CONGRATULATIONS!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Semi-finalists Fusion and Earthquakes and Finalists Thunder and Boca Juniors and Congratulations to the 2008 U18Girls State Cup Champions, Freeze!

Boca Juniors-Finalist State Cup 2008

Thunder-Finalist State Cup 2008

6 Santa Rosa United teams have moved on to the quarter final round of State Cup 2008! Vasco U14Boys, Fusion U14Girls, Thunder U15Girls, Boca Jr.’s U16Boys, Earthquakes U17Girls, and Freeze U18Girls.  All quarter final games will be played on Saturday April 26th at Morgan Hill.   For more information about specific opponents and times, please continue.

Arnaldo Salazar, former member of the Arsenal 90Boys team, scored the only goal in a pre-season Chivas USA 1-0 win over D.C. United on February 18th 2008.  Congratulations on all of your hard work, Arnaldo!

Chivas USA Press Release   MLSnet.com

It took more than luck for the 92 SRU Gold Boys Team to win the VEGAS CUP tournament this past weekend in Las Vegas.  They battled against some very tough teams, including #5 ranked Las Vegas Premiere, whom they beat in a tense semi-final match in PK’s.  The Bocas brought home the gold, taking the championship match against New York’s Blackwatch Griffins, in a 0-0 game, again winning in PKs.  Congratulations, Bocas!

submitted by Pamela Wilsey

Tiffany Hurst, a member of the SRU Freeze U18Girls team, has been selected to the NSCAA/adidias Girls High School All-America Team. She joins 78 players across the USA on this list of talented players.

Gretel Amman, also a member of the SRU Freeze U18Girls team, has been selected to the NSCAA/adidas Girls High School All-Region Far West team.

2007 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School All-America Team            

2007 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School All-Region Far West Team

Stacey Strong, former SRU Storm member, is playing in the NCAA National College Cup starting Friday December 7th.  Strong has been a contributor to the USC team for 3 seasons now, and is currently on the starting defensive line for the Trojans. 

UPDATE 12.9.07-  After posting a 2-1 win against UCLA on Friday, the Trojans matched up today against Florida State University  Seminoles.  They posted a 2-0 dominating win against the Seminoles with SOLID play by Stacey!  Congratulations!!!

Rosso’s continues to sponsor our scholarship program by donating their corkage fee. This amount has become substantial as the Pizzeria and wine bar grows in popularity.  Please continue to frequent their wonderful establishment and bring a bottle of wine to enjoy with your dinner. Thank you very much to Rosso’s - Your CONTINUED generous scholarship sponsorship is very much appreciated! 

rosso pizzeria & winebar         Press Democrat "BiteClub" article
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*Kendall was invited to the US Soccer’s National ID Camp. He was also invited to train at Professional Club Vincenza in Italy later this summer.

Our U15Boys Sol team took our original team challenge to heart.  Last season we asked if the teams would all pitch in and raise money for our fields.  The Sol by far raised the most money of all of our teams, and therefore were awarded their very own ribbon cutting ceremony and the chance to be the very first team to set foot onto the new fields. To make the evening of Friday 10.5.7 even more special, it rained just enough to symbolize the importance of these all-weather fields and to produce the most gorgeous rainbow in the background of the boys practice.  We thank this very special team!

Thanks to the organizing efforts of our SRU family Rencken-McTaggert, these children from an orphanage in South Africa can play soccer in style!

The Shock participated as Ball Girls in the recent USA Womens National Team game against Japan.  They represented their team, SRU and Nike well - and we hear the girls received autographs from all of these big time stars on their SRU practice shirts, NICE!

Avalanche made their first appearance at Surf Cup a memorable one. Although they didn’t advance to the quarter finals, the experience showed everyone just what kind of soccer SRU can play.

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