We recently had 4 of our U18 academy players train in Germany over Spring break.  Mike Bajza, Geoff Dee, Andrew Moullin, and Luke Stauffer all had the chance to train with German team Werder Bremen for a week.  The got to experience the highest level and experience a foreign culture.  Top Drawer Soccer wrote a

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4 Shattuck Boys Train in Germany

SSM alum, Ben Sippola (2007), playing for his new club in Sweden, Torslanda IK, in a practice game versus IFK Uddevalla. Ben was offered a contract this past week and will be joining Torslanda as they begin their first season in the Swedish 1st Division. Good luck Ben!

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Ben Sippola Signs Pro Contract in Sweden

SSM senior Francisco Narbon will be representing his national team in the U-20 World cup qualifiers this month in Mexico.  Panama will be playing Puerto Rico on February 21st and Jamaica on the 23rd.  Narbon has represented Panama before at the U-17 level where he competed in the U-17 World cup.  He is one of

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Community Program News! This year will mark the first year that Shattuck- St. Mary’s Soccer program will conduct tryouts for their winter academy teams.  The tryouts will be for U12 and U13 teams only. Each team will participate in 3  already identified tournaments.  The tryouts will consist of a two dates; October 20th from 10-11:30am

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After finishing the fall 2011 MRL season in second place, the U18 SSM girls set a goal to win the spring 2012 MRL season.  As a team this meant to finish undefeated and untied.  So over the course of four weekends playing 9 games the U18 girls accomplished their goal of finishing the MRL season 9-0-0 and Champions. The first weekend (March 24-25) was a long bus ride to Lexington, KY to play three games in less than 24 hours.  Game 1 SSM 4:1 Lexington with 4 goals from Darian Powell.  Game 2 SSM 4:0 Indiana Fever with goals from Darian Powell (2) and Karina Fredette (2).  The shutout was earned by Skyllar Hughes.  Game 3 SSM 2:0 Greater Toledo with goals from Darian Powell and Karina Fredette.  Stos Behle and Skyllar Hughes shared the shutout.  Game 4 was a rare single game weekend at home (March 31) with SSM defeating Pacesetters of Ohio 3:0.  Goals were scored by Amanda Goulet, Karina Fredette and Kaelyn Korte.  Stos Behle and Skyllar Hughes again shared the shutout. The second weekend of (April 13-14) was another rare weekend of home MRL games.  Game 5 on Friday the 13 th SSM defeated Dakota Rev 4-1.  After going down 0-1 in the 16 th minute of the game, the Sabres fought back scoring four unanswered goals – Powell on the stroke of half-time and Civanni Moss, Powell and Patterson finished in the second half.  In game 6 SSM then defeated Eagan Wave 3:0 with three second half goals from Fredette, Patterson and Powell. The final weekend (April 21-22) of the season was a trip to Hebron, IN.  On a cool breezy Saturday morning Game 7 was SSM 3:1 Ohio Elite.  All goals were scored in the first half by Darian Powell, Kennedy Ulrich and Ashley Boitz.  Game 8 which was the second game of the day SSM 6:0 Evansville SC saw another 4 goal performance this time from Kennedy Ulrich.  Moss and Powell rounded out the scoring.  Game 9 was a very early 7:30 am start on a cold and breezy morning.  SSM’s opponent St. Francis Fusion (IN) came into the game fresh not having played the day before.  St. Francis proved to be the strongest opponent during the spring campaign.  SSM went up 1:0 in the 22 nd minute on a Justy Linton header from a Civanni Moss corner kick.  The joy was short lived though as St. Francis equalized 3 minutes later from an indirect free kick from 12 yards out.  Karina Fredette scored the winning goal from a solo run in the 68 th minute.  For the last 20 minutes of the game SSM’s superior play and fitness proved too much as they created several additional chances to put the game out of reach. “It was great to finish the spring MRL season as undefeated champions” exclaimed Head Coach David Linenberger.  “The girls really rose to the occasion in this last game and showed we are a class above the rest.  Their attitude and play was outstanding this whole campaign!” “This is the momentum we need to carry us into our State Cup run” said an excited captain Dani Patterson.  “We’re going all the way this year!”

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U18 Girls 2012 Spring MRL Champs

Both the U18 and the U17 Shattuck St. Mary’s Girls teams departed school earlier this week for their participation in the Jefferson Cup in Richmond, Virginia. The players and coaches came back early from their spring break to have a few training sessions before their 24 hour bus ride. The teams departed on Tuesday evening in order to get to Virginia with enough time to recover before their first game on Friday afternoon. Coach David Linenberger said “Traditionally we are a bit rusty coming off of our schools three week long spring break, but we always improve with each game at the Jefferson Cup.” The Jefferson Cup is a great event for the girls program, “last year we did very well as U17’s, so I hope that it will be the same this year.” This tournament holds even more importance because it is the first step in the preparation for State Cup in May. Despite the long bus ride, traveling to the Jefferson Cup gives the Shattuck teams the opportunity to face opponents outside of Minnesota and the surrounding area. According to Coach Linenberger, it is always a plus for the players to see the level of play through out the country from teams in different states. The coaching staff is excited to see where they are at this point in the year and how they stack up against the teams in the Jefferson Cup.   Jefferson Cup U18 schedule: Group A 3/16/12: (4:20pm)   SSM vs. Jersey United Spartans White (NJ) 3/17/12: (1:00pm) SSM vs. Arundel Vipers (MD) 3/18/12: (11:20am) SSM vs. Oakwood (CT)   Jefferson Cup U17 schedule: Group B 3/16/12: (12:40pm) Ashburn SC Premier Gold (VA) vs. SSM 3/17/12: (2:40pm) Bethesda SC Storm (MD) vs. SSM  3/18/12: (9:30am) South Central Premier Select (CT) vs. SSM

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Girls Travel to Virginia for Jefferson Cup

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, the U18 Girls traveled to San Diego, California to participate in the 2011 Surf Cup.  The girls meet back on campus a few days before Thanksgiving Day to fly out together. The girls played one game on Friday against New Mexico Rush, and two games on Saturday against OSSA (OR) and San Diego Surf. In the first game of the tournament sabres took on the New Mexico Rush squad. After going down 0-1 in the 10 th minute, Darian Powell came on as a sub in the last 5 minutes of the first half to play a perfect through ball to Kennedy Ulrich  who equalized just before half-time. The sabres dominated the second half, hitting the post and having multiple shots on goal, but couldn’t find a winner. In the second game of the tournament agaisnt OSSA the sabres went down 0-1 in the 4 th minute. Hope Lundberg equalized on a looping header just before half-time.  The squad gave up another goal at the beginning of the second half that ended up being the game-winner. The sabres played well the rest of the game, but were unable to find the back of the net. In the third and final game for the sabres, they went out on a good note beating the San Diego Surf 6-0. The team had goals from Kennedy Ulrich (2); Mackenzie Graybill (2); Darian Powell ; Karina Fredette .

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GU18 Surf Cup Results

10/14/11…Today begins the start of the 2011 Shattuck St. Mary’s Fall Family Weekend. The three day event is a time for parents of all students to visit campus and watch the variety of activities that take place. All five soccer teams will be in action this Saturday. Kicking off the games will be the U18 Girls team taking on Dakota Alliance and the U16DA team taking on U18 White Des Moines Menace. Both games start at noon. The girls game will be played on the Parade field, and the boys game will be played on the turf field.  Following the U16DA game, the U18YS team will take on the U18 Premier Des Moines Menace at 2:00pm. At 3:00pm the U18DA team takes on the University of Minnesota club team on the Parade field. And to finish off the day, the U17 Girls team takes on Dakota Alliance at 4:00pm. All of the teams look to get positive results infront of the their family and friends. Come out and support the Shattuck teams!

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Fall Family Weekend at SSM