In a long standing tradition NYSA likes to honour those soccer playing graduating high school students who apply for scholarships. Entry is simple and students at Novato High, San Marin High and Marin Catholic are eligible to apply.

Students send their applications to our league president who then gives them to a three person committee who decide on the award winners. The committee receive applications where names and gender are removed and judge the winners not on their ability as soccer players but on their overall contribution to our Club. This years winners were players, referee's and coaches of the younger house teams. This years winners of $500 scholarships were:

Novato High School

Kevin Andresen
Matthew Bernhardt
Aaron Davis

All three were also members of Novato High's NCS championship winning soccer team and are pictured below

San Marin High School

Shahdah Afrakhan
Melanie Gauchi
Kate Sangster

NYSA wishes them and all our graduating seniors all the success for the future and hope they will remain involved with the Club doing recesses etc.

Novato High School award winners from left to right:
Aaron Davis; Matthew Bernhardt and Kevin Andresen

As soon as we can get hold of them photo's of the San Marin students will also be posted. 

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The Novato United 93 Boys team, coached by Rob Neville, posted a 3-0-3 record during the Bay Area Youth Soccer Organization (BAYSO) winter league, good enough for 4th place. During the playoffs, however, they ran the table finishing at 3-0 to win their second league championship of the 2007-2008 season, capped by a come from behind 3-2 victory in the Championship Game.

Great Job Boys

 

 

Not pictured: Donny Pressley, Elliot Laurence

The Novato United U-10 Boys (pictured above) won the BAYSO Winter league championship on Saturday defeating the Oakland Crece team in a tightly contested final that was tied 2-2 after regulation play and was finally decided by penalty kicks. The boys were perfect in their efforts putting the pressure on the Oakland team and the game was decided after the fourth successful kick for Novato.

The U-10 Boys came in second place overall in the BAYSO regular season but kicked it up a notch for the playoffs advancing to the final after defeating the OCSC Oakland United Team 3-1 the week before in what was another hard fought match.

This was a great performance and a great team effort by all the players and they never gave up. Coach’s Robert Leyland & Helge Biernath provided the winning strategy and guidance for the team with assistance from consulting coach Joe Hunter.

at Novato High School

Saturday

9.00am to 10.15am - U15 Boys and Girls
10.30am to 11.45am - U16 & U17 Boys and Girls
12.00noon to 1.15pm - U18 & U19 Boys and Girls

Sunday

ONEONTA, NY (March 7, 2008) – Legendary University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer Coach Anson Dorrance and highly respected U.S. National Team Veteran Hugo Perez have been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame President Steve Baumann announced today. “We are excited to reveal such a prestigious 2008 Hall of Fame Class,” he said. “Anson Dorrance has set an unbelievable standard for American soccer coaches. His success at UNC is staggering and his World Championship with the U.S. Women’s National Team has inspired coaches to higher levels of excellence. Induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame is a natural outgrowth of his exemplary and continuing career.”

“ Hugo was a key player for the National Team in the late 80s and early 90s,“ Baumann continued. “His career spanned from the last years of the NASL, through the MISL, and into the 1994 World Cup. His ability to create attacking opportunities was outstanding and the players around him were the beneficiaries of his skill, vision and tactical awareness. We welcome him as another wonderfully talented and successful player to the Hall of Fame.”

Both Dorrance and Perez were elected with unprecedented totals in their respective categories. Dorrance was named on 53.85% of the Builder ballots and Perez was named on 58.33% of the Veteran Player ballots. Each year the top individual in the Builder and Veteran Player categories are elected to the Hall of Fame as long as the individual is named on a minimum of 50% of the ballots cast. The top five candidates in both elections are listed below.

Click here for the rest of the article
Click here for the Hall of Fame Bio of Hugo

The Novato Utd U11 boys (pictured above) reached the semi-finals of the CYSA State Cup after beating 5 teams, includng, Santa Rosa Gold and local nemesis, Central Marin to get there. They faced the reknowned Santa Clara Sporting, recognised as 1 of the top 3 soccer clubs in Northern California and ranked 10th in the whole USA, who can pull players from the whole San Jose area and beyond (over 1 million people). Unfortunately they conceded two very early goals and were unable to get back into the game. They eventually lost 3-0 after a goal in added time at the end of the game.

It was a great performance by the boys and we believe they are the first NYSA Boys to get to the semi-finals of State Cup. Congratulations to them, Coach Tyler Gottschalk & former coach Joe Hunter, and a big thank you to the boys for all your efforts, you made us all very proud.....

....meanwhile in Phoenix, AZ

The Novato United U16 Boys took part in the prestigious Presidents Day Cup , ranked in the Top 5 events in the whole USA, where they have reached the semi-finals. This is a wonderful achievement for our City. So far they have beaten La Roca DP, the Utah State Champions, 1-0, the large FC United Club from Illinois 1-0, and tied 1-1 with Colorado Rush, ranked second in that state

In the Quarter Finals they beat Striker FC from New Mexico 2-1 to qualify for the semi-finals. The game was watched by a minimum of 12 college coaches who had heard of the reputation of the team through the networks of contacts built by DOC Erik Visser and Coach Hugo Perez.

Today they played a team from New Zealand, Birkenhead Utd in the semi finals. Unfortunately the good run came to an end with a 2-0 loss, the team had the chances to win but were eventually "out worked" by the strong New Zealanders who went on to beat Pros SC 2-0 from AZ in the final.

The 2008 tryouts will take place on the dates in the flyer below. Hope to see you there.

 

Novato United U14B take 1st place in District V League

Novato United 93B won 1st place in the District V league for Div 1 teams with a 6-2-2 record with only 12 goals conceded. Congratulations to the boys and coach Rob Neville.

Updated - Novato Wildcats U14G Rec Team reach the Final of CYSA Founders Cup

The Wildcats
(wearing their new Club gear from Embroidme)

The Wildcats, coached by Matt Grandi, reached the Quarterfinals for the CYSA Founders Cup (click here for the schedule and results). This cup is for house/rec teams and features team from all over Northern California.

The Wildcats played 3 games at Morgan Hills (btwn San Jose and Gilroy). On Saturday 8th December 2007 they beat Stockton 7-0 followed and on Sunday 9th they got a great 1-0 win over Jack London followed by a 3-0 win over Madera.

Earlier today (Saturday 15th) the Wildcats beat Jack London 1-0 and met Manteca in the semi-finals. After the game ended in a draw the girls won an exciting penalty shootout and now play a team from Dixie!!. So at noon tomorrow the Wildcats play our neighbours from Dixie Breakers.

Good Luck Girls.........