First Regular Season Game

Azzurri Eagles 3 are Meeting at the Buckland's home at 8:15 a.m. Saturday Sept 12,2009 to play their first regular season game at 10:30 a.m. The field is located at the Isador Cohen Elementary School. near Highway 50 and Watt Ave.. Sacramento.

Practice schedule

August 25 and 27 and Sept 1 and 3 the team will practice 6-8 p.m.
Beginning next week: Sept 8 and 10 the team will practice 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and will keep that schedule for the rest of September. Saturday game schedule will be picked up this Wednesday and begins the Saturday after Labor Day.

Peach Classic Tournament

The Azzurri Eagles class 3 under 16 boys team, that is ranked 37th in district VI, faced stiff competition in the Peach Classic Tournament. Against their first competitor, ranked 30th, they won 8-0. Against their second competitor, ranked 15th, they won 4-1. Against the team ranked 13th, they tied the first game 2-2 and lost the championship 1-2. Congratulations to the team for the 2nd place finish.

Fort Brag Tournament

11 players travelled to Fort Brag for a class 3 tournament. The team won 2 games 2-0 and 1-0 lost one game 0-1 to the second place team and lost one game to the tournament champion yielding the fewest goals compared with other teams they played and the least goal differential. I can report that the players did a good job and deserved to play in the consolation game which went to a team in a different bracket with fewer points. The boys continue to gain valuable playing experience.

June 27, 2009 Azzurri Jamboree

Both the under 16 team and the under 15 team have a game in the River Bottoms this Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Both teams plan to meet at the John Steel field for warm ups at 10:30 a.m.
Both teams including families are invited to come to Coach Cooke's home for a swim and potluck lunch. Please bring something to share.
The under 15 team has a second game at 4 p.m.
Last year's assistant coach Mallet Tuekpe is welcomed back and plans to be at these events.

Washoe Zephyr Tournament

Coach Cooke benefitted most from the tournament seeing how the boys needed to improve to be more competitive. While the teams they played on Saturday gave them all they could handle and more, the Azzurri Eagles 3 team played much better on Sunday and were competitive in their effort. Congratulations to the boys that participated, as they will benefit from the competition. I know the boys will continue to improve and will be better able to be more competitive in upcoming tournaments.

Washoe Zephyr Tournament

The under 16 team has been accepted into the Reno Tournament the weekend of June 13, 2009.
They will be allowed to have up to 5 guest players who will be invited from the u-15 team. Coach Cooke will have a meeting to go over the final details Thursday June 4, at the end of practice at 7:30 p.m.