ODP Players

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Congratulations to the following ECU players selected for the Florida ODP State Team:

94 Boys
Mikey Lightbourne

93 Boys
Marcos Melecio-Zambrano
Ricky Hoegg

Ricky Hoegg was also selected to the US Region III Pool for the 93 boys.

2010 Emerald Coast Cup Huge Success

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The 2010 Emerald Coast Cup was another huge success. By the numbers:

144 teams
17 ECU teams
28 different age groups/brackets
20 fields at 4 different sites
90+ referees
237 games played

ECU Teams making it to the finals:

U9B Green - Finalists
U11B - Finalists
U14B - Champions
U15G - Champions
U16B - Champions
U18G - Champions

Region Cup / State Cup Teams

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Congratulations to the following Region Cup Teams:

U11G - Finalist
U12G - Champion (advanced to Presidents Cup)
U14B - Finalist
U15B - Finalist
U16G - Champion (advanced to Presidents Cup)

First round results of our teams at State Cup:

U15G - Lost three close games
U16B - Tied 0-0, Won 6-0, Won 2-0, Advanced to the Sweet 16!
U17G - Lost three close games

Olympic Development Program

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Congratulations to the following ECU players identified by the Olympic Development Program (ODP) from Region D to advance to the State Trials (93-95 age groups):

93M - Amani Beliveau
93M - Ricky Hoegg
93M - Marcos Melecio-Zambrano
94F - Miranda O'Neil
94M - Ronny Couch
94M - Michael Lightbourne
94M - Alex Parker
94M - Josh Piovesan
94M - Anthony Provost
95F - Christina Ramirez
95M - Zach Camacho
95M - Braedon Hughes
95M - Jonathan Riggs
95M - Zach Underwood
95M - Lucas Van Decar
95M - Matt Worthen

Florida 5A All State Teams

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Two of our very own ECU U17 Girls were selected for the All-State High School team:
 
Molly Everitt 5A 1st Team and Julianne Gaubron 5A 2nd Team
 
This honor is determined by participating High School coaches only.
 
To see the complete lists: http://www.floridagirlssoccer.com/2010_5a_all_state.htm

Daily News Players of the Year from ECU

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The Northwest Florida Daily News has named the 2009-2010 All-Area Soccer Teams. Both the boys and girls Players of the Year are ECU players! The Boys Player of the Year is Ricky Hoegg (repeat winner from 2008-2009) and the Girls Player of the Year is Kaitlyn Kutemeyer.

                          

Congratulations to all the ECU players who were selected to the All-Area teams:

First Team

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Girls:	Boys:
Shelby Bush	Ronnie Couch
Lacey Csaszar	Ricky Hoegg
Molly Everitt	Ethan Small
Julianne Gaubron
Katie Kaim
Kaitlyn Kutemeyer
Kristin Muldowney
Grace Sager
Katie Wills

Second Team

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Girls:	Boys:
Savannah Boswell	Amani Beliveau
Jacquelyn Chlebowski	Mikey Lightbourne
Ashley Quackenbush	Anthony Provost
Tiffany Souders Kasey Stone

Honorable Mention

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Girls:	Boys:
Ali DeMonbrun	Marcos Melecio-Zambrano
Rebecca Dillard	Josh Piovesan
Paige Douglas
Katie Mitchell

Tiger Showcase Champions

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The U14/15 girls took the Auburn Tiger College Showcase March 7^th & 8^th after defeating the #5 team in the state of Indiana (2-1), the Belles out of Northwest Georgia (2-0), and TUFC (3-2).  The girls went up against the ERSA Express ’95 Shockers out of Chattanooga TN in the championship and finished with a 1-0 victory.  The team only allowed one goal the entire weekend.  Great job girls!!!

Mia Hamm Visit

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United States and World Soccer Icon MIA HAMM participated in the “ANNIKA Experience at WaterSound” February 19th. The following ECU members had the privilege of playing a 8v8 games with Mia Hamm and Annika Sorenstam:

U18	U12
Alexia Hinds	Hannah Davis
Claire Standaert	Kelsie Walker
Miranda O'Neil	Savannah Low
Antonia Poate	Mary Cockrum
Christina Ramirez	Candace Metcalfe
Gabrielle Sorgnit	Kristen Anderson
Brooke Sneller	Brooke Gaskell

Annika vs. Mia Soccer Skills Challenge

http://www.youtube.com/user/ANNIKAFoundation#p/u/4/c1lbQM_0eEc

Score at the Shore Champions

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The ECU U17 Girls brought home Gold from the Score at the Shore tournament held in Tampa over President's Day weekend. The girls played 6 games in 3 days and played teams from Chicago, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and beat the host team, Score At The Shore from Long Island, New York to capture the title of the Blue Bracket. This is the first time these girls have played together since the addition of 6 new players and the loss of 3 due to injury and the reclassification of the age group. The girls are coached by Carl Everitt and team members are: Lacey Csaszar, Ali DeMonbrun, Rebecca Dillard, Paige Douglas, Molly Everitt, Lindsay Fretina, Julianne Gaubron, Katie Kaim, Ariel Lindner, Sam Miller, Katie Mitchell, Grace Sager, Kasey Stone, Megan Thomas, Katie Wills and Heather Wilson.

Soccer tourney kicks up help for Haiti

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FORT WALTON BEACH — A middle school soccer tournament on Jan 30, 2010 doubled as a T-shirt drive for the earthquake victims in Haiti. ECU contributed 150 new T-shirts and unused uniforms to this cause.

Read the full story.

- NWF Daily News, Saturday, January 30, 2010

ECU Holds Cleat Drive at Destin Soccer Rodeo

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...The Emerald Coast United (ECU) soccer club also undertook a soccer cleat donation drive in the Fall, and received 48 pairs of soccer cleats, as well as seven shin guards. ECU also plans to donate 35 T-shirts left over from soccer tournaments.

This equpment will be sent to "Operation Give," a partner of the Passback Program, which will send it to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan so they can set up teams of soccer players in the countries where they serve.

- The Bay Beacon, Wednesday, January 13, 2010

ECU U16 Boys Win CASL Raleigh College Shootout Championship

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Emerald Coast United U16 Boys won their division in the CASL Boys College Showcase, in Raleigh, NC on December 12 -13. The event is one of the most prestigious college showcases in the nation and this year hosted over 7000 athletes from 42 different states and Canada along with 500 college coaches.

To gain the championship ECU defeated Carolina Lightning 2-1 and Virginia Rush 5-0 on Saturday in the preliminary rounds. Sunday they defeated Central Florida United in the Semi- Finals 2-0 and advanced to play Freedom SC United from Maryland Championship game. The score was tied 1-1 at the end of regulation play during the final match causing the teams to go to a penalty kick shootout where Emerald Coast United defeated Freedom SC and claimed the championship 2-1.

Pictured above (L-R)
Back row: Dylan Barbee, Josh Piovesan, Ronnie Couch, Marcos Melecio-Zambrano, Ricky Hoegg, Frank Soto-Martinez, Kyle Pfeiffer, Eathan Small, Manny Paravalos, Coach Greg DeVito

Front row: Eddie Bird, Alex Parker, Mikey Lightbourne, David Williams, Anthony Provost
Members Absent: Mitch Garland and Andrew Morrell