Congratulations to our GU10 Reds for a successful summer. Three summer tournament championships including the Lake Oswego and Rainier Challenge Titles.

Way to go girls!!!

Coach Paul Bayly’s GU11 Blue team were the silver cup champions at the Crossfire Select Cup which ran July 27^th- 29^th, 2012!  The girls played the last day with no subs and only eight girls in the semi-finals and finals.  They dug deep, kept positive attitudes and took the title!  Way to go girls!!!

The weekend of July 6-8 An Nuon's Boys U11 Red team won their division at the Adidas Clash at the Border tournament in Camas, WA.

The boys played 4 games with zero goals scored against them, and a final which was 1-1 until a golden goal made them into champions in the very last minute of overtime.  

 

Congrats to our boys 96 red team who captured the 2012 Starfire Spring Classic. On the way to the title, the boys racked up wins of 6-0, 2-0, and 9-0. In the final, NWN defeated Eastside to claim the title. Way to go boys!!

 

 

 

Northwest Nationals Girls U-12 squad captured the 2012 Greater Renton FC Winter Classic Girls U-12 Premier Division title on January 14-16, 2012. Playing on the snowy fields of the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila on January 16, the G99 Red team defeated Washington Premier FC 99 Black 1-0 in the semifinals to reach the championship game later that same afternoon. In the title game, the Nationals defeated Dos FC 99 Red 1-0 after a scoreless regulation game and kicks from the mark to earn the tournament title, individual cinch bags and medals for the players, and the sturdy tournament cup pictured in the attached photo. The stingy G99 defense yielded only two goals during the team’s five tournament games.

Congrats to our GU16 Blue for their tournament win at Rimland this past weekend!

"Congratulations to Coach An Nuon and the two NWN champions at the Federal Way Blast Off. After BU-11 Blue defeated a tough Eastside team on penalty kicks, BU-10 Red followed up their finals appearance at the Crossfire Challenge with their first ever tournament title. Go Nationals!"

 

 

Congratulations to the Girls U-12 Blue team! They fought hard to reach the finals in the Diadora Legacy combined U-12/U-13 division and had a fabulous showing to represent our club very well. Our girls showed how tough they can be, and put it all together to battle the U-13 team to the last minute. Although the score wasn’t in our favor, the girls came away with pride and many goals scored throughout the tournament. 
 

The U11 NWN G00 White team received 1st place in the 32nd Annual Tumwater Kick in the Grass Soccer Tournament,
July 15th, 16th & 17th.

Our team did a fabulous job battling against Puget Sound Slammers-Blue, Blackhills FC-Black & WestSound 00 McKee.

The girls played with great teamwork, with a lot of excellent passing that lead to some outstanding goals. This effort combined with some wonderful saves by the goalie created a perfect recipe for our first tournament title!
With a huge team effort we were able to beat the Puget Sound Slammers-Black team in a championship win, 5 to 2.
Great job girls!!
 

Congratulations to our GU11 for winning the Crossfire Challenge!

NWN BU95 – Blue Giving Back to Mt. Lake Terrace

 

On Saturday, May 14^th the BU95 Blue team took the morning to give a little bit back to the community that is the home of NW Nationals. They donated their morning to the 11^th Annual Volunteer Parks Cleanup Day. They were part of a group of about 60 volunteers who turned out to help clean up the Ballinger Playfield Complex, also used by NWN as one of our many practice fields. They spent 5 hours removing noxious weeds and blackberries, as well as, scrubbing down the play area equipment.

 

Ken Courtmanch, Parks Services and Property Management Superintendent, Thanked us for “having the team out. They were very helpful.” He also extended the opportunity to coordinate other team builders, to set up another event with other teams or to have NWN join in the Fall Event on September 24^th.

 

For more information on how your team can have a great day “giving back” please feel free to contact Ken Courtmanch at KCourtmanch@ci.mlt.wa.us.

 

Article available in the June 2011 City of MLT newsletter which can be found here.

 

Thank you to all those delegates and parents who attended the annual general meeting last week. The board is pleased to announce the results of the election:

For President: John Stanley

For Secretary: Cathy Jackson

For At-Large Position: Scott Henderson

For At Large Position: Betsy O’Kane

For At Large Position: Scott Urstad

For At Large Position: Mike McAuslan (see note)

*The fourth at-large position resulted in a three way tie on election night, and the delegates who were present for the meeting were allowed to cast their advisory vote (which is binding based on the motion made at the meeting) via email, and the candidate who received the most votes after the advisory votes were tallied was Mike McAuslan. The board will need to officially appoint Mike to that position at their meeting this Friday (July 8).

Please find below reports on the following:

2010-2011 Satisfaction Survey

Minutes of the June 29th, 2011 Annual General Meeting

Field Development Update

2010-2011 Survey Executive Summary

2010-2011 Team Accomplishments

2011 Annual General Meeting Board Report

Congratulations to the continued success of our Girls U14 Red team.

 

Top Soccer has them rated number #2 in the Country behind So Cal Arsenal.

 

GU-14 Red won US Club Soccer Regionals defeating Eastside in the final 3-1.

 

The team is going to Idaho to play for the US Club Soccer National Championship the weekend after they get back from Surf Cup.

 

Six players are currently at ODP Regional camp.

 

Maddy Schultz has already been invited to "National Camp".

Way to go girls! Keep it up and best of luck!

Congratulations to our BU14 Red for bringing home the first place trophy in the Firecracker tournament this past weekend. The team went 3-0-1 with a 15-5 goal differential. Great start to the summer boys!

Here is a photo of the BU14 Gold Champions!

The G99 Blue team won the Bronze final in the U12/U13 age group. We defeated Crossfire G99 Dolan in penalty kicks 3-2!

Our NWN G99 dev team, coached by Mel Craig, were the champions of the Premier Division III GRFC winter classic.

Congratulations girls!

 

Congratulations to our GU-13 Reds who won the PDL (RCL) League Championship for the 5th consecutive time! This is a fabulous accomplishment - all current and former players should be very proud of their part in this wonderful achievment.

Congrats to our B92...US Club Regional Champions!!

Members of Mark Metzger’s NW Nationals B92 and Sean Brazil’s Crossfire soccer teams, plus the coaches and officials gather before their game on Sunday, September 12 to pray for the Crossfire goalie who suffered a spinal cord injury in a boating accident in July.  Their concern for their brother-player represents the very best in sportsmanship and athletics, and it reminds us all of what is truly important in life.

Congratulations to our GU11 Dev, GU11 Red, and GU13 Red teams who all won their respective brackets at the Starfire Labor Day Cup. What a great way to end the summer and begin final preparations for the coming season!

Our GU11 Red team is pictured here after the title game.

Our boys 94 blue team makes strong strides to reach semis at Puma Pacific Challenge Cup

Congratulations to the Girls U10 Team on taking the championship at the PSPL Summer Blast Tournament last weekend at Starfire. The girls battled in the final with a 0 - 0 result at the end of regulation. The pressure was on to win the championship in penalty kicks and our NW Nationals came up huge! Big thanks and congratulations to the father-daughter coaching team of James and Rachael Valles. Way to go Nationals!

Northwest Nationals BU15 Blue took home the Copa Division Championship in Bellingham August 27-29. It was a dominant performance on the weekend with a record of 5-0, concluding with a 5-0 triumph in the final. Congrats boys!

Coach Danny Huet’s BU13 Blue team took 1st Place in the  Northwest Cup 2010 Challenge Tournament this weekend in Spokane. Congratulations boys!

 

Our GU14 Blue team, coached by Sophie Spickard, won the Silver bracket of the Skagit Firecracker tournament June 19-20. The girls won the title by defeating HPFC 5-3 in the championship game. Way to go girls!

(April 27th) Our GU-12 Red team is sponsoring a fundraiser car wash May 1st and May 22nd.  Please click on this link to view details. Come on out and support a great cause!

Click the youtube link here to watch our great coach in action! Watch Eugene now!

 

Our NWN BU12 Blue team lost in penalty kicks to Crossfire Premier B97-Schmetzer (PDL 1^st Division). Our boys have come a long way from starting the season with a small roster and playing both the fall and spring seasons in the PDL 4^th Division. On the run to the Challenge Cup finals, these boys played and beat teams from the PDL 1^st and 2^nd Divisions. Congratulations on a fabulous ending to the season!

Please click on this link for a great team photo!

Heimbigner team photo

 

The G98 white team had a long road to the Silver Challenge Cup finals.  In the elimination round, the girls pulled out a last second goal to lift them over Crossfire-Reynolds 4-3.  Next came the long trip to Vancouver where the team struggled to score on a grass field, but managed to edge the Cheetahs 1-0 to advance to the semifinals.  At Starfire for the semifinals, the girls excelled going up 4-0 against Westsound Black.  They eventually gave up a penalty kick and ended the game 4-1.  The finals we against a very big and strong Columbia Timbers Blue team.  The Nationals put pressure on early and had a few chances on goal that were unsuccessful.  Then, against the run of play, the Timbers scored with a long shot.  The two teams battled back and forth for the rest of the game, which included a huge penalty kick save by our NWN keeper and a great save by the Timbers keeper off of a free kick.  The final score was Nationals 0 - Timbers 1. 

 

Congratulations to two NWN GU12 teams: the GU12 Red team who won the PDL Division 1 championship outright for the forth time in a row, and the GU12 Blue team who finished in a tie for first place in PDL Division 3!

Coach Eugene Poublon’s G98 Red’s finished off the Spring 2010 season in strong fashion by scoring three goals in each half en route to a 6-1 victory over the Snohomish United 98 Black team on March 6 at Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish.

The win clinched the league championship for the Nationals, a marked improvement upon the squad’s 5th place finish during the Fall 2009 PDL season. The Nationals’ dominating play during the spring season was reflected in their 23-4 goal differential during the seven games.

The win completed the Nationals Spring 2010 PDL season with a record of 5-0-2. The team is unbeaten (9-0-2) over its past 11 games and improved to 27-11-4 overall with the result.  They will now prepare to make a run at the State Championship as Washington State Challenge Cup play starts on March 13.

Huge news out of Boston!

Michael Steele and Henry Wingo, both members of the Northwest Nationals B94 Red, have been selected for the United States U14 National Team.

This is believed to be the first time that any NWN boys have made a national team pool. Michael and Henry did so after a week-long national camp involving 120 players (30 from each region) in Boston. Joe Mancini of NWN was also under consideration.

"We are extremely proud of their accomplishments," says NWN coaching director Mark Collings. "I’m sure the entire Northwest Nationals family is excited for these boys, and it’s truly an occasion to celebrate."

NWN B94 Red is coached by Nate Daligcon.

The U.S. U14 National Team’s next event is a training camp in November in Orlando.

Past U14 national team members include Freddy Adu, Maurice Edu and, more recently, Washington’s own Preston Zimmerman

Emi Lawson and Kim Cooper of the Northwest Nationals have been selected to the regional pool for the Olympic Development Program. Both play for the G91 Red, coached by Scott Newman.

Two Northwest Nationals teams came home with titles and two more reached the semifinal stage or beyond at the US Club Regional tournament held in Boise, July 5-8.
 
The NWN G94 Blue edged Spokane Elite, 2-1, for the Premier Division crown, and NWN G96 won its division, defeating Utah’s La Roca Po, 1-0.

Also making a final was NWN GU94 Red, falling to Federal Way United Reign, 2-0.

For the NWN boys, the 94 Red made the Super Group semifinals.

Joe Mancini, Michael Steele and Henry Wingo, all members of the Northwest Nationals 94 Red, are participating in the U.S. Soccer Federation 1995 ODP Youth National Team camp.

The three boys are attending a week-long camp in Concord, Mass., from August. 3-9.

Earlier, Mancini, Steele and Wingo made the Region IV player pool, along with 94 Red  teammate Jesus Mendoza.

Four of the six Washington Youth Soccer ’95 ODP players selected to the Region IV 95 player pool hail from the Northwest Nationals.

Joe Mancini, Jesus Mendoza, Michael Steele and Henry Wingo are all members of the NWN 94 Red, coached by Nate Daligcon. Another teammate, Jacob Hauser, was also on the state ODP selection.

The US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP) identifies and develops the outstanding youth soccer players in the state and presents them to the Regional ODP. Regional ODP players, in turn, become candidates for the National Youth Teams.

 

A total of 10 Northwest Nationals teams are bound for the US Club Regional tournament, to be held July 5-7 in Boise, Idaho.

Representing the club are the following: B91 Red, B92 Red, B93 Red, B94 Red, B95 Red, G92 Blue, G93 Red, G94 Blue, G94 Red and G96 Red.

For a complete list of NWN matches at the regional, click here.

Judging from their results, three Northwest Nationals girls teams impressed hundreds of college coaches with their skills and savvy at the 2008 Texas Shootout during the weekend of May 30-June 1 in Houston.

Over 350 college coaches were on hand for this prestigious showcase, and the NWN teams finished with a combined mark of 5-1-3. The G90 Red and G91 Red each won twice and tied once. The G92 Red was  1-1-1.

Two dozen Northwest Nationals players and coaches are featured in state Olympic Development Program teams traveling to Oregon and Colorado over the Memorial Day weekend.

Four members of the NWN coaching staff are leading Washington squads, which include 20 NWN players, to the 24th annual Nike Friendship Cup in Beaverton, Ore., and the Colorado Showcase near Denver.

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We have a Winner! The Northwest Nationals Girls 91 Red claimed the state cup by winning in the penalty kick tiebreaker, 2-1 over Eastside FC Sunday (May 4) at Starfire Sports Complex. Next stop, Hawaii!

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Mark your calendars for May 10th a huge NWN’s Day at Qwest Field to cheer on the Seattle Sounders for their season opener vs Portland!  We are looking for as many teams, coaches, players and families as possible to make this an activity to remember. 

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Carlin Huegli of the Northwest Nationals has been selected for the 2008 US Youth Soccer ODP Girls U-15/U-16 Developmental Camp .

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Emi Lawson of the Northwest Nationals Premier Soccer Club and Shoreline, Wash., has been selected as one of 96 players for the adidas Elite Soccer Program (ESP). Lawson, a central defender who plays for the NWN 91 Red, attended the top-level training sessions Feb. 21-24 in Pomona, Ca.

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Four teams from the Northwest National Premier Soccer Club are within two wins of state championships following quarterfinal victories over Presidents Day weekend. The NWN Girls 95 and 94 Reds each won a pair of games, and will see action Feb. 23 and 24, respectively, in U.S. Youth Soccer State Championship semifinals at Starfire Sports Complex. Also through to the final four with quarterfinal wins are the NWN Boys 94 and 91 Reds, and they play Feb. 23.

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Dear Brenda,

...On Behalf of Northwest Nationals, specifically FUSION '88, THANK YOU so much for your continued support since GU-11.  It has been an excellent 8 years.

The listing [below] is one of great pride to us.  The state of Washington is fortunate to have this organization at the helm of the soccer world. 

Best wishes in the future,
Barb Wilson-Hanson

NWN FUSION COLLEGE BOUND  

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National Letter of Intent (NLI) Signing Day – Northwest Nationals is excited to announce the 2007 Recruiting Class set to graduate this June.  Fourteen (14) of the GU18 Fusion team members, coached by Tami Bennett and assisted by Ben Somoza, signed letters of intent today – 1 player has not yet decided or awaiting Ivy League Acceptance and one is a 2008 Graduate.

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CHICAGO (July 30, 2007) – The U.S. Under-14 Girls' Development Program's 100-player roster was released today for their weeklong identification camp from July 30-Aug. 5 in Pomona, Calif.

The 100 players were selected from the four Regions across the United States, with 25 players being invited in from each Region.

U.S. Under-14 Girls’ Technical Director Mike Dickey will run the camp, along with a number of assistants.

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Attention NW Nationals friends and families! The NW Nationals GU 15 (Rayos) will be representing Washington State at Regionals in Las Vegas.  In an effort to raise money for this trip and help offset the costs the girls will be hosting a 50/50 fundraiser raffle.  The fundraiser will be held at Qwest Field on June 2nd during the Seattle Sounders game (game time 7:00 pm).  Come out and support the Sounders, have a fun night out with the family and best of all help the girls with their trip to Vegas! You could be a big cash winner!

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Northwest Nationals Premier would like to invite you to participate in the 2007 developmental academy program.

Our Developmental Academy runs May through December for boys & girls ages 7-10 years old.

Click HERE to Download Page 1 of the NWN Academy Flyer

Click HERE to Download Page 2 of the NWN Academy Flyer

 

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Challenge Cup
Girls ’93 Blue, 0 – Emerald City White, 1
Boys ’95 Red, 4 – FC Mukilteo Falcons, 0
Girls ’95 Red, 2 – FC Mukilteo Angles, 1

Commissioners Cup
Boys ’95 Blue, 6 – Snohomish United Pumas, 2
Girls ’95 Blue, 1 – FCV Glory, 0
Girls ’95 White, 2 – HAS Eagles 96 Dev, 0

Reiser has quickly become a role player for Columbia , and is one of just a few freshman who see significant playing time."As a freshman all you can do is work your hardest, but I’ve been really fortunate to the get the opportunities I’ve had," Reiser said. "Our coach gives everyone the opportunity to play, and you just have to show your skills."

Having played soccer for 16 of her 18 years, the game is definitely in Sophie Reiser’s blood. And in her first year at Columbia , Reiser has been a key component in the Lions’ rise to the top of the Ivy League.

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PORTLAND – Portland State women’s soccer released its second group of signees Tuesday afternoon, as head coach Tim Bennett announced that forward/ midfielder Tarah Authier, of Anchorage, Alaska; defender/ midfielder Maya Fontaine, of San Diego, Calif.; goalkeeper Cris Lewis, of Burien, Wash.; forward/midfielder Kat Robertson, of Seattle, Wash.; and midfielder/forward Amanda Sekijima, of Woodinville, Wash., have signed national letters of intent to play soccer for the Vikings. All five will be eligible for the 2006 season.

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