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The Cal South Soccer State Cup starting at the end of March is our boys’ next step up and we are asking for your help to get there.
Where we come from:
Most of the boys have been playing in the Santa Barbara Revolution Youth Soccer League since they were nine years old.
Half our players were then recruited – starting in the 2017-18 season – to play in the US Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) league, which feeds into the US Soccer Youth National team program.
After playing against – and beating – some of the best teams and players in the country in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, the team added a number of new players, and formed the first Santa Barbara Revolution Select club team in the Fall of 2019.
In their first season as Santa Barbara Revolution Select, the boys went 17-1-1, outscoring opponents 104 goals to 12, winning the Cabrillo Cup, and winning promotion in the Coast Soccer League (CSL) for the Fall 2020 season.
Where we’re going:
Almost all our players also play at the local Santa Barbara, Goleta and Carpinteria high schools – including nationally ranked #10 Santa Barbara High and regionally ranked Dos Pueblos High and San Marcos High – and most have just finished their first high school seasons.
Our long term goals are three steps:
1) Ensure the boys are competing at a high enough level that they will attract interest from college soccer programs and scouts
2) Ensure all the boys are academically eligible to continue to compete with their high school soccer programs through graduation
3) Ensure all the boys are academically college ready, and playing at a high enough level that they have opportunity for a college scholarship
More than 200,000 male high school age soccer players graduate every year, and less than 1% of those boys go on to play soccer in college.
Is it difficult? Yes.
Is it possible? Yes!
Our boys have competed at the very highest level against the very best of their peers, and shown soccer-wise that they have the talent.
But they need your help.
How you can help:
Our next step is going to the CalSouth State Cup at the end of March. Doing well there will enable the team to make the case for accelerated promotion to an even higher level of competition in Fall 2020.
More success against better competition will lead to an increased awareness about our boys in the college soccer scouting community, and also provide the boys with clear goals to drive their academic performance.
With the CalSouth State Cup, we’re taking every cost saving measure (five to a room, shared rides, volunteer coaches) possible.
We are also asking each of our team families to contribute $50 per player to help get our boys started with practice as soon as the high school season is over on February 6th.
But we need your help. Most of the initial USSDA players qualified for need-based scholarships from US Soccer two years in a row, and almost all our players would be the first in their family to graduate from a four year university.
We need to raise $4,500 by Wednesday, March 20th.
Your support will help us to fund:
1) Practice field rentals for practice prior to the State Cup
2) Tournament and referee fees thru the initial round of games
3) Travel to and from the State Cup thru the initial round of games (we’re expecting to travel more than 300 miles each weekend) for our 16 player team
Please help us take our next step. It takes the whole community and it’s for the kids!
Thank you!
Half our players were then recruited – starting in the 2017-18 season – to play in the US Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) league, which feeds into the US Soccer Youth National team program.
After playing against – and beating – some of the best teams and players in the country in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, the team added a number of new players, and formed the first Santa Barbara Revolution Select club team in the Fall of 2019.
In their first season as Santa Barbara Revolution Select, the boys went 17-1-1, outscoring opponents 104 goals to 12, winning the Cabrillo Cup, and winning promotion in the Coast Soccer League (CSL) for the Fall 2020 season.
Where we’re going:
Almost all our players also play at the local Santa Barbara, Goleta and Carpinteria high schools – including nationally ranked #10 Santa Barbara High and regionally ranked Dos Pueblos High and San Marcos High – and most have just finished their first high school seasons.
Our long term goals are three steps:
1) Ensure the boys are competing at a high enough level that they will attract interest from college soccer programs and scouts
2) Ensure all the boys are academically eligible to continue to compete with their high school soccer programs through graduation
3) Ensure all the boys are academically college ready, and playing at a high enough level that they have opportunity for a college scholarship
More than 200,000 male high school age soccer players graduate every year, and less than 1% of those boys go on to play soccer in college.
Is it difficult? Yes.
Is it possible? Yes!
Our boys have competed at the very highest level against the very best of their peers, and shown soccer-wise that they have the talent.
But they need your help.
How you can help:
Our next step is going to the CalSouth State Cup at the end of March. Doing well there will enable the team to make the case for accelerated promotion to an even higher level of competition in Fall 2020.
More success against better competition will lead to an increased awareness about our boys in the college soccer scouting community, and also provide the boys with clear goals to drive their academic performance.
With the CalSouth State Cup, we’re taking every cost saving measure (five to a room, shared rides, volunteer coaches) possible.
We are also asking each of our team families to contribute $50 per player to help get our boys started with practice as soon as the high school season is over on February 6th.
But we need your help. Most of the initial USSDA players qualified for need-based scholarships from US Soccer two years in a row, and almost all our players would be the first in their family to graduate from a four year university.
We need to raise $4,500 by Wednesday, March 20th.
Your support will help us to fund:
1) Practice field rentals for practice prior to the State Cup
2) Tournament and referee fees thru the initial round of games
3) Travel to and from the State Cup thru the initial round of games (we’re expecting to travel more than 300 miles each weekend) for our 16 player team
Please help us take our next step. It takes the whole community and it’s for the kids!
Thank you!
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______________________________________________________________________________ En espanol: La Copa del Estado de Cal South Soccer que comienza a marzo 28th es el siguiente paso para nuestros muchachos y estamos pidiendo su ayuda para llegar allí. De donde venimos: La mayoría de los niños han estado jugando juntos en diferentes equipos desde que tenían nueve años en la Liga de Fútbol Juvenil de la Revolución de Santa Bárbara.
La mitad de nuestros jugadores fueron reclutados, comenzando en la temporada 2017-18, para jugar en la liga de la Academia de Desarrollo de Fútbol de EE. UU. (USSDA), que se incorpora al programa del equipo nacional juvenil de fútbol de EE. UU.
Después de jugar contra, y vencer, a algunos de los mejores equipos y jugadores del país en las temporadas 2017-18 y 2018-19, el equipo agregó nuevos jugadores y formó Santa Barbara Revolution Select equipo en el otoño de 2019.
En nuestra primera temporada como Santa Barbara Revolution Select, los muchachos se fueron 17-1-1 (bajo el club DMS Santa Ynez, ¡gracias!), superando a los oponentes 104 goles a 12, ganando la Copa Cabrillo, ganando la promoción en la Coast Soccer League (CSL) y participando en la CSL League Cup.
A donde vamos:
Casi todos nuestros jugadores también juegan en las escuelas secundarias locales de Santa Bárbara, Goleta y Carpinteria, incluidas la Preparatoria Santa Bárbara número 10 a nivel nacional y la Preparatoria Dos Pueblos y la Preparatoria San Marcos a nivel regional, y apenas están terminando sus temporadas de escuela secundaria.
Nuestros objetivos a largo plazo son tres pasos:
1) Asegúrese de que los niños compitan a un nivel lo suficientemente alto como para atraer el interés de los programas universitarios y busca talentos
2) Asegúrese de que todos los niños sean académicamente elegibles para continuar compitiendo con sus programas de fútbol de la escuela secundaria
3) Asegúrese de que todos los niños estén académicamente preparados para la universidad y que jueguen a un nivel lo suficientemente alto como para tener la oportunidad de obtener una beca universitaria
Cada año se gradúan más de 200,000 jugadores masculinos de fútbol de secundaria, y menos del 1% de esos niños juegan fútbol en la universidad.
¿Entonces es difícil? Si.
¿Es posible? También si.
Nuestros muchachos han competido al más alto nivel contra los mejores de sus compañeros, y se les ha demostrado en el fútbol que tienen el talento.
Pero necesitan tu ayuda.
Cómo puedes ayudar:
Nuestro próximo paso es ir a la CalSouth State Cup a fines de marzo. Con tu ayuda, y si nos hacemos bien, el equipo podrá solicitar una promoción acelerada.
Esto conducirá a una mayor conciencia sobre nuestros niños en la comunidad de ojeador de fútbol de universidad, y también les proporcionará a los niños un objetivo claro que ayudará a impulsar su rendimiento académico.
Con la CalSouth State Cup, estamos tomando todas las medidas de ahorro de costos (cinco personas por habitación, viajes compartidos, profesores de futbol voluntarios) posibles. También estamos pidiendo a cada una de nuestras familias que contribuyan $50 por familia para ayudar a que nuestros niños comiencen a practicar tan pronto como termine la temporada de la escuela secundaria el 6 de febrero.
Pero también necesitamos su ayuda.
Por ejemplo, la mayoría del equipo inicial de la USSDA calificó para becas basadas de necesidad financiera de US Soccer dos años seguidos, y casi todos nuestros jugadores serían los primeros en su familia en graduarse de una universidad de cuatro años.
Necesitamos recaudar $ 4,500 para el miércoles 20 de marzo.
Su apoyo nos ayudará a financiar:
1) Practique alquileres de campo antes de la Copa del Estado
2) Torneos y honorarios de árbitros durante nueve partidos hasta la final de la Copa del Estado (tocar madera)
3) Viaje hacia y desde la Copa del Estado durante tres fines de semana (esperamos viajar más de 300 millas cada fin de semana) para nuestro equipo de 16 jugadores
Por favor, ayúdenos a dar nuestro siguiente paso. Se necesita toda la comunidad.
¡Gracias!
