Ill.), Annia Mejia (Arsenal FC; Bloomington, Calif.), Breanne Moreau (Scorpions SC; Belchertown, Mass.), Brittany Moreau (Scorpions SC; Belchertown, Mass.), Kate Morris (Michigan Hawks; Plymouth, Mich.), Amanda Shorin (PSV Union FC; Palo Alto, Calif.), Nicole Zuckerman (Michigan Hawks; Livonia, Mich.)

MIDFIELDERS (45): Michaela Abam (Albion Hurricanes FC; Sugarland, Texas), Hanna Armendariz, (Arsenal FC; West Covina, Calif.), Sophie Babo (Minnesota Thunder; Maple Grove, Minn.), Rachel Bingham (Sparta 96 United; Spanish Fork, Utah), Jaye Boissiere (MVLA Lightning; Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Victoria Bowman (Dallas Sting; Colleyville, Texas), Betsy Brandon (Colorado Rush; Littleton, Colo.), Megan Buckingham (Michigan Hawks; Novi, Mich.), Maddie Burdick (Atlanta Fire United Elite; Alpharetta, Ga.), Taylor Campbell-Phipps (Challenge 95; Spring, Texas), Marley Canales (PQ Premier; San Diego, Calif.), Julia Carr (FC Stars of Massachusetts; Clinton, Ct.), Sarah Chase (West Coast Futbol Club; Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Katherine Cousins (Central Virginia United; Forest, Va.), Hannah DeBose (Space Coast United; Indialantic, Fla.), Jordan Di Biasi (Colorado Rush; Littleton, Colo.), Eliza Doll (Bethesda Freedom; Bethesda, Md.), Maddie Elliston (Toro; Omaha, Neb.), Sabrina Flores (SDFC 09 Lynx; Livingston, N.J.), Shelby Fredericks (Massapequa Stars; Babylon, N.Y.), Mikaela Harvey (Lonestars; Liberty Hill, Texas), Madeline Huster (Ohio Elite; Cincinnati, Ohio), Annie Kingman (PSV Union FC; Woodside, Calif.), Cecilia Knaub (Penn Fusion Soccer Academy; Phoenixville, Pa.), Samantha Kokoska (Carmel United Soccer Club; Zionsville, Ind.), Mariah Lee (PSV Union FC; Covington, Wash.), Jocelyn Loomis (Black Diamond Soccer; Sandy, Utah), Reilly Martin (Carmel United SC; Carmel, Ind.), Emma McCarthy (Chicago Fire Jrs.; Cary, Ill.), Sarah McCauley (Highlanders FC; Monroe, Ct.), Lauren McKeever (GSA Phoenix Red; Lilburn, Ga.), Meaghan Mulligan (PDA; Freehold, N.J.), Rilka Noel (Michigan Hawks; West Bloomfield, Mich.), Emily Ogle (Internationals SC; Strongsville, Ohio), Erika Okuma (SC Blues; Rolling Hills, Calif.), Shannon Patterson (Hayden Land, Idaho; Oregon Rush), Sofia Pavon (Sockers FC; Chicago, Ill.), Mayra Pelayo (Arsenal FC; Compton, Calif.), Courtney Petersen (Michigan Hawks; Canton, Mich.), Cassie Phillips (Michigan Hawks; Howell, Mich.); Elisabeth Phillips (Sparta United; Sandy, Utah), Madeline Ramsey (Charlotte Soccer Academy; Rock Hill, S.C.), Rebecca Rasmussen (Colorado Rush; Golden, Colo.), Josie Thurman (Carmel United Soccer Club; Noblesville, Ind.), Heather Timothy (Spartan CASL Elite Black; Cary, N.C.)

FORWARDS (27): Hannah Abraham (West Virginia United SC; Uniontown, Pa.), Salma Anastasio (Connecticut FC; Trumbull, Ct.), Dorian Bailey (KCFC Fury; Mission, Kan.), Jorian Baucom (Sereno SC; Scottsdale, Ariz.), Victoria Bolden (Arsenal; Etiwanda, Calif.), Kayla Cappuzzo (Albertson Fury; Merrick, N.Y.), Rachel Catrell (Blue Valley Stars United; Overland Park, Ks.), Eva Gordon (Empire United; Syracuse, N.Y.), Amber Greely (MTA Blue 96; St. Michael, Minn.), Madison Hall (D’Feeters; North Richland Hills, Texas); Wesley Hamblin (Avalanche Utah 96; Alpine, Utah), Danielle Hogarth (Soccer Association of Columbia; Jarrettsville, Md.), Gabriella Kaplan (MVLA Lightning; Emerald Hills, Calif.), Kaitlyn Keen (Carmel United Soccer Club; Zionsville, Ind.), Taylor Kugler (Albertson Fury; Massapequa Park, N.Y.), Annalyn Kumar (D’Feeters; Fort Worth, Texas), Hannah Lopiccolo (West Coast Futbol Club; Coto de Caza, Calif.), Kayla McCoy (Eclipse; Memphis, Tenn.), Sarah Medina (Pinecrest Premiere SC; Coral Gales, Fla.) Mary Palmer (CASL Spartan Elite Black; Clinton, N.C.), Haley Pounds (Challenge 95; Spring, Texas), Brianna Robinson (Match Fit Chelsea; Ocean Twp., N.J.), Emily Scott (Rockford Raptor Girls; Machesney Park, Ill.), Amber Stearns (McLean MPS Power; Burke, Va.), Pilar Torres (San Diego Surf; Encinitas, Calif.), Imani Walker (United Futbol Academy; Alpharetta, Ga.), Miranda Weslake (South Carolina United Mt. Pleasant; Beaufort, S.C.)

ASG Florida Players and Coaches Report to Pre-Season Training Camp
August 6th-8th, 2010 

We have an exciting weekend ahead of us at ASG Florida for the weekend of August 6-8, 2010.  The weekend will serve as our pre-season weekend for players and staff.  We have an excellent weekend planned.  US National Team Staff Coach Dave Dir and Dave Kunitz are making a special trip to ASG Florida for this kickoff event.        

Dave Dir was born in Anchorage, Alaska and is one of the most successful Professional American Coaches in US Soccer History.  Dave played professionally as a goalkeeper for the Chicago Sting in the NASL, and was the Sting’s first draft pick in 1981.  He made his coaching debut in youth soccer as a goalkeeper coach for the Colorado ODP program in 1988 and has been a member of the Regional and National staff, where he started the highly successful 00 Goalkeeper Schools. He has been a successful Head Coach at the High School, Collegiate, Club, and Professional level. As Head Coach of the Dallas Burn, Dave holds the record for longest tenure with one team in MLS History, as well as forth highest all-time win-record in league history. He won the U.S. Open Cup, the oldest Professional Cup Championship in the U.S., with Dallas in 1997 and back-to-back APSL Championships with the Colorado Foxes in 92 and 93.  Coach Dir is the president of ASG National and an Asst. Coach for the US Men’s U-20 National Team. Coach Dir works as a color commentator for ESPN, Fox, and Local Networks where he contributes through his vast knowledge of the game and his personal insight as a long-time Coach in the MLS. Dave also served as co-host on World Cup Tonight for the 2002 World Cup.  Coach Dir holds a USSF A License and a NSCAA Advanced National Diploma.         


Dave Kunitz was born in Canada and played for the University of Science and Arts in Oklahoma in 1998.  From 2000-2002, Kunitz played with the Oklahoma City Hatters before joining the Tulsa Roughnecks from 2002-2004.  He was hired as the USAO assistant coach in 1999 and coached the Chickasaw High School Boy's team since 2002.  He coached for the Edmond Soccer Club where he coached the ESC '92 Boys Black, '89 Girls Black  and '95 Girls Black.  Coach Kunitz holds an USSF A License and serves as the Academy Director for ASG Dallas.

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U-14 Girl's National Team Pool!!!!