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The last weekend of Quarter-Final games of the Washington Youth Soccer Championship Cup Tournament brought hard-fought wins for Shadow's two competing teams:

The B97 U12 Navy team, Shadow's youngest team to ever advance this far in the tournament, won 2-1 over the NW Nationals.  For their second year in a row, Shadow G95 U14 Navy reached the "Final Four" with a 3-1 win over CB United 95.  

Semi-final games will be held Saturday, May 1, at the Starfire Complex in Tukwila.  Best of luck to our B97 U12 Navy team who face Washington Premier FC97 Black and our G95 U14 Navy team in their game against Crossfire Premier G95-Thomas. 

Go Shadow!

Shadow’s proper focus on player development and the dedication of our players was on display Saturday, April 17 during Challenge Cup and Championship Cup matches.  Three teams advanced to the Semi-Final round!

Proving they can compete with any team in the state, both the Shadow G91 U18 Navy and Shadow G92 U17 Navy teams, coached by Matt Stueckle, won their Championship Cup matches - beating Crossfire Premier G91 Crum (1-0) and FCV Justice (1-0), respectively.  

In Challenge Cup play, Shadow G93 U16 Sky, coached by Niko Varlamos, advanced to the Semi-Finals with their win (2-0) over 3-Rivers SC 93.  

Semi-Final matches will be held Saturday, April 24 and Finals will be April 25 at the Starfire Complex in Tukwila, WA:

Shadow G91 U18 Navy vs. Crossfire Premier G91-McCormick
Shadow G92 U17 Navy vs. Crossfire Premier G92-Thomas

Shadow G93 U16 Sky vs. Columbia Timbers 93 Blue
Best of luck to our Shadow teams!

This weekend, all Shadow Premier teams made history -- advancing all 16 of of its teams entered in the Washington Youth Soccer Challenge Cup (4 teams) and Championship Cup (12 teams) out of pool play!  No other club in Eastern Washington can make that statement.  We are proud to celebrate the achievements of our hard-working players, professional coaches, and supportive parents:

Congratulations to Spokane Shadow’s G96 U13 Sky team, coached by Danielle Fuller, and G95 U14 Sky team, coached by Meghan Johnson and Cameron Bushey! 

Both teams won their Silver Cup Division Semi-Final games on Saturday, April 10 at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, WA.  The G96 U13 Sky team defeated the Sun City Strikers 3-2 and will face the FCSC Nemesis 96 in the Championship game.  Shadow’s G95 U14 Sky team defeated Emerald City FC 2-1 and, in the Championship game, will play the South Hill Revolution G95-Black. 

Go Shadow!  

Congratulations to our Shadow players receiving All-State and All-Conference honors!

All State 2B/1B Boy’s Soccer

First Team
Austin Friedly (Northwest Christian HS)

Second Team

Karl Muelheims (St. George’s)

Bruce Culbertson (St. George’s)

Winter All-League Teams


Panorama League Boys Basketball

 First Team

Karl Muelheims (St. George’s)

Proving the depth of work ethic and willingness to compete -  while nursing injuries, missing five rostered players, and adding six guest players - Shadow’s G93 U16 Navy team, coached by George Hageage, won the City of Las Vegas Mayor’s Cup International Youth Soccer Showcase 2010 U16 Championship over President’s weekend.  The team went undefeated (scoring 8 goals and giving up 0) in their five games beating Auburn Rage (2-0), Westminster AFC Cosmos (2-0), Players SC 95 SB (1-0),  Real Reno FC Select 94 (4-3), and Wasatch Wolves NF (3-0).


With a 3-0 win over the NW Nationals 92 Blue, Shadow’s B92 U17 Navy team advanced to the Quarter-Final round of the 2010 WYS Championship Cup Tournament!  The team will play Emerald City FC on Sunday, February 28.  “We were very excited for the opportunity to play for the chance to advance to the Quarter-Finals," reported coach Matt Leonard.  "We had some good opportunities in the first half and found our stride and form in the second half with 2 goals by Jordan Etten, and one by Spencer Button.  It’s an exciting time for the team and we are definitely energized and thrilled to be playing this upcoming weekend!”  Go Shadow!

The only club in Eastern Washington to advance their boys U15, U16, and U17 teams beyond the preliminary round of 2010 Championship Cup Tournament play (the most competitive tournament in the state), Shadow celebrates the promotion of all three of its high school boys teams!  Congratulations on their outstanding achievements:

Congratulations to our G91 U18 Spokane Shadow Navy players, coached by Matt Stueckle, who have signed National Letters of Intent or agreed to play at area schools:

Shadow’s B92 U17 Boys, coached by Matt Leonard, played in the recent HPFC Extreme College Showcase at the Starfire Sports Complex, Tukwila, on January 9 & 10. They competed in the top flight vs. U18 and U19 teams and performed very well, winning 3 of 4 games. It was a great opportunity for our players to be seen by college coaches and also gave them a chance to get 4 more games in before the State Cup tournament begins January 31.

Area high school athletes named to All-State and All-Conference fall sports teams were announced December 20 and November 26, 2009, respectively.  Congratulations to our 25 Shadow premier players receiving honors:

25 Spokane Shadow teams made a fantastic showing at the 2009 River City Cup Tournament held July 31-August 2.  Shadow teams participated in ten of the 16 age groups, winning the championship or placing second in all ten groups!  Hats off to all of our Shadow teams that participated during an extremely warm weekend, and special congratulations to our teams who competed in the finals:

An impressive local tournament run continued for Spokane Shadow teams at the 2009 Northwest Cup Tournament held August 14-16.  Shadow teams participated in 15 age groups, with 14 Shadow teams competing in semi-finals and/or championship games in their respective age divisions.  Shadow congratulates all of our participating teams - some who played their first organized U11 soccer game together and two teams (our BU16 and BU17’s) who did not allow a goal in any of their ten tournament games!  Congratulations to our Semi-finalist, Finalist, and Championship teams:

The Shadow 92 GU17 and Shadow 91 GU18 teams, both coached by Matt Stueckle, traveled to the Pleasanton Rage College Showcase July 25-26th.  Playing an excellent set of games and scoring a perfect points score of 40, the Shadow GU18 team defeated Santa Rosa United (4-0), Laguna Hills Eclipse (3-0), West Coast GU19 (4-0), and Bayside SFVC (4-0). With eight different players finding the back of the net, Shadow was the only team in any age group or classification to come away from the Showcase with the perfect, maximum points score.

The Shadow Boys U12-U17 teams attending the 2009 Nike Crossfire Challenge in Redmond from July 18-20 enjoyed a successful tournament.  All Shadow teams won atleast one game and three Shadow teams reached the semi-finals, with one of them playing in the finals:   The Shadow 95 BU14 Navy team played Cosmos for the Gold Division championship; losing 2-1. Semi-final matches were played by Shadow’s 96 BU13 Navy team in the Silver Division and Shadow’s 92 BU17 Navy team in the Gold Division.  
 

Congratulations to our Shadow Premier Girls teams on their strong showing at the Nike Crossfire Challenge in Redmond, WA.  Notable Gold Division wins were achieved by two Shadow teams:  The Shadow 96 GU13 Navy team beat the Oregon State Cup champion Lake Oswego Defeeters 3-1; our Shadow 95 GU14 Navy Team tied Washington State Cup champions Eastside FC 0-0 – their game called 20 minutes early due to lightning.  Both teams reached the semi-finals!  And kudos to the 93 GU16 Sky team for their 3rd place finish in the Silver Division with a 5-0 win over Southside FC. 

     

At Lancaster, CA, site of the 2009 US Youth Soccer Far West Regional Championships, the Shadow 89 Girls opened Monday, June 15th against Northern California.  California scored first about 26 minutes into the first half.  The Shadow came out much stronger in the second half, and Marissa Mykines scored within the first few minutes.  The ladies rode this momentum and Jamie Etten scored off a pass from Averi Hallman eight minutes later.  The final goal of the game was scored by Tiarra Pittman on an assist from Kristi Wirtz.  The final score was a 3-1 win for Shadow.

On Tuesday, June 16th the girls played Idaho Xtreme.  The final outcome was a telling 12-0 win for Shadow.  Tiarra Pittman went on a scoring frenzy, starting the game out with an assist to Marissa Mykines, followed by five goals of her own (3 in the first half and two in the second.)  Ceri Palk started the second half off with a goal in the first few seconds.  Kaitlin Whitfield scored on a beautiful corner kick from Mykines about 15 minutes later.  Mykines then made three goals in about six minutes.  Her first was off an assist from Kristi Wirtz, followed by a sweet shot that the goalie made contact with, but was unable to save.  Her final unassisted goal was made about 27 minutes into the second half.  The girls’ final goal was knocked in by Aubrey Bot.

The 2009 Rainier Challenge, sponsored by the Washington Premier Football Club in Puyallup, was the first summer tournament for many of Shadow’s premier teams.  Having completed tryouts less than one month earlier and a handful of team practices, this tournament provided a great learning experience for all of our teams – several had never played outside of Eastern Washington and all have welcomed players new to Shadow soccer.

May 25, 2009

The Spokane Shadow U19 Girls won the Washington State Youth Championship this weekend.  It marked the sixth consecutive year that this team had made the state final and was the third state title they have won.  The team played 5 games in 3 days and won every game while only conceding a single goal all weekend.  In bracket play the girls found themselves in an all Spokane bracket with River City and the Spokane Elite.  The final game was against Greater Renton, the Shadow scored their goal on a corner kick served in by Marissa Mykines and headed in by Ali Fenter.  Congratulations to all and best of luck at Regionals!

In their first tournament of the new season, the U16 Boys won the Coeur d’Alene Tournament Championship on May 17th!  Playing up one age bracket in order to challenge themselves, they won the 8-team bracket with four straight wins - defeating the Penticton Pinnacles (2-1), Sandpoint Strikers (1-0), Idaho Thunder (2-0) and Missoula Strikers (3-0) in the championship.

The Spokane Shadow U17 & U18 girls showed very well combining for a 7-1 record this weekend at Washington Premier’s Showcase of Champions.  The U17 girls went 4-0; defeating Eastside United Chelsea (2-0), Boise Capitals (3-1), Westside Metros (4-0), and FC Willamette (2-0).  The U18 girls went 3-1; defeating Boise Nationals (4-0), FC Portland Sage (5-1), CDA Sting (6-1) and dropping a game to Le Bois (1-2).