Dubuque Soccer Club Copryright 2012 02/22/2012 02/22/2012 www.dubuquesoccer.org News from Dubuque Soccer Club Dubuque Soccer Club has a new Director of Coaching! 02/12/2012 03:34 PM http://www.dubuquesoccer.org/home/597924.html  

The Dubuque Soccer Club Search Committee and Board of Directors are pleased to announce that Chris Penton has accepted the Director of Coaching position. Chris currently is living in North Carolina, where he was the Technical Director for the North Meck Soccer Club. He has also held the Director of Coaching positions at youth soccer clubs in Louisiana. Chris holds both the USSF National A License and USSF National Youth License. His wealth of knowledge and experience will elevate our Dubuque Soccer Club skills and competitive level.
 
Chris will begin the DOC position on March 1st. An opportunity to meet the new DOC will be scheduled once Chris and his family relocate here. 
 
The Board of Directors would like to extend a special thank you to Darin Harmon and Dan Block, for their time and participation on the Search Committee. Also, a huge thank you to Jason Berna, as he has occupied the Interim DOC, over the past few months. Jason has gone above and beyond during this transition period making sure teams were covered with coaches, gym space available, organizing the 3v3 and 2v2 mixers, along with many other things. If you see Jason out on the fields, please make sure to give him a personal thank you. 
 
We look forward to everyone having the chance to meet Chris Penton, the new Director of Coaching for the Dubuque Soccer Club. 


 

]]> http://www.dubuquesoccer.org/home/597924.html Alliance Fab Fives Tournament 02/18/2012 04:43 PM http://www.dubuquesoccer.org/home/599732.html The Dubuque Soccer Club entered numerous teams in to the Iowa City Alliance Fab 4/5’s Tournament.  The U11 Girls entered 3 teams and got the Dubuque Soccer Club off to a great start, as they finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their age group!  Congrats girls, and good luck to the rest of the teams!

]]> http://www.dubuquesoccer.org/home/599732.html Iowa Soccer Indoor Championships 02/15/2012 06:53 AM http://www.dubuquesoccer.org/home/598744.html Dubuque Teams find great competition at the Iowa Soccer Youth Indoor Championship in Cedar Falls, Iowa.  The Dubuque Soccer Club sent 6 overall teams to compete in UNI dome Feb 4th and 5th with a boys and girls team in the U13,U14,and U16 age groups.  The DSC teams finished overall with 9 wins for the weekend and had two teams advance on to the playoffs. The U13 girls losing in the tie-breaker to advance in the wildcard spot.  The U14 girls coached by Jason Berna made the playoffs with the wildcard slot playing the State Champions from South Dakota, the DASC Premier.  This U14 girls match up was a hard fought game with both sides having chances and both goalkeepers coming up with big saves.  The DSC U14 girls lost 1-0 in a great game that could have went either way.  The U14 boys team coaches by Viktor Bergstrand advanced in the wild card slot as well and played the Iowa City Alliance in the semi-finals.  The U14 boys controlled most of the game up 3-0 until the last few minutes when the Alliance scored two goals in the closing minutes to put the game closer than it was.  Mark Histed scored twice and Alex Herrera tallied a goal in the semi-finals for the U14 DSC boys.  The team then had a quick turnaround playing one hour later in the finals to the only team that they lost to in pool play, the Los Amigos.  The game got off to a bad start for the DSC U14 boys as they gave up a few early goals but then managing to settle in by scoring a great goal by Drake Arensdorf off a set piece.  The U14 boys gave a great effort in the finals but were not able to topple the Los Amigos team the second time around.  All and all the DSC teams represented the Club very well and played strong teams from Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota!!

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What started as a fun way to spend time with good friends who share the passion for soccer turned into an opportunity and experience of a lifetime for six boys who range in age of 12, 13, and 14. A nationally-known 3v3 soccer program, Kick-It 3v3 Soccer holds local and regional tournaments throughout the United States to give 3v3 soccer teams an opportunity to play small-sided soccer in an organized program. Teams are able to sign up and play in any of the national tournaments they would like. This means that even in an Iowa tournament, the team may face opponents from other states looking for greater competition. The teams are also placed in categories according to their skill level and wins at tournaments of gold and silver. After the local and regional tournaments are held, 8 of the top teams in the country are chosen to compete in the top category of Elite Invitational Division in each age division.
 
So the team of Drake Arensdorf (14), Jacob Berning (12), Mark Histed (13), Brendan Nugent (13/14), Kody Rife (13), and Matt Wessels (12) started training with Coach Peter Esterhuizen to learn the 3v3 technique of playing small-sided soccer (and have lots of fun!). After participating in a few indoor 3v3 and 4v4 tournaments for practice, and being successful at these, the boys traveled to Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska, for their first Kick-It 3v3 local tournament in June 2011. The boys came away with 1st place in their 98 Male Open division, which placed them in the gold category. They next participated in another local tournament held in Des Moines, Iowa, where they faced very tough competition from teams from Iowa and other states, and again took home the 1st place medal. In August, the boys traveled to Cedar Rapids, where the regional tournament was held. The top 2 teams at this tournament in the gold division were invited to be considered for the Elite Invitational Division at the World Championships to be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports fields at Disney World, Florida, and at the end of the tournament, the boys were just that. A unanimous decision was made by the boys to apply for the EID and earn some money to head to Florida. Each player paid his parent at least $150 towards flight and hotel room, either through work, family gifts, etc. The boys found out in November that their application to be 1 of the 8 EID teams in the 98 Male division was approved, and they were ranked 4th overall…very exciting.
 
Dubuque was very well represented by these 6 boys at the World Championships in Florida. Through various local businesses and their support of the team, the boys at times felt like real sports stars, with team jerseys and warm-up jerseys, team photo shoot, and even being interviewed by the TH sports writer the Thursday before the tournament while at Downtown Disney and quoted in an article in the paper. The team was ranked 4th walking into the tournament, and with their record being 2-4 in the EID both Saturday and Sunday, they ended up 5th out of all of the teams in the 98 Male division, only losing to dedicated 3v3 club teams, and even in the games they ended up losing, the boys’ play was very even with the other team.
 
What started out as something to just have some fun ended up giving the boys an opportunity to play on internationally-known fields and to compare our Dubuque, Iowa, soccer with that of the rest of the states, to travel to Disney World with great friends, and our team played with the best and placed in the top 5…a great accomplishment and lasting memories for everyone! 
]]> http://www.dubuquesoccer.org/home/597544.html Announcing our new partnership with Dicks Sporting Goods! 01/27/2012 01:10 AM http://www.dubuquesoccer.org/home/593591.html The Dubuque Soccer Club is very excited to announce our new partnership with Dicks Sporting Goods!  There will be plenty of exciting opportunities coming soon through this new partnership, and we can get things started here with some great deals available to us. 
Please support Dicks Sporting Goods for all your sporting goods needs!

]]> http://www.dubuquesoccer.org/home/593591.html The Recent College Showcase Experience of a DSC Player 01/25/2012 12:14 AM http://www.dubuquesoccer.org/home/592929.html                                                            

Devan Stieber – MLK Day Team Chicago College Showcase Experience

I am currently a junior at Hempstead High School, and I play for the Dubuque Soccer Club. I am writing about my experience at the Team Chicago College Showcase, in hope that it will promote more young adults to attend college showcases in the future. The first thing we got was a sheet telling us the color and number of shirt we were. They gave you this information in advance, so you can pick which colleges you are interested in and tell them your color and number. Next we were given a schedule of the time we played and which team we were on. The team’s alternated players so you can meet new people which helps coaches see how you work with different people. Each individual played 3 games, that were 20 minutes long. When it was time for lunch we were given food and while we ate they had a question and answer session where all of the visiting college coaches came down onto the field and anyone could ask them questions. There were about 25-30 college coaches all from different divisions. College showcases are a great opportunity to showcase your talents, meet new people, and get to know more about which colleges you would like to attend. If I had anything to say to any students that are thinking about going to a college showcase it would be, don’t be afraid to go by yourself, it’s a great opportunity you don’t get often.

-Devan Stieber

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