FALL 2009 ISSUE 1 SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 PAGE 1 Meet Yankee Alumni... Manya Makoski Midfielder #22 Los Angeles Sol • Member of 2002 US Under-19 World Cup Team that won the FIFA World Championships • Won 3rd straight Nordic Cup as a member of the 2005 U.S. U-21 National Team • Named an Academic All- American earned First-Team All- Pac-10 honors in 2004 • Set the ASU single-season assist record with nine Yankee United News UAC Facility Ready The new complex wi! be Yankee’s home in the Winter months The debut of the new United Athletic Center is coming soon. Located at 1330 Honeyspot Rd in Stratford, the complex offers facilities suitable for soccer players of all ages. The centerpiece of this multi-sport facility is a glass-encased lacrosse and soccer field. Spectators can observe the action comfortably from a walkway above the enclosure. The official grand opening will be from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., September 12, with appearances planned by Claudio Reyna, former U.S. national soccer team captain and New York Red Bull player; and Manya Makoski, member of the Los Angeles Sol of the Women's Professional Soccer League (see inset right). There will be raffles, prizes and exhibition games. “Yankee United is pleased to be associated with this new state-of-the-art facility.” said Coaching Director Wayne Mones. “This will be a great place for our players to train and will help them continue their skill development year - round.” Each of Yankee’s premier teams will have the opportunity to train at the facility on a weekly basis during the Winter months.
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FALL 2009 ISSUE 1 SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
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Meet Yankee Alumni...Manya MakoskiMidfielder #22Los Angeles Sol
• Member of 2002 US Under-19 World Cup Team that won the FIFA World Championships
• Won 3rd straight Nordic Cup as a member of the 2005 U.S. U-21 National Team
• Named an Academic All-American earned First-Team All-Pac-10 honors in 2004
• Set the ASU single-season assist record with nine
Yankee United NewsUAC Facility Ready The new complex wi! be Yankee’s home in the Winter months
The debut of the new United Athletic Center is coming soon. Located at 1330 Honeyspot Rd in Stratford, the complex offers facilities suitable for soccer players of all ages. The centerpiece of this multi-sport facility is a glass-encased lacrosse and soccer field. Spectators can observe the action comfortably from a walkway above the enclosure.
The official grand opening will be from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., September 12, with appearances planned by Claudio Reyna, former U.S. national soccer team captain and New York Red Bull player; and Manya Makoski,
member of the Los Angeles Sol of the Women's Professional Soccer League (see inset right). There will be raffles, prizes and exhibition games.
“Yankee United is pleased to be associated with this new state-of-the-art facility.” said Coaching Director Wayne Mones. “This will be a great place for our players to train and will help them continue their skill development year-round.”
Each of Yankee’s premier teams will have the opportunity to train at the facility on a weekly basis during the Winter months.
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WELCOME TO THE CLUB: U-14 STRIKERSThere’s a new team in town. The inaugural
season for the Yankee U-14 Strikers was launched at the TWIST tournament in Wallingford, CT on August 15-16. For a team that had never played together before, it was a learning experience for all with little victories and lots of development opportunities!
The highlight of the tournament for the Strikers came during an afternoon match against the New England Comets, a Division 1 rival. After a scoreless first half, the Comets scored on a breakaway by Shea Connors to take the lead. Two minutes later, Katie Danaher sent a free kick soaring to the Comets touch line, left of the goal, where Keely Lockwood corralled it and crossed the ball beautifully to Allie Furlo, who scored by leaping in the air and redirecting the ball into the far corner. Ten minutes later the match ended in a 1-1 tie.
The majority of the Strikers played for Beachside Soccer Club in '07-08 and '08-09 seasons. In the Spring of 2008, they reached the finals of the Baltimore March Madness Tournament, losing in PKs to the Severna Park Kickers (MD). The team also was a finalist at the PDA Spring Kickoff Tournament, losing to Nirvana Nirvana (E-NY) in the championship game 2-1. In the Fall of 2008, the team won the HBC Peter Renzulli Memorial Tournament in Huntington, NY by defeating all four teams in the Premier bracket. They completed the Fall 2008 premier season with a record of 8-2, qualifying them for Division 1 play in the Spring of 2009. In the Winter of 2009, the team won the Teaneck Winter Showcase Tournament and in the Spring they reached the finals of the Adidas Memorial Day Tournament, losing 1-0 to SOCA of Virginia in the championship game. After a difficult 0-2 start to the Spring 2009 season, the team
finished with a Division 1 record of 1-3-3, including a hard fought 1-1 tie against the 2009 U-13 State Champion CFC Rocky Hill Wolves. As the latest addition to the Yankee Premier Soccer Program, the Strikers look forward to contributing to the club's tradition of success and achievement.
“I am very impressed with the talent of these girls and the heart that they showed in this tournament,” said Coach Jack Nogueira. “I look for this team to accomplish great things.”
Murphy - St. Michael's; Veras - Western CT; Schueschner - WagnerYankee Fire: Celini, Singer – Central CT; Heffernan, Stanton – Southern CT; Roman – Merrimack;
Coleman – Swarthmore; Herczeg – Mount Saint Mary; Holroyd, Lipp; Longyear – Western CTYankee Force: Forster – Yale; Yahn – Rutgers; Domingos – Delaware; Richardson – Delaware; Smith –
W. Virginia; Tordinado- College of Charleston, Walsh - Fairfield; Espanol - UNH; Pullan - Elon; Carpenter - Northeastern; Shultz - Fairfield; Gillespie - Providence.
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KIA MCNEILL NAMED ASSISTANT COACH AT BCBoston College Women's Soccer Coach Alison
Kulik has announced the addition of former Boston College defender Kia McNeill to her coaching staff. McNeill will join Kulik, new assistant coach Neel Bhattacharjee and Director of Women's Soccer Operations Mike LaVigne on the women's soccer staff for the 2009 season. McNeill is an alumnus of the Yankee United program.
"I am really excited that I was presented with the opportunity to return to BC. I have a lot of respect for the University and particularly the women's soccer program,'' said McNeill. "I loved playing at BC and look forward to coming back to work with the student-athletes and coaches. I look forward to learning from the staff and the athletes as well as implementing my own insight.''
McNeill has been busy in the past year. After graduating from the Heights in May 2008, McNeill went to Sweden to play for Kristianstads. On January 16, 2009, McNeill was drafted ninth overall by the
Saint Louis Athletica of the Women's Professional Soccer League. McNeill is the starting central defender and has started eight of nine games.
A native of Avon, CT, McNeill was a four-year starter and played in 86 consecutive games. McNeill played up front for the first three seasons and pulled the switch her senior season to be a defender. The move proved to be the key as McNeill was crucial to the Eagles defense as it was ranked sixth in the country in goals-against-average (0.475). McNeill finished her career 61 career points, good enough for eighth on the all-time scoring list at BC.
TECHNIQUES AND TACTICS
WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL SOCCERMarta, Wombach and the rest of the best are all here, including
two former Yankee players, Kia McNeil and Manya Makoski. Have you watched a WPS game yet? To learn more about the WPS inaugural season go to http://www.womensprosoccer.com/
F.Y.I. Be wary of unaccredited ranking sources that may rank teams or players. College coaches, USYS, and US Club Soccer all rely on institutions like Got Soccer, Soccer America, and Soccer in College for reliable and accurate ranking of teams and players. Got Soccer provides teams with the ability to electronically post and update player profiles and team records and transmits this information to affiliated tournaments and showcases for college coaches to view. If you have been contacted by any other institution doing player or team rankings, please let us know. We want to assure that as a club we are putting our efforts into showcasing Yankee talent where it will help our players the most!
The Hurricanes finished 3-2-1 in their recent U12 Developmental Spring Season and capped their season off with a double overtime Championship win at the Kicks for Kids Soccer Invitational in Hershey, PA. Led by Coach Daniel Uhrlass and Coach Steve Waizenegger our commitment to all players and emphasis on unselfish play & passing is what separates our team from every other program. We certainly earned the respect of our competition and generated interest where we've added four key players to this year’s squad; Samantha Kratky, Courtney Overacker, Virgine Larouche and Tori Stapelton. This fine group of ladies are currently ranked top ten in the state of CT and definitely up to the challenge for their U13 Qualifying season.
U14 Strikers
The Strikers will have a very busy Fall season, with 5 league games and 7 friendly’s against top Connecticut teams. The season schedule finishes strong with consecutive matches against last year’s State Cup Finalists CFC Wolves and CFC Arsenal.
