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U16 Boys March to State Cup Semis

Having already played the first leg of the State Cup against Toledo Football Academy last week winning 3-0, the Pacesetter u16 Boys Red Team traveled to Lodi, OH to complete the preliminary round of competition and qualify for the State Cup semi-finals in what seemed to be a cow pasture. However, calling it that would be an insult to actual cow pastures.

In any case, the first match of the weekend was against a very tenacious Excalibur FC. Excalibur struck first with an energetic run down the side of the pitch that resulted in a 0-1 deficit for our U16 Boys. Finding success the first time, Excalibur made another similar run down the side of the pitch that led to a successful penalty kick putting our Boys in a 2-0 hole early in the first half. Midway through this half, our Boys dug their spikes into the soggy turf and decided that they would give no more ground to our opponent. Passes started finding feet. Punts and passes were plucked out of the air and sent in positive directions and momentum clearly shifted for good.

Jeff Anderson and Brendan Mulvaney connected in what was arguably one of the top 3 goals of the season when Brendan's wicked cross found a diving Jeff Anderson header to split the deficit in half 1-2 before the intermission. The second half kickoff began the frontal assault that our opponent was dreading. Time and again our forwards attacked the Excalibur goal and drew two penalty kicks. Matthew Almester converted those chances with skill and precision. The Pacesetter Boys found a way to win and left victorious 3-2. With this victory, we were through to the semifinals regardless of our game #3 result the next day.

The Sunday contest was moved to a much better venue, Copley fields, where we would play a very skilled and difficult opponent, Everest Green, who was also already through to the semi-finals by virtue of their winning the first two games without conceding a goal. The winner of this match would take a measure of pride into the semi-finals next weekend. The game began in a steady cool drizzle that was noticed by all, save the players, who were focused on the task at hand. Leaving nothing to chance, Brandon Zakeri made it 1-0 very early by converting a great feed from Defender Nick Frank. The remainder of the half was very physical, spirited, and well controlled by the players, coaches, and officials. The Halftime score was 1-0. Switching sides, we gained the wind and the attack got even more tenacious, as Jimmy Papadimos netted goal #2 with a relentless chase on a loose ball and Matthew Almester claimed goal #3 with a laser strike from beyond the 18 yard line. Our defenders gave up very few, if any, serious Chances and our keeper was exactly where he needed to be at all times. Our midfield switched the field and pounced on loose balls giving life to the attack and draining life from our opponents attack. A much prettier team game than the first game of the weekend. Final score 3-0.

The BU16 Red boys left the field committed to repeating this performance next weekend in the semi-final game versus Everest Black at the same venue.

U16 Boys Red Finishes 1st MRL Weekend

The First MRL weekend of the Spring Season for the U16 Boys Red team started in Soggy Carmel Indiana April 22 & 23rd. The bad weather had the positive effect of getting us to play in some fantastic turf venues made available by our hosts, the Carmel United Soccer Club.

Game one was a Good Friday night contest under the lights pitting the Pacesetter Red Team against Carmel United Soccer Club Elite, 95, one of the top ranked teams in Region II and Nationally. The game started slowly as both sides struggled to establish meaningful possession as the ball skipped across the soaked turf. After about 15 Minutes both sides settled in and our Pacesetter U16 boys made a number of dangerous runs and generated some great scoring opportunities. Midway through the half, on a long throw from Daniel Blackmar, Jeff Anderson leapt above the crowd at the Carmel United 6 yard line and headed the ball to Jimmy Pappadimos at the far post. Pappadimos made the most of this opportunity and headed the ball home past the Carmel keeper to take the early lead for pacesetter, 1-0. That lead remained until halftime as the Pacesetter defense kept its shape wonderfully. Defender Ben Rubin made a number of crushing tackles and keeper Michael Geiger showed great leadership from the back and made excellent decisions again and again. Our opponent did not give up, they came out after the half and quickly tied the game with an excellent strike from the 18 by an ambitious midfielder that barely found its way past our diving keeper. The stalemate was short lived however as Striker Brandon Zakeri scooped up a loose ball about 5 minutes later, near the Carmel six yard line and drove what would prove to be the game winner home through traffic. For the remainder of the game, Pacesetter showed they had maturity and skill to close out a quality opponent. It did not hurt that our keeper made an incredible sliding save that would have certainly been the equalizer but for his great effort. Time ran out and the boys left victorious 2-1, proud of a gritty effort but aware that there is much to improve upon this season.

Game two was a midday Saturday match in much better weather. On a very small but absolutely beautiful soccer specific turf pitch, we played a Carmel United Soccer team we were more familiar with, having played them just 3 weeks previous. Pacesetter came out hungry and scored early as Brandon Zakeri swarmed another loose ball and coolly found a corner of the Carmel net for the second time on the weekend. Not to be out done, later in the half, Jimmy Pappadimos scored his second goal of the weekend with a skill volley on a great cross from Matt Almester. Pacesetter entered the half with a 2-0 advantage. The second half was played against a significant breeze and featured tons of chances from our Pacesetter Strikers that just narrowly missed. Memorable were numerous skillful plays along the right touchline by Brendan Mulvaney in his first game action of the weekend after being out with an illness. He showed no signs of rust as he barreled his way through defenders and sent searching crosses through the goal area. Also memorable were the defensive efforts by Cameron Kupetz, Chris Ellis, Dean Mills and Ben Rubin. All in all, a solid dominant performance against a defensively tough opponent.

Game three, played just a couple hours later on Saturday, reminded all present that the soccer can be humbling. Fitness, health, depth, consistent superior effort, and even human imperfection all enter the equation. Game three featured an opponent (Center Grove Inferno) that showed us that in the MRL you better come to play every minute of every game. If something goes wrong, good teams keep their poise, set it aside and soldier on. Unfortunately for us, that was what our opponent did. They spread the field better than we did, they dealt with the chaos better than we did and after 80 Minutes, Pacesetter u16 Red left the field on the losing end of the 1-0 contest. A late goal by our opponent highlighted several unconverted opportunities we had in the game, and we ended up second best on that afternoon. The U16 Red Players, parents, and coaches took a long four hour drive home evaluating our team goals, our personal commitment to those goals and did the best we could to put the weekend into perspective. The loss will be worth it if it reaffirms our will to get better every practice, every game.

Boys 16 Premier Red Perform at Ohio Galaxies Showcase

Game #1 was against FC Barnsley, a team from South Africa. The game began as the sun was coming up and Pacesetter was on the attack from the beginning. Our international opponents were skilled and made some dangerous, spirited runs but the Pacesetter defense was stout, goal-keeping solid, and the attack was non-stop and creative. Adam Gonia surprised our opponent with an early, textbook long throw. The game ended 5-0 - A great way to start the showcase! Jeff Anderson contributed early and often from the midfield with some excellent effort and great passing. Ben Rubin contributed early with an assist from a free kick. Goal scorers included Blake Pappas (2), Jimmy Pappadimos (1), and Brandon Zakeri (2).

Game #2 was a midday contest in much better weather against Dynamo FC, from Indianapolis. Much of the game was played near the 18 yard line of Dynamo FC but their defense proved a bit more difficult to break down. Chris Ellis locked down the back line. All agreed this was perhaps not the most beautiful game of Pacesetter brand soccer ever played, but the game resulted in a 2-nil victory that featured plenty of hard work and determination. Brendan Mulvaney brought his usual toughness and grit to the pitch. The Goals were scored by Matthew Almester and Chris Ellis from defense. Ben Rubin also earned his second assist of the day from defense.

Game #3, the final match of the Showcase, early Sunday, was against another skilled opponent form Indiana, Carmel United Soccer Club. The game started with some good runs on both sides and then settled in to a dominant performance by Pacesetter Red. The Pacesetter midfield controlled the run of play with some great distribution out wide to some creative attacking runs by forwards and defenders. Dean Mills, Ben Rubin, and Adam Gonia all were frequent attackers from their usual starting defensive positions. Cam Kupetz opened the scoring with an emphatic header off of a corner kick from Daniel Blackmar, who also scored goal #2 from close range late in the game. Michael Geiger earned his 3d clean sheet of the weekend.

Regrettably, the team is missing 2 due to injuries (Omar Gad and Sam Miller) but a very nice result for the team's first outing.

Coach Chip Smith stated, "The boys responded very well this weekend to many of the challenges we have given them in training the past few months. Our expectations for this team are that they work harder than their opponent, are more aggressive than their opponent, and also more organized and focused than their opponent. I felt like for the most part we were able to do that each game."

"It was encouraging to see such good play from so many of the boys. At one point or another each guy contributed to solid results this weekend. I believe one of our team strengths is our depth, and that was evident this weekend."

"I have felt that in each match, and training sessions, throughout the winter preseason the team is slowly realizing what it takes to be successful. The approach they have taken has been excellent. Their commitment to each other has been outstanding and I'm hoping that they have truly recognized that that's what you have to do to reach your goals. This weekend was a good example of that."

U-11 Boys Win Indoor

The NWOYSL Winter Tournament was held on February 18, 19, and 20, 2011. The 3v3 Coppus Rental team, made up of three Pacesetter B-U11 Black players, Jordan Halliday, Alex Sample, Tyler Rechsteiner, and two Findlay SC players, Sam Giedeman and Gavyn Coppus, won the B-U11 Division. They were coached by Pacesetter coach Jordan Keefe. Congratulations boys!

PSC Girls Win Derby Cup for 2nd Year

On a cold and sometimes wet day at Central Catholic, there was plenty of Sunshine for the Pacesetter Girls! The Girls' program won the Derby trophy for the 2nd year in a row against GTFC.

The results were as follows:
Gu14s 1- 2 lost
Gu15s 3- 0 won
Gu12's 2-1 won
Gu13's 2-2 Tied (lost on Pk's)
Gu16's 3-2 won
Gu17's 3-0 won

Director of coaching for the girls, Danny Fisher commented, "It was a great day for our girls program. We played some good soccer and even in the game we lost, it was close. The girls created enough chances to win. We expect to continue to improve this side of the program throughout the spring season."

All the money raised on the gate fees went towards the Susan G Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer. Thanks to all participants!

Pacesetter Appoints New DOC Girls

Pacesetter Soccer Club would like to officially announce that effective immediately Danny Fisher has been appointed the Full Time Director of Coaching for the Girls program. For the Spring season Danny will oversee all our girls teams from U8 to U18. Danny will be the initial point of contact on everything associated with the girls program and will work alongside Executive Director of Coaching Jimmy Walker on all matters relating to our girls teams.

Danny has had a tremendous amount of success and experience as a soccer coach. Danny served as the Youth Director of Coaching at Pacesetter from 2009-2011 and achieved great success winning OYSAN State Cup, Mead Cup, PSI, Findlay and Festival tournaments just to name a few.

Prior to Danny's arrival at Pacesetter he served as Girls Director of Coaching at Penn's Forest in Pittsburgh, PA winning 6 girls State Championships. Whilst at Penn's Forest Danny had more than 20 players go on to play at the Division 1 college level as well as having players represent the US National Team. Danny also coached North Carolina standout Meghan Klingenberg who won the NCAA National Championship and Under 20 Women's World Cup.

During his time at Penn's Forest Danny assisted Pacesetter's Executive Director of Coaching Jimmy Walker at NCAA Division 1 program Duquesne University in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Prior to his arrival in America Danny also coached professionally with the youth academy at Wolverhampton Wanderer's in the English Premier League.

Greg McElroy will continue in his role as Director of Coaching for our boys teams. For the Spring season Greg will oversee all our boys teams from U8 to U18. Greg will be the initial point of contact on everything associated with the boy's program and will work alongside Executive Director of Coaching Jimmy Walker on all matters relating to our boys teams.

Greg has had a tremendous amount of success as a player and coach on a regional level. Greg played Collegiately at the University of Kentucky before coaching stints at St. Johns and Ottawa Hills High School.

To this day Greg is the only High School Soccer Coach to win a State Championship in Northwest Ohio. In 2008 his Ottawa Hills Green Bears were crowned champions for the first time in the school history. Greg coached a number of players that have gone on to play at the College level including Ohio State player of the Year and High School All American Elliott Browarsky. Greg was on the very first Pacesetter Team that won a OYSAN State Championship in 1985.

"This is an exciting day for our club as it shows our continued commitment to coaching excellence in Northwest Ohio", said Pacesetter President Todd Cooperider . "We are very excited about the future of the club and we are looking forward to a great spring season."

15 Pacesetters Commit To Play In College

National Signing Day event attracts local media

On Wednesday February 2nd, fifteen members of the Pacesetter Class of 2011 committed to play collegiate soccer and sign for some outstanding institutions. The event was recorded for broadcast on BCSN, Buckeye CableSystem's local sports channel.

This year's senior class at Pacesetter Soccer Club consists of 24 male and female student athletes. Out of twenty-four players, fifteen signed and seven are still deciding on where they will play in the fall of 2011.

"It is fantastic for the club", said Boys Director of Coaching Greg McElroy. "To have a senior class of twenty-four, with potentially twenty-three going on to play in college, is absolutely outstanding. It is great to see how much these players have progressed since they were young kids. To see how many of them are going on to play in college speaks volumes for the player development program in place at Pacesetter Soccer Club."

Pacesetter President Todd Cooperider went on to say, "It is a very proud day for Pacesetter Soccer Club. To see these seniors, who have been in the club all these years, go on to play in college speaks volumes for everyone involved. Our coaches, players and parents have put in a lot of hard work and sacrifice over many years. To see the final product of so many of them going on to play in college is extremely rewarding. It is a very proud day for Pacesetter Soccer Club".

Pacesetter Class of 2011 Commits:

Chaze Copeland - College of Wooster
Ian Jacobs - Ashland University
Jeremy Ashley - Tiffin University
Shawn Banagis - Wright State University
Kaylee Draper - Bowling Green State University
Kelsey Draper - Valparaiso University
Matthew Essig - Duquesne University
Reed Glosser - Wittenberg University
A.J. Klever - Owens College
Adam Montague - Michigan State University
Ryan Peterson - Dayton University
James Roberts - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Karter Sell - Duquesne University
Alec Smith - Owens College
Brad Vahalic - Miami of Ohio Club
Ashton Winkler - Urbana University

Pacesetter Class of 2011 Undecided:

Trey Bracy
Jeff Cooperider
Nicole Fernandez
Chelsea Nye
Aaron Pinkelman
Troy Thompson
Mike Wainz

PSC Players Called Back for 2nd National Team Evaluation

In December Camden Buescher, Alex Wagener and Jimmy Papadimos traveled to Cleveland to be evaluated by the National Team Staff. The three players showed well and have been invited back to Detroit on Wednesday January 26th to be given a second look.

"We are very excited for these young men.", said Boys Director of Coaching, Greg McElroy. "It is a great accomplishment for them to be invited back and we wish them the best of Luck on Wednesday."

PSC Coaches Appointed High School Soccer Positions

Recently, two of our own landed high school coaching positions in the immediate area. After extensive searches by both Sylvania Northview High School, and Notre Dame Academy, their vacancies for head coaching positions have been filled by Jon Haynes and Chip Smith.

Jon will be taking over the boys varsity position for the Wildcats at Northview High School where he once played as a youth player. Jon shares the single season scoring title at Northview from his 2002 campaign as a player with 21 goals. Jon was the Assistant Coach for his Alma Mater for the past five years and this past season was named District Assistant Coach of the Year. As many of you know, Jon has been a coach for Pacesetter for several years, coaching in the academy and taking on some of our youth teams as well. Jon has proven to be an asset to Pacesetter and has shown tremendous progression as a coach.

Chip Smith has accepted a varsity girls position at the Notre Dame Academy. He has been coaching at the high school level for many years on the boys side for us at Pacesetter as well. Chip has had a distinguished coaching career thus far in both the club and high school soccer arenas. Chip has won four state titles with two different teams at Pacesetter. In addition to this, he helped lead St. Francis to a state final appearance, had a final four appearance as head coach at Anthony Wayne and a Regional Final with the Northview girls program. In short, coach Smith has been a winner wherever he's been.

Congratulations to coach Haynes and coach Smith! We look forward to continuing our relationship with them and good luck to both!

PSC Coaches Conduct "Pro" Camp

This past week The Pacesetter Soccer Club conducted their "Train Like A Pro Camp" for girls aged 8 to 15. The girls were put through several coaching topics over the week which included passing and receiving, keeping the ball as a team, defending and attacking play in the final 3rd. The four directors of the club Jimmy Walker, Greg McElroy, Bruce Peterson and Danny Fisher conducted the sessions at Pacesetter's indoor facility on West Central Ave. Bruce Peterson, D.O.C for the Girls at Pacesetter, commented " The girls worked very hard over the week and played some good soccer. They listened to everything we said and at the end of the session answered a Quiz on that session. We were all very pleased with their attitudes and work ethic over the week."

Next week the camps continue with a defending camp to again be held at the indoor facility.

Three PSC Players to be Evaluated by USSF National Team Staff

Camden Buescher in action

Three Pacesetter boys soccer players will be evaluated by national team staff this December in Cleveland Ohio. They will train with the staff in the hopes they will get selected for the regional/national team.

Camden Buescher from our U14 Red team who had an outstanding fall season will attend training camp on December 11th.

Alex Wagener from our U15 red team was selected to the regional team in July and will be going to Cleveland on December 11th and also down to Florida in late December/early January.

Jimmy Papadimos, who had a try-out with Wolverhampton Wanderers of the EPL, will be in Cleveland on December 11th.

Pacesetter Boys Director of coaching Greg McElroy commented that this is a great opportunity for these players and we wish them the best of luck. All three players have done very well for Pacesetter this year and it is a great honor to have this opportunity. We have a number of outstanding players at the club and we are hoping that this can open up the door for future players to be evaluated.

The Pacesetter Soccer Club would like to congratulate these players and wish them the best of luck at Camp.

Pacesetter wins OYSAN Youth Girls Award

Pacesetter Soccer Club won another award over this past weekend as they picked up the OYSAN Youth Girls award for Ohio North, Danny FIsher and Jimmy Walker picked the award up on Saturday at the annual OYSAN Awards Dinner. Walker said "this is another great achievement for the programme and proves how far we have come as a club over the past 2 years", Fisher said "I am really happy with the award it proves the hard work the coaching staff have put into the Youth and girls programme is paying off."

Jimmy Walker,Danny Fisher,Tom Turner OYSAN Director of Coaching and Phil Braselton who picked up an award for services to OYSAN.

Pacesetter Boys High School Players Dominate Post season Awards

After a fantastic 2010 spring season with 10 teams advancing to the Semi Finals of State Cup, our High School players returned to their respective high school teams and continued to dominate the area soccer scene.

St Johns had a great year and advanced to the State Semi Finals loosing to the number 1 team in the nation, St. Ignatius. Ottawa Hills, coached by Pacesetter's Francis Stephens narrowly missed out on the finals, losing a close game to CVCA. Both Final Four teams were predominantly made up of Pacesetter players who had outstanding seasons.

"It was a great fall season for our Pacesetter High school players", said Jimmy Walker Executive Director of Coaching for Pacesetter Soccer Club. "Adam Montague and Reid Glosser from our State championship U18 team were both awarded Player of the Year Honors. On top of that we had 19 players placed on the All district Ballots."

"It is an exciting time for our club and we are very happy with our Boys High School Program", said Boys Director of Coaching Greg McElroy. "To have as many players from our club dominate there high school teams is outstanding. We are looking forward to our upcoming college showcase events and we are eagerly awaiting State Cup in the spring."

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR PLAYERS THAT RECEIVED AWARDS AND A SPECIAL CONGRATS GOES OUT TO FRANCIS STEPHENS FOR GUIDING OTTAWA HILLS TO THE STATE FINAL FOUR AND TO JOHN HAYNES FOR BEING AWARDED ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR.

2010 All District Honors

Boys: Division I All District Players

Adam Montague, Toledo St. John's Jesuit
A.J. Klever, Sylvania Northview
Karter Sell, Perrysburg
Ryan Peterson Toledo St. John's Jesuit
Ashton Winkler, Toledo St. Francis de Sales
Jeremy Ashley, Perrysburg
Troy Thompson, Anthony Wayne
Austin Combs, Anthony Wayne
Shawn Banagis, Perrysburg
Trey Bracy, Findlay
Daniel Blackmar, Sylvania Southview
Nate Watkins, Sylvania Northview
Ian Jacobs, Perryburg
Justin Niese, Toledo St. John's Jesuit
Michael Wainz, Toledo St. Francis de Sales

Player of the Year, Div I: Adam Montague, Toledo St. John's Jesuit

Assistant Coach of the Year, Div I: Jon Haynes, Sylvania Northview

Boys: Division III All District Players

Reed Gloser, Ottawa Hills
Josh Weiss, Lima Temple Christian
Michael Geiger, Ottawa Hills
Logan Glosser Ottawa Hills

Player of the Year, Div III: Reed Gloser, Ottawa Hills

Pacesetter Coaches have success at the Collegiate and High School levels

It has been a very successful fall season for our players and staff at Pacesetter Soccer Club. Our Coaching staff has had a fantastic fall with many of them receiving post season honors at the high school and collegiate level.

Bruce Peterson, Annie Decker and Eric Steege who coach our High school girl's teams were a part of the University of Toledo coaching staff that won the MAC Conference at the NCAA Division 1 level.

Rick Burgin from Northview and Don Jablonski from Central Catholic were awarded coach of the year honors after their teams were crowned conference champions.

John Haynes and Chip Smith were awarded Assistant Coach of the Year honors.

Francis Stephens also had a fantastic season guiding Ottawa Hills to the High School State Semi-finals.

"We are very proud of our coaches for the work they do with our players.", said Director of Coaching Jimmy Walker. "Our staff and players have had a tremendous amount of success both on and off the field this fall and we are very excited about the upcoming winter and spring seasons."

Walker and Fisher earn DOC Diplomas from NSCAA

Pacesetter Soccer Club Directors of Coaching Jimmy Walker and Danny Fisher were awarded with there National Soccer Coaches Association of America Directors of coaching diploma last week in Indianapolis.

The course involved many different areas of coaching education including Technical and Tactical Concepts, Ethics and law, Sports Science, Sports Psychology, Business and Finance, Parent Education and Educating Coaches.

It was a great course said Director of Youth Danny Fisher. We learned a lot over the time we spent studying and got to meet a lot of good people. It was a fantastic course and we came back excited about improving our club said Fisher.

Executive Director of Coaching Jimmy Walker said It is important that we are continuing our education. The game is forever changing and it is important as a staff we are keeping up with the current trends of the game.

Last spring as part of our Clubs ongoing coaching education seven staff members went over and spent time with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa of the English Premier League. The staff spent ten days studying training and coaching concepts and adapted many of the EPL methods to the clubs coaching curriculum.

U12 Boys Red Compete at Mead Cup

The U12 Red boys competed the Labor Day weekend at the Mead Cup Tournament in Dayton. The team played in the Five Star division. The boys started off with a solid win over Classics Premier 3-0. Their next game was a hard fought victory 2-1 over Tri-State FA. The last of their preliminary games ended in a tie 2-2 with WSU.

The boys finished top in their bracket and advanced to the Semi-finals and faced OP Eagles. The game was a tight one with Pacesetter scoring off a header on a corner kick in the first half. (See Pictures) OP answered back in the second half off a free kick to tie the game. Both keepers made several tremendous saves (See pix) to keep the game knotted at one a piece. Through the overtime the chances came for both teams but each keeper came up big, so off to the shootout. Unfortunately Pacesetter came up one shy 4-5 in the shootout, a tough way to lose, but a great game and a great effort all weekend. Congrats boys!

Uniroyal® Tire & Tireman Auto service Centers Donate to Club

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.