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WPFC '99 Black Win Bellingham Pacific Coast Challenge
Boys Under 11 Division
(August 30, 2010) - WPFC ’99 Boys Black won the Bellingham Pacific Coast Challenge tournament this past weekend over a strong Canadian team, CMFSC FC Galaxy (Coquitlam, BC) 2 - nil. The boy’s advanced to the championship in their toughest match of the tourney V Pacific FC Fire by a score of 3-2. The team swept their group stage over Eastside FC, Little Mexico and NW Nationals scoring 21 goals and only allowing one. The team finished their tournament run with 26 GF and only 3 GA.
WPFC Female August Player Spotlight
'95 ECNL Mariah Lee
(August 23, 2010) - ’95 ECNL Mariah Lee was named to the WA State, Region IV, and selected to the National ODP ’96 Player Pool. Lee also excels off the pitch, carrying a 4.0 G.P.A., with her favorite subject in school being English. In her free time, when not playing soccer, she enjoys reading, playing basketball, running track, hanging out with her friends, and also plays the violin. Come take a closer look at this WPFC stellar student-athlete selected for the August female Player Spotlight. [+]
WPFC Boys Win Five Titles at Rainier Challenge
Boys equal Girls in number of Championships
(August 17, 2010) - WPFC boys took home five championships at the 2010 Rainier Challenge and placed ten finalists in all. Our ’00 Black topped Westsound ’00 Red 4-1, ’97 Black dominated Crossfire ’98 James 5-1, ’96 Black blanked City Strikers ’96 Kallis 6-0, ’94 White blanked Westsound ’94 Black 2-0, ’94 Black eased past GRFC ’94 Blue 4-2. [+]
WPFC Male August Player Spotlight
'96 Black Grant Young
(August 14, 2010) - ’96 Black Grant Young embodies Vince Lombardi’s quote “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” Come take a closer look at this WPFC stellar student-athlete selected for the August male Player Spotlight. [+]
Athena Partners, Local Food Service Busineses and WPFC
Partner For A Cure
(August 9, 2010) - Washington Premier F.C. is pleased to continue our unique partnership with Athena Partners and local foodservice businesses, including Sysco Foodservices of Seattle, by presenting Athena with a check for $22,850 at the Rainier Challenge. For more information on this partnership please visit our Athena section.
WPFC Nets Five Titles at Rainier Challenge
Girls continue to flex their muscle this summer
(August 11, 2010) - WPFC took home five championships at the 2010 Rainier Challenge and placed seven finalists in all. Our girls U12 Black blanked Crossfire 98 A 2-0, girls U14 Black edged Crossfire 96 Brazil 1-0, girls U15 ECNL topped our girls U15 Black 3-1, girls U16 ECNL eased past Synergy FC Clark 5-0, and in the game of the day, girls U14 White edged South Hill Revolution 2-1 in kicks from the mark. [+]
WPFC '92 ECNL Win Surf Cup
Gold Division Champions
(August 8, 2010) - Congratulations to our ’92 ECNL who won the Gold Division of the prestigious San Diego Surf Cup last weekend. The team swept their preliminary games in bracket A over HSC Bulls ’93 (HI) 2-1, San Diego Surf SC 92-93 Premiere (CA) 1-1, and South Central Premier Select (CT) 1-0. [+]
WPFC Boys '00 Black Win Washington Games Classic
BU-10 Division
(August 7, 20101) - WPFC Boys ’00 Black dominated the 2010 Washington Games Classic at Starfire scoring 24 goals without conceding any in regular play. The boys continued their winning ways with another victory (8-1) in the Championship Game. The boys have won 7 out of 9 games in their first two tournaments scoring 66 goals and conceding only 17.
BU-16 Black players make ODP and Region IV Players' Pool
Jacob Beardemphl '95 & McKay Owsley '94
(August 3, 2010) - WPFC ’94 black players Jacob Beardemphl ’95 and McKay Owsley ’94 were selected to attend the Sounders FC WA ODP Boys’ Regional Camp in McMinnville, OR, July 12-17. McKay Owsley was chosen for the ’94 Region IV pool and went on to attend camp in Ontario, CA, July 26-30. McKay will find out late in September if he was selected for the Region IV travel team to play in the inter-regional tournament in Florida and international trip.
WPFC Nets Three Titles at Stanno Harbor Tyee Cup
(July 27, 2010) - WPFC took home three championships at the 2010 Stanno Tyee Cup. Boys ’98 Black who won the Gold Division topping Bainbridge Island FC Blue 4-0 in the final to earn the fish trophy. Girls ’00 Black team won the the Jamboree Championship at Stanno Habor Tyee Cup this past weekend finishing 3-0-1 in the GU-10 bracket. Boys ’98 White won it’s championship with a 5 nil victory. [+]
WPFC ’94 ECNL Win Lake Oswego Nike Cup
GU-16 Champions
(July 27, 2010) - WPFC ’94 ECNL continues its great form winning the Lake Oswego Nike Cup this past weekend, defeating the Oregon State Champions, THUSC Ireland, in the finals to win the championship. The week prior they also captured the Nike Crossfire Championship. Congratulations to Coach Peter Voiles and the girls!
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WPFC.com Reporters
Commitment to Excellence
WPFC players, parents, and fans we need your help! A club as large and successful as ours makes it difficult sometimes to keep track of all the things happening with each and every team. We do our best but with your help we can do even better. Please feel free to submit pictures and write-ups of happenings whether on or off the pitch to our Webmaster.
Also please check the other volunteer opportunities at WPFC
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Call for Nominations for Board of Directors
Four positions to fill at AGM in September
(July 28, 2010) - WPFC has four (4) two-year term Board positions to fill at the Annual General Meeting in September, 2010. Board Members with expiring terms in September, 2010.
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Seattle Sounders FC Soccer Camps
August 2nd - 6th
(July 27, 2010) - Washington Premier F.C. will be hosting two Seattle Sounders FC soccer camps at our field complex this summer. For more information about these great camps please click here
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WPFC July Player Spotlight
’94 ECNL Abbey Bergquist
(July 21, 2010) - ’94 ECNL Abbey Bergquist was named to the Region IV ODP Player Pool for 2010-2011. She will be attending ODP Regional ’95 Pool Camp July 27-30 in Ontario, CA in hopes of being selected for the ODP National Pool. Come take a closer look at this stellar student-athlete.
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GU-14 Black Team
Looking for additional players
(July 21, 2010) - WPFC community please help get the word out that our GU-14 Black team is looking for 1-2 strong field players to add to their roster. If you know of anyone who will interested in joing our great club and this team please contact Tami @ tamaroou@comcast.net
or Lance @ fischbal@hotmail.com
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GU-12 White Team
Looking for additional players
(July 14, 2010) - WPFC community please help get the word out that our GU-12 White team is looking to add additional players to their roster. If you know of anyone who will interested in joing our great club and this team please contact their team manager: Ladena Larson at either: girltimes3@comcast.net or 253-677-1199.
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Strong Showing at Nike Crossfire Challenge
WPFC boys battle top competition and climate
(July 13, 2010) - Congratulations to all our WPFC boys team that participated this weekend in the Nike Crossfire Challenge. ’92 - ’00. Over half of our teams entered in the advanced to quarterfinals of the tourney. Go Premier! Click link for tournament’s final results.
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’94 & ’93 ECNL players share their experiences
Beck & Caballero blog @ Regional Camp
(June 30, 2010) - Two of our WPFC players, ECNL ’94 Miranda Caballero (First year at ODP camp) along with ECNL ’93 Kelly Beckare (Third year at ODP camp) blogging their experience during camp.
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WPFC Proudly Announces New PDL Junior Program
WPFC is excited to announce its new PDL Junior Program for the 2010-2011 season. The purpose of this program is to provide a structure and standards for PDL clubs wishing to work with young players that would typically play U10 in the fall season. Therefore, the program is designed for children who are born on or after August 1, 2000.
WPFC and Harbor FC are the only PDL clubs within Tacoma Pierce County Junior Soccer Association that can offer this program.
Wade Webber, our Youth Development Director, will oversee the program to insure age appropriate training. Wade will work with the following WPFC age group coaches: Peter Voiles, Todd Murray, Luke-Helling Christy and Jason Baumgardt. Please review all of the details after the jump.
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Congratulations to WPFC Coach Billy Crook
Sounders Name Billy Crook as U16 Assistant Academy Coach
(March 26, 2010) - The Seattle Sounders FC today named WPFC’s Billy Crook as an assistant coach for the Sounders FC Youth Academy. Billy will be an assistant for the U16 boys team. Dick McCormick is the Manager/Head Coach of both the U16 and U18 academy teams.
"It’s exciting to add two quality coaches and two quality people to the Sounders FC Academy," said Darren Sawatzky, Sounders FC director of youth development. "Both Billy and Sean Henderson have strong roots in Sounders history. They are established in the youth soccer community and we look forward to the start of team training."
Billy played 18 years in the pro ranks, beginning with the original NASL Sounders in 1983. He played the bulk of his indoor soccer career with the Tacoma Stars (1984-93) and was a member of the CISL champion Seattle SeaDogs in 1997. We wish Billy the very best of success and look forward to continuing to work with him and the rest of the Sounders staff.
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WPFC Players Selected to Sounders FC Academy
18 Players Headed to Sounders FC 2010-2011 USSDA Teams
WPFC is proud to be a youth development partner of Sounders FC. We want to take a moment to congratulate the following WPFC players who have been selected to the Seattle Sounders FC USSF Development Academy for 2010-2011:
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WPFC Team
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| Troy Peterson |
Evan Robicheau |
USSDA U18
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| Sean Okoli |
Nick Palodichuk |
USSDA U18
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| Dominique Dismuke |
Jamael Cox |
USSDA U18
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| Chase Hanson |
Jeremy Wentzel |
USSDA U18
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| Brandon Brockaway |
Nate Boatright |
USSDA U18
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| Kurtis Pederson |
Ike Crook |
USSDA U16
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| Ian Lange |
Miles Rodriguez |
USSDA U16
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| Austin Sweeney |
Jacob Beck |
USSDA U16
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| Connor Adkisson |
Jalen Markey |
WPFC 94 Black
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