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ARKANSAS Rush Delaware Rush Arkansas Rush adds new DOC, expand School of Excellence! Delaware Rush goes all in ere t h e T rails of P On January 1st, 2013, Arkansas Rush hired Peter Smith as the new Director of Coaching. This was an important hire as Peter is from the Central Arkansas region, and will allow for the club to continue its growth in this area. "We are excited to have Peter on board, as he has ties in the Conway/Little Rock area, that allows him to be instrumental to Arkansas Rush pushing forward to be the premier club in Central Arkansas," said Nathan Hunt, President/Director of Operations of Arkansas Rush. Rush Micro participants. This program will be run by licensed staff of Arkansas Rush, exposing the players to a higher level of training in addition to their Micro training. The SOE camps are open to any and all players. Beginning in the spring, Arkansas Rush is introducing the School of Excellence, an in-season program. The SOE in-season program is available to all Arkansas Delaware Rush is excited to add the rest of Hockessin Soccer Club to the fold. We feel that the foundation of a soccer club is its young players and adding the wealth of knowledge, particularly the age group curricula to aid the younger coaches is crucial for player development and ultimately overall club success. Advantages include other coaching resources, travel options with other Rush clubs, uniform prices, tournament support and regional coaching/player coordination. With the goal of winning every state cup on the boys and girls side upon us, focus on continuing the technical development of our youngest players has never been more evident. Now that we have talented and skilled players and teams our realized goal of offering those players additional opportunities outside of our club from traveling to Arizona with Select teams to guesting in Las Vegas has aided those talented individuals in college exposure and overall player development. assion an d P For more information about the Arkansas Rush Soccer Club, you can find us online at: www.ArkansasRush.com For more information about the Delaware Rush Soccer Club, you can find us online at: www.DelawareRush.com urpose M Colorado Rush eet , B egins t h e P at h to V ictory " PAGE 4 SPRING 2013 FLORIDA rush Colorado Rush Developing Pros and National Team Players! Florida Rush Begins Year with Positive Momentum Colorado Rush is rising in the soccer world with the recent successes in the professional and National Team scenes. Florida Nike teams (Boys 11,15,18, Girls 14) kicked off the year with Disney Presidents Day tournament championships. It's been exciting to see many Florida Rush teams at different levels step up their accomplishments early in the year. Soccer America has ranked Colorado Rush #6 for girls based on team success in national competitions and players called to national camps underscores the club's achievements. Paolo DelPiccolo with Eintracht Frankfurt The spotlight is on Rush women as 18-year-old Lindsey Horan (PSG) recently made her US Women's National Team debut in Portugal's Algarve Cup. The National Women's Soccer League draft landed Kendall Johnson and Brittany Bock with the NY/NJ Sky Blue, and Danielle Foxhoven, who spent 2012 playing in Russia, signed with Portland Thorns FC. The Rush men are striking on the international front as the MLS Super Draft lands Paolo DelPiccolo with the Montreal Impact. However, DelPiccolo has decided to forgo his MLS contract and is now playing overseas with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany. Jippo FC of Finland signed Baboucarr (Mal) Jammeh after he represented Gambia on the U20 national team. Lindsey Horan called up to US Women's National Team Event name: Colorado Rush Open Event location: Denver, Colo., at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Event date(s): June 7-9, 2013 Event contact info: Annie Bennett at (303) 986-5200 abennett@coloradorush.com The Colorado Rush Open, which has been held for the past 18 years, is one of the top ranked soccer tournaments for boys and girls in the state of Colorado. For more information about the Colorado Rush Soccer Club, you can find us online at: www.ColoradoRush.com In February, the club also saw 9 out of their 10 Swoosh teams move out of their brackets to qualify for the challenge round of Florida Region Cup, a tribute to the solid coaching and quality effort at all levels. The U15 Swoosh boys led by Coach Pressler, and the U12 Swoosh boys led by Coach Hugo, continued forward to the final round in the Region Cup. A special early highlight for the Florida Rush was the strong 1st place finish by the U15 Nike boys in the FYSA State Premiere League. The 15 boys, led by Coach Marcos, beat rival Sunrise (ranked 2nd in the nation), in a hard fought 3-2 win. The team was coming off a Disney Showcase win, where they took the runner-up monkey off their back to take home a championship cup. Florida Rush U15 Nike Boys finished 1st in the FYSA State Premiere League following their 3-2 win over Sunrise Florida Rush U15 Nike Boys finished 1st in the FYSA State Event name: NIKE Champions Cup Premiere League following their 3-2 win over Sunrise Event location: Sanford, Apopka, Winter Garden & Clermont, FL (Greater Orlando) Event date(s): May 18-19, 2013 S E R V I N G S O C C E R P L AY E R S L O C A L LY B Y S E R V I N G O U R PA R T N E R S G L O B A L LY "Wh Arkansas Rush hire Peter Smith as the new Director of Coaching for Arkansas Rush. Along with this exciting change, Arkansas Rush has now expanded its School of Excellence program to include in-season training along with several camp opportunities! Hockessin Soccer Club changed our U12-18 travel program to Delaware Rush last year. Because of overwhelming success we have decided to change over the U9-11 travel teams as well as the 1200 instructional players. Event contact info: http://floridarushsoccer.com/index.php/tournaments The Nike Champions Cup is sanctioned by FYSA and is open to all US Soccer affiliates (AYSO, US Club, USSSA etc.). For more information about the Florida Rush Soccer Club, you can find us online at: www.FloridaRushSoccer.com PAGE 5 SPRING 2013