News for the Week of July 11,2011

Program Notes for the Week of 7/11/11:

Calendar:
This week will feature:

Conditioning - Mon. 7/11  Weds. 7/13  7:00 - 8:30 a.m. at Troy

Open Play - Tues.  7/12 & Thurs. 7/14  5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Troy

College Training Session - Fri. 10:00 a.m. @ Troy with Ohio Wesleyan Univ.

NOGSL games - Weds. night

Coaches contact day - Fri. 7/15  7:00 - 8:30 a.m.  & 3:30  - 5:00 p.m. both at Troy.

Soccer in the Sand - Sat. 7/16


Alumni Game & Picnic:
We had a very nice reunion day on Sunday.  In a very competitive game, the Alumni jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead on a goal by Trisha Wladecki, but the Shoregals came back with a second half goal by Lindsay Quintero to earn a 1-1 tie.  We had 14 alumni return for this year's game as follows:

Sarah Richardson -         Class of 2006
Sammy Stuart -              Class of 2008
Mo Henederson -          Class of 2009
Amanda Herzberger -    Class of 2009
Halle Orlinski -              Class of 2009
Laura Rickey -              Class of 2009
Trisha Wladecki -          Class of 2009
Hannah Frie -                Class of 2010
Ali Kenny -                   Class of 2010
Tani Lopez -                 Class of 2010
Bridget Lyons -             Class of 2010
Maddie Bernard -         Class of 2010
Mary Donegan -           Class of 2010
Morgan Srail -              Class of 2010

Also Kate Walsh '08 came over to visit.  A big thank you goes to our committee which consisted of Chris Nedrich, Holly Spitz, & Margie Maloney.  Also, we have to thank Dads - Bob Nedrich, Brian Spitz, & Tom Mills for manning the grill and taking care of loading & unloading.  Also, thanks to all the parents who came and brought side dishes.


Women's World Cup:
Just an unbelievable quarterfinal game against Brazil with a goal in the 122nd minute and then a shootout victory.  Even more amazing when considering the fact that the U.S. played most of the 2nd half and all of the 30 min. overtime with only 10 players.  This was a great story and when you combine this with our comeback victory over North Olmstead last year and the Annette Ilg story which we featured a few blogs back, it drives home the point to "Never give up no matter how unlikely it seems that you will achieve your goal".  Stick with it and a find a way to make a positive result happen!!

Next game for the U.S. will be the Semifinals on Weds. July 13th at 11:30 a.m. against France.

The finals are on Sunday July 17th at 2:45 p.m.

All games will be televised on ESPN2 (Channel 26)


Soccer Site of the Week:
During the last week of the Women's World Cup, we will feature one last site to follow the WWC:

http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer

This is the Fox Sports site devoted specificially to soccer. Once you are on the site, click on the Women's World Cup tab for the latest info. on the U.S. team and the rest of the World Cup.