It’s almost here again. 

The TSA Y Academy returns on Feb. 22 through April 4 - every Monday and Wednesday at Rillito Park. The practices go from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The annual camp is for children ages 5 to 10. The cost is $100. Included in the price of the camp are two TSA training shirts, a soccer ball and a bag. 

Sign up now. It should be the biggest six weeks of soccer for the little ones in TSA history. To register, please go to the TSA website: Tucsonsocceracademy.com or contact Kim Kenworthy at Kim.Kenworthy@gmail.com or 520-991-2118.

   The annual TSA Rodeo Camp will be held at Mehl Park on Feb. 23-24. The camp goes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. The camp is for children ages 6 to 15. Cost is $75. Contact Dave Cosgrove at 520-370-3717 or a daclhc@gmail.com.

     Intestinal fortitude is one of Analisa Marquez many attributes. It’s displayed in a “where are they now’’ in the La Sombra newsletter.  By the looks of it, she’s been pretty busy and will be once she returns from her knee injury, one she suffered in October. But she said she’ll be ready to return to the field in April in Atlanta.     

   And, former TSA standout Donny Toia was featured in a recent story on Tucsonsentinel.com.Toia is in his first year with Real Salt Lake and could be here in the spring with the MLS team for practice.  "It’s going to be great," he said in an interview with the website. "To play in a professional jersey is what I’ve been trying to achieve my whole life." 

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Happy New Year to be sure. Some of 02 Boys Red were on the soccer field in a 3v3 tournament on New Year’s weekend.

            Coached by TSA Coach Jon Bogdanowich, the O2 Boys scored 35 goals in four games to win the title. Pictured from left to right -- Lucas Morais, Dalton Harrington, Braden Rosen, Grant Weitman, Fernando Alonzo and Michael Bogdanowich. 

Congratulations 02 Boys Red !!!

Congrats to a number of people who were listed on Greg Hansen’s list for top 100 sports figures. There were more than a handful of current or former people with TSA connections on the list.

The list included coaches Dave Cosgrove, Charlie Kendrick and Wolfgang Weber and former players Minh Vu and Donny Toia.

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QUESTIONS?

TSA programs, contact David Cosgrove, TSA Director of Player Development, 370-3717.

Registration, contact Kim Kenworthy, TSA Administrator, 991-2118.

 Notes to add to the TSA website, contact Steve Rivera, 661-5302.

 Questions concerning the TSA website, contact Charlie MacCabe, 731-8115