94GR start strong in Southern California
94 Girls Red are Finalists at North Huntington Beach
Girls perform well, their only loss coming in the last minute of the Championship
The TSA 94 Girls Red took Southern California by storm in their season debut winning their first 3 games 2-1, 1-0 and 4-0 to make the NHB Tournament Silver Division Championship game. They played to a 1-1 tie until the closing minutes when Ballard FC Blue eked out a 2-1 victory. Alexis Torres, Maya Aldaghi, Leeandra Smith, Savanna Schmidt, Jenna Glad and Ashley Estrada all contributed goals in the impressive showing. The stingy 94 Red defense with goalkeepers Megan Baker and Rachel Caramusa amassed 5 consecutive shut out halves. Coach Charlie Kendrick said, "This is the most successful effort in North Huntington by a TSA girls team in my memory."
94 & 95 Girls at NAU
94 & 95 Girls Attend TSA camp at NAU
Girls train under the direction of Graham Ramsay
For a week this summer girls representing all four of the TSA 94 and 95 competitive teams escaped the heat and traveled to NAU to train. Organized by the 94 Girls Select, the girls trained under the direction of Lisa Fraser’s favorite mentor Graham Ramsay. The success of this TSA camp at NAU certainly will lead to similar camps in the future.
Former TSA and current UA player earns honors playing
with Tucson's WPSL team this summer
Analisa Marquez (TSA 89) helped lead Tucson’s entry in the Women’s Premier Soccer League to the league’s championship game in the team’s first season. Analisa entering her Junior year as a Wildcat at the University of Arizona is also a Tucson Soccer Academy Coach in the Developmental Program.
TSA 95 Boys & Girls Competing in Spain with Arizona ODP
The Arizona Olympic Development Program U14s travel to
the The Donosti Cup held in San Sebastian, Spain.
Check out the Arizona ODP travel blog.
12-year-old distance running phenom sets a world record for his age group in Portland, Ore.
At the Portland Track Festival, Silva ran the mile in 4 minutes 43.78 seconds, joining an age-group list of world-record holders that includes former Olympians Jim Ryun, Steve Cram and current USA star Alan Webb. Silva broke the record for 12-year-olds set in 1968 by United Kingdom distance-running star Glen Stewart.
TSA's Donny Toia selected to play with U.S. U18 Men's National Team
After a week long training camp in April, Under-18 Men’s National Team head coach Bob Jenkins placed Donny Toia on the 18 man roster that competed in May at the Lisbon International Tournament. The U.S. team fell to Norway 2-0 in their opening game, topped host Portugal 1-0 with a goal in the 81st minute and fell to Sweden 1-0 in their final match.
Additionally, Donny Toia TSA 92 was selected for the 2008 Adidas ESP Camp for elite players in July. http://www.adidas-esp.com/about.shtml.
