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| F.C. Portland Academy is pleased to announce the hiring of Mike dePinna and Rob Baarts to lead its competitive soccer program. These two highly respected and long-time Academy coaches were selected following a search that included numerous candidates with a wide range of experience at several youth programs throughout the soccer world. |
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The F.C. Portland JR Academy Spring League BOYS & GIRLS games schedule was added to the JR Academy page. Also added was a field layout for the spring games.
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 On Saturday and Sunday, our teams will face two of the strongest clubs in Colorado: Real Colorado and the Colorado Rush. We encourage all of our F.C. players, families, and coaches to show up in support of the Development Academy Teams! Wear your F.C. Portland team jersey, cheer on your fellow club members, and witness some high caliber soccer!
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The F.C. Portland Academy Winter/Spring Practice Schedule has been updated. See the link above.
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 The F.C. Portland Jr. Spring League is just around the corner! The first Jr. Spring League game is on Sunday, March 2nd! So, please make sure to complete the Jr. Spring League Registration Form and return to the F.C. Office along with your payment as soon as possible. The registration deadline is Thursday, February 14th.
All games are played at Liberty H.S. on the Football Field, and all games will take place on Sundays between 12:00-5:00pm.
Game days include: March 2, March 9, March 16, April 6, April 13, April 20, and April 27.
This Spring, we are excited to be hosting multiple divisions for teams:
| U8/U9 Boys (4v4) |
U8/U9 Girls (4v4) |
| U10 Boys (8v8) |
U10 Girls (8v8) |
4v4 Divisions
-Season consists of 7 games
-3 field players and 1 goal keeper
-2, 22 minute halves
-1 center referee
-Field size is 30yds x 20yds
-$175 per team
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8v8 Divisions
-Season consists of 7 games
-7 field players and 1 goal keeper
-2, 25 minute halves
-1 center referee
-Field size is 68yds x 45yds
-$325 per team
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MLSnet.com Staff
 BALTIMORE -- Of all the players selected in the MLS SuperDraft on Friday, perhaps no one had a longer journey to Baltimore than Alex Nimo, Real Salt Lake's third pick of the draft.
He and his family led war-torn Liberia when he was a baby to live in a refugee camp in Ghana. It was there that he started to play soccer.
"That was like my life," said Nimo, a Generation adidas selection from the United States under-17 residency program. "I used to play with friends just to have fun as a kid. When I came here I met Clive Charles and he saw I had potential and saw that I could become a pro someday."
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Alex Nimo |
U-17 National Team |
Portland |
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Experience:
• U.S. U-17 Residency Program
• A member of U-17 World Cup team
• During qualifying, started all five games, tallying three goals and two assists
• FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea, started all four games, recording two assists
• High School: Benson High School, Ore.
• Parade All-America High School Boys Soccer Team
• Played for FC Portland
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F.C. Portland Alex Nimo 2008 MLS SuperDraft
The 2008 MLS SuperDraft took place at the Baltimore Convention Center (400 Level Ballroom) on Friday, Jan. 18th.
Highlighting this year’s class are seven players that have experience with the U.S. Youth National Teams and a finalist for this year’s MAC Hermann Trophy, college soccer’s version of the Heisman Trophy. Six of the nine players are leaving college early to enter the MLS SuperDraft - Eric Avila (UC Santa Barbara), Tony Beltran (UCLA), Chance Myers (UCLA), Patrick Nyarko (Virginia Tech), Ciaran O’Brien (UC Santa Barbara) and Rob Valentino (Univ. of San Francisco). Three players - Josh Lambo (Chicago Magic FC), Alex Nimo (FC Portland) and Brek Shea (Texans FC) - are high school students who are foregoing their college eligibility to sign professional contracts.
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By Dylan Butler / MLSnet.com Staff
 BALTIMORE -- With four selections in the first three rounds of the MLS SuperDraft Thursday, Garth Lagerwey was looking for a variety of qualities in the players Real Salt Lake selected at the Baltimore Convention Center.
But for the newly hired Real Salt Lake general manager, each of his team's four selections had a similar attribute -- fight. "We need that," Lagerwey said. "It's a cultural thing, a locker room thing. We have to get a group of players together who want to win and want to win really badly."
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F.C. Portland Academy
High School State Champioinships
F.C. Portland Academy was well represented in the 2007 Oregon High School State Soccer Finals with 29 players and 3 coaches participating in the championships games on the boys' and girls' sides.
Head Coach Brandon McNeil (U12 Boys Bronze, Jr. Academy, and US Soccer Development Academy) and Assistant Coach John Wallace (U18 Girls Royal) led the Lincoln High School Girls to an undefeated season, culminating with a 6a State Championship.
Head Coach Steve Ancheta (U18 Girls Royal) and Assistant Coaches Mike Joyce (U12 and U13 Girls) and Miguel Guante (U11 Boys) coached the Central Catholic Boys to an exciting win over Grant for the 6a State Title. Congratulations to all our players who participated in the High School State Tournament this year!
We look forward to even more growth and success during our 2007/2008 competitive season which is now underway!
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F.C. Portland Academy
Presidents’ Cup Teams Results
Congratulations to all of our teams who participated in the Presidents’ Cup! Great work F.C. players and coaches!
Champions:
- U13 Boys Blaze Team (Coached by Lonnie Bartlett)
- U14 Girls Burgundy Team (Coached by Darren Lilla)
2nd Place:
- U12 Girls Ruby Team (Coached by James Laurick) |
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F.C. Portland Announces Development Academy Team
The focus of the Academy is on player development and providing players with the best possible opportunity to develop to the highest level they are capable of achieving
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F.C. Portland Selected for the U.S. SOCCER Development Academy
F.C. Portland is pleased and honored to announce that it has been selected to join a very prestigious group of youth clubs and select MLS teams that are developing a formal partnership with the US Soccer Federation to further prepare and develop players for the men’s national teams,” said Joe Wedding, Executive Director of F.C. Portland.
Our mission, starting with the very first training session that Clive Charles designed twenty years ago, is to develop the comprehensive skills and knowledge of the game that players need to become successful on the field and in life. The alignment with U.S. Soccer is based on the success of that mission and model,” Wedding continued. "The success that our players, like Alex Nimo, have had recently, comes from our coaches and their commitment to this mission and this philosophy.
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Even though I’ve watched dozens of games, I’m by no means an expert when it comes to recognizing an offsides call or determining the appropriateness of a yellow card.
If I’m not sure when the violation should be called, then how can the officials be sure about the call? Yet, when bad calls are directed towards the team I am rooting for – I often believe that I am “authorized” to complain. This is where a friend of mine, who happens to be a soccer referee, comes into play.
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| F.C. Portland Alumni Alex Nimo |
 Alex Nimo scored two goals while Ellis McLoughlin tallied once as the U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team opened Group B of the 2007 CONCACAF Final Round Qualifying Tournament with a 3-0 shutout over Trinidad & Tobago at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. The U.S. sits in third place in the five-team group with a game in hand.
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2nd Annual Clive Charles Memorial Golf Tournament