May 29, 2012

Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting 95 Boys Green Team for their major accomplishment with a Four-Peat victory at the CYSA State Cup Championship today in Elk Grove.  The team has now won the State Cup title from U12-U16 and look to continue their histroric run next year. The team won seven games starting back on March 24th when they opened-up the tournament and one their first bracket game 3-1 over Lamorinda FC. Later that afternoon they beat Palo Alto 06B White 3-0, and finished bracket play with a 2-0 defeat over San Carlos United Clash.  The team smashed the Vallejo United team 6-0 in Quarterfinals, and demolished Almaden Real 95B 7-2 to set-up the championship game. Today they played with great posession and control of the match to defeat Redwood MRFC Liverpool by a score of 2-0.  Congratulations to Coach Demitri and Coach Javier, and all the players and parents. The team will travel to Minnesota in June to compete in the USA Cup, then compete at the Far West Regional Tournament in Pheonix, Arizona in late June with the Santa Clara Sporting 94 and 92 Teams.

April 29, 2012

The Santa Clara Sporting 94 Boys finished the U17 CYSA State Cup run as Finalists after loosing a tough battle 0-1 against the PAC Tigres team today in Elk Grove, but they also qualified for the Far West Regional Tournament in Pheonix, Arizona held June 18th-24th when they received a wildcard berth. The team had a delayed start to their State Cup run due to the late winter storms that hit Northern California.

The team played their first game on March 31st against the Alum Rock Toritos and drew a 0-0 score while playing in the rain on a muddy field at Cherry Island. The clouds cleared on the next day and the team crushed the Oakdale United Team 6-0 and beat PAC Brasil 2-0. They had a very tough Quarterfinal game against the Central Valley SJFC Dynamo 94 Red Team and won 2-1 in the 94th minute of overtime. Santa Clara ran over the Mission SF Gims 8-0 in the Semi-final match last Sunday in Cherry Island. And today they played a tough game against the PAC Tigres but came-up short. Sporting had some dangerous scoring chances but could not put the ball in the back of the Tigres net, and their cross-town rivals scored the lone goal on a quick counter-attack.

The team will next play at the SJFC College Showcase on May 12th-13th in Morgan Hill, then the Placer Tournament over Memorial Weekend. In June they will compete at the Far West Regionals, then head to Surf Cup in July.

April 29, 2012

Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting 92 Boys Team for winning the U19 CYSA State Cup Championship today in Elk Grove. They also qualify for the Far West Regional Tournament that will be held June 18-24th in Pheonix, Arizona along with the Sporting 95 and Sporting 94 boys teams. This is the second state cup title for the 92 Boys Team.

Santa Clara had a short but intense State Cup tournament with one set of bracket games that went straight away to Semi-final games and the State Championship.  Sporting tied their first game 1-1 against the Palo Alto 93B Blue Team, then tied Redwood Juventus Black 93 team 0-0, then beat Oakdale United 2-0 in the semis. Today's championship game was a rematch against Palo Alto, and both teams played in some pretty intense heat when the game started at 2pm in Elk Grove.  Neither team could score during regulation, and the deadlock was broken when Santa Clara scored the winning golden goal in overtime.

May 14, 2012

The Santa Clara Sporting 94 boys team were the only team to go undefeated last weekend and won the U17 age group in the 2012 San Jose FC College Showcase. Sporting ‘s first game was a rematch of their CYSA State Cup Semi-final game against the Central Valley Dynamos 94 Team. This time Santa Clara dominated the game with a convincing 4-0 win and the Sporting defense shut-out Central Valley limiting them to only a few shots on goals.Sporting won their second game 2-1 over a dangerous and reckless Diablo 94 Team who ended the game with two red cards and 3-4 yellow cards, but Diablo sent one Sporting player to the hospital with a broken nose. And on Sunday’s game, Santa Clara defeated the Manteca Boca Team 1-0 in an intense high pace game with Manteca receiving one red card and multiple yellow cards for dangerous play.

Coaches from Santa Clara University, UC Davis, Stanford, University of Portland, Cal-State Monterey Bay and Menlo College were on-hand scouting players. Five Santa Clara Sporting players were selected to the Sunday afternoon All-Star game.

Santa Clara will compete in the up-coming Placer Tournament on Memorial weekend, travel to Pheonix, Arizona and compete in the Far West Regional Tournament late June, then Surf Cup at the end of July.

Ana Maria Sola from Archbishop Mitty HS/Santa Clara Sporting 93G interviewed by Robert Bronstein/Cal-High Sports in 2012

March 4, 2012

Congratulations to the 2012 high school graduates from the Santa Clara Sporting ’93 Girls Team that signed their National Letter of Intent to play college soccer. The following student-athletes will graduate in May and compete for the following schools: 

• Ana Maria Sola - UC Davis
• Hayley Hughes - UC Davis
• Hayley Wilson - UNLV
• Sara Bennett - John Hopkins
• Madison Salom - St. Edwards
• Zarette Munoz Aguilar - University of the Pacific
• Kyla Booker - Creighten University
• Alexia Ragsac- Virginia Tech
• Emily Murrer- Stony Brook
• Mariana Galvin - Santa Clara

Alana Sooy from Archbishop Mitty HS/Santa Clara Sporting 93G interviewed by Robert Bronstein/Cal-High Sports in 2011

These 2012 graduates join their 2011 graduate teamates who played their first season of college soccer last fall.

• Alana Sooy - UC Irvine
• Erika Emmanuel - UC Davis
• Cheryl Tom - California State University, Monterey Bay
• Kelly Skelton - California State University, Chico

Ana Maria Sola, John Slegg (original Sporting 93G coach) and Madison Salom

Congratulations to the players and their parents, to all the Sporting coaches (John Slegg, Jose Luis Hernandez and John Azevedo) and Zeljo Sola the team manager for this major accomplishment and milestone for these student-athletes.

February 14, 2012

Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting 99Girls White Team for winning the 2011-12 U12 Girls CYSA President's Cup Tournament on February 12th with a 2-1 victory over the Redwood Alpine Strikers 99 Red Team.  The Sporting girls competed in 5 games over the past month when they played their first game in Morgan Hill and beat the CV Crossfire 99 Red Team 2-0. The girls won their second game 1-0 against the Mad River Johnson team, then lost to Redwood Alpine Strikers 99 Red. Santa Clara won their bracket play and traveled to Elk Grove to face the PYSL Roseville Zoom team, and won that semi-final match 1-0. That victory created a rematch against the Redwood Alpine Strikers in the U12 Girls Finals where Santa Clara defeated Alpine to bring home the President's Cup. Congratulations to the players, coaches and parents!

The 2012 Santa Clara Sporting Invitational boys tournament is scheduled for August 10th-12th this summer.  Mark your calendar and join us for our 10th annual tournament.

 February 10, 2012

The Santa Clara Sporting Club held their annual Goals for a Cure donation ceremony on February 10, 2012, and the club donated $30,000 to the El Camino Hospital to fight breast cancer. The Santa Clara Sporting Club has now raised over $94,000 since Goals for a Cure since 2008.  Santa Clara Sporting President, Sebastian Goncalves, the Sporting 95 Boys White Team and Cecelia Hinz attended to hand the $30,000 check to Lea Morgan from El Camino Hospital. The Santa Claea Sporting 95 Boys White Team raised over $3,000 last October, and Cecelia Hinz raised over $1,000 on her own to lead the club’s fundraising efforts.

Matteo Studios and the Santa Clara Sporting Club launched Goals-for-a-Cure during the month of October 2008, to raise awareness and money to fight breast cancer. All Santa Clara Sporting Teams participate in a Goal-A-Thon Fundraiser during the month of October, and the club raised over $94,000 to fight breast cancer between 2008-2011. The funds raised were used to support women who need financial assistance to get a breast screen exam at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. Check-out the Goals-for-a-Cure blog for all the stories and pictures! Thanks to everyone for the support!

April 1, 2012

The Santa Clara Sporting 93 Boys and 95 Boys Green Teams are competing at Dallas Cup this week, and the big news from Texas today was the announcement that the 93 Boys Team were moved-up into the Super Group. The 93B Team are in Bracket A with the Manchester United Academy Team, the Tigres Academy Team, and the FC Dallas Academy Team. Sporting will play the Manchester United Academy Team on Monday at 2pm (Central Time).

The Santa Clara Sporting Club is always looking for ways to support our community and last winter Sueli Almeida led the charge to organize a Second Harvest Food Bank Drive to support local families.  Thanks Sueli and thanks to all the Sporting Families who contributed to the donations! Go Sporting!!