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Tuesday, December 11 Wednesday, November 13 Wednesday, October 17  TKO U9 Girls Win the River City Fall Classic Congratulations to the TKO U9 Academy team on their championship in the River City Classic. The girls went 2-0-1 in pool play by defeated the WAZA FC Green 5-0, the Brighton Eclipse 2-1, and tied the Brighton Eclipse Green 0-0. In the championship game, the girls beat the Brighton Eclipse Green 4-2. Great job girls! Wednesday, September 26  TKO U11 Boys Win the Gold Division of the Capital Area Classic Congratulations to the TKO U11 Academy team on their championship in the Capital Area Classic U11 Gold Division. The boys went 3-0 in pool play by defeating the East Lansing Grevistas 5-0, the Dewitt Lightning 2-1, and the OSC Scorpions 1-0. In the championship game, the boys beat the Portage Lightning - Green 2-1. Great job boys! Monday, September 17  Front Row- Cassie VanderSloot, Jordan Wolf, Natalie Hall, Sarah Wilsey (all of Portage), Nicole Bentz (Battle Creek) Second Row- Anna Stinson (Portage), Grace Labrecque (Battle Creek), Taylor Callen (Mattawan), Lauren Brown and Shelby Humphries (Portage), Assistant Coach Todd Wells TKO U15 Girls Join Forces with the West Michigan Fire Super Y Team Congratulations to the TKO players that joined forces with Grand Rapids area players to form the U15 West Michigan Fire Juniors team that won the Midwest Division of the Super Y-League. The team formed to play matches from late June to early August. By winning the division, the team earned the top Midwest bid to play in the United Soccer League North American Youth Championship in Tampa, Florida from November 15Th-20Th. WMFJ competed against teams from Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Canada and had a record of 8-2. Area TKO players include: Lauren Brown, Natalie Hall, Shelby Humphries, Anna Stinson, Cassie VanderSloot, and Sarah Wilsey (all of Portage), Taylor Callen (Mattawan), Nicole Bentz and Grace Labrecque (Battle Creek). The team is coached by Dan Raben (Lansing) and TKO Coach Todd Wells (Battle Creek). The Super Y-League North American Finals, regarded as the top youth soccer event in North America, is a five-day tournament that includes over 130 of the best youth soccer teams in the US and Canada from U13 to U17 for boys and girls. Teams will qualify from their respective regions and will face the best from around North America in a quest to become league champions. Thursday, August 30 TKO PREMIER SOCCER CLUB NAMES PDL COACH The TKO Premier Soccer Club completed its USL coaching roster by announcing that it has reached an agreement with Stu Riddle to be the Head Coach of its Premier Development League team. In 2006 Riddle began his coaching career in United Soccer Leagues when he accepted a player-coach position with the Kalamazoo Kingdom, formerly of the PDL, an elite development league. Click here for the complete press release! Thursday, August 30 TKO PREMIER SOCCER CLUB SHOWS WELL AT MICHIGAN STATE OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TRYOUTS In early August over 1200 kids participated in the Olympic Development program try outs for the state of Michigan. TKO Premier Soccer Club was well represented with 9 players earning some ODP honors. Nicole Berry 95G state pool Madison Mazer 95G state pool Andrew Labadie 95B state pool alternate Allyssa Stevens 94G state pool Taylor Callnan 92G state pool Anna Stinson 92G state pool Shelby Humphries 92G state pool Lauren Brown 92G state pool Grace Labreque 92G state pool The players selected here go into a state pool of players (usually around 30-35 players), which, will train together during the winter months with the state coach. From that training, a state team will be selected (18 players), which will train and play in the USYSA Region II camp/tournament. A pool of players are than selected from all state teams and held over for another camp to train. After the region team is selected, they travel to the national camp where the national teams are selected. Great job TKO players and good luck in the upcoming training and future camps. TKO Premier Soccer Club is very proud of these players and their accomplishments. Thursday, August 2 THE KALAMAZOO OUTRAGE TO TAKE THE FIELD IN THE SUMMER OF 2008 The TKO Premier Soccer Club would like to officially announce the name of its PDL and W-League franchise. The Kalamazoo Outrage will take the field in the summer of 2008. The Kalamazoo Outrage name was one of two finalistthat were selected from over 100 entries to the "Name the PDL and W-League Contest that was held last spring. A vote was held on the TKO Premier Soccer website, and The Kalamazoo Outrage received the most votes. The winning name was submitted by 14-year old Alyssa Davison of Mattawan. Monday, July 2 TKO Girls Make Battle Creek Enquirer All City Team The TKO Premier Soccer Club would like to congratulate the following young woman on making the Battle Creek Enquirer All City Soccer Team: Jen Drouin, Gull Lake TKO U15 Allegra Hulsey, BC Central, TKO U18 Lani Pearson, Lakeview HS, TKO U18 Honorable Mention: Grace Labrecque, Lakeview HS, TKO U15 Click on the title for more information on this great honor!  KISS Champions - TKO Premier U15 Girls The TKO Premier U15 girls took home the hardware at the KISS Tournament. Todd Wells' team went 2-1 in pool play, and then beat the Crystal Lake Force Blue (IL) 3-2 in the championship game. Great job girls! This will be a team to watch in the fall.
TKO Premier Soccer Club Names W-League Head Coach The TKO Premier Soccer Club has named Tony DiTucci as head coach of its W-League franchise. Mr. DiTucci is currently in the 3rd year as the head coach of the Central Michigan University women’s soccer program. A native of Rochester, New York, DiTucci graduated from Saint John Fisher College summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science in 1996. DiTucci holds an Advanced National coaching diploma from the NSCAA as well as a USSF C license. He is also a member of both the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and the United States Soccer Federation. Saturday, June 2 Introducing the NEW TKO Premier Academy Click on the above link to read more about this exciting new program from the TKO Premier Soccer Club. This academy style training is the latest national trend in the development of younger soccer players. The U9 - U11 players will be coached by a TKO premier coach, and play their games in WMYSA. The Academy Director will hold weekly technical (skill) training in a pool environment. The best Part about the program is that is only cost $300/year plus uniform. Wednesday, May 16 TKO U15 s Show Their Muscle in High School Action! In May 15th high school s soccer, Todd Wells TKO U15 s were responsible for a total of 13 goals in one night of action. Listed below is the breakdown: Liz Ruinveld, K Christian (2) Kayla Snyder, Plainwell Nicole Bentz, Lakeview Jordan Wolf, PC (2) Shelby Humphries, PC Taylor Callen, Mattawan (2) Anna Stinson, PN (3) Megan Putnam, Hackett Keep up the great work girls! Friday, May 11 U17 Boys - White makes it to the State Cup quarter finals! The TKO U17 - White have made it to the quarter finals of the State Cup. The scores of the preliminary round were as follws:
Beat GRASA 4-3 Lost to TNT 2-0
Beat Farmington 4-0
The team earned a wild-card spot based on goal differential. They will play last years champion Vardarstars in Saginaw on May 19th at noon.
It is a big deal, and Neil is very proud of this team and of their efforts. He would also like to recognize the parents on this team who have been incredibly supportive of the coaches and players. They have also agreed to take the team up to Saginaw on the Friday to prepare for this big game.
Great job guys! Tuesday, April 24 TKO Premier Soccer Club and SoccerZone to host NSCAA Goalkeeping Diploma courses in June 2007 Monday, April 23 TKO Announces the 2007-08 Coaching Roster TKO Premier Soccer Club has announced its 2007-08 coaching roster. Please click on the title to see the full coaching roster. Friday, April 20th TKO Announces the 2007-08 Tryout Schedule TKO Premier Soccer Club will hold its annual tryouts for the Fall 2007/Spring 2008 season on Friday June 15, 2007 (U13-U18) and June 18, 2007 (U9-U12) at the Kalamazoo Community Soccer Complex on Drake Road. Tuesday, April 10 Tuesday, April 3 The U16 boys coached by Jake Gillingerten made it to the finals of the U16 Gold Division. They defeated the Georgetown Rangers 3-0, tied the Ohio Galaxies FC Elite 1-1, tied SCS Nemesis 0-0, and lost to PSC 1-0 on an own goal. Congratulations to Jake, Ernesto, and the team.
Thursday, February 8 U-13 s is Feb. 24th from 6:30-8:00pm at Woodland Skate Thank you for your patience. Wednesday, January 10 Friday, January 5 Wednesday, September 20 Tuesday, September 19 Tuesday, September 12 Thursday, August 24 |
