A great week for Sereno players! As Julie Johnston (92), Santa Clara, was selected for the U20 Women’s National Team Tournament in La Marca, Spain. Also, current 94 players signed National Letters of Intent February 1, 2012: Aly DeRonde (Nevada), Alix Williams (Nevada), Lucy Lara (ASU), Courtney Chung (NAU), Katie Boyle (ELON), Jenn Stuart (CSU Fullerton), Kim Smith (Missouri State), Sydney Tomlinson (Cincinnati), and Shelby Oelschlager (Valparaiso).  In addition, the future looks bright for up and coming players who have been selected to attend National Camps in the coming weeks: Cassie Miller (95), Jorian Baucom (96) and Jalen Tompkins (97). The coaching staff and club are very proud of the girls achievements.

Thanks to our partners at ATHLETES’ PERFORMANCE, members of our coaching staff had the opportunity to sit down with Jurgen Klinsmann, US Men’s National Team Head Coach. The US Men’s National Team is in Phoenix to play a friendly Saturday January 21, 2012 at 7:00pm vs Venezuela. 

Congratulations to the 40 Sereno players in the ’99 to ’95 age-groups for being selected to the 2011-12 Arizona Youth Soccer - Olympic Development Program - Region IV Championship rosters. These teams will represent Arizona in the 2012 Region IV ODP Championship’s to be held January 14-17 at the Reach 11 Sports Complex in Phoenix, Arizona.

98 Girls South won the San Tan Holiday Classic! The girls went undefeated, beating San Tan 3-0 in the finals, giving up only one goal the entire weekend and scoring 17 goals. Congratulations on a great tournament!

Phoenix, AZ - This past weekend (11/19-11/20) the Sereno 94 Boys White team won the U-18 Far West Region League Fall Championship.  The boys went undefeated in their divisional regular season matches qualifying for the Championship Round.  For the Championship Round the boys defeated TSA 94 Red (AZ), West Coast FC (CA) - previously undefeated winner of the other division and the 2011 Region IV Champion Rush Nike Argonauts (NM).  The title secures their spot at the USYS Region IV Championships to be held in Phoenix June 18-24th, 2012. Congratulations to the boys and Coach David Robertson.

 The 01 Boys White South had the opportunity to play at halftime of the season opener for the new Pro indoor soccer team the Phoenix Monsoon. Luis Dabo, the head coach  was so excited to see our boys play that he is going to choose one of the boys to receive an autographed picture of him and PELE. The Monsoon play in the PASL which is the Professional Arena Soccer League  http://www.paslsoccer.com/ . The Monsoon have offered to discount tickets for Sereno family’s;  $5 for the players in Sereno gear and $10 for their parents and siblings. 

 The 04 Boys White team went undefeated in the MSC United Patriot’s Cup this weekend taking 1st place in the U8 division. They shut out SC del Sol for the win! Congratulations boys on a job well done.

Phoenix, AZ - The Sereno girls ECNL teams finished the ECNL National Event #1 with an impressive overall record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 4 ties against the top girls teams in the country.  The 4 teams, coached by Paul Taylor, Darwish Khalil, Paul Lester, John DeMartini and Katie Cole, all played well: the 97 GW finished 3-0-0, 96 GW were 0-1-2, 95 GW 1-1-1 and the 94 GW finished 2-0-1.  The 97 GW weekend featured a victory over the #2 Nationally Ranked West Coast FC.  Finally, the 98 GW team was not part of the National Event but did set an example for the weekend with a 10-0 ECNL league victory over SC Del Sol on Thu night.

 Houston, TX - Boys Director of Coaching David Robertson and the Sereno 94 Boys White team have earned the respect of a few MLS Academy teams.  Recently, the team has arranged friendlies with the Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake Academy teams.  Over the weekend of 10/1-10/2 the boys beat the Dynamo U-18’s 3-1 and the U-16’s by the same score.  These matches, while friendly, demonstrate the quality of Sereno’s players and programs among the best boys teams in the country.  Sereno thanks the coaching staffs and players of both the Houston Dynamos and RSL for their generosity in arranging these matches to help our boys train at the highest level! The team's trip blog notes add more detail here.

Phoenix, AZ - John Rea of the 98 Boys White Team returns from an amazing training experience with Chelsea FC’s youth teams.  John trained twice with the 97’s and once with the 98’s.  Training with the 97’s took place at Chelsea’s state of the art training facility in Cobham as part of their elite training centre programme.  John was also fortunate enough to take in a Liverpool - Tottenham game at Whate Hart Lane.  We welcome John back to Sereno and look forward to learning more about his wonderful training experience with Chelsea FC.

Phoenix, AZ - The 96 boys white defeated top ranked Cisco/Tuzos twice to win the Desert Elite Inaugural Cup over Labor Day weekend.  The championship game went to PK’s and the Sereno boys showed a strong performance with a 5-4 win!  Congratulations to the boys and Coach David Robertson.