ESPN Signing Day Shattuck-St. Mary’s — its system works By Sheldon Shealer ESPN RISE ( Archive ) Updated: February 4, 2010, 11:09 AM ET Shattuck-St. Mary’s (Faribault, Minn.) will not appear in national high school rankings since the program does not compete on the interscholastic level. Yet today, more soccer players from Shattuck-St. Mary’s will sign National Letters of Intent for NCAA Division I schools than any other high school in the U.S. Shattuck/St. Mary’s Soccer Teal Bunbury, who was selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, helped put Shattuck-St. Mary’s on the soccer map. Shattuck-St. Mary’s, with its soccer academy at the school’s Sports Centers of Excellence, is a relatively new concept in the development and growth of youth soccer players. SSM is not alone in its theory, but as the National Signing period starts Wednesday, Feb. 3, it stands above all others in terms of producing college-bound athletes. Nine SSM boys’ soccer players are expected to sign with NCAA Division I programs at an end-of-the-school-day ceremony Wednesday. Shattuck-St. Mary’s is one of three more recognized soccer residential programs, joining IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) and St. Stephen’s Episcopal (Austin, Texas). While each program is unique, they have the common theme of elite player development. At Shattuck-St. Mary’s, the program fields teams in the under-16, under-17 and under-18 age groups for boys and under-17 and under-18 for girls. The teams play what would be akin to a school-team schedule during the fall, but continue as a club the rest of the year. This past fall, the SSM under-18 boys team compiled a record of 13-2-1 competing mostly against club and college programs. The squads’ two losses, both by a goal, were to the University of Minnesota and the National Premier Soccer League adult team Minnesota Twinstars. Following the fall session, the SSM U18s turned their attention to the club circuit where they went 1-0-2 at the CASL College Showcase in Raleigh, N.C., and 4-0 at the Disney Showcase in Orlando, Fla. Of the three primary residential programs, SSM — located about an hour’s drive south of Minneapolis — is the only one that combines school and total sport exclusively at one location. IMG athletes train and compete as a club team, but the students can attendon-campus Pendleton School or off-campus private schools. At St. Stephen’s, the academics and training are connected to the school, but athletes compete for outside club teams. Are these schools with specialized programs the wave of the future? “I think anybody and everybody would like to have the environment we can create here,” said Tim Carter, the director of soccer at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. “The question always is going to be, ‘How do you pay for it?’” Right now, for programs such as Shattuck, IMG and St. Stephen’s, the bill is footed by the families who can afford such placement or receive aid. Carter, a former college coach, feels the Shattuck-St. Mary’s situation is ideal for the growth and development of soccer players — not only as athletes, but also in the classroom. But don’t look for that to become the norm, Carter said. “I think pro soccer and everyone else involved is going to want to create more environments where kids have a better environment for training, better environment for going to school and a better environment for growing, and less time in a car driving to and from,” Carter said. “But how do you manage all of this while having the current culture of saying education is important?” Carter said. “If you’re going to say education is important, then how do you go about creating an environment where you have your dedicated time for the development of the soccer player while making sure the kid gets a high school education rather than blow it off? We can’t become that culturally bankrupt. Then, how do you take care of the kid? How do you feed them? Sleep them? Take care of their injuries? “So will there be more [programs] like IMG, St. Stephen’s or Shattuck, the question is I don’t know,” Carter added. “But I do know as we push soccer forward and try to create more environments for players that the ingredients of this kind of [setting] are what people are going to try to replicate. Is it going to be like Shattuck-St. Mary’s? No. But they will try to replicate some of the ingredients because it has worked and it is working.” The SSM program started with 34 student-athletes in 2005 and now tops 100. The biggest name to hail from the school is Teal Bunbury, the former Akron star who was selected as the No. 4 overall pick in this year’s MLS SuperDraft. The next generation of Shattuck-St. Mary’s college-bound players are: Player, Position, Hometown or Country, College Commitment Gideon Asante, F/MF, Ghana, Old Dominion Brian Billings, GK, Minn., Bradley University Patrick Donyen, F/MF, Minn., Dayton Michael Gandier, MF/F, Minn., Furman Adam Glanzer, MF, S.D., Butler University Ethan Harlow, D, Vermont, Boston University Adekunle Oluyedun, F, Ind., Butler University Karim Peterson-Darbaki, MF, Minn., Northern Illinois Joey Tennyson, MF, Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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24 January 2010 Canada qualifies for semi-final stage Canada has qualified for the semi-final stage of the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship. Canada qualified after finishing first in its group with a perfect nine points. Canada won 1:0 over Costa Rica, 2:0 over Cuba and 3:1 over host Guatemala. Canada now has three days rest before the semi-final stage on 28 January. Canada will face the second-place team from Group B, which will either be USA or Mexico. Group B wraps up on Monday as Jamaica faces Trinidad and Tobago and group leader USA faces Mexico. USA needs but a win or draw to finish first in its group; Mexico needs to win if it wants to leapfrog USA. The 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship runs 20-30 January in Ciudad Guatemala. Four teams have qualified for the CONCACAF semi-final stage from which three teams will qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Germany 2010. While Canada finished first in its group, Costa Rica finished second following its second win in a row. Canada, whose title sponsor is Winners, has an all-time record of 17 wins and one loss at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship. It has won eight games in a row, counting five straight in 2008 and now three more at the 2010 championship. On Thursday 28 January, Canada will be looking to qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup for a fifth consecutive time. Tags: coaching-staff , family , house , manager , registration-forms , roster-girls , schedule , videos

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By Mark Remme Faribault Daily News Former Shattuck-St. Mary’s boys soccer standout Teal Bunbury was drafted fourth overall by the Kansas City Wizards during Thursday’s Major League Soccer SuperDraft held in Philadelphia. Bunbury will join a Wizards team that his father, Alex, competed for during the 1999 and 2000 seasons at the end of his 15-year professional career. Kansas City finished last season with an 8-13-9 record, good for sixth place in the Eastern standings.After graduating in 2007 from SSM, Bunbury played two seasons for the University of Akron. He became a nationally known forward with the Zips and led the nation with 17 goals last season while helping Akron achieve a 23-1-1 record and a trip to the national championship match against Virginia. “I feel so blessed and honored by the Kansas City organization for giving me this opportunity,” Bunbury told the Zips official Web site. “Going to Kansas City makes it a little more special because my Dad played there and it’s something that’s never happened before. There will be high expectations to live up to, but I’m looking forward to that challenge.” Bunbury became the first son of a former MLS player to join the league, and it also is the first time a father and son played for the same MLS franchise. Last Friday, Bunbury won the Hermann Trophy, given to the nation’s top NCAA Division I player. He, along with teammates Blair Gavin and Ben Zemanski, all signed Generation adidas contracts and left school early to pursue a professional career. Gavin was drafted 10th overall by Chivas USA (Carson, Calif.), while Zemanski went in the third round (47th overall) to Chivas . Tags: archives , boys-u16-roster , college , family , girls , kansas , manager , program , registration-forms , roster-girls , schedule-girls , university

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Canada’s women’s U-20 team has called 23 players to its preparatory camp this January in Tampa, FL. The camp runs this 11-18 January at the campus of University of South Florida. From this team, coach Morace will make her final selection for the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Cuidad Guatemala, Guatemala. The 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship runs 20-30 January. Canada faces group opponents Costa Rica on 20 January, Cuba on 22 January and Guatemala on 24 January. The top-two teams in the group advance to the semi-final stage on 28 January; the winners advance to the final on 30 January. The top-three teams from the eight-team CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship will qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Germany 2010. The 24-team biennial tournament runs 13 July to 1 August. To date, Canada has qualified for every FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, including a silver-medal performance at the inaugural tournament at Canada 2002. In Tampa, FL, coach Morace and her staff will put the team through one or two sessions each day. From the group of 23 players, there will be 20 players selected for the final championship team that will represent Canada in Guatemala. Potential returning members from the 2008 championship team are Lexi Marton, Shannon Woeller and 2009 Canadian U-20 Player of the Year Chelsea Stewart. Along with Marton, Stewart and Woeller, other U-20 players that have had call-ups to the full national team are goalkeeper Dayle Colpitts, defender Bahar Sansar, and midfielders Laura Chénard and Gina Pacheco. Canada, whose title sponsor is Winners, is the reigning champion from the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship. In three championships, Canada has won two gold medals (2004 and 2008) and one silver medal (2006). Each of the last three finals has featured Canada against USA. While Canada won the 2008 confederation title, USA won the last FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup title at Chile 2008. CANADA G- Colpitts, Dayle | Fredericton, NB, CAN | CAN / NTC – Atlantic/Atlantique G- Leblanc, Cynthia | Granby, QC, CAN | CAN / Comètes de Laval G- McCurdy, Helena Brooke | Peterborough, ON, CAN | CAN / NTC – Ontario D- Allen, Molly | Halifax, NS, CAN | USA / Virginia Commonwealth University F- Casselman, Julie | Gatineau, QC, CAN | CAN / Comètes de Laval M- Charron-Delage, Catherine | Montréal, QC, CAN | CAN / Comètes de Laval M- Chénard, Laura | Ste-Luce, QC, CAN | CAN / NTC – Québec M- Lamarre, Rachel | Laval, QC, CAN | USA / University of Maryland D- Legault-Cordisco, Vanessa | Ste-Thérese, QC, CAN | CAN / Shattuck-St. Mary’s Soccer Academy F- Leon, Adriana | Mississauga, ON, CAN | CAN / NTC – Ontario F- Malette, Chloé | Roxboro, QC, CAN | CAN / Comètes de Laval D- Marton, Lexi | Aurora, ON, CAN | USA / Penn State University D- McCarthy, Bryanna | Ajax, ON, CAN | USA / West Virginia University M- Murani, Rehana | Sherwood Park, AB, CAN | USA / University of South Florida M- Oduro, Christabel | Brampton, ON, CAN | CAN / NTC – Ontario M- Pachecho, Gina | Ottawa, ON, CAN | USA / University of South Florida M- Patterson, Taylor | Edmonton, AB, CAN | USA / University of South Florida F- Richardson, Jenna | Vancouver, BC, CAN | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC M- Rivkin, Hannah | St. John’s, NL, CAN | CAN / NTC – Atlantic/Atlantique D- Sansar, Bahar | Longueuil, QC, CAN | USA / University of South Florida M/F- Stewart, Chelsea | The Pas, MB, CAN | USA / Vanderbilt University D/M- Woeller, Shannon | Vancouver, BC, CAN | USA / Rutgers University F- Zadorsky, Shelina | London, ON, CAN | CAN / North London Galaxy Head Coach/Entraîneur-chef: Carolina Morace Assistant Coach/Entraîneur adjoint: Elisabette Bavagnoli Assistant Coach/Entraîneur adjoint: Andrea Neil Goalkeeper coach/Entraîneur des gardiens: Massimiliano Colucci Team Manager/Gérant d’équipe: Daniel Michelucci Strength and conditioning coach/Entraîneur de force et conditionnement: Mario Familari Equipment Manager/Gérant d’équipement: Maeve Glass Athletic Therapist/Thérapeute athlétique: Becky Swan Translator/Traducteur: Joe Parolini

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Vanessa Legault-Cordisco with U20 Canadian National Team

12 January 2010 Canadian U-17 women meet in Toronto Canada’s women’s U-17 team has announced a 24-player roster for its first camp of the 2010 season in preparation for this year’s CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship. The camp, which runs 9-17 January in Toronto, ON, will include three exhibition games against local clubs. The Canadian team will play National Training Centre Ontario’s team on Sunday 10 January, the University of Toronto on Wednesday 13 January, and the Ontario U16 boys team on Saturday 16 January. Canada’s women’s U-17 team is preparing for the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship which runs this March in Costa Rica. Canada needs to finish amongst the top-two teams to qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Trinidad & Tobago 2010. Two years ago, Canada qualified for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup New Zealand 2008 after finishing third in its confederation. Canada’s January camp features six new players to the national-team program: Eve Badana, Emily Campbell, Katherine Caverly, Ally Courtnall, Kinley McNicoll, Amélia Pietrangelo. All six incoming players, however, have participated in the Canadian Soccer Association’s National Training Centres and BMO National Championships. Canada, whose title sponsor is BMO Financial Group, is looking to qualify for its second-straight FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. At New Zealand 2008, Canada recorded a 1:0 victory in the first game and went on to reach the quarter-final stage. Since 2002 when the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup was introduced, Canada’s women’s teams have qualified for eight of nine FIFA events. CANADA G- Badana, Eve | CAN / NTC Ontario G- Beanlands, Rachelle | CAN / Ottawa South United F- Achille, Charléne | CAN / Longueuil F- Beaulne, Caroline | CAN / Longueuil M- Campbell, Chantale | CAN / North London D/M- Campbell, Emily | CAN / North London F- Cantave, Haisha | CAN / Ottawa South United D- Caverly, Katherine | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC D- Clarke, Alison | CAN / Winnipeg South End United D/M- Courtnall, Ally | USA / Eagles SC F- Davis, Kylie | CAN / Lac St-Louis Lakers F- Ghoneim, Nour | CAN / Richmond Hill M- Hémond, Sabrina | CAN / Lac St-Louis Lakers D- Jainudeen, Shannen | CAN / Ajax United M/F- McNicoll, Kinley | CAN / NTC Ontario D- Ongtengco-Hintzen, Yazmin | CAN / Ajax United M- Parkinson, Victoria | CAN / Dartmouth United F- Pietrangelo, Amélia | CAN / NTC Québec D- Price, Haillie | CAN / Burlington Tigers M/F- Raymer, Abigail | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC D- Renaud, Annie | USA / Shattuck St. Mary’s Soccer Academy M- Setterlund, Nicole | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC M- Simpson, Diamond | CAN / Dixie Dragons D- Thérien, Sophie | CAN / Lac St-Louis Lakers

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Annie Renaud with U17 Canadian National Team

Senior forward Kelley O’Hara from Stanford University and sophomore forward Teal Bunbury from the University of Akron are the winners of the 2009 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, presented to the top female and male players in NCAA Division I soccer. The winners were decided by a vote of NCAA Division I soccer coaches who are current members of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). O’Hara (Fayetteville, Ga.), shattered Stanford season records for goals (26) and points (65) this season while leading the nation in both categories. She also dished out 13 assists in 2009, the third-best mark in school history. The senior captain led Stanford to its first NCAA championship final and its’ best-ever record (25-1).  O’Hara earned Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year and NSCAA first-team All-America honors. She also excelled in the classroom, earning Academic All-America honors. O’Hara completed her collegiate career with 57 goals and 156 points, No. 2 in Cardinal history in both categories. O’Hara is the first player in Stanford history to claim the MAC Hermann Trophy. Last month, she was one of 24 players named to a December training camp for the full U.S. national team. O’Hara has played internationally from the under-17 to the under-23 age groups. The first runner-up was North Carolina senior midfielder Tobin Heath (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and UCLA senior forward Lauren Cheney (Indianapolis, Ind.) was the next runner-up. Bunbury (Prior Lake, Minn.) led the nation in goals (17), including five game-winners and five assists. He was the 2009 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year. Bunbury is the first player in Akron history and just the third sophomore to receive the prestigious crystal soccer ball trophy. Bunbury’s Akron teammate last season, Steve Zakuani, was the 2008 runner-up for the MAC Hermann Trophy. Bunbury led the top-seeded and undefeated Zips into the College Cup final, where they lost to national-champion Virginia on penalty kicks. In late December, Bunbury decided to enter the 2010 Major League Soccer Super Draft. Teal’s father Alex enjoyed a successful professional career and is a member of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. The top runner-up was Harvard senior forward Andre Akpan (Grand Prairie, Texas) followed by Wake Forest junior midfielder Corben Bone (Plano, Texas). The Missouri Athletic Club has been presenting college soccer’s players of the year awards since 1986. The MAC was established in 1903 as an athletic, dining and social club. It has a “Platinum Club of America” status, which is awarded to the top private clubs in the country. Based in Kansas City, Kan., the NSCAA is the largest coaches’ organization in the United States. Since its founding in 1941, it has grown to include more than 26,000 members who coach both genders at all levels of the sport. In addition to a national rankings program for colleges and high schools, NSCAA offers an extensive recognition program that presents nearly 10,000 individual awards every year. It fulfills its mission of coaching education through a nationwide program of clinics and week-long courses, teaching more than 4,000 soccer coaches each year.

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Bunbury and McInerney among first Generation adidas signees by Paul Kennedy, Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 7:00 AM ET [MLS] Soccer America Player of the Year Teal Bunbury is among four players Major League Soccer signed to Generation adidas contracts. Besides Bunbury, also signed were Akron teammate Blair Gavin , former Rutgers midfielder Dilly Duka and U.S. under-17 striker Jack McInerney . Also signed were seniors Andre Akpan (Harvard), Zach Loyd (North Carolina) and Toni Stahl (Connecticut).   Akpan and Bunbury are two of the finalists for the Hermann Trophy, college soccer’s version of the Heisman Trophy, while another Gen adidas target, Wake Forest’s Corben Bone , is the third finalist for the award. Akpan finished his collegiate career at Harvard as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 127 points (47 goals, 33 assists), was the 2009 Ivy League Player of the Year.   Bunbury, a sophomore forward from Prior Lake, Minn., led the nation in goals with 17. He follows in the footsteps of Steve Zakuani, who signed a Generation adidas contract, and was selected No. 1 overall out of Akron by Sounders FC in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft.   Bunbury and Gavin are two of at least a half dozen other pro prospects on Akron, which took a perfect record in the Men’s College Cup. McInerney scored two goals in helping lead the USA to the round of 16 at the 2009 Under-17 World Cup. Duka impressed for the USA at the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt.   The 2010 MLS SuperDraft takes place on Jan. 14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia at 2 p.m. ET. The first hour will be broadcast live on ESPN. Tags: boys-u17-roster , boys-u18-roster , college , girls , house , program , registration-forms , roster , roster-girls , schedule , schedule-girls

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