Congratulations to the 93 Boys White and coach Brian O’Donnell on winning the 2010 Surf Cup XXX.  Surf Cup is ranked as one of the top 5 toughest tournaments in the country and featured 8 teams in the National Top 20.  The team went unbeaten after defeating the Region IV champion (West Coast FC - #3 in the nation) and 3 State Cup winners.  Sereno won the final in penalty kicks against United FC after playing the final 53 minutes a man down. The 93BW team is now ranked #5 in the nation and #1 in Arizona by GotSoccer. Watch a great video of the tournament here.

The Sereno South 98 boys just returned home from their 10 day soccer tour of Spain. The team, chaperoned by coach Joash Dukes, was hosted by professional club Deportivo Alaves in Vitoria-Gasteiz, and used their training facility and trainers to get a feel for European soccer. Four formal training sessions and three friendly games with local clubs resulted in two wins: 4-1 and 8-1 and a loss to our host of 4-2. The boys also watched the Alaves professional team in a pre-season friendly against Real Zaragoza, and had their picture taken with the pros. Another photo op came when the mayor of Vitoria invited the boys to his chambers for a thank you speech and souvenir gifts of the city. Read on for more details and pictures.

Phoenix, AZ - Sereno 94BW standout Cole Nagy has accepted an invitation from Wilmer Cabrera into the US U-17 MNT Residency program and will live and train in Bradenton, FL starting this month. Nagy possesses dual citizenship and selected the US MNT over invitations to join the Vancouver Whitecaps youth system and Canada’s U-17 MNT. This culminates a Summer adventure that saw Nagy playing in the Far West Regional Final with his Sereno 94 BW club team and in the 2010 MLS U-17 SUM Cup Final today with the Real Salt Lake youth team. Nagy’s Sereno 94BW team spent most of the last 12 months as the #1 ranked BU16 team in the nation after reaching the finals of the US Youth Soccer National Championship tournament last Summer and winning the Far West Region League both Fall and Spring this season. Good luck Cole! 

Virginia Beach, VA - On Friday July 30th the Sereno South 95 Boys White team plays game 1 of 3 in the group phase of the 2010 National Cup IX Finals for the US Club Soccer National Championship.  The team is coached by Joash Dukes and qualified by winning the 2010 Phoenix Regional during the last week of May defeating rival SC del Sol.  This team is no stranger to success given they won the Far West Region League this Spring and swept through group play before a heartbreaking loss in the Region IV tournament. The boys are matched up in the U-15 Boys Super Group against other US Club Soccer Regional Champions.  Good luck boys we’ll be following you!

AUGSBURG, Germany - Sereno 90GW alumnus Sydney Leroux and the USA U-20 WNT came up just short losing their quarterfinal match in the U-20 Women’s World Cup on penalty kicks.  The US team played well in the match that featured 55 shots by both teams but ended their run by a narrow margin after the marathon match.  Leroux scored goals in every group game including a hat trick.  Read news about all the games here: quarterfinals:Nigeria, group:Korea Republic, Switzerland, Ghana, and a cup preview.  The U-20 team won the CONCACAF Championship in January on a goal by Leroux as well. 

Prescott, AZ - The First Sereno-Chelsea Soccer Camp concluded on Friday July 16th with a medal ceremony for individual achievements and to the winners of a fun “World Cup Team Challenge”.  The exclusive 6-day camp brought four Chelsea FC International coaches to Arizona to work both with young boys and girls of Sereno and other youth players from surrounding areas. This event is the first in a series of planned activities between Sereno Soccer Club and development partner Chelsea FC.   The EPL club’s Head of International Technical Youth Development, Jeff Bookman, commented: "All of the Chelsea FC staff were impressed with the quality, enthusiasm and commitment of the campers. We look forward to many more opportunities to share our soccer knowledge and experience with all of our partner clubs across the USA”

Costa Mesa, CA -  The stat book on competitive soccer shows that California teams win more national, regional and open tournaments than anyone.  Fortunately, the Sereno 2001 Boys White team, it's coaches and parents forgot to read that book as the 2001BW team won the Slammers Futbol Classic this weekend against several of the top teams in Cal South. The boys were crowned champions of the U10 bracket on Sunday after a 4-1 victory over Anaheim United FC. The boys had an impressive 33 goals for and only 2 goals scored against on the weekend. The squad is now 14-0 when playing in California and has won three consecutive California tournaments, including the 2009 Carlsbad Cup and 2010 Nomads Coaches Showcase.  Congratulations boys!

Redmond, WA - The 3 girls teams from the Sereno Soccer Club finished the ECNL National Championship Tournament with 2 wins and a loss on the 3rd day of play.  Sereno 93GW, Sereno 94GW and Sereno 95GW finish the tournament 7-2. Congratulations ladies and coaches Paul Taylor, Sandy Davison and Dave Simeone!

Scottsdale, AZ - The Arizona Sports Concussion Center (ASCC) announced a partnership with Sereno Soccer Club to be on the leading edge in sports concussion prevention for soccer athletes.  Sereno SC athletes will now have convenient opportunities to take advantage of the latest neuropsychological testing available to allow for the most well informed decision-making related to sports concussion injuries. Darla Sipolt, Sereno Soccer Club President, explained: "The Sereno Soccer Club supports our players’ safety on and off the athletic field. For the first time, the club will schedule dates for all of our players, starting at age 11, to complete concussion testing prior to the fall season. It’s our way of safely addressing the nationwide concern about youth athletes and brain injuries."

Sereno SC finished a great 7-day showing at the Far West Regionals Tournament with a record of: 26-13-2.  Sereno had 7 of it's 10 teams advance into the final 8 (Quarterfinals), 3 to the final 4 (Semifinals) and 1 to the final 2 (Finals).  Final results are posted here. CONGRATULATIONS to ALL on the strong showing!

Congratulates to Cassie Miller from the Sereno 95 GW team who was recently named to the Elite Clubs National league All Tournament Team! Cassie has been a stellar performer all year as she played in the AZ ODP program, was selected to the USYS Girls Region IV Regional ODP Team, participated in the US Club Soccer ID2 National Team program and was invited into both the U-15 and U-16 US Soccer Youth Team National Pools. Way to go Cassie, Sereno is PROUD of you!!