Castro Valley players Miranda and Wesley Nild represented Cal North at the recent Nike Friendship cup in Oregon over Memorial Day Weekend. Miranda plays for the U14 Division 1 Girls Castro Valley Fury and Wesley plays for the Under 16 Division 1 Boys Castro Valley United. The club is very proud of both players. Both players are working hard with their respective State teams and are looking to represent Cal North at regional camp throughout July.

Congratulations to Hunter Le Blanc who has made the U18 San Jose Earthquakes developmental academy team.

Hunter made the squad of 18 from around 350 boys that tried out for the team. This is the result of many years of hard work and training that Hunter has put into his soccer. Hunter will train Monday-Thursday at the Earthquakes training facility in San Jose and will head to Houston, Texas, in July for an MLS academy tournament prior to the MLS “All Star” game.  Hunter has played for Castro Valley Soccer Club since he was 5 years old and for the past 7 years for Castro Valley Hotspurs under coach Tim Mooney and 24-7 trainer Garry Agnew.

We wish Hunter the best of luck this season.

The Fury U13 Girls D1 team was crowned Premier Division Champions in this year’s edition of the Castro Valley Winter Shootout. During elimination group play, the girls won 1 and lost 1 which gave them enough points to advance in the semi-final round. In the semi-final game, the team was up against Diablo FC. The game was being played evenly when Cailin Keenan struck from the right side giving the Fury a 1-0 win. With the win, the team advanced to the championship game against San Ramon Bellazurre.

In the championship game, the Fury scored first with Nicole Mitchell finishing a cross from Kimberly Barclay.

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CV United Division 1 U-12 Girls walked away Champions at the Castro Valley Winter Shootout this weekend. Under the leadership of Coach Mark Nutter, the girls had an impressive weekend. Saturday they beat Delta Firestorm by a score of 3-0 and Livermore Force by a score of 4-2 to take them to the fight for the championship game on Sunday morning. They beat Livermore Crush in an exciting game 3-1 on Sunday taking them to the championship game. They dominated the game beating Heritage Dynamite by a score of 6-2. The girls pulled together, played some very good soccer and left as Champions! Congratulations CV United!
 

Fury U13 Girls D1 team successfully defended their championship from last year’s Juventus Tournament of Champions. During elimination group play, the girls won 1 game and tied 2 which gave them enough points to advance in the semi-final round. In the semi-final game, the team was up against Santa Clara Sporting. The Fury controlled most of the game resulting in a 3-0 win. With the win, the team advanced to the championship game facing Delta United Xplosion.

The championship game was a close and physical game. The 1st half ended at 0-0. At the start of the 2nd half, the game was being played evenly by both teams. With ten minutes left in the game, Kimberly Barclay was able to find a seam on the defense to put the Fury ahead, 1-0. The girls played strong defense in the last ten minutes and kept Delta United at bay. When the final whistle blew, the Fury celebrated their hard earned victory.

The Castro Valley Fury girls who played were Kimberly Barclay, Samantha Casci, Odessa Garay, Cailin Keenan, Quinn Forrester-Wamsley, Ashley Longares, Nicole Mitchell, Mary Ann Nguyen, Miranda Nild, Olivia Regalia, Anushka Singh, Adriana Tucker and Sarah Wohlner. Guest player was Jess Hernandez. Unable to make the tournament were Kyla Laquian and Suhani Abdullah.

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The Fury U13 Girls D1 lost an exciting and thrilling finals game to Boca Jrs. for the NorCal State Cup Platinum Flight. The first half ended with Boca Jrs. leading with one goal. In the second half, the Fury Girls came out strong and started to break Boca’s defense. The Fury had a chance to even up the game but Kyla Laquian’s tying goal was disallowed due to a questionable challenge foul by Adriana Tucker. The referee’s call further fired up the girls. Nicole Mitchell had an excellent shot on goal from a cross she received from Kyla, but the Boca goalie made a superb fingertip save, denying the Fury another chance in tying the game. The girls kept on pressing but unfortunately time ran out for the Fury. Boca Jrs. took home the championship with a hard fought 1-0 victory.

The Castro Valley Fury team members are Suhani Abdullah, Kimberly Barclay, Samantha Casci, Odessa Garay, Cailin Keenan, Quinn Forrester-Wamsley, Kyla Laquian, Ashley Longares, Nicole Mitchell, Mary Ann Nguyen, Miranda Nild, Olivia Regalia, Anushka Singh, Adriana Tucker and Sarah Wohlner. The team is coached and trained by Andy Hulbert and assisted by Roger Casci.

The div 4 U14 Girls Wolfpack team coached by David Hahn took 1st place in an exciting double overtime win at the Commisioners Cup held at Stonebrae on Sunday, Nov 15th.