Crown City United Soccer Club

Congratulations to the BU13 and Coach Ozzy Finalist at the Anaheim Tournament

BU11 Silver Finalist at the PSA Canyon Winter Tournament

Congartulation to the BU11 team and Coach Mitrof on a great performance at the PSA Winter Tournament.

Go CCU

BU17 CHAMPIONS at the Nomads Tournament

Coach Jairo Salazar with player Victor Ibarra

The Crown City Boys U17 team took home the Championship Trophy at the Nomads Tournament in San Diego over Thanksgiving. In front of dozens of college coaches, the BU17 team was the first Crown City Boys team to win Nomads, one of the top tournaments in the nation.

The CCU Boys had to beat tough teams from Sacramento, North Huntington Beach, Anchorage Alaska, and Phoenix Arizona to win the Nomads Trophy. In five games, the boys outscored their opponents 14 to 4. Goalkeeper Miguel Magana pitched 3 shutouts, helped by stout defense led by Charles Slocum, Luis Arinaga, Leo Garcia, and EZ Nunez. Ben Silva led all scorers with a total of 4 goals through the tournament. Carlos Zarate added 3 goals and Pablo Tellez had 2 goals and 2 assists. Five players had one goal each showing what a true team effort this championship run took.

CCU Blue 00 GU11 Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This October, Crown City United Blue 00 GU11 is striving to become excellent on the field and helping to save lives off the field by achieving goals to raise money for the Cooper Finkel Women’s Health Center at the City of Hope in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The team kicked off October by wearing pink socks for all games and creating a pledge system that rewards positive play on the field to raise money for the City of Hope. For example, each shutout the team earns in October, $10 per pledge will be donated to the City of Hope for each game. The team has many team goals to shoot for to raise as much money as they can for the City of Hope.

From letter to Parents;

Our Team has kicked off the awareness and fundraising by wearing pink game socks for all games during October 2011. In addition, the CCU Blue OO team has created various ways for family and friends to pledge money and we are always looking for more creative and fun ways for help.

This October, the Girls U11 Crown City United Blue 00 will be supporting and raising money for Breast Cancer Awareness month and the Cooper Finkel Women’s Health Center at the City of Hope. The Cooper Finkel Women’s Health Center at the City of Hope is dedicated exclusively to the health and well-being of women. The City of Hope’s Rita Cooper Finkel and J. William Finkel Women’s Health Center embraces the heart of our mission to care for the whole person.

Thanks,

Rob

BU09 Champions of the Duarte League

Under the guidance of Coach David Vasqez, the 2011/2012 Boys U-09 Bronze team put together an exciting march through the summer charging into the finals of the Duarte Summer League. Beginning in June the boys began their drive to the finals playing most Saturdays against various levels of competition. Winning their games with a wicked defense and (a future goal keeping star!), they made sure no goal by the opponent was going to be easy. Feeding the ball up field the defense kept their offense busy making sure they had plenty of opportunities to put the ball in the net. The wins were convincing and the few losses they had were by no more than 1-2 goals. Pretty impressive for a group of boys still in the process of coming together as a team. Pushing through to the playoffs the boys earned themselves a spot in the championship game against a more experienced (and larger!) Azusa team. Battling hard to the end of regulation and with the score tied 1-1 the game would go to PK's. Exchanging shots for five rounds, experience would prove to be the difference maker as Azusa put the game into the win column with a 2-1 final score. Sporting a 2nd place trophy that was taller than most of the boys, it was all smiles as they looked forward to starting the regular season on the heels of a great summer. Congratulations boys for competing hard in every game and showing everyone that you'll be a force to reckoned with this season! And thank you Coach David and Ozzy for taking the boys to the next level.

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Great turnout at the CCU Summer Camp

Carlos Llamosa and Coach Ozzy

What a great week of Soccer at our 2011 CCU Summer Soccer Camp! It was a huge success with almost 70 players, the vast majority from CCU, and tons of soccer fun. We were lucky enough to have two impressive soccer personalities to highlight the week's activities. Mariano Trujillo, current player of Chivas USA and former player of various Mexican pro-league teams such as Pumas, Monarcas, Atlante and Santos assisted in various events and even donated a signed Chivas USA team jersey and signed Chivas USA soccer ball which were raffled off to players at the end of the camp. Another notable figure was Carlos Llamosa, current Assistant Coach of Chivas USA and former professional player in the MLS as well as player of the US national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He directed players in new and dynamic drills and games and had lots of fun with our campers. With good music in the background, players and coaches alike spent the week laughing, dancing, playing and learning tons of new things about this magnificent sport, soccer. Thanks to Coach German, Coach Sherif, Coach Cosey, Coach Jaime and Coach Giuseppe for all their hard work. Thanks also to everyone who attended and helped make the week a success. We look forward to doing it again soon this winter!
-Coach Ozzy
Director of Coaching, CCU

Mariano Trujillo and Coach Ozzy

BU11 SILVER TEAM WINS 2011 PYRAMID CUP

Wow!...What a weekend for the BU11 Silver Team....after losing a very close 1st game on Saturday to Barcelona FC 1-2...the CCU Team began their comeback and won their 2nd game against Legends FC 1-0....on Sunday the team fell behind to the ISC Strikers FC 0-2 at halftime but rallied to take the game 3-2. This set up a Finals Rematch with the Barcelona Team who had won all 3 of their games. In the Finals CCU once again fell behind at halftime and was facing a 0-2 deficit...but as the 2nd half started CCU picked up their game and scored their 1st goal in 10 minutes to close the gap....then miraculously with time running out and only 10 seconds left in the game they tied the game 2-2 forcing it to overtime. After 2 scoreless OT's periods the game would be decided by a PK shootout.....in the shootout CCU was confident and thanks to great goalkeeping CCU wins the Finals game 3-2 in PK's. Congratulations to the BU11 Silver team for a memorable weekend in Long Beach. Also Thanks to Coaches James and German as well as for all the families for their support.

Orlando - Team Manager

(front row L-R) Jessica L., Kara L., Erin N., Ellie H., Kaitlin L., Mary Claire S., Caitlyn J.

(back row L-r) Coach Ozzy M., Nicole R., Karla S., Jasmin R., Crystal G., Victoria S., Tyra B., Coach Jaime A.

(not pictured) Aliya C.

Crown City United 0 - 1 OT - 3 Pk's = 4

North Valley Soccer Club Blue 0 - 1 OT - 1 Pk's = 2

Keeper Traning

WHEN:

Tuesday Youngers

Time: 6 to 7:15pm U9 to U13 - Be there at 5:45 to warm up

Thursday Olders

Time:6:00 to 7:30pm U14 to U19 - Be there at 5:45 to warm up

WHERE:

San Marino High School.

Please contact Jaime Acuna, GK Coaching at jacuna11@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

Fair Play Award

The generic concept of fair play is a fundamental part of the game of soccer and Crown City United Soccer Club. It represents the positive benefits of playing by the rules, using common sense and respecting fellow players, referees, opponents and fans.

Fair Play has a fundamental role in sport and there is a need to apply it to all sporting activities, especially children's activities. Children need strong values to grow up with, and soccer, being a team sport, makes them realize how essential discipline, respect, team spirit and fair play are for the game and for life.

Crown City United Club will award the Team or Teams with less AC points through out the 2011 Coast Soccer League season.

Age Matrix 2011 / 2012

2011-2012 Age Matrix