2014 Soccer Shootout U16g Champions

3 goals 3 assist

2014 ALABAMA ODP STATE TEAM

Zac CrawfordTue, Feb 11, 2014 at 1:04 PM

Dear 97 Girls State Team Players and Alternates,

First of all, congratulations on being selected by the Coaching Staff to continue on with the Alabama ODP.  Secondly, I apologize that this communication is coming a day late.  For those players that have been invited as alternates, please pay careful attention and read over the explanation of what an Alternate is at the bottom of this communication.  If you have another email address that would like to be added to this contact list, please reply and let me know your player’s name and age group.

Please see below for the welcome letter from your coaches.  Continue to work hard and come prepared for the next training opportunity.  As of right now, the next event scheduled is a State Team training session in Montgomery on SUNDAY March 30 (this is different than what was originally scheduled).  Mississippi ODP was unable to bring their 97-99 teams to the AL Sub-Regional Event, so we will schedule another training session and attempt to bring in another team for a match.  The schedule is also below.  Registration is not yet open, but we will have it open by the beginning of March.  Once registration is open, please register in a timely manner.  For the rest of the ODP Season (which is through Region Camp this summer), please contact your coaches regarding absences, participation, and anything related to training/the game.  For all administrative items, you may contact myself, or our new ODP Administrator Martha Disko at martha@alsoccer.org (especially for registration issues/questions).

97 Girls Coaching Staff

97 Girls

Mike

Melton

mmelton2@samford.edu;

ROSTER

	Jersey #	Last Name	First Name	Hometown
1	72	Kibler	Rachel	Elberta
2	74	Baccarini	Catherine	Navarre
3	75	Karp	Samantha	Cantonment
4	97	Bisso	Payton	Birmingham
5	99	Lane	Rachael	Daphne
6	101	Pierce	Maggie	Fairhope
7	105	Lupo	Hannah	Mobile
8	111	Breuers	Rachel	Decatur
9	151	Matzek	McKenna	Huntsville
10	230	Hrabovsky	Linsey	Daphne
11	239	Amidon	Hannah	Hoover
12	240	Laney	Lauren	Hoover
13	297	Beretta	Meridith	Indian Springs
14	300	Terry	Julia	Maylene
15	301	Madewell	Madison	Huntsville
16	309	DeSalle	Julianna	Navarre
17	357	Schoenig	Miranda	Birmingham
	ALTERNATES
	109	Reeves	Abbegale	Mobile

SUNDAY MARCH 30:  (97-99 STATE TEAM TRAINING)

YMCA Fields - 300 Brown Springs Road, Montgomery, AL 36117

Sunday 3/30

9-9:30 AM - State Staff Coaches Meeting

9:30-9:45 AM - Player Check-in at field.

10-11:45 AM - Age Group Pool Training

2:00-4:00 PM - Age Group Pool Training/Inter-squad Matches

Training Theme: Basic Shape of 4-3-3 and Playing Style of U.S. Soccer/Region III

Training Theme: Defensive Principles

JUNE 28:  97-00 GIRLS (STATE TEAM TRAINING)

YMCA Fields - 300 Brown Springs Road, Montgomery, AL 36117

9-9:30 AM - State Staff Coaches Meeting

9:30-9:45 AM - Player Check-in at field.

10-11:45 AM - Age Group Pool Training

Training Theme: Penetration from Middle Third to Attacking Third & Finishing From Crosses

1:00-2:00 PM - Player Lecture: Topic- Recovery

2:30-4:30 PM - Age Group Pool Training/Inter-squad Matches

Training Theme: Basic Shape of 4-3-3 and Playing Style of U.S. Soccer/Region III

Training Topic: Putting It All Together

JULY 5-9:  00 & 97 GIRLS REGION 3 CAMP

MONTEVALLO UNIVERSITY

First off I would like to thank you for participating in Alabama ODP.  I believe this program is a great experience for your daughter.  I am looking forward to continuing to develop this team and to bring a competitive team to Region Camp. If you have any other concerns or will not be able to attend any sessions, please contact me directly.

At our last session in Montgomery our topic was interchanging runs/ movement off of the ball.  With our low numbers we had to combine with the 98's, which I thought helped bring a competitive environment to our training.  I saw improvement in our players, and this will be something we continue to build on each practice.  My goal is that they take away something from our session, and spend time working on these topics with their club/ HS teams.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions and I am looking forward to seeing everyone late March.

All the best,
Mike

-Mike Melton
Samford Soccermmelton2@samford.edu
770.354.3303

Class 6A Girls Soccer Playoffs: Fairhope 7, Northview 1

Class 6A Girls Soccer Playoffs: Fairhope 7, Northview 1 David Lee | al.com, April 27, 2013 6 p.m. FAIRHOPE, Alabama - Rachel Kibler scored a pair of goals while six players overall scored for host Fairhope to help lead the Pirates to a 7-1 victory over visiting Northview in a Class 6A first round sub-state match Saturday afternoon. Fairhope now heads to Enterprise on Tuesday for a Class 6A second round sub-state match. Pirates coach Courtney Calhoun said her team was ready to play. "We came out strong and kept at them," said Calhoun, whose team improved to 12-2-3 with the triumph. "We put pressure on every ball and we played our game." Cougars coach Jay Bruner said Fairhope was tough. "They're a good team, I don't want to take anything away from them," said Bruner, whose team finished with an 8-7-1 record. "They do a really good job of spreading things out.
We had some opportunities but we just didn't capitalize on them. I'm proud of my girls, they hustled until the end. I have some great girls, I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world." Fairhope wasted no time in taking control of the match as Kibler drilled a ball into the back of the net after an assist from Darian Hill at the 37:53 mark of the first half.

"The thing about it is they scored in the first two and a half minutes against us," said Bruner. "When a team does that, it changes the complexion of the game. When you get to the playoffs, you have to play your A game. We didn't start off playing our A game and it took us a little while before we started to do that." During that time, Emma Walker booted an unassisted kick that bounced off the keeper's hands into the back of the net with 19:14 to go before halftime that made it 2-0. Abbey Volk took a pass from Anne Barre and kicked it into the back of the net to make it 3-0 with 13:32 left and Blayne Newsome had an impressive goal from 20 yards out into the right corner of the net past Northview keeper Jordan Gatlin to put the Pirates ahead 4-0 at the intermission. The Cougars bounced back with 35:39 left in the second half when Holly Baker drilled a goal into the back of the net to trim Fairhope's lead to 4- 1. "That goal was a shot in the arm for us," said Bruner. Fairhope responded almost immediately though as Kibler booted a ball into the net with an assist from Newsome to make it 5-1 Pirates with 34:09 left in the game. "I had told them after Northview scored their goal that we were going to have to play 100 percent every minute of the second half no matter what happens," said Calhoun. Fairhope then added two more goals as Hill drilled the ball into the back of the net from the right side to make it 6-1 while eighth grader Elise Terral had a header over the keeper's head from a couple of yards out that went into the net to make it 7-1 Pirates. "Beth Tuttle, our keeper, did a great job this afternoon," said Calhoun. "She had four or five great saves. I'm very proud of my girls, they have worked very hard this season. Hopefully, we can keep it going when we go to Enterprise on Tuesday."

Fairhope @ Robertsdale 3-0 Win

Congrats to the Girls Varsity Soccer Team for their second area win over Robertsdale last night. The Pirates shutout the Bears with a score of 3-0. Goals were scored by Haley Melton, Darian Hill, and Rachel Kibler. Great job to Beth Tuttle and the defense on the shutout!

A Round of Applause for the Fairhope Pirates

Rachel scored with the left foot from 12 yards!  Great shot!

ODP Regional Showcase Jan 2013

Fairhope at Daphne

Rachel had a Goal off of a 1 touch Volley from a direct kick from the mid field mark in order to tie up the match 15 minutes into the first half.  She also made a beautiful crossing pass for an assist to break the tie in the 2nd period.  Rachel made the paper:

Girls Soccer: Fairhope 4, Daphne 2

Dennis Tymkiw | al.com, March 08, 2013 9:18 p.m.

Molly McClung, Emma Walker and Anne Barre all scored second-half goals to break a 1-1 halftime tie and lead Fairhope to a win in its Class 6A, Area 3 opener. Rachel Kibler scored off an assist from Barre for the Pirates in the first half. Rachael Lane and Rachel Collins scored for Daphne (2-4, 0-1), while Collins also had an assist.

MARY MONTGOMERY @ FAIRHOPE

What a beautiful night for the game Rachel loves!

Rachel had 1 shot on goal and played 80 minutes at the forward striker. 

Final Score:  MARY MONTGOMERY - 0  FAIRHOPE - 0