Azzurri under 10 girls team meeting

Coach Cooke is having a team meeting for his new under 10 girls azzurri team at his home on sunday May 2 from 1-4 p.m. Swimming is appropriate for all. All of the family is invited.

Tryouts

Unbder 16 boys tryouts will finish Saturday March 20 beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Riverbottoms Soccer Complex. Anyone interested in playing for a competitive club should show up with a white T Shirt, proper soccer equipment and water.

Diablo Cup

The Azzurri Eagles, a u-15 boys team, played well in the Diablo Cup. They were defearted by a strong Diablo Team that won the tournament, and by Bay Oaks. They were successful in Sunday's game defeating BocaBoca 2-1. Players that improved substantially over the season include Marco Chavez, Alfredo Hernandez, Skyler Ripley, Jaime Ruiz, and Rafe Smith. Players that continued to work hard and continued their effective leadership through hard work include Milad Rahim, Hector Ramos, Nestor Morales, Frankie Avila, Collin Olmstead, and Thomas Mehler. Strong Goalie play and defensive play was contributed by Victor Alcantar and Jose Mendoza. Skillful play was also provided by Jonathan Trejo, Eduardo Ramirez, David Sherman, Fernando Lopez, Brandon Barriga, and Pedro Valencia.

Winter league

Azzurri Eagles are playing in an under 16 Winter league. The boys are experiencing strong competition and should be improving individually and as a team. Next week, January 30, 2010 they play the 8 a.m. game and the 3:30 game at Yuba City High School all weather soccer field. they are still looking for their first win in this league.

They have been entered in the Diablo Cup the weekend of March 13-14, 2010 in Concord, California. Save the dates.

Practice continues on Tuesday evening on the John Steel Field from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Their other practice is Monday nights from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Coach reserves to add a make up practice but all players are advised to run outside of practice at least 3 miles a week.

Azzurri Eagles practice schedule

Practice continues for all of coach Cooke's players to prepare for the winter league. Practices are being held on Tuesday nights 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday mornings, 10:00 a.m. to 12. All practices continue on the John Steel Field subject to moving onto a drier field. Practice will be held unless it is raining at the time practice begins. The under 15 team invites any of the under 16 players to compete for spots, particularly during the under 16 league games that will run 10 weeks beginning in January.

Final League Standing

The Azzurri Eagles Class 3 finished second in their division, finishing strong in their last match closing out the season with a 5-1 win. They lost only to the first place team in their division and to Real Santa Rosa that moved up a division. With 8 league wins, they also participated in four tournaments, with a second place in one and a fourth place in another. Most importantly the boys made substantial improvements in their play and in their growth as young men.

Pumpkin kick results

The Azzurri Eagles finished 4th in the u-16 boys Pumpkin Kick Tournament. While the boys showed improvement particularly in the second half against Real Santa Rosa, the most important benefit of the Tournament was the experience of what did work to control the game as opposed to what did not work.
When the team made a conscious effort to move the ball up with specific passes to specific players and to move up to support the attack, the Eagles looked like they could defeat Real Santa Rosa if they played again, as the Eagles dominated the 2nd half.
While we did not lose to Lincoln, the tie allowed Lincoln to go to the championship and caused the rematch with Real Santa Rosa.
The under 16 will look forward to the u-15 team joining practice as the high school fall season ends.