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TOLEDO, Ohio - (July 22, 2010) - With the 10th anniversary under its belt, the Uniroyal® Soccer Program is continuing to support local soccer across the nation. Starting August 13, players of The Pacesetter Soccer Club will receive certificates that can be redeemed for a free soccer ball at Tireman Auto Service Centers, while supplies last. After the 30-day program period, The Pacesetter Soccer Club will receive $2 for every Uniroyal® tire sold to the general public on behalf of Uniroyal® Tire and Tireman Auto Service Centers. More info.

Boys camps bring out the best

After a great week with the girls camps it was the turn of the boys to take part. There was just over 200 of the best boys soccer players attending the Pro training and high school camps. Guest coaches Des Davies from Wolverhampton Wanderers, Dennis Bailey formerly of QPR and Mark Delaney who played for Aston Villa and Wales, and is currently coaching for Aston Villa have been working alongside Pacesetter Soccer Club Coaches to help improve local area soccer players.

Des Davies is currently coaching for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premier league with youth and academy players, Des has worked with players such as Joleon Lescott, Mark Davies and Wayne Hennessey who all currently play in the EPL. Dennis Bailey playerd at Birmingham City and QPR where he became the only player to score 3 Goals in a league game at Manchester United. Mark Delaney played for Aston Villa in the EPL and captained his country Wales in the World cup Qualifiers and European Qualifiers, Mark is currently coaching for Aston Villa.

Jimmy Walker Executive Director for Pacesetter said, "This was another great week of camp with excellent coaches and the boys worked hard all week. To learn from the calibre of coaches we had here is an unbelievable experience for the players and our coaching staff to be able to watch them work."

Danny fisher the Youth Director at Pacesetter commented, "It was great to see the players learn and get better over the week, the improvement was fantastic to see!"

Read more about the camps at the Toledo Blade:
Article on July 21st
Article on July 22nd.

Pacesetter Premier League Girls Camps a hit

Almost 150 of the areas best female soccer players were on show recently at the Pacesetter Premier League soccer camps.

Guest coaches Des Davies from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dennis Bailey formerly of Birmingham City and QPR have been working alongside Pacesetter Soccer Club Coaches to help improve local area soccer players.

Des Davies has USA World Cup Goalkeeper Marcus Hanneman on his team in England with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dennis Bailey is the only player in the world ever to score a hat-rick in the English Premier League against Manchester United. With these coaches on staff it is no wonder our area soccer players have been having a great time this week!

"It was a great week for our kids working on technical, tactical and functional work.", said Jimmy Walker Director of Coaching for Pacesetter Soccer Club. "The kids have really enjoyed working with some of Europes top coaches and it has been a pleasure watching the guest clinicians working with our players this week."

Danny Fisher, Pacesetter Director of coaching for the Youth added, "It has been fantastic watching our players work with some of the top coaches in World Soccer. It is the equivalent of NBA coaches coming to Sylvania to work with our kids on basketball skills."

U17 Pacesetter Boys Win State Championship

What a difference a year makes!

In 2009 our Pacesetter U16 boys team lost in the State Semi-Finals in soccer. They were disappointed and knew they had come so close.

They worked very hard and stayed together as a team over the next twelve months and last Wednesday they were crowned state by beating 2009 State Champions Woodridge 4-1 in the final in Akron.

"It is a fantastic accomplishment for a team from Northwest Ohio to be crowned State Champions." said coach Chip Smith. "These boys have worked tirelessly over the last twelve months to achieve this great accomplishment."

The boys played really well and worked hard all year. Despite going down 1-0 in the first half the boys bounced back by scoring four unanswered goals. The goals came from Karter Sell 2, Trey Bracy and Adam Montague.

"It is great to see how far this team has come over the last two years. it shows that by staying loyal and working hard good things will happen." said director of coaching Jimmy Walker. "It is really pleasing to see the effort these lads show and when you look at how many Top Colleges are recruiting our players it shows that that by working hard and staying with it you will be successful."

See the Toledo Blade's article about the U-17s.

PSC Appoints Greg McElroy Interim DOC Boys

The Pacesetter Soccer Club has announced today that Greg McElroy has been hired as Interim Director of Coaching for the boys program. Greg will be assisting Director of Coaching Jimmy Walker in all facets of the boys program including coaching teams, player development and administrative work.

We are excited to have Greg McElroy on board and we feel he will fit seamlessly into our coaching staff at Pacesetter Soccer Club. Greg has vast experience in the game at the Club and High School level and is the only High School Soccer coach in Northwest Ohio to win a State Championship for High School Soccer.

Prior to coaching, Greg came up through the Pacesetter youth system and played at University of Kentucky. He has been a part of the Pacesetter Soccer organization over the last twenty years and knows the area and the club inside out.

U9 Boys Red getting ready for the spring season.

U17 Boys Begin MRL Play

Team starts 1-1-1 in MRL Premier play

The U17 boys have started 1-1-1 in MRL Premier play. The boys traveled to Michigan and Illinois to compete in the highly prestigious league. "League play started about as expected. Going in we knew it would be an adjustment period. As a team, and individuals, we needed to learn what level of play would be expected in order to be successful at such a higher level. I think our first few games have provided that realization for the boys," commented head coach Chip Smith.

The team dropped their league opener to Vardar 3-2. After trailing 2-0 early in the game the squad battled back and evened the score on a pair of Adam Montague goals. Minutes later, however, Vardar capitalized on a quick restart and finished to gain the victory. "This game was disappointing. We gifted them three goals. At this level you cannot afford to make even the smallest of mistakes. We did that and we were punished for it," said Smith. "However, on the other hand we scored two great goals, and at times played extremely well. The positive is the boys now know what level they need to be at in games like this."

The team traveled the following weekend to Bloomington, Illinois for two Saturday matches. In the first game the team came out strong, scoring four first half goals against Lou Fusz Soccer Club on their way to a 4-1 victory. "Our intensity, our level of aggression was superb. We completely dominated the game in the first half from a pure physical standpoint. We also finished our early chances when we had them, and put the game away," commented Smith.

The team was led by two Montague goals, and a pair of goals by center-midfielder Reed Glosser. Goalkeepers Josh Weiss and Jeff Cooperider had solid peformances, as did the team's backline, headed by Nate Watkins, Justin Niese, and Steven Witte.

In their second matchup of the day against Eclipse the team battled to a 2-2 tie. The team was able to take an early first half lead on a goal by forward Karter Sell, and a PK by Montague. However, in the second half the team conceded two goals on set pieces. "Obviously, we're not happy with a tie being up 2-2, and certainly not happy that we conceded off two long throw ins. But, this was a tough match for us physically. Next time around we have to be better fitness wise, and also mentally," said Smith.

The team sits in first place currently in the division with four points. They have several games remaining.

Smith commented that he likes what he has seen so far from his team, but they also have a lot of room for positive growth. "We are not playing anywhere near the level we will get to late in the year. What's been positive is that even though we're not in peak form we are still getting some solid results and at times playing some very good, fundamental soccer. To the boys' credit they have worked hard and I think are slowly making an upward climb in their progress. The question is whether they are hungry enough to push themselves even harder? If so, good things might happen."

U15 Boys Select are Champions

Middletown Blast Soccer Success!

The Pacesetter Boys U-15 Select team opened their Spring season at an outdoor tournament in Middletown, Ohio on March 20 and 21st. The team, coached by Eddie Baker, triumphed by stacking up 3 solid wins (11 goals for just 1 against) to take First place overall.

The first contest was against the NUSA Falcons (Northern United Soccer Alliance) out of Englewood, Ohio. The boys prevailed in a 3-0 win. The second game, against the Pride Soccer Club from Canal Winchester, Ohio, was a 3-1 success. At this point, the team was tied with The Dayton Warriors for first place. It was determined instead of playing the semi-final, we would immediately go to the final game.

Although they dominated throughout the tournament, these Pacesetter U15 players did not demonstrate an ounce of diminished effort and racked up an astounding 5-0 win against a very aggressive team that, in spite of the score, never gave up.

Congratulations to the U15 Select Boys for a great season kick off!

Pacesetter Girl's/Women's Teams Win 1st Annual GTFC-Pacesetter Challenge Cup Derby

What started at 8:30AM with overcast and cool weather was ended at approximately 8:30PM on Saturday, March 27th under the lights at Central Catholic High School with Pacesetter Soccer Club emerging victorious in the 1st Annual GTFC-Pacesetter Soccer Club Challenge Cup Derby.

The final overall record was 3-2 with our U-14's, U-16's and U-17's each winning their respective matches. Our "futures" team the U-12's along with our U-13's and U-15's acquitted themselves very nicely and served notice that they too are on the verge of good things this Spring season and into the future. For those of you in attendance yesterday I hope you are as confident as I am that the future looks very bright for the girl's/women's side of Pacesetter Soccer Club.

Congratulations to every team for setting an exemplary standard of fair play, good sportsmanship and competitive soccer for all who had the opportunity to watch you play. The fact that the proceeds, raised through gate donations, benefited the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation made the entire day all the more gratifying.

I would like to extend a special thanks to the coaches, managers and parent volunteers of each team for their efforts in helping to make this 1st annual event such a success. I know that it will grow and continue to be successful in future years as the two preeminent girls/women's programs in Northwest Ohio compete each year for the honor of holding the trophy.

The results of the day for each team are incidental to the fact that this was a club effort with each team recognizing the importance of, and competing for, the honor of holding the trophy for the next 12 months.

U15 and U17 Teams crowned Champions

Girls kick off the season in style in Kentucky

Our girl's high school teams went to Lexington Kentucky over the weekend to compete at the Kick-in-the-Bluegrass tournament. It was a very productive experience for all our teams and allowed us to evaluate and try some things over the weekend.

Our U15 team was crowned champions outscoring opponents 17-1 going 4-0 over the weekend. It was the first time this team has played in regular games so it was a positive start to the season. U15 coach Jen Whipple said, "It was a good start to the season for our girls. It was good to see them improve technically and tactically over the weekend. It is good to see this team starting to come together."

Our U16 team tied two games and lost one against some decent opponents. Coach Bruce Peterson said, "We tried a few things over the weekend and by the final games I was happy with the way the girls competed".

Our U17 girl's team was crowned champions going 4-0 over the weekend outscoring opponents 12-0. The U17 team moved to 5-0-1 on the season and has started off the year in great style. DOC Jimmy Walker said, "I was vey pleased with the U17 girls this weekend. They looked very solid at the back and played some very good soccer over the weekend. We moved the ball around very well and these girls have started off the year very positive".

Young Pacesetters Medal at UT 3v3

On Feb. 20, Jimmy Duwve, Nathan Masters, Chet Lutz, and Luke Gonia played in a 3x3 tournament in the new University of Toledo facility and won for their age group.

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