lorinczipal.com » Youth Soccer http://lorinczipal.com Plus ce change, plus ce la meme chose Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Indiana Kids playing at U17 World Cup in Nigeria http://lorinczipal.com/2009/10/26/indiana-kids-playing-at-u17-world-cup-in-nigeria/ http://lorinczipal.com/2009/10/26/indiana-kids-playing-at-u17-world-cup-in-nigeria/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:55:30 +0000 paul http://lorinczipal.com/?p=68 Indiana has 2 kids over in Nigeria participating in the U17 World Cup right now. Both kids grew up here in Central Indiana. zavaleta

Eriq Zavaleta is well known in circles as his Dad, Carlos is a well known coach in the area for FC Pride. He also runs a soccer academy in Westfield providing individual instruction to kids. Eriq is a technically gifted player who plays defence for the US National Team.

Perry Kitchen is another Central Indiana product on the roster. He also started at FC Pride, but is now a product of the Chicago Magic.perrykitchen

Both players are currently in residency at Bradenton learning how to become professional soccer players. If they succeed, maybe they will DaMarcus Beasely as famous Hoosier soccer players.

Games are being televised on ESPNU and ESPN360. Check both of them out:

Date Matchup Time Venue TV Info Center
Oct. 26, 2009 U.S. Under-17 Men vs. Spain Under-17 Men 2 p.m. ET
Kano, Nigeria ESPNU, ESPN360.com and Galavision

Oct. 29, 2009 U.S. Under-17 Men vs. Malawi Under-17 Men 11 a.m. ET
Kano, Nigeria ESPNU and ESPN360.com

Nov. 1, 2009 U.S. Under-17 Men vs. UAE Under-17 Men 10 a.m. ET
Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria ESPNU, ESPN360.com and 10 a.m. ET/PT on Galavision

Come on boys, make us proud!

]]> http://lorinczipal.com/2009/10/26/indiana-kids-playing-at-u17-world-cup-in-nigeria/feed/ 0 IPS Elementary Program http://lorinczipal.com/2009/04/20/ips-elementary-program/ http://lorinczipal.com/2009/04/20/ips-elementary-program/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:12:51 +0000 paul http://lorinczipal.com/?p=15 I spent Saturday at Crispus Attucks High School playing pseudo referee for their Saturday elementary soccer games.  That was a lot of fun.  We need more soccer in the elementary schools.  They had kids in all shapes and sizes.  It looked like they were having fun.  I had fun watching them and encouraging them.

There were several really good players.  One in particular stood out.  The young man just had the natural talent.  He was a pleasure to watch and you could see he just loved the game.

I talked to the coach from the school.  He told me the kids play after school all the time together.  When school starts up, they always ask when are they going to play.

Amen Kids!  That’s what it is all about.

I know for alot of the travel team kids, parents sometimes struggle to get them to practice.  It’s nice to see kids genuinely want to be there with their buddies having fun.

MORE KIDS PLAYING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!!!

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The Soccer Project from Rebekah Fergusson on Vimeo.

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