Schedule for Saturday, August 16th
Women’s soccer
Evergreen vs. UBC-Okanagan – Geoduck Pitch – 10:00 AM
Men’s soccer
Evergreen Alumni Game – Geoduck Pitch – 1:00 PM
College volleyball
Evergreen Alumni Game – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
Category Archives: Soccer
Tuesday Score: Clippers Fall in Friendly Opener
Men’s soccer
| Bellevue College 8, SPSCC 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Starfire Complex, Tukwila | 1st | 2nd | Final | |||||||||
| SPSCC (0-1-0 NWAC) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bellevue (1-0-0 NWAC) | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
| SPSCC goal: Ramon Bravo (89th minute) | ||||||||||||
PHOTO GALLERY: Saints, Geoducks Draw in Scrimmage
The Saint Martin’s and Evergreen women’s soccer teams played to a scoreless draw in a scrimmage on Wednesday afternoon at the SMU Soccer Field. The Saints dominated possession but were unable to get anything past the Geoducks, who were picked to finish last in the NAIA Cascade Conference.
The Saints continue their preseason with a scrimmage against Highline Community College on Saturday at 12:30 and will open the regular season with a home game against Corban on Thursday, September 4th at 3:00 PM. The Geoducks travel to Seattle Pacific on Saturday for another scrimmage against a GNAC opponent.
Today (8/16): College Sports Season Kicks Off at Evergreen
Decorated Thurston County Soccer Players Meet in Tucson for PDL West Title
Miguel Gonzalez (Kitsap Pumas)
The Premier Development League’s Western Conference semifinals kick off tonight in Tucson, Arizona with a distinctly Thurston County flair.
The Kitsap Pumas and two brothers from Yelm, Daniel and Miguel Gonzalez, and Evergreen alum George Bundy kick off at 6:00 PM against the Ventura County Fusion and Capital graduate Josh Phillips leads the defense for FC Tucson when they play host to the Vancouver Whitecaps U-23s at 8:00 PM at the Kino Sports Complex.
Miguel Gonzalez and Phillips are both trying to prove that they can play professional soccer at a high level after finishing decorated Division I collegiate careers. Despite Gonzalez being named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year for his 15 goals with Seattle University and Phillips earning West Coast Conference Defender of the Year in his senior season at Gonzaga, neither were extended invitations to the Major League Soccer Combine.
All Gonzalez does is continue to score. In nine games, the Pumas forward has six goals and two assists in leading Kitsap to the Northwest Conference’s title.
Gonzalez set records at Peninsula College in Port Angeles with 34 goals as a sophomore and 49 career goals for the Pirates and was named NWAACC West Division MVP both seasons. He then scored four goals as a junior and 15 goals as a senior at Seattle University including both goals in a 2-1 NCAA tournament first round upset of Creighton in 2013.
Josh Phillips (Gonzaga athletics)
Phillips started the majority of games over his first three seasons at Gonzaga but it wasn’t until an outstanding senior season that he popped up on the the radar of professional teams. The Zags, led by a handful of talented and motivated seniors, posted a 10-6-3 record and finished third in the WCC after not winning a single game the previous season.
Phillips was named WCC Defender of the Year and was expected to be a late pick in the MLS SuperDraft. That didn’t happen but Phillips did score trials with USL squad Sacramento Republic FC and a pair of Germany clubs. Without a pro offer, Phillips joined a few of his Gonzaga teammates in Arizona and has played well in 10 games for FC Tucson notching one assist out of the backfield.
Joining Miguel Gonzalez on the Kitsap squad is his younger brother and fellow Yelm standout and Peninsula College alum, Daniel and Evergreen Geoducks standout and ex-Tumwater Pioneer George Bundy. Daniel has played in four games in the midfield for the Pumas while Bundy has appeared in three games in defense.
If the Pumas can get past the Ventura County Fusion and FC Tucson can best the Whitecaps U23s tonight, the Gonzalez brothers and Bundy would face Phillips on Saturday at 7:30 PM in Tucson.
UPDATE: Both games came down to the wire and all of the Thurston County products are still alive and will meet for the Western Conference title on Saturday.
The Kitsap Pumas and Ventura County Fusion played to a 3-3 tie after regular time and 30 minutes of extra time before the Pumas won 3-1 in a penalty kick shootout.
Following that game, FC Tucson scored in the fourth and final minute of stoppage time to knock off the Whitecaps U-23s.
UPDATE #2: Miguel Gonzalez scored Kitsap’s second goal on Saturday night and the Pumas knocked off FC Tucson 3-0 to take the Western Conference title. They will travel to Pontiac, Michigan this weekend for the PDL Final Four and will face the Ocala Stampede on Friday at 2:00 PM.
World Cup Knockout Round Viewing Party at Casa Mia
It’s do or die for the US Men’s National Team when they take on Eden Hazard and Belgium on Tuesday. Take the afternoon off and come bite some pizza while you bite your nails at the OlySports.com World Cup Viewing Party at Casa Mia Pizza. First kick on the downtown location’s nine foot projection screen is at 1:00 PM.
Today (6/26): USA vs. Germany Viewing Party at Casa Mia
It all comes down to this. At 9:00 AM, the US Men’s National Team takes on Germany with a spot in the round of 16 on the line. There are a lot of scenarios but basically, the US needs to win or draw to move on.
You know you won’t be working during these couple of hours so join us at the downtown Casa Mia for the OlySports.com viewing party. The restaurant will open at 8:30 AM and features a breakfast menu including coffee, mimosas, muffins, donuts and an absolutely ridiculously delicious sounding breakfast pizza with a gorgonzola sauce, bacon, onions, peppers, hasbrowns, mozzarella and a fried egg for $10.
Third Annual Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup Kicks Off Saturday
The third annual Friends of Mia Alumni Soccer Cup kicks off on Saturday morning at Tumwater High School featuring six teams comprised of alumni of local high schools playing in honor of Mia Deligeannis, who passed away from childhood cancer two years ago at the age of five, and raising funds for childhood cancer research and families at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
The tournament gets underway on Saturday at 9:00 AM at Tumwater Stadium with a game between Capital and Tumwater and wraps up on Sunday with the championship game at 3:00. Pints Barn hosts the tournament party after the games on Saturday where they will air the Sounders game and raffle off a signed Sounders jersey.
Capital won their second straight FoM Alumni Soccer Cup in 2013.
Admission to the tournament is free and Friends of Mia will be accepting donations throughout the tournament. If you are interested in playing, there are spots still available on some teams. For more information, visit the signup page at Brown Paper Tickets. Registration is $65 and players are guaranteed four games.
World Cup Viewing Party Thursday at Casa Mia
Join us on Thursday, June 26th at Casa Mia in Downtown Olympia for the OlySports.com World Cup viewing party.
The United States takes on Germany on the big 9×6 projection screen with a spot in the knockout stage on the line. The Ghana/Portugal game will be on one of the smaller TVs so we can keep an eye on that important contest.
Casa Mia will be serving a breakfast menu with muffins, donuts, juice, coffee and a special breakfast pizza that sounds delicious. We’ll have prizes and…..well, you know that you won’t get any work done at your job during the game. Just take a couple hours off and come on down.
PHOTO GALLERY: Timbers Sink Sounders in Tumwater
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| Portland Timbers U-23 3, Sounders U-23 0 – Recap | ||||||||||||
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| Tumwater Stadium | 1st | 2nd | Final | |||||||||
| Timbers (2-4-3, 9 points PDL NW) | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Sounders (3-3-1, 10 points PDL NW) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Attendance: 1012 | ||||||||||||
Kharlton Belmar scored a pair of goals in the second half to lift the Portland Timbers U-23s to a 3-0 win over the Sounders U-23s in front of 1,012 soccer fans at Tumwater Stadium.
Belmar, who will be a senior at Virginia Commonwealth in the fall, broke a scoreless tie in the 58th minute when he won a loose ball in the box that got behind Sounders keeper Jeff Caldwell. 13 minutes later, Will Seymore scored off of a corner kick to give the Timbers a two goal lead and Belmar finished it off and recorded a brace with another goal in the 85th minute.
Caldwell was peppered all afternoon as the Timbers racked up 18 shots with the Sounders keeper making seven saves. Conversely, Timbers keeper Justin Luthy only had to make one save in the shutout. It was just the second win of the season for the Portland squad and they move to within a point of the Sounders in the table.
The contest at Tumwater Stadium was a fundraiser for Blackhills FC with the majority of the 1,000+ in attendance affiliated with the youth soccer program. Blackhills president Scott Kee said that his organization raised “a couple thousand dollars” on Sunday.
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