Shadow Select and Premier teams made a strong showing at the 2010 Northwest Cup Tournament August 13-15.  Congratulations to our teams for their hard-earned results:

Congratulations to Shadow G97 U13 Navy, coached by Kara Sharpe, for their second place finish at the 2010 Puma Rimland Pacific Cup held in Bellingham August 13-15!

Held August 5-8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Aurora, Shadow’s G95 U15 Navy team, coached by Matt Stueckle, were Gold Divisions Finalists.  The team beat Colorado Edge (3-0), BC Force Solar Buffs (5-1), Pride SC (1-0) in pool play and lost in the Championship to host team Colorado Rush Nike-Hart (0-1).

Congratulations also goes to Shadow’s G92 U18 team who won three of their four Denver Cup games!

Undefeated through group play (3-0, 2-1, 3-1, 1-0), Shadow’s G95 U15 Sky team beat the NW Nationals with a win through 9 PK’s to win the Copa Division Championship of the 2010 Rainier Challenge August 6-8.  The team is coached by Cameron Bushey.

In the GU13 Copa bracket, Shadow’s G97 U13 Sky team, coached by Kevin Houston, were Finalists with one tie (1-1) and three wins (3-0, 1-0, 2-1) in group play and a 3-0 loss to the NW Nationals in the Championship game.  Go Shadow!

Spokane Shadow players were delighted to begin practices Monday, August 2 and play a part in a special dedication ceremony Saturday, August 7 at the newly renovated Dwight Merkel Sports Complex, 5701 N. Assembly.  Thank you to Spokane voters for passing the 2007 City of Spokane Parks Improvement Bond, the Spokane Park Board, the Parks Bond Citizen Advisory Committee, and staff of the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department for honoring Dwight Merkel’s legacy of athletic opportunity for children and a strong sense of commitment to the community.

Congratulations on the impressive results by our teams competing July 30-August 1 in the 2010 River City Cup:



  The Cheney 3v3 Shootout, held July 24-25, 2010 at the soccer fields of Eastern Washington University and hosted by Storm FC, included many Shadow players.  Among them, two teams who won their brackets were the Turf Kingz and the Grass Sharks.  The Turf Kingz included five players from Shadow’s U10 Junior Program.  They scored 62 goals and gave up just four goals during the weekend.  Five players from the G99 U11 Shadow Breakers-Herzog team played as the Grass Sharks team and took first place in the GU11 Division! Congratulations!

Giving up just one goal in five games, Spokane Shadow G94 U16 Navy, coached by George Hageage, won the Silver Division Championship of the 2010 Nike Crossfire Challenge on July 19 with a 3-0 victory over Westsound FC ’94 Red.  The team beat Bridlemile SC Black 94 (2-0), Eastside FC G94 White (2-0), Mustang Velocity (2-1) in Bracket B, and HPFC G94 Blue (1-0) in the Semi’s to reach the championship game.

Shadow’s G97 U13 Navy team, coached by Kara Sharpe, took first place in the Gold Division of the Bend Premier Cup 2010 last weekend. They beat Oregon Rush Nike in the championship game 2-1. The team won all five of their games, scoring 22 goals, while only only giving up two!

Congratulations to Shadow’s B94 U16 Navy team for winning the 2010 Portland Cup Tournament held July 2-4!  Coached by Paul Johnson, Shadow beat FC Portland Academy Navy 2-1 in the championship.  Congratulations also go to Shadow’s B95 U15 team who also made it to the championship, but lost to the Southside SC ’95 Eagles.

Congratulations to our Shadow G99 U11 Navy Team, coached by Chris Stiles, who are the Girls U11 Champions of the Three Rivers Summer Kick-Off Tournament held in Pasco June 11-13.  Overcoming a 2-0 deficit at the half, Shadow came back to win 3-2!!