The girls under 13 Galaxy Alliance En Fuego have been on fire this August.  Over the weekend of August 7-8, the team won 4 straight games including the championship at the FC Irvine Showcase Tournament.  They did this with very few and sometimes no substitute players available! The En Fuego beat Olimpia Orange 3-0, then FC Irvine 7-1 on Saturday. Early Sunday morning, the En Fuego beat CSC Red 1-0 to qualify for the championship game later in the afternoon. In the final, the En Fuego defeated AUSC G97 Blue 2-1.

This past weekend, the Galaxy En Fuego kept up the solid play and walked away with the 1st place trophy at the Santa Barbara SC Summer Cup.  The team met up with AC Milan Red (2-1 win) and Coastal Valley Blaze G97 (4-0 win) on Saturday and then played Impact Explosion (2-0 win) before playing Santa Anita SC Strikers in the championship game.  In the final, the En Fuego played a tough team shorthanded and still came away with the trophy in a close 1-0 game.

Keep your eye on the En Fuego this year as they are playing great soccer!

The Boys Under 14 Galaxy Fuego United is looking to try out a few, very talented players to round out their very competitive soccer team.  To be eligible, players must have birthdays of August 1, 1996 or later.

If you are interested, please contact Cheryl Clark at cherkelclark@aol.com to arrange for a tryout.

The Girls under 13 Galaxy Blackouts won the South County Premier Cup tournament over the weekend of June 5-6.  Next up for the Blackouts is the Saddleback tournament. The Blackouts are coached by Lasan Darboe.

The location for the Galaxy Alliance Soccer Club’s annual summer soccer camp will be held at Barrington Park in Brentwood. Camp begins Monday August 9, 2010 through Friday August 13, 2010. The Barrington soccer fields are located next door to the Brentwood Post Office on Barrington Avenue (south of Sunset and north of San Vicente Blvds).  Follow the camp link at the top of the Galaxy website for more information and the camp form.

The weekend of May 8-9 found the Galaxy En Fuego playing great soccer at the Chivas Simi Valley Tournament. The En Fuego team went undefeated only allowing one goal over the weekend’s 4 games.  Playing against very good “Silver-level” competition, the En Fuego went on a streak winning games by scores of 2-0, 3-1, 1-0  against teams the En Fuego may have tied in the past but had never beaten. In the tournament championship game, the En Fuego won 1-0!

The Galaxy En Fuego completed their fall 2009 Bronze West bracket in Coast Soccer League with a 10-3-1 record and should be heading to a GU13 Silver bracket for the fall 2010 season.  The En Fuego’s current play is showing the results of all the hard work they have shown in preparing for their upcoming Silver action.  The En Fuego has recently entered several competitions to push the team. The En Fuego turned a corner recently in the Santa Clarita tournament when they were matched up against the Celtics Harps, the team that had recently eliminated the En Fuego in this year’s California State Cup by the score of 5-0. In the Santa Clarita tourney, it was an entirely different story with the En Fuego giving the Celtics Harps all it could handle in a very exciting game.  At the end of  regulation play, the game was tied at 1-1. The Harps needed penalty kicks to win the game.  Although the En Fuego team lost the game, they knew they were winners too and they should take away the confidence that they are on the right track in their preparation for next year’s Silver competition. Keep your eye on the En Fuego!

Tryouts will be held the next two Wednesday evenings (March 17 and March 24) from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Veterans Adminstration fields in Brentwood. We are a competitive team looking to add committed, current BU 11-age players to our roster. We will be playing BU12 in the 2010-2011 season. You must be born August 1, 1998 or later to be eligible for this team.

Prospective players are encouraged to attend both of these remaining sessions.

For more details questions and information, please contact Coach Tim Pierce at titopierce@hotmail.com or Steve Morris at sjm1222@earthlink.net.

The Galaxy Fuego United FC soccer team is holding open tryouts for new players looking for a competitive club soccer experience.  Interested players should attend the BU13 team’s practices on Tues and Thurs evenings from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at the Veterans Administration soccer fields in Brentwood. Players trying out may be eligible to play with the team during Spring League. To be eligible, players must be born Aug 1, 1996 or later.

Interested parties should contact Cheryl Clark by email at cherkelclark@aol.com or by phone at (310) 351-6654 or Coach Patrick Scheufler at pat.scheufler@yahoo.com.

The Galaxy Alliance Soccer Club’s Boys Under 11 team will be opening their practices throughout April to interested players who would like to try out for the team. Players need to have birthdates of August 1, 1999 or later to be eligible to play for this team.

Practices for Galaxy United B99 are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at the Veterans Administration soccer fields in Brentwood. Please link to the VA field link on the Galaxy Alliance’s home page at www.galaxyalliance.org for exact location and driving directions. For more information, please feel free to call Coach Sobrinho at (310) 800-0386 or email at soccer_brazil@hotmail.com, or contact team manager Erica Sanchez at erisan74@yahoo.com for more information.

Prospective players should wear proper soccer gear including shin guards.

The Galaxy 96 B13 is looking for a few very good players to add their talents to this competitive soccer team.  The team will be moving up to Silver competition in the fall 2010 Coast Soccer League season and the team is trying to find some skilled players to make this excellent squad even better.

Prospective players are invited to come out to the team’s practices held at the Veteran Administration soccer fields in Brentwood during the spring. Practices are held from 5:30pm to 7:00pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings.  Please use the field link on the main webpage for the Galaxy Alliance Soccer Club (www.galaxyalliance.org) to find driving directions to the VA fields.

The Galaxy 96 B13 will be playing in Spring League and the Spring League playoffs and may invite some players trying out to play with the team during these games. To be eligible, players must have birthdays August 1, 1996 or later. Players interested in coming out should wear proper soccer gear, including shin guards.

For more information on tryouts and the team, and to schedule a time to come out to practices, please contact team manager Robert Ginsberg at rginsberg@iptap.com or Coach Sobrinho at soccer_brazil@hotmail.com.

Tryouts will be held on Wednesday April 21 for a new BU10 club soccer team within the Galaxy Alliance Soccer Club. To be eligible for this team, players must have birthdays on or after August 1, 2000.

Tryouts will be held from 4pm to 5:30pm at MacArthur Field, which are the soccer fields located right on the Veterans Administration grounds in Brentwood. The VA grounds are located off of Wilshire Blvd immediately west of the I-405 freeway. To locate the soccer fields within the VA, follow signs to the Brentwood Theatre which shares the same parking lot used by MacArthur Field.

Prospective players are asked to come to the tryout in their soccer gear, including shin guards. For questions or if you need more information, please feel free to email Coach Tim Pierce at TitoPierce@hotmail.com.

Each Galaxy Alliance team is requested to send at least one representative to the club-wide team meeting Wednesday September 2 at 7:30pm.  Location is the Kornfield home at 12225 Lawler Street in Mar Vista.

Moorpark June 21, 2009. The defending champion Galaxy Wildcats nearly repeated their 2008 success at the Johnny Lopez Memorial Cup 2009, ultimately coming up short in a penalty kick shootout with the Apex G95.  The Wildcats had an amazing string of successes at the tournament winning their first three games in shutouts: 5-0 vs the Kickers Blue, 6-0 vs Chivas USA and 2-0 vs the Falcons for 29 points, the highest total by any team in their age bracket. In the championship final against the Silver (nearly Silver Elite) Apex G95, the Wildcats scored first early in the second half.  The Apex team came back with an answering goal and the game remain tied through regulation and two overtime periods.  The game was ultimately decided by Apex scoring 3 penalty kicks.

The Wildcats have improved their roster since the end of the fall season and new players including Kenia Bonilla, Nancy Lopez, Caitlin Whiteside and Emma Schwartz all made strong contributions during the tournament. Another development in the tournament was the ascendency of defender Emma Polhemus as a scoring threat.  Two of Emma’s high kicks over the heads of opposing defenders resulted in goals for the Wildcats. Goalkeeper Michall Singleton also distinguished herself with many amazing saves - preserving the shutouts and keeping the final tied up in overtime.  The Wildcats also had several guest players fill positions for vacationing Wildcats: Joan Rosello from the SAS Kickers and Ellie Benitez, Cheyenne Thomas and Hayley Pina of the Galaxy Devil-Cats all helped out. The Wildcats ended their 2008-2009 season as champions in two tournaments and finalists in two others out of the five tournaments played. The overall record of the Galaxy Wildcats from 2008-2009 was 25 wins, 14 losses and 6 ties. With that record to build on, the Wildcats and their coaches are looking forward to a very strong season in the coming year.

The Galaxy Alliance SC’s summer training camp will be held this year at Barrington Park. Barrington Park is located on Barrington Avenue between Sunset and San Vicente Blvds.  Camp begins Monday August 10th and continues through Friday August 14th from 9am to 2pm each day. 

The 2009 Galaxy camp registration form is now available and is posted on the “Camps“ page which can be easily linked from the front page of the Galaxy Alliance Soccer Club website.  Campers are recommended to bring their soccer gear, their lunch, sunscreen and plenty of water to drink each day at camp.  Campers will receive a new soccer ball and a Galaxy t-shirt.  Campers should bring their ball to camp with them each day.

Families are encouraged to register their players ahead of time to avoid camp day registration.  Sign in will be required as of the first day of camp.  Camp day registration is available beginning at 8:30am on the first day of camp. Please arrive with your form all completed to make this process work quicker.

The Galaxy Alliance Rattlers were narrowly defeated in the semi-finals of this year’s National Cup. The BU18 Rattlers finished a strong run of games under Coach Tim Pierce. Congrats to Coach Pierce and the Rattlers players for a job well done!

The Galaxy Alliance Soccer Club and the LA Sol are offering tickets for the 2009 Women’s Professional Soccer Championship game on Saturday August 22, 2009 (1pm) at the Home Depot Center in Carson.  Tickets are $18 each and a portion of the ticket price is shared with the Galaxy Alliance SC.  For more information contact Bobby Pina at (310) 936-4768 or by email at bobby.pina@sbcglobal.net.