Patriots Midfielder Goes Pro

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Former Patriots midfielder and K Dorm Alum Axel Levry has departed Fairfax after one college season to join the Vancouver Whitecaps development academy. Levry, who trained with 1860 Munich last summer, hails from Fort Washington, MD.

During his freshman year Axel Levry (90 - F/M George Mason #3) played in 23/23 matches; 3 goals/2 assists - CAA Champs

Best Wishes to Axel as he begins his professional career!

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GOOOLLLLDDDD! - U18 MNT win Gold at Australia Youth Festival

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K-Dorm Alum - Amobi Okugo
Photo Courtesy AYOF website

The U18 MNT secured 1st Place and the Gold Medal in Youth Soccer by defeating the host Australia Team 5-0 in the final match.

Men Gold Final
USA 5 - AUSTRALIA 0
(Bates 21,42, Byass 37, Altamirnao 53, Sinclair 88)

USA footballers claim final AYOF Gold
18th January 2009
The USA have claimed the final gold medal on offer at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival this evening with an emphatic and well-deserved 5-0 victory over Australia at Glenwood's Valentine Park.
Chile's earlier 11-0 victory over China proved enough for the South Americans to claim silver with the Australians receiving the bronze.
USA took control of the game early and continued to dominate throughout the match with striker Will Bates starring for the Americans scoring a first half double to set up a convincing final round victory.
"It's been a good week, a lot of fun and obviously to win the gold medal tops it off," said the USA coach Mike Matkovich.
"I thought that they (Australia) were a better team than they showed. I thought the early goals put them off their track a bit. We got better each game so I'm happy with the overall result."
The Americans made Australia chase the game from midway through the first half when they took the ascendancy early as Will Bates burst into the box, rounded the Australian defence and slammed the ball into the roof of the net.
Miles Byass 37th minute left foot strike from the edge of the box doubled the Americans lead soon after before Bates second gave USA what proved to be an unassailable 3-0 halftime lead.
The USA picked up where they left off after the change of ends with Jose Altamirano's screamer from outside the box giving the Americans a 4-0 lead.
Australia pushed up the park to try and close the gap, and when a free kick was awarded just outside the box after American Gale Agbossououmonde received his second yellow card and his marching orders, Mitchell Bevan came within inches of claiming a late consolation goal for the Green and Gold's.
"I think the Americans were the best team in the tournament and deserved winners," said Australian coach Paul Okon. "To go into the last game knowing that if we had of won we'd of won the tournament was a massive achievement for these players."
Hasani Sinclair rounded out the scoring for the USA in the 88th minute as the physical and well-structured American side proved to strong even when they were down to ten men.
Chile's earlier dominant 11-0 win over China ensured that although they finished on equal on points with host-nation Australia they would claim the silver on goal difference.
The final two fixtures wrapped up what was certainly an intriguing and entertaining tournament that has unveiled some brilliant new prospects for all the nations involved.
Matthew Bartolo
AOC

See link below for US Soccer's Match Report:
http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_12320777.html

Note - K-Dorm Alum

Congratulations on an outstanding tournament showing!

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GOOOOAAALLL(S)!!!! - Australian Youth Festival Update

The U18 MNT in their second match of the tournament, overwhelmed China with a 14-0 win.

That's right 14-0!

Altamirano 9,9
Bates 32
Okugo 33
Powers 38
Sinclair 43, 54
Woodberry 55
Jahn 62, 83, 84, 87, 89
Sarkodie 70

Their final opponent, tournament host Australia, came from behind to tie Chile 2-2 in the 1st match of the day.

Hats off to our guys for REALLY representing the USA.

Note - K-Dorm Alum

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Sheanon Williams on Trial in Germany

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K-Dorm Alum and UNC Defender Sheanon Williams is on trial in Germany with VFB Wolfsburg II.

In a match yesterday against SSV Vorsfelde, Williams came in during the 46th minute and scored a goal in the 80th:

U.S. Youth National Team player Williams certified a good performance. "He will have until the end of the week to stay with us. Then we see further," said Köstner.

Sheanon Williams, who along with his UNC teammates finished as NCAA 2008 College Cup Finalists, has also been mentoned as a possible MLS Superdraft selection.

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Australian Youth Olympic Festival - Soccer Update

The U18 MNT's 1st match resulted in a physical 1-1 draw as USA comes back from a goal down to share the points with Chile.

Paul Okon's side will be back in action tomorrow against the impressive Chileans who played out an entertaining 1-1 draw as Chilean captain Jose Silva's 20th minute goal was cancelled out by the USA's Amobi Okugo's second half equaliser.

See the following link for US Soccer's match report:
http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_12320770.html

In the day's other match, Australia defeated China 7-1.

Next up for the U18 MNT is China today.

Note - K-Dorm Alum

Best Wishes Guys!



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G'day Mates...U18 MNT Australia Trip Roster

http://www.olympics.com.au/index.cfm?objectid=E689D721-B6C9-605B-DE1D813E4CDA3339

US Soccer has released the 18 man roster fot the upcoming U18 Australia Trip - Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

The roster includes 8 K-Dorm Alum highlighted in the list below:

Name -Position- Hometown-Club/College
Agbossoumonde, Gale D Syracuse, N.Y. IMG Academy - UCLA Commit
Altamirano, Jose M San Diego, Calif. Del Mar Sharks - San Diego State Commit
Barson, Chad D Lewis Center, Ohio Crew Juniors - Akron Commit
Bates, Will F Chester, Va. Richmond Strikers - VA Commit
Byass, Miles M San Bernardino, Calif. Arsenal FC
Caldwell, Scott M Braintree, Mass. New England Revolution - Akron Commit
Jahn, Adam F EI Macero, Calif. San Jaun Lightning Crew - Stanford Commit
Long, Alex GK Cary, N.C. CASL - South Carolina Commit
MacMath, Zach GK St. Petersburg, Fla. University of Maryland
Millington, Nikolas D Raleigh, N.C. Wake Forest
Okugo, Amobi M Sacramento, Calif. San Juan Lightning Crew - UCLA Commit
Powers, Dillon F Plano, Texas Andromeda - Notre Dame Commit
Prozeller, Scott M Sudbury, Mass. FC Greater Boston - Harvard Commit
Sanchez, Jossimar D Patterson, N.J. PDA - UCONN Commit
Sarkodie, Kofi D Huber Heights, Ohio Akron
Sinclair, Hasani F Coral Springs, Fla. Coral Springs / Schulz Academy - South Florida Commit
Valentin, Zarek D Lancaster, Pa. PA Classics - Akron Commit
Woodberry, London D McKinney, Texas FC Dallas - Maryland Commit

Best Wishes Down Under!


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Rumor Has It...U18 Australia Trip

Now that the U18 MNT MegaCamp has ended, it's time to focus on the upcoming U18 Australia Trip (January 9th-19th) - participants have been selected and notified.

Rumor has it that the following K-Dorm Alum have secured a spot on the roster:

GOALKEEPERS
Zac MacMath (St. Petersburg, Fla.; Maryland)

DEFENDERS
Gale Agbossoumonde (Syracuse, N.Y.; IMG Academy)
Nick Millington (Raleigh, N.C.; Wake Forest)
Kofi Sarkodie (Huber Heights, Ohio; Akron)
Zarek Valentin (Lancaster, Pa.; PA Classics)
Korey Veeder (St. Petersburg, Fla.; Clearwater Chargers)

MIDFIELDERS
Scott Caldwell (Braintree, Mass.; New England Revolution Academy)
Pablo Cruz (Azusa, Calif.; LAFC)
Amobi Okugo (Sacramento, Calif.; San Juan Lightning Crew)

Hopefully the official trip roster will be released soon.


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Happy New Year!

Day Three of the U18 MNT MegaCamp produced the following match results:

Team 2 vs Team 3 (1-7)
Team 1 vs Team 4 (1-1)

Overall for the 1st three days of the camp, the match results standings are as follows:

Team 1 (2-0-1)
Team 4 (1-0-2)
Team 3 (1-1-1)
Team 2 (0-3-0)

Congratulations to Team 1 and Team 4 K-Dorm Alum and teammates for an undefeated showing:

Eder Arreola (Chino Hills, Calif.; UCLA) - Team 4
Scott Caldwell (Braintree, Mass.; New England Revolution Academy) - Team 1
Pablo Cruz (Azusa, Calif.; LAFC) - Team 4
Bryan Dominguez (Atlanta, Ga.; UCSB) - Team 1
Zac MacMath (St. Petersburg, Fla.; Maryland) - Team 4
Trey Perry (Ocoee, Fla.; South Florida) - Team 1
Kofi Sarkodie (Huber Heights, Ohio; Akron) - Team 4
Korey Veeder (St. Petersburg, Fla.; Clearwater Chargers) - Team 1

This concludes the 1st part of the MegaCamp and the last showing for the initial team assignments. Over the next two days, the guys will train together before being reassigned to different teams (Red, White, Blue Navy) with matches scheduled to resume on January 3rd and 4th.

Check out Topdrawersoccer.com for additional insights by ESNN (Elite Soccer News Network)


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