Thoughts from the General Manager

As I write this column, I am reminded of how brutally cold the high school season can be.  I just spent the last several days in Orange Beach, Alabama watching our top North Alabama high school teams compete in the Island Cup.

 

Instead of my normal coaching role, I found myself content to sit quietly on the sideline just enjoying the competition as a parent.  But that did not last for long as I analyzed the rosters of the top teams at the tournament.  The tournament had teams from all over Alabama and as far away as Oklahoma.

Consistently, I found that the top teams in the tournament were full of Huntsville Futbol Club players.  In most cases, the starting line ups had a majority of HFC players.  According to my count, Huntsville High boys in particular had 9 out of 11 starters represented by our club!

 

Both boys and girls teams from Huntsville High and Grissom were present for the tournament.  All but Grissom boys made the finals. There was an intense game with the Huntsville High Girls upsetting Grissom to claim the championship and the Huntsville Boys also beat a very strong Oklahoma team

in penalty kicks to clinch the hardware!

 

Before I get 100 emails in dispute of the facts above, please understand that I am not writing to declare who are the best North Alabama teams!  I don't put alot of faith in polls or opinions.  I will wait to see the

outcome of true competition when it really matters.

 

My point of this article is to illustrate that any successful North Alabama team is heavily weighted with the talented players of the HFC.  Randolph is another local power house heavily weighted with HFC players but not present at this tournament.  Both Championship teams had at least 8 of 11 starting players from HFC.  It should make us all proud that we are consistently providing top talent to our local schools and helping them to compete in and out of the state.

 

We support all of our North Alabama high school teams and wish them the best in their upcoming competitions.  If you are really interested in an intense rival and grudge match night - join the party at Huntsville High where they are hosting Grissom this coming Friday!

 See you on the field,

 General Manager and DOCO, Huntsville FC

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Rocket City United Wins the Under-10 Kick-It 3v3 Title
February 22, 2010

Madison, AL:  On Saturday, February 20th, 15 area youth soccer players represented Rocket City United in the Kick-It 3v3 Winter Breakout Tournament in Homewood, AL. 3v3 soccer is an ideal developmental structure for youth players designed to put players into continuous one-on-one situations improving ball control, game awareness and speed of play.

All the RCU teams enjoyed the tournament and performed very well, earning a 5th place spot, a semi-finalist spot and the tournament championship.  The Rocket City United II team won the final 3-2 over the Homewood Kickers revenging their early morning group game loss to the Homewood team. 

“A huge thank you needs to go out to Jack Tallevast, who was the inspiration and leadership behind getting 3v3 soccer started in our community,” RCU President Andy Zorovich said after his involvement in the 3v3 program.  “It was great to see the players, who all played for different teams in the fall make new friends, have fun and become a team in such a short period of time.”

The 15 players, split into 3 teams of 5 players each, started practicing in mid-January in preparation for the tournament.  The players had been identified during the previous fall youth soccer season and came from the following soccer teams:  East Madison County Recreation Association (EMCRA), Madison Academy (MA), Huntsville Futbol Club (HFC), Huntsville United (HU) and Valley Futbol Club (VFC).


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FUTBOL MILESTONES
 1984-The European Cup is decided on penalties for the first time with Liverpool defeating Roma 4-2 on spot-kicks.

1985- English clubs banned from European competition following the Heysel stadium disaster.  Riots, started by English fans prior to Liverpool's European Cup final against Juventus result in the death of 39 spectators inside the archaic Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.  As the clashes intensify between the Liverpool section and the Juventus contingent in the "neutral" block Z, Juve fans trying to escape the violence cower towards the corner flad at the front of the terracing.  Under the intense pressure, a wall collapses and dozens of fans are either crushed or tranpled underfoot.  UEFA banned the English clubs indefinitely.  Even after the ban was lifted in 1990 it took English teams 5 years to regain the places they had held prior to the disaster. 



11th Annual Spring Classic
April 30-May 2, 2010

Happy MARCH Birthday! 
Landon Donovan   3/4/82
Tim Howard    3/6/79
Clint Dempsey   3/9/83
Didier Drogba     3/11/78
Mia Hamm     3/17/72
Fernando Torres  3/20/84
Ronaldinho    3/21/80
Eddie Johnson  3/31/84

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