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LANDESVERBAND USA
NEWSLETTER AND MAGAZINE
DONAUSCHWABEN
SPORT NEWS
 02/24/13
January February March
2011 Volume 6 Number 1
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VISITING
AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
JANUARY
2011
DANUBIA
SOCCER 2010
Forwarded
From Philadelphia Donauschwaben
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VISITING
AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
JANUARY
2011
CARPATHIA
SOCCER
Forwarded
by Carpathia Donauschwaben
Carpathia
Kickers
Inducted
into the
Michigan
Soccer Hall of Fame
I was fortunate enough to attend the Michigan Soccer
Association Hall of Fame Dinner held on October 16, 2010.
The event this year was so special for the simple fact that
so many of the honorees were former Kickers, or have been
(and in some cases still are) a big part of the Kickers
Organization. The words “Carpathia Kickers” were heard
throughout the evening. When we got the word about this
year’s honorees we were so excited. Sadly, due to a mix up
with the Michigan Soccer Association organizers, our ad for
the booklet honoring these people was never printed. So I
wanted to make sure that the Carpathia Membership was made
aware of the accomplishments of these very distinguished
individuals.
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Helmut Egger was the first Club member to be
inducted into the 2010 Hall of Fame. Helmut is
often officiating many of the Kicker games and
many high school games in Macomb County. He is
always very patient and instructional during our
games – and we can’t thank him enough for
caring. He is still such a big part of the Kickers
and all the kids know him and love him!
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Bert Martin, another past Kicker was honored as
well. I can still remember getting a late night
call from Mr. Martin to ask about a Kicker indoor
match that was later written up in the Detroiter
Abendpost. I was shocked that he took the time to
notice our youth teams – and pleased as well!
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John Motzer (†) who served as the Director of
Coaching and a player for the 1962 Kickers
Champion Team was honored as well. My time with
Mr. Motzer was spent talking about the youth
programs and their importance in our Club. He was
wise and offered some great advice when it came to
the kids. I will never forget the discussions we
had on Thursday nights at the end of the bar.
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Dyann Pugliese, a club member and great friend,
advisor, and supporter of the Kickers was honored
as well. Dyann was so supportive over the years.
Most do not know how truly instrumental she was in
building women’s soccer in Michigan. She has
played, coached, officiated, and now acts as an
administrator for Michigan Soccer Association. She
is truly a remarkable woman.
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Freddy Noocha – as many times as I have given
this referee a hard time, I must take a minute to
acknowledge his induction. This year Freddy
started playing for our Kicker’s indoor men’s
40+ team. He is a Kicker supporter through and
through.
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Phil Murphy has been with the Kicker’s for many
years. He has coached and managed and has served
as the Kicker’s Assistant General Manager. Phil
is a great guy and is still very active in our
organization with our Men’s Program and is
President of the MPSL. We are thankful to have
Phil as a member of our club and congratulate him
on his Meritorious Service award.
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Paul Sippl (†) was also honored that night.
It’s always sad when the person cannot receive
the award themselves – but his daughter and
granddaughter accepted Paul’s Meritorious
Service award and were very honored in doing this.
I didn’t know him personally – but I was much
honored to have met his family that evening.
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Willie Dewald (†) was honored that evening and accepting
the service award for him was Kurt Seiberling.
I have heard Mr. Dewald’s name many times over the years
in association with the Kickers. His unending support, his
drive to ensure the teams made it to the tournaments they
earned a spot in, and the respect that he earned from former
players and friends is a tribute to his memory and the
success of the Kicker’s today.
In fact, our success today MUST contain the names of each of
these honored, distinguished people. I was so proud to be
the General Manager of the Kickers that evening. Our name
was heard throughout the evening in many speeches.
The Kicker’s congratulate all of the honored inductees and
awardees of that evening and thank you for your
contributions to our successes!
With the Kicker’s fall season just ending as I write this
– success would be an appropriate word to use! Our fall
season was kicked off with the Men’s First Team winning
the league cup! The Youth program continues to grow and our
staff of dedicated coaches continues to build several
premier teams. It is unbelievable how well these youth teams
are playing soccer.
The Kicker’s would like to thank those who consistently
volunteer their time to make our club what it is today. Your
help is appreciated and does not go unnoticed.
I would also like to take time to wish my family and all of
you a very happy holiday season.
Keith
McVettie
General
Manager
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VISITING
AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
JANUARY
2011
2010
DECEMBER GREEN WHITE SOCCER
Forwarded
From Grün-Weiss Donauschwaben Club, Chicago
ToddSchneider@GreenWhiteSoccer.org
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FIRST
TEAM - UPDATE
The First Team enters the outdoor winter
break secure in the middle of the league
table. The Metropolitan League indoor
season doesn’t pick up until the
beginning of January. This year the
league’s indoor format is a little
different than in years past. Instead of
a Major and First Division with teams
subject to promotion and demotion for
placing in the top or bottom of their
respective divisions; the league will
follow a tournament format combining all
14 teams across both divisions.
The teams will be divided into two
groups, each team playing one game
against every team in their group. The
remaining four weeks will be playoffs.
Playing in the league this winter will
be familiar foes Schwaben AC, United
Serbs, HNK Zrinski, Sockers FC,
International, Connection SC, Vikings
AA, and of course, last year’s
champions, AAC Eagles. Also joining the
competition will likely be last year’s
First Division champions, Chicago
Kickers, along with Belgrade FC, Lions,
Morava, Wings and Serbska. The First
Team will stay active until the start of
the indoor season.
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RESERVE
TEAM - UPDATE
The Green White Reserve Team finished
the first half of the outdoor season in
4th place. With the turn of the weather,
the Reserve Team has headed to their
winter home and don’t expect to be
heard from again until the spring.
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OVER
30 TEAM - UPDATE
The O30 Team had a dip in form to close
out the fall season; seeing them drop to
7th place at the break. The team is on
hiatus until the second indoor session
which starts in January.
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OVER
40 TEAM - UPDATE
Although
suffering only one defeat in the first
half of the season, the O40 Team was
plagued by a plethora of draws that saw
them enter the winter break in 5th place. The
team expects to pull a squad together for
the second indoor session at Soccer City
in Palatine.
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YOUTH
COACHES TEAM - UPDATE
The
youth coaches’ team closed out the
season strong and brought home some
hardware to boot.
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Green
White Cosmos (BU09)
The Cosmos ended
their debut season in 2nd Place,
congratulations! This young team began the
season with many players new to travel
soccer. It was a season filled with
opportunities to explore player
capabilities and potential. This young
team demonstrated a natural ability to
play well together both on and off the
field. Mostly on the field and non soccer
related which led to a very funny season
indeed. Thanks to the Cosmos parents and
to our trainer Simone Lodge this was a
great start to the Green White Cosmos.
Most of the Cosmos will participate during
the winter season at the YMCA with games
played on Saturdays. (Reported by
Dennis Cantu).
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Green
White Gators (BU10)
Coaches Jerry Parks, Mike Halblander;
Trainer George Odling.
At
the end of the fall season, the Green
White Gators finished in 2nd place on 19
points from a record of 6-3-1 (WLD) with
41 goals for and 30 goals against.
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Green
White Dragons (BU10)
Coach Greg LaCost, Trainer David Gibson
At
the end of the fall season, the Green
White Dragons finished in 3rd place on 17
points from a record of 5-3-2 (WLD) with
50 goals for and 32 goals against.
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Green
White Cobras (BU11)
Coach Michi Mho; Trainer David Gibson
At
the end of the fall season, the Green
White Cobras finished in 5th
place on 8 points from a record of 2-6-2 (WLD)
with 24 goals for and 34 goals against.
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Green
White Strikers (BU11)
Coach Karl Scheer, Trainer Simone Lodge
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Strikers finished in 2nd place on 19
points from a record of 6-3-1 (WLD) with
33 goals for and 16 goals against.
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Green
White Vipers (BU13)
Coach Cesar Contreras, Trainer Luke Jones
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Vipers finished in 3rd place on 18
points from a record of 6-4-0 (WLD) with
39 goals for and 30 goals against.
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Green
White Emeralds (GU09)
Coach Kyle Perkins, Trainer Simone Lodge
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Emeralds finished in 2nd place on 18
points from a record of 7-0-3 (WLD) with
47 goals for and 16 goals against.
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Green
White Knights (GU10)
Coaches Doug Galloway, Mike Folkers;
Trainers
David
Gibson, Crystal Rinaldi
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Knights finished in 8th place in C
East on 9 points from a record of 2-5-3 (WLD)
with 21 goals for and 26 goals against.
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Green
White Panthers (GU10)
Coaches Mike Folkers, Doug Galloway,
Trainer David Gibson
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Panthers finished in 3rd place on 19
points from a record of 6-3-1 (WLD) with
36 goals for and 20 goals against.
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Green
White Stingers (GU11)
Coaches Steve Fletcher, Marc Masini;
Trainer David Gibson
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Stingers finished in 3rd place on 23
points from a record of 7-1-2 (WLD) with
23 goals for and 6 goals against.
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Green
White Tornados (GU11)
Coaches Glen Wiley, Mike Haaning, Trainer
George Odling
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Tornados finished in 4th place on 11
points from a record of 3-5-2 (WLD) with
24 goals for and 25 goals against.
The Tornadoes consistently improved
throughout the Fall season. The second
half saw them lose only one game while
tying division winning
"Crossfire", beating 2nd place
team Ela Blue and routing the Cary
Defenders 4-0 to close the year! The
defense continually improved and to land a
shutout to close the year was a great way
to end the season.
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Green
White Demons (GU12)
Coaches Joe Moran, Eric Reschny; Trainer
Luke Jones
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Demons finished in 2nd place on 24
points from a record of 8-2-0 (WLD) with
36 goals for and 12 goals against.
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Green
White Heat (GU13)
Coach Mike Szukalla, Trainer Jon Davit
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Heat finished in 7th place on 12
points from a record of 4 6-0 (WLD) with 8
goals for and 26 goals against.
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Green
White Wolves (GU13)
Coaches Greg LaCost, Rick Kolling; Trainer
Luke Jones
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Wolves finished in 1st place on 25
points from a record of 8-1-1 (WLD) with
27 goals for and 5 goals against.
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Green
White Strykers (GU14)
Coaches Kim Cichon, Kathy Fox, Trainer Jon
Davit
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Strykers finished in 5th place on 16
points from a record of 4-2-4 (WLD) with
21 goals for and 16 goals against.
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Green
White Wildcats (GU15)
Coach Eric Eakin, Trainer Brandon McLemore
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Wildcats finished in 4th place on 12
points from a record of 5-4-1 (WLD) with
34 goals for and 33 goals against.
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Green
White Power (GU16)
Coaches Greg LaCost, Pete Neville, Trainer
Luke
Jones
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Power finished in 4th place on 19
points from a record of 6 3- 1 (WLD) with
22 goals for and 15 goals against.
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Green
White Mean Green Fighting Machine
(GU17)
Coaches Greg LaCost, Pete Konar; Trainer
Luke Jones
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White MGFM finished in 2nd place on 27
points from a record of 9-1-0 (WLD) with
24 goals for and 12 goals against.
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Green
White Warriors (GU19)
Coach Raymond Cook, Trainer Adam McLemore
At the end of the fall season, the Green
White Warriors finished in 9th place on 3
points from a record of 1-9-0 (WLD) from 9
goals for and 63 goals against.
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PHOTO
CREDITS. Many of the youth photos found in
this edition of the GW newsletter, and
many more, can be found on the individual
team pages of the youth division website.
Thanks to Joel Hawkins, Dan Sullivan,
Karen Tannehill, Eric and Sam Eakin and
all those who post and share their photos
and videos on line.
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GREEN
WHITE
GOES
HOLLYWOOD
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IF
YOU TUNED IN FOR THE USA
V.
SOUTH
AFRICA
FRIENDLY ON NOVEMBER
17TH,
THEN
YOU MAY HAVE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF GREEN
WHITE’S
OWN SEAN
KAEMPFER
(GW COSMOS
– BU09). SEAN
FEATURED IN A US
SOCCER
COMMERCIAL THAT RAN DURING THE MATCH,
SALUTING THE PLAYERS OF THE US
NATIONAL
TEAM.
YOU
MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OTHER FAMILIAR FACES TOO,
LIKE
A YOUNG CLINT
DEMPSEY,
CARLOS
BOCANEGRA,
LANDON
DONOVAN
AND JONATHAN
SPECTOR,
TO
NAME A FEW. IN
THE AD, SEAN
REPRESENTED “THE
FUTURE” OF
AMERICAN
SOCCER. THE
SPOT IS EXPECTED TO RUN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,
BUT
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE CLUB’S
WEBSITE AT:
WWW.GREENWHITESOCCER.ORG.
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