Home Opener: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park: June 9, 2011

William Jewell College Women's and Men's Soccer Teams Selected to National Championships; Jewell Hosts 1st Round Games on November 20th

William Jewell College women's team (14-2-2) and men's team (17-2) have each been selected to the 2010 NAIA Soccer National Championships. William Jewell College will host both a women's and men's first round game on November 20th. The WJC women will host Ashford-Iowa (15-4-2) at 4pm. The WJC men will host Concordia-Oregon (16-2-1) at 7pm.

BC Soccer: Golfing

Benedictine soccer players Courtney Danze and Kelsey Schieber take some swings at the Benedictine Ravens Soccer Boosters Golf Tournament.

KC Brass (PDL) featured on Metro Sports (5/25/10)

MAY 17: Kansas City Screening of Pelada

Kansas City Screening of Pelada

Plus Q&A with director Ryan White immediately following the film!

Monday, May 17th at 7:00pm
Studio Movie Grill
7430 NW 87th Street
Kansas City, MO 64153Tickets: $10




Away from professional stadiums, bright lights, and manicured fields, there’s another side of soccer. Tucked away on alleys, side streets, and concrete courts, people play in improvised games. Every country has a different word for it. In the United States, we call it “pick-up soccer.” In Trinidad, it's "taking a sweat." In England, it's "having a kick-about." In Brazil, the word is “pelada,” which literally means "naked"—the game stripped down to its core. It’s the version of the game played by anyone, anywhere.

Pelada is a documentary following Luke and Gwendolyn, two former college stars who didn’t quite make it to the pros. Not ready for it to be over, they take off, chasing the game. From prisoners in Bolivia to moonshine brewers in Kenya, from freestylers in China to women who play in hijab in Iran, Pelada is the story of the people who play.

KC Wizards (MLS) Win 5-0 vs Evansville

Picture: Lincoln Roblee and Jefferson Roblee pose with KC Wizards guest players (left to right) Haggai Leboo, J.D. Warman, Ryan Hennessy and Manny Tovar after the KC Wizards (MLS) 5-0 win over the University of Evansville at the Anheuser Busch Conference and Sports Center in Fenton, Missouri on April 3, 2010. All four guest players were multi-year players with the KC Brass (PDL) and all four also played youth soccer with the 87/88 KC Pace.


Notes: Ryan Hennessy (NKC HS/Missouri State) and Manny Tovar (Hickman Mills HS/William Jewell) each were issued a yellow card for hard tackles during the match...this was the 3rd appearance for J.D. Warman (Liberty HS) in a Wizards exhibition match (1st of 2010)...this was the first Wizards appearance in an exhibition match for Haggai Leboo (Washington HS/Rockhurst U), Hennessy and Tovar.

Goals:
KCW: Graham Zusi, 43rd minute
KCW: Sunil Chhetri, 47th minute
KCW: Sunil Chhertri, 62nd minute
KCW: Sunil Chhertri, 80th minute
KCW: Mauro Fuzetti, 89th minute

KC Wizards lineup: Eric Kronberg; Jonathan Leathers, Pablo Escobar (Ryan Hennessy 45), Aaron Hohlbein, Korede Aiyegbusi (J.D. Warman 60); Mauro Fuzetti, Graham Zusi (Manny Tovar 60), Haggai Leboo; Kyle Brown, Sunil Chhetri, Igor Kostrov.

2010 KC PACE FASTFORWARD PROGRAM

KC Pace FastForward Program kicks off on March 10th!

The KC Pace FastForward Program is an exciting and elite soccer experience designed to accelerate the youth soccer player’s (boys and girls ages 10-18) development. Directed by the Jefferson Roblee, Lincoln Roblee and Burke Slusher: coaches of the 2005&2006 Missouri state champion KC Pace and the Kansas City Brass (PDL). The FastForward Program will give field players and goalkeepers a fun, progressive environment loaded with proven advanced training techniques of soccer champions.

Wednesday Nights at William Jewell College: March 10-April 28
5:30pm-7:00pm: 3rd-12th grade boys & girls
8 Training Sessions and adidas training jersey
Cost: $150/player (ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO FIRST 20 PLAYERS)

***KC Pace FastForward Program staff have coached more than 70 players who have gone on to achieve All America honors or sign professional contracts.**

PLAYER REGISTRATION & MEDICAL RELEASE
(Registration deadline: March 3, 2010)

Player name____________________________Position_________

Boy______Girl_____
Player birthdate____________________ Current Age____________
Address__________________City______________State_____ZIP_________
Player T-Shirt Size (Circle one): Youth-L Adult-M Adult-L
Parents Names__________________________________________
Home Phone Number___________________________

Parent cell phone #___________________ Accept text messages?_____
Best e-mail address________________________________________
School____________________________________

Club Team________________________________
Club Team Coach___________________________

Club Team Coach Phone #__________________________________
Club Team Coach e-mail____________________________________

I do hereby grant the permission to the KC Pace FastForward Program staff and their respective agents to secure such medical aid and hospital services as they deem necessary for the child noted on this form in the event he/she should sustain and injury or illness while attending the KC Pace FastForward Program. I agree to assume the cost of transportation and medical treatment in such an emergency situation. I have also indicated below any medical information of which the camp should be aware in consideration of the child’s physical and mental well being.
Player Name__________________________________________
Parent Signature_______________________ Date_____________
Family Doctor__________________________________________

Doctor Telephone________________________________________
Special Notes (Allergies)___________________________________
Family Health Care Carrier_________________________________
Health Care GroupName___________________________________
Health Care Policy # ______________________________________

Preferred Hospital________________________________________

I agree that the KC Pace FastForward Program staff and coaches shall not be liable for any injury or loss which my children may sustain while participating in the KC Pace FastForward Program, and I agree to indemnify and to hold harmless the KC Pace FastForward Program from any claim whatsoever. The above applicant is in good health and has my permission to participate in this program. In case of emergency, I grant permission for my son/daughter to be given emergency treatment at a local hospital.
Parent Signature______________________________ Date________________

Please make check ($150) payable to KC Pace FastForward and mail to:
KC Pace FastForward
Attn: Jefferson Roblee
8614 N. Cleveland Lane
Kansas City, MO 64156

Contact Jefferson at FastForward@kcpace.com or (816) 213-1876 for more info.

July 9, 2009: KC Brass win 1-0 over Springfield Demize

Below is a short video of the July 9, 2009 PDL game of the KC Brass vs Springfield Demize at William Jewell College. KC Brass won the game 1-0 (Brass is wearing white).

July 4 Race

KC Wizards vs Houston Dynamo in MLS, USA vs Grenada in Gold Cup, Serena vs Venus at Wimbledon or Kobiashi vs hotdogs...All of these match-ups were great July 4 competitions. Another July 4 competition that may or may not make SportsCenter is the match up of Jefferson vs Katie. Who will win the race?

USA Should Begin Preparing for 2014 in 2010

You may have watched Wednesday night's World Cup qualifier: USA men lose 3-1 at Costa Rica. Landon Donovan's 90th minute penalty kick goal for the USA could give an impression that could confuse fans who didn't watch the game. The game wasn't as close as the score indicated. The USA was bad. Costa Rica was good. USA may have been more bad than Costa Rica was good. It looked like a 5-0 game (Costa Rica was playing "Ole Futbol" in the FIRST HALF). The USA has no excuses. On Wednesday night the USA was beaten by a better team. Costa Rica's players were better than USA's players. So which USA players should see significantly less or no playing time?: Altidore and Wynne are still works in progress. Both players need a lot more skill, savvy and experience to succeed at the international level. Torres looked good. Play Torres. Involve Robbie Rogers. If Rogers is not in the starting 11 have him available off the bench. Rogers is a talent and a risk taker. Of course Frankie Hejduk (injured, did not play) could have helped. Hejduk has developed into a very reliable right back. Wednesday night made me wonder if the soon to be 37 year old Brian McBride and the soon to be 46 year old Preki wanted to wear the USA jersey again....OK now I'm thinking that any team that could play as badly as the USA played Wednesday night couldn't possibly have any chance in 2010. It would be impossible for any truly good team to play so badly and then turn things around so quickly (a year with limited time together) and succeed later vs better competition. Once we qualify (USA should still qualify) for 2010, for the good of our national team, we should prepare for the 2010 World Cup and use players in the 2010 World Cup who could play in the 2014 World Cup (Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore, Jonathan Bornstein, Michael Bradley, Kenny Cooper, Charlie Davies, Landon Donovan, Maurice Edu, Eddie Gaven, Tim Howard, Brad Guzan, Sacha Kljesten, Michael Parkhurst, Heath Pearce, Robbie Rogers, Jose Francisco Torres, etc.). The 5 year time span would provide a significant amount of time for the coaching staff to develop a very competitive and successful 2014 team with an advanced and understood style of play that is needed to have a chance to win a World Cup.

Josh Howard Scores for Soderhamns FF (Sweden)

Josh Howard (Lee's Summit North HS, KC Attack, William Jewell College, KC Brass) has earned Man of the Match for Soderhamns FF (Sweden) in his two most recent matches. Photo: Josh celebrating his first professional goal in Soderhamns FF 2-0 win over Rasunda.

R.I.P.: Andy Shields (Funeral Arrangements)

Funeral Arrangements for Andy Shields can be found at www.wjcsoccer.com .

R.I.P.: Andy Shields

Andy Shields saved 8 of the 11 penalty kicks he faced during the 2006 regular season, playoffs and national tournament shootouts while in goal for William Jewell College. Note: Andy actually made all 8 PK saves...none missed the goal. Pictured: WJC goalkeeper Andy Shields makes a game winning PK shootout save at the 2006 NAIA National Tournament.

Andy Shields, 23 yeards old, passed away today, May 28, after suffering a severe stroke on May 25th. Andy is best known in the Kansas City soccer community for his goalkeeping excellence at Olathe North High School, Arsenal youth and William Jewell College. Andy was a starter and standout performer on William Jewell College's 2006 HAAC Champions, NAIA Region V Champion, National Tournament Qualifying and NAIA National Final Four team. His goalkeeping was the talk of the 2006 NAIA National Tournament which included incredible saves during two WJC shootout victories at nationals. Andy was named NAIA National Tournament All Tournament team in 2006. Prayers go out to the Shields family. Andy was loved and will be greatly missed and always remembered.
Link related to Andy Shields soccer: http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/111806aah.html

Classic Matchup

I know a lot of readers of this blog can't wait for Wednesday's (May 27, 2009) Champions League Final of Manchester United vs Barcelona...Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi It's going to be a good one. In the meantime I provide you with another classic matchup...Katie vs Emily. My nieces may not have the skills of C. Ronaldo and Messi (yet) but the joy is fun to watch.

Vote for Your Favorite Brazilian

Check out the videos below and then vote for your favorite Brazilian soccer player in the left column of TRR.

May 3 in Iowa

Lincoln Roblee, Kathryn Roblee and Jefferson Roblee celebrated May 3, 1971 together on May 3, 2009.

After recruiting May 1-2 for our respective women's college teams at the Tournament of Champions in Burlington, Iowa; we spent Sunday with our mother and grandmother in Perry, Iowa. Church, family, yardwork and some cake made for a good Sunday.

KC Pace FastForward Program

Although it's been a few years since the 87/88 KC Pace graduated from youth soccer to elite college soccer programs and the PDL, the KC Pace still lives strong through the KC Pace FastForward Program (the annual 8 week program begins in March and ends in April). Below is a video of three 2009 KC Pace FastForward players going One v Camera.

Glimpse at KC Pace Video Diary

Below is a few minutes of the KC Pace Video Diary (2006). The video is a glimpse of the team's success. In this part of the video you see some goals by various KC Pace players at events such as Friendlies in Springfield, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska as well as the Tulsa Soccer Club Friendship Cup in Oklahoma, Metro United Showcase in Illinois, Disney Soccer Showcase in Florida and USYSA Regional Championships in Wisconsin.

Driving the Ball

I know when you read "Driving the Ball" as the title of this article you probably thought the videos below would be more about passing the ball over distance, crossing the ball or shooting on goal...usually you would have been correct.

Rewind: 2006 U18 Missouri State Final: KC Pace win 3-1 over Scott Gallagher

The 2009 Missouri State Cup brackets were recently announced. Let's rewind to 2006 State Cup. Below is a video of the 2006 U18 Missouri State Cup Final. The KC Pace won 3-1 over Scott Gallagher to win their second straight State Cup championship. Goals in this game were scored by Brant Bishop, Matt Happy and J.D. Warman. Video shot by Steve Ole Olson of sgfsoccer.com .