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With the first official club tryouts already completed, MSC teams are forming and training for summer soccer, to include league and tournament play. Most club teams do have roster spots remaining, however, so contact our club registrar today for more information, or visit the individual boys’ and girls’ team pages and contact the designated team manager.

The 98 and 00 boys traveled to Richmond, VA, this March to participate in the 33rd annual Jefferson Cup, one of the top tournaments in the country (ranked #2 in fact in 2011) and listed along with Surf Cup, WAGS, Disney Showcase and the Dallas Cup as one of the five best tournaments in North America. Over 300 men’s colleges were represented for recruiting purposes. The first Alaska teams to ever be accepted into the tournament, the boys faced off against competition from New York, Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky and found great success. The 2000 boys finished as tournament champions, in fact, and the 1998 boys finished as semifinalists, dropping a hard-fought 2-1 contest to a team from New York.

Fresh off a very successful trip to the CASL Girls Showcase in Raleigh, NC, where several MSC players returned with college scholarship offers in hand, the 96 girls took it to another level this past March, going 2-1-1 in the Players Showcase in Las Vegas, NV, while playing in front of another 60-plus college scouts. The squad picked up a pair of 3-0 victories over teams from Utah and CalSouth, while drawing 1-1 with another CalSouth team and losing 2-1 to the bracket winners, also from CalSouth. It was a great weekend, and several players earned new scholarship opportunities, while all solidified existing offers.

Matanuska Soccer Club’s United 98 boys one-upped their many achievements this July, when they traveled to the home of the country’s stiffest competition--CalSouth--and came back with finalists medals.

Playing in the Albion Cup National Soccer Showcase, and in the highest division at that (Puma V Elite), the team dropped their first contest 2-1 to Nomads, left ruing a shot off the crossbar in the waning minutes. The squad regrouped, however, and took down Beach FC 97 Black in the next game by a score of 2-0, setting up a tense encounter vs. another L.A. team to see who would advance to the semifinals.

As part of the club’s affiliation with Crossfire Premier, eight MSC United 98 players (all 8 born in the calendar year 1998) were invited to take part in the 2012 Crossfire / Inter Milan residential camp for USSDA teams.

The US Soccer Development Academy is the pinnacle for boys’ youth soccer in the United States, and all teams at the six-day camp were either U16 or U18 Academy teams, or pre-academy teams (U14/U15). The MSC players in attendance were evaluated throughout the week for possible inclusion on the Crossfire Premier 98 Pre-Academy team, which will take part in the Manchester United Premier Cup U.S. Finals in May of 2013.

The first year of the official affiliation between Matanuska Soccer Club and Crossfire Premier is nearly concluded, and to date, 18 MSC players have participated with Crossfire Premier teams and in Crossfire programs throughout the calendar year.

Highlights include former Polaris 96 goalkeeper Jaeden Chew, who has completed a permanent move to Crossfire Premier. Jaeden is continuing her training with the Washington club, playing high-school soccer at national powerhouse Skyline HS and moving on to ECNL play with Crossfire later this fall.

The 2012 Alaska summer tournament scheduled kicked off in style for Matanuska Soccer Club teams, as a whopping five of seven club entries advanced to the Alaska Airlines Cup semifinals. Four of those teams then advanced to the finals, highlighted by the United 98 boys, who lost a narrow decision to Rush Select, a national all-star team made up of players from seven different states.

Matanuska Soccer Club  and Crossfire Premier Soccer Club, Washington State’s largest premier level soccer institution for boys and girls under 19 years of age, have announced an exciting new affiliation between the two clubs. The announcement launches a relationship that will offer many benefits to both clubs’ players.

For a full press release, please click here.

Interested parties may also visit the Crossfire Premier website to learn more.

MSC United 98 midfielder Bailey Letherman recently returned from the 2011-12 US Club Soccer id2 Regional Training Center, which was held at UC Irvine. The camp was for elite players born in 1998 and 1999. The previous year Letherman was also selected by US Club Soccer scouts to attend the camp for 97-98 born players, held in Casa Grande, AZ.

In each, just over 50 elite boys representing 18 different states took part in the four-day training camps, sponsored by US Club Soccer and Nike.The players were selected for invitations by US Club Soccer staff and a network of scouts across the country. Videos, photos from the weekend and more information can be found here.

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