Thursday, June 20, 2013

Seattle Sounders FC U23 Player - David Geno Visits ECFC Dev Practice

 
David Geno made history as the only amateur player in US Open Cup history to score four goals in a game (he scored four in twenty minutes), unfortunately a week later he broke his foot, but made his way out to visit us at ECFC to tell his story and inspire the kids. Watch for him this fall at East Tennessee St U, and hopefully in the MLS in 2014!!!
 
Pictured above are David and Coach Angel Planells with his BU-8 ‘05 Green team.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Monday, June 17, 2013

ECFC M02 Green win 5th Annual Celebrate Shoreline Soccer Classic 2013


Congratulations to ECFC M02 Green, coached by Brad Agoos and Scott Smith, for winning the BU11 bracket and the tournament.

The tournament championship game was determined by 2 rounds of penalty shoot outs with ECFC M02 coming out on top against SU NE 02 White.

Enjoy the pics below. A great start to the season ECFC M02 Green!!
Coach Brad and player

Waiting to take penalties. Coach Scott and players.
ECFC M02 enjoying the moment.

Champions!




ECFC WPSL 2 games, 2 wins!



ECFC WPSL played AC Seattle on 6/13 and came away with a 2-1 win after a amazing game full of twists and turns. A game in which the AC Seattle head coach declared ECFC a strong team. Our local sports writers hailed the match an instant classic.

To read the GoalWA article click here
For over 180 match photos click here




With one days rest our ECFC team then played the Spokane Shine. The first meeting of the season saw ECFC scoring 7 goals. In the return game, on Saturday, ECFC continued where they left off, scoring 4 in the second half. Making it 2 shut outs against the Spokane Shine.

ECFC goals came from Marina Galaz (in 58th, assist Kate Bennett), Hillary Zevenbergen (in 65th, assist Marina Galaz), and Megan Chapin (in 84th, assist Caroline Brawner). Liz Ruiz started in goal for ECFC and Tori Burns completed the last twenty minutes of the shut out.
Emerald City FC is now 4-1-0 on the season. See updated table here.

For match pictures and write up click here
The guys at GoalWA having some fun with gifs, click here

Click here for the ECFC WPSL team club page

The second half of the season
Sunday, June 234:00 PM Emerald City FC- THUSC DiamondsKing's High School
Saturday, June 291:00 PM Bend Timbers- Emerald City FCSummit High School
Sunday, June 303:00 PM Eugene Metro Futbol Club- Emerald City FCSouth Eugene High School
Friday, July 056:00 PM Emerald City FC- AC SeattleKing's High School
Sunday, July 076:00 PM Emerald City FC- Issaquah Soccer ClubKing's High School

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Emerald City’s Marina Nesic is goalWA.net Washington WPSL Player of Week - GoalWA article

Marina Nesic
Congratulations to Marina for being awarded Player of the Week by GoalWA. It is even more deserved as there were significant wins by the other top WPSL teams this last week and Marina stood out with here creative play and great vision, as she contributed to the 7-0 win.

For the full GoalWA article click here


Sunday, June 9, 2013

ECFC WPSL 7, Spokane Shine 0

Photo credit Inland NW

ECFC WPSL are on a roll right now with an emphatic win over Spokane Shine. There is no doubt that coach Niki Taylor has brought together a very talented group of players from around the world. But can we attribute this win to coach Alex Jessup and his unique pre-game warm-up routine for the team. The jury is still out on that one, so to find out how our girls played in the match and the 7 different goal scorers, read the articles by GoalWA and the local Spokane writers.

GoalWA article - Seattle teams on a roll
Inland NW soccer news - Gonzaga duo lead ECFC ...
Great pictures from Inland NW - Smugmug

Next 3 games
Thursday, June 137:00 PM AC Seattle- Emerald City FCChief Sealth HS, West Seattle
Saturday, June 153:00 PM Emerald City FC- Spokane ShineKing's High School
Sunday, June 233:00 PM Emerald City FC- THUSC DiamondsKing's High School

Click here for the ECFC WPSL team club page

ECFC F96 Green players selected for the PSPL Academy West ‘96 (WA) team


Both Clare (on the left) and Libby (on the right) play for ECFC F'96 Green, coached by Amanda Potts Huppert, and for the 96 WA West PSPL Academy. This past weekend they were selected to represent the WA West PSPL Academy to play in Utah in the Avalanche Invitational. The tournament consisted of top girls teams including the Avalanche ECNL team. The '96 WA PSPL team finished the tournament unbeaten with a tie over the Utah Avalanche ECNL team.


6/7/2013
Girls U16 Puma Elite
GameTimeHome Team
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#151

8:00 AMCOLORADO STORM 97G ROYAL (7060) (CO)2PSPL ACADEMY WEST 96 (WA)3Trailside Park #1
6/8/2013
Girls U16 Puma Elite
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#148

12:40 PMUTAH AVALANCHE 97 ECNL (UT)1PSPL ACADEMY WEST 96 (WA)1Quinn's SC #4
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5:30 PMFC NOVA SUPERNOVA (ID)1PSPL ACADEMY WEST 96 (WA)3Quinn's SC #1

Friday, June 7, 2013

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Nice start to the season for ECFC M97 Green

May 31 – June 2, 2013
 
 
ECFC M97 Green, coached by Bobby Howe, start the season off by winning their group at the Showcase of Champions, Redmond, WA. and in turn the tournament.

This tournament is one of the best college showcases in our area, and draws teams from WA, OR, CA and CND. College coaches attending the showcase include those from AZ, CA, CO, ID, IL, MN, MT, NE, NJ, NV, OH, OR and WA.

ECFC M97 was invited to the tournament based on the teams performance during the 2012-2013 season. To learn more about ECFC M97 Green click here to go to the team website.





5/31/2013
Boys U15 Samba
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3:30 PMCROSSFIRE ACADEMY (WA)0EMERALD CITY FC ECFC M97 GREEN (WA)560 Acres N16
6/1/2013
Boys U15 Samba
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11:00 AMRICHMOND YOUTH UNITED (CND)0EMERALD CITY FC ECFC M97 GREEN (WA)160 Acres N13
6/2/2013
Boys U15 Samba
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#127

8:00 AMEMERALD CITY FC ECFC M97 GREEN (WA)4FC PORTLAND ACADEMY FC PORTLAND 1998 BOYS-NAVY (OR)260 Acres N09
#137

12:30 PMEMERALD CITY FC ECFC M97 GREEN (WA)0OSSA GREEN 2 (OR)060 Acres N09

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

ECFC Poker Shoot Out - All In! - For the second year a great success!

   

On June 1st, members and guests met to participate in the Emerald City Poker Shootout, a club fundraising event benefitting the Emerald City FC scholarship fund. The evening was a great success generating several thousand dollars in proceeds.

The big winner of the evening was Andrew Volk, (M98 father), who took first place in the tournament. For his excellent play, Andrew received a night’s accommodations at the Inn at the Market for his prize. Last year’s tournament winner, Jack Swenson, proved that last year was not a fluke as he took second place and received 4 tickets to a Mariners game in the owner’s suite. Rounding out the top three was James Rogers (M97 father) whose prize was a set of 4 tickets to a Mariners game directly behind the M's dugout. Other prizes included a night’s accommodations at the Woodmark Hotel and Spa in Kirkland, a night’s accommodations at the Olive 8 Hotel in Seattle, a $150 gift certificate to Schmetzer’s Sporthaus, a choice of any Microsoft software, and an indoor soccer party package at Arena Sports.

The event itself was a Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament and included free food, beer, and wine, and entry into the tournament. Additionally, kid care was available for a nominal cost, so participating families were all able to have fun with age-appropriate activities. This year also added a 5-item silent auction for which the items ranged from a day at Sounder’s training with Director of Coaching Erik Oman to a week’s stay at a cabin on Lake Kachess in the Cascade Mountains.

If you were unable to attend this year’s event, but would still like to contribute to the Emerald City FC scholarship fund, please contact club bookkeeper, Amy Wakeman, at (206) 713-4656 or amy.wakeman@emeraldcityfc.org to donate.
-Article by Steve Tanaka, ECFC President.

Monday, June 3, 2013

ECFC WPSL wins home opener against Westside Timbers 4-0 !!

Roster and Stat sheet for 2013 home opener
 
RAINIER BEACH, WA—Emerald City FC didn’t need much time to erase their disappointment in Friday’s loss at SRR Issaquah. On Sunday afternoon at Rainier Beach High School the green and blue turned the tables and outscored the visiting Westside Timbers of Portland 4:0 in a WPSL Northwest Division matinee.


Click here for the full article by GoalWA.net

For pictures by Wilson Tsoi click here



For the ECFC WPSL club page click here