Under 10 Boy Blue Spurs Davis Cup Blue Flight Champions

Other medalists from Region 45 to be congratulated for their outstanding performances include:

U14 Girls – Shockwave  Second Place

U14 Boys – Tormenta: Second place

U16 Girls – Aftershock: Third Place

U16 Boys Wanderers – fourth place

U19 Boys Magnum : fourth place

U14 Boys Tormenta won silver at the Presidents Cup last weekend while the Terremotos finished 4th in a 7-team field.  Congrats to both region 45 teams for making it the medal round.

U10 & U12 Divisions will be playing this weekend.

U12 Girls Intensity

The U14 Girls team coached by Scott McGhee medaled coming in 3rd place.  They won both matches Saturday 1-0 & 4-0 but lost their 3rd match Sunday and had to play that same team again in semifinals losing to them again.  They won the consolation match however resulting in 3rd place finish.

Region 45 U14 Girls Shockwave came in 3rd place at Grape Crush Tourney in Paso Robles

The U10 Boys coached by David Allan won their 1st match versus Hawthorne 3-0 and tied San Luis Obispo 3-3 giving up a late goal to finish Saturday play.  They raced to a 3-0 lead in their 1st match Sunday versus Tulare but had to hold them off to salvage a 3-2 victory and a 2-0-1 record in pool play.  Reached semifinals as #4 seed but lost to eventual champion Paso Robles and rematch with San Luis Obispo in consolation match resulting in 4th place finish.

Under 10 Boy Spurs finished in 4th place in Grape Crush Tourney in Paso Robles

GOALIE WARS:  Over 20 people participated in U10 Boys Goalie War  but the two finalists were from region 45 - Nicolas Conrad and Rafael Mendoza.  Nicolas won the match and crowned Goalie War champion with Rafael as runner-up.

Congratulations to all teams that attended watching some fantastic games in beautiful weather.  The tourney director was very complimentary of our teams, coaches and parents strongly encouraging us to attend again next year.  We suspect not all regions in attendance received such a hearty endorsement.

• U14G SPF 14 coached by Gary MacLeod tied Davis 1-1 & played championship game @ 2:15 which they lostdue to an early corner & misplayed ball though played very well rest of way in hard fought championship game.  2ND PLACE!
• U12B Silver Darts coached by Jason Feinsmith played in championship game where they lost 9-5 vs Green Galaxy from Concord for the championship.  Their opponent scored 3 goals in the last few minutes of the game, so it was close most of the game. .  Congratulations on 2ND PLACE finish!
• u12G Shamrocks coached by Drew Van Horne tied 4-4 in consolation match but lost 4-2 on PKs to finish in 4th place.  This represents our 3rd medal of the tournament.
• U10B Zen Dragons coached by George Yeung played well but lost 3-2 to a very good team – they went 1-2 and their season is complete.
• U10G Orange Flames coached by Ken McConnell lost, went 0-3 and their season is complete.  All 3 games were very competitive
  Game 1 against Evergreen HERicanes — lost 0:1
  Game 2 against Concord Toxic Rush — lost 0:2  (1 of these we scored in our own goal)
  Game 3 against Antelope Danger Divas — lost 0:1

• U14 Boys;  Despite 3 of the final 4 teams from original 16 coming from region 45, our neighbor region 43 Sting Rays won and will advance to the Section tournament with region 45 The Impact coached by Jane Zdepski finishing 2nd followed by Da Kru caoched by Scott Miller finishing 3rd and Default  coached by David Koblas finished 4th.
• U14 Girls:  SPF14 coached by Gary McLeod defeated Navy SEALS coached by Scott McGhee in an all region 45 final.  The Spicy Chicken Wings coached by Christopher George won the consolation match and finished in 3rd place.
• U12 Boys:  Region 45 Silver Darts coached by Jason Feinsmith defeated the Blue coached by Michael Galles in another all region 45 final.    The Thunder coached by Wayne Do finished tied for 3rd as there was no consolation match held.
• U12 Girls:  Shamrocks coached by Drew Van Horne finished 2nd to Sunnyvale in the Area 2A tournament but will advance to the Section 2 tournament.
• U10 Boys:  Region 45 1st place Zen Dragons coached by George Yeung.
• U10 Girls:  Region 45 1st place Orange Flames coached by Ken McConnell

Brian Eugeni, AYSO 45 Regional Commissioner

 1. The Volunteer Coordinator serves on the AYSO Region 45 board, facilitating coordination of volunteers (not focused on coaches or referees) throughout the season and post-season.  Over 25 people serve on the Board of Directors or as Division Coordinators making soccer possible for over 2,000 kids in the fall and 250 in the spring.  The volunteer coordinator does the following:

• Reviews volunteer sign-up information in webyouthsoccer (software we all used to enroll our kids) and actively reaches out to those volunteers to schedule them for various functions.  Much of this communication is via e-mail.  Training on how to navigate this easy-to-use software is provided.
• Attends the board meeting every 4th Tuesday of the month in the evening.
• Actively recruits needed positions from parent base.
• Please see our job description page for more information.
• Absolutely must buy into the AYSO vision and mission, the reasons we do this:
  VISION:  AYSO provides world class youth soccer program that enriches children’s lives.
  MISSION:  Develop and deliver quality youth soccer programs in a fun, family environment based on Six Principles – Everyone Plays, Balanced Teams, Open Registration, Positive Coaching, Good Sportsmanship, and Player Development.

2.  Our Registrar will train under the existing registar (whose children will be aging out of program within a year) signing up over 2,000 kids for our fall program.  This position is fun and rewarding.  The registrar needs to attend only one or two sign-up events in person.  The remaining signups are online with primary communication via email.  Follow this link for a full registrar job description.

3.  Spring Select Administrator.  Every year, kids from our U10 through U19 fall programs are eligible to try out for “select” teams that play in leagues and tournaments during late winter and spring.  if your child has been involved in Spring Select in the past and you enjoyed what it had to offer as an “extra” program for AYSO, we need your help.  You can learn from the incumbent Sprint Select Administrator this spring.  This job primarily consists of following:

• Establish criteria for coach selection and facilitate meetings with the Spring Select Committee which consists of several existing board members, including the Regional Commissioner.
• Solicit coach applications from all U10 & above coaches early in the fall season.  This occurs mostly via e-mail and much of this work is already setup in Survey Monkey from prior years.
• Consolidate information for committee to select coach or coaches for each age and gender division.
• Solicit player applications for each age and gender division which coaches can then access and use (typically Survey Monkey) for setting up tryouts.
• Coordinate efforts across various coaches and field coordinator for their tryouts.  Review players selected for each team and, along with Spring Select Committee, review and approve or provide feedback on proposed team selections ensuring enough volunteers are included among players chosen to fulfill coach and team referee requirements.
• Train to setup rosters in www.eayso.org (national organization website) ensuring all players, coaches and teams are elgible for leagues and tourneys to which they apply.  There are backups for you so you are never alone in this.
• Contact coaches on key application opening / deadline dates (tourneys / dates will be identified by committee).  For example, Davis Cup registration opening as this tourney fills quickly.
• Assist the Regional Commissioner in settling any issues related to Spring Select that may crop up..

Please contact the Regional Commissioner Brian Eugeni via email at rc@ayso45.org to learn more about what you can do to help.