Texas Soccer Club - Texans
The Texans are the boys division of the Texas Soccer club. Led by an amazing staff of trainers, the Texans have become a premier soccer organization attracting players from all over the Houston area.
Brian Ching of the Houston Dynamo Attends Practice with the U11 and U12's
Brian Ching from the Houston Dynamo came out to Meyer Park Tuesday, February 5th to sign autographs for our U11 and U12 teams as part of TSC’s sponsorship with Gatorade. Gatorade brought Brian out in conjunction with the USA vs. Mexico game to be held Wednesday, February 6th.
Feb 5
TSC Texans 90/91 Success at Disney Showcase - "The Proving Ground"
3 TSC Texans (U15, U17 and U18) teams played at the Disney Showcase and the highlight was the U17 TSC Texans who played some of their best soccer. They beat the Indiana State Champions, New Jersey State Champions, South Carolina State Champions and the Missouri State Champions to Advance to the Finals of the Disney Showcase, One of the best events in the country. They played the New York State Champions in the Final and had the better chances to win the game. At the end of regulation the teams were tied 1-1 and that score stayed the same during overtime. We went into PK’s and New York edged us out scoring all 5 PK’s, we missed 1. It was an outstanding week as many of our players have opened more doors to college programs. The Texas Blue Chip Showcase is next for the U17’s on February 9th and 10th, 2008.
Jan 4
TSC and Texas Sports Medicine Center Partner to Help Texan Player Bounce Back After Injury
After a lot of hard work with the team at Texas Sports Medicine Center, Sean, TSC Texans 95/96, is ready to return to the field. more
Oct 30
TSC Texans 88/89 win US Youth Soccer National Cup State Championship
In early June, the TSC
Texans 88/89 won the US Youth Soccer National
Cup State Championship in Austin. The TSC U18 Boys won the state championship
for South Texas with a 1-1 tie vs old rivals Houstonians FC 89, a 3-0
win over the AU Capitals Navy, and a 3-2 win in an exciting hard-fought
game vs the Lonestars 89B Red.
The U18 TSC Texans will go on to compete in the Region 3 US Youth Soccer National Cup Regionals in Oklahoma City at the end of June, and they have drawn a tough first round bracket. They will face another old time rival, Solar 89 of North Texas, as well as the Cobb FC Chiefs from Georgia and the Westside Capitals from Arkansas.
Jun 25
TSC Texans Elite '91 Win the Region III President's Cup in Tampa, Florida
The TSC Texans Elite '91, after winning the STYSA President's Cup State Championship in May, travelled to Tampa, Florida, for the Region III President's Cup competition over the weekend of June 8-10. This tournament pulls teams from 12 state associations to determine a champion. This year 10 teams in the U16 age group made the trip to Tampa.
The Elite '91 team had an amazing run through the Regional competition, scoring 13 goals while allowing none to be scored against them through their five games. Only a 0-0 tie game in their opener against the Florida team kept them from an all-wininng tournament.
After the tie against Florida, which was delayed and then interupted again due to lightning, the Texans Elite easily handled the Tennessee team winning 6-0, and then dominated the Oklahoma team 2-0 to finish the prelims at the top of their bracket.
In the semi-finals, against the Louisana team, the Lafayette Thunder, the Texans Elite played an outstanding game, again stopping the opponent's offense and scoring 4 goals of their own to win 4-0.
The finals, played in the mid-afternoon heat and humidity of Tampa, pitted the Texans against the North Texas representative, the DFW Tejanos Premier from the Dallas area. A hard-fought game to the very end, the Texans again prevented any scoring and topped the Tejanos by a 1-0 score.
Our congratulations to the boys, and also to their trainer, coaches and parents on the crowning finish to an outstanding season!
TSC Texans Ranked #17 in the Country!
Texas Soccer Club Texans is the only South Texas soccer club to rank in Soccer America's Top 20 list based on the following criteria:
Soccer America selects the top 20 clubs, based on success of their teams in national youth championships over the last three years and national recognition for players (including U.S. national youth team selections and U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Interregional All-Stars) from these clubs in 2006.
www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562138498
U12 TSC Texans and U18 TSC Texans Invited to Dallas Cup
Dr Pepper Dallas Cup XXVIII (April 1 - April 8, 2007) offers the most competitive international youth soccer in North America plus genuine Texas hospitality. The Dallas Cup is by invitation only and teams are selected for invitation based on their competitive performance as shown on the on-line application which is normally available in late summer for the following year’s tournament. All performance information is verified through the Dallas Cup’s world wide network. In past years, teams and referees have traveled to Dallas from ninety-eight countries and six continents. Share the excitement of world class competition, make new soccer friends and enjoy a fun- filled week of activities.
Go to www.dallascup.com to follow the success of these teams.
U12 Group TSC Texans Bracket
- FC Barcelona USA
- California
- Kendall Soccer White-Explosion
- Florida
- Lower Merion Cannibals
- Pennsylvania
- TSC Texans
- Texas
U18 Group TSC Texans Bracket
- Takigawa Dai Ni
- Japan
- FC Milwaukee Blue
- Wisconsin
- TSC Texans
- Texas
- Royal Navy
- England
Mar 27
Texas Blue Chip College Showcase a HUGE SUCCESS!
The Texas Blue Chip College Coaches Showcase was a huge success again in 2007. With the top sophomores, juniors and seniors teams from Denver, Tulsa, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Austin, and San Antonio and Houston.
Here is what a few college coaches had to say:
- Lev Kirshner-Head Coach San Diego State University—Great job on the tourney. First class all the way.
- Tom Wait-Head Coach Letourneau University—The tournament was a model for others. I made several contacts and could not have been made to feel more comfortable than what you and your parents provided. I will look forward to next year.
- Tim McClements, Assistant Coach at SMU—Thanks for everything this weekend!!! The showcase was a great event as usual.
- Kevin Fickes-Assistant Coach at Colorado School of Mines and Head coach of Real Colorado U16 Team—Great event this year! The weather was great, the competition good, and the fields made the boys very happy. As a college coach, the event was hospitable as always, and lots of good players to see.
Feb 19
Houston Dynamo Adds Former Club player Justin Douglass in 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft
Justin Douglass, from Spring, TX, played Club Soccer for the Classics Soccer Club 84/85 Blue under Scott Dymond since he was 9 years old. A graduate from Strake Jesuit High School, Douglass earned First Team All-MVC honors for the second consecutive season and was named to the NSCAA/adidas All-Midwest Region Second Team in 2006 while playing for Missouri State University. He was also named to the 2006 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team for the second-consecutive season and was named the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Sept. 13. Justin must report to the team on Thursday, January 25th for entry physicals. The Houston Dynamo will open its 2007 regular season on Sunday, April 8, against the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Congratulations to Justin!
Jan 21
TSC Texans Named All American and Texas High School Player of the Year
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America and adidas have recently selected Chad Bauman, TSC Texans 88-89 Co-Captain, as a 2006 NSCAA/adidas High School Boys ALL-AMERICAN. Coaches also ranked top players in the state and voted Bauman as the NSCAA/adidas High School Texas STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
Chad has been invited to attend a National Convention in Indianapolis where the All-America Team and State players will be honored. Chad received Klein High School’s MVP award last season for offense and was named in the Houston Chronicle as the district 14-5A MVP. In addition, Chad was named ‘06 1st team All-District as a fullback for football and in December was one of 5 scholar/athlete award winners from across the nation receiving a scholarship from Rivals.com and Warner Bros. The award and scholarship were presented to Chad in Los Angeles as part of the “We Are Marshall” movie premier. Chad has given a verbal to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Chad has been on the TSC Texans 88-89 since moving to Houston in 2000.
Jan 5
Texans Alumni Named Player-of-the-Week
ALEX DAWSON OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a first-year forward from spring, Texas,
has been selected the SCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week
for matches played from Friday, September 1 through Monday, September
4.
Dawson scored a pair of goals and had an assist in Austin College’s two wins over Mary Hardin-Baylor and McMurry to begin the season. Dawson scored in the second half of a 3-0 win over UMHB and assisted on the game winner versus McMurry. Dawson added a tally of his own to seal the victory at McMurry.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore forward German Gomez (TSC Texans alumni) of Trinity helped the Tigers to two wins to open the 2006 season, defeating Hardin-Simmons and UT-Tyler 5-2 and 5-1, respectively. Gomez sealed the win over UT-Tyler with back-to-back second half goals off the bench. With Trinity clinging to a 2-1 lead, Gomez’s 58th and 64th minute goals put the game out of reach. Junior forward Nick Judah of Centre started where he left off last season, scoring in each half to help lead the Colonels to an opening 3-0 win over visiting Hanover College. Judah, who finished with a team-leading nine goals last season, scored in the 20th minute off a near-post blast and in the 53rd minute on a break-away. Senior forward Nick Noel of DePauw scored two goals and assisted on the other in the Tigers' 3-1 win over Alma. Senior forward Lauro Davalos of Southwestern played a major role in the Pirates offense in their first two games of the season as Southwestern split games against UT-Tyler and Hardin-Simmons. Davalos assisted both of the Pirate goals in the 4-2 loss to Texas-Tyler. The next day, the Pirates faced off against Hardin-Simmons and Davalos helped get things rolling with an assist at 21:23, giving SU its first lead of the season. Later, with less than five minutes to play, Davalos fed Cory Fujimoto for the game-winner and his fourth assist in two games. Junior midfielder Nick Forsten (TSC Texans alumni) of Hendrix had one goal on six shots (four on goal) in the Warriors' season-opening win over Louisiana College, 2-1. Austin, Millsaps, Oglethorpe, Rhodes and Sewanee did not nominate anyone for the award.
Sept 10
Texans Elite '91 Win Plano Invitational!
The Plano Invitational tournament got off to a rocky start for our Texans Elite 91 (photo) as they lost their first match on Saturday. But, they didn't let this get them down and they won the remaining two pre-lim games, each by a score of 2-1, and ended up as the top-seeded team in their bracket, advancing to the quarter-final game on Sunday afternoon.
The wins just kept on rolling in as they won the Quarter-final match 2-1 over the Texas Longhorns 91 Navy; then the Semi-final on Monday morning over the Andromeda North team by the convincing score of 3-0.
Our opponent in the finals was the Texas Football Club 91 Boys. We had previously played and beaten them 2-1 in the pre-lims, but they had several starters out for that game and we expected a different team for the finals.
The game, played at Pizza Hut Park, home of the Dallas FC MLS team, took place in near-constant light rain. The wet field and ball contributed to a slow start, but midway through the first half Patrick passed to Carlos for our first goal. The half ended with us in the lead 1-0.
But we knew the opponents were capable of coming back since they were down 2-0 earlier in the morning and ended up winning their Semi-final match, 6-2. Our defenders continued to hold them scoreless to the end and the 2-0 score was eventually final.
Congratulations, Champions!
Sept 7
Professional Training for Girls and Boys, ages U7 to U14
Texas Soccer Club –Texans announce Fall Academy Programs:
Starts September 11, 2006
Academy Goals and Objectives:
- Competitive and challenging, but in an enjoyable training atmosphere
- Emphasis on skill development
- Is the developmental bridge between recreational soccer and select soccer
- Teaching players within small sided games to maximize technical development and decision making.
Texans (boys) Academy Registration
Aug 14
Texans Trainers' Earn their USSF "A" License
Scott James and Marc Castillo have earned their USSF "A" license at the Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. The USSF A is currently the highest level of soccer coaching license in the USA.
Our congratulations to both trainers for their hard work in receiving this honor. Their commitment to the players, the club, and our sport is greatly appreciated!
Aug 9
ODP Region III Updates
5 players make 1993 ODP Region III Pool from the TSC Texans, and 3 of those players will travel to Boston for the U14 National Camp.
Congratulations to the 4 players from the TSC Texans who traveled to Mississippi
State Universtiy for the Region III ODP Camp as
representatives of the South Texas ODP State team. 4 players at
this
event were selected for the Region III ODP Pool, these players
include:
1) Danny Avant
2) Martin Vasquez
3) Cody Lofgren
4) William Gagnon
In addition to making the Region III ODP Pool, Cody Lofgren and
William Gagnon were selected to attend the U14 National Camp in
Boston the first week of August. Antonio Rocha was also selected to attend
the U14 National Camp by Region III and US Soccer.
Congratulations to these players and to the TSC Texans!!
July 16
TSC Texans Player makes the U17 Puerto Rican National Team
Rico Pardo on the TSC Texans 89/90 Team has been selected for the Puerto Rico National Team. His mother is from Puerto Rico and he was visiting there for part of the summer and tried out for the Team. He made the team and he has been training every day five hours a day.
He will
stay
in Puerto Rico the whole month of July and will be traveling to
the U17
CONCACAF World cup qualifiers which will be held in Trinidad. The
competition will begin on August 12th and will end on August 20
or 22nd
depending if they qualify for the next round. This is a great
opportunity for Rico represent the national team and compete against
other countries. They are in group B and will play against Anguilla,
Panama and St Lucia.
Good Luck Rico!
July 16
The TSC Classics U19 place 2nd at the Region III President's Cup
The TSC Classics U19 placed 2nd at the Region III President's Cup, losing to Kissimee, FL 1-0 in the Final. The competition was held at the Jack Russell Soccer Complex in Decatur, AL.
The TSC Classics advanced to the final with a 3-0 win in the semi-finals against the Cobras from Nashville, TN. The first goal of the semifinal match came on an own-goal from a Matthew Lewis free-kick just outside the penalty area. In the second half, TSC had most of the possession resulting in two goals, one from Matthew Lewis and another from Jarrod Payne. It was both players' second goal of the competition. The Cobras won the competition the previous year (U18).
The final saw numerous opportunities for TSC Classics to score, missing several chances in the first half. At halftime, TSC had 8 corners and 10 shots compared to 2 corners and two shots for Florida. The lack of goals did not take away from the excitement of the game, though. The second half was end-to-end action with both teams missing several chances. But, in the 90th minute of the game, Florida were on the attack and were able to capitalize on a missed clearance to score the only goal of the game.
In three round-robin games TSC had two wins and a loss, scoring 9 goals and conceding only two. Their loss was to another team from Tennessee. Leading scorers for TSC Classics were Alex Medina (3), Matthew Lewis (2), Jarrod Payne (2), Kenny Garcia (1) and Michael McCarthy (1).
June 17
Congratulations to the U18 TSC Classics Premier on a Great Season
The U18 TSC Classics Premier Finished 2nd in the South Texas USYS State Championship. The team also made it to the Quarter-finals in the prestigious Dallas Cup in April. The Team had results in all but 2 games all spring and was the only team to defeat the National Champions Dallas Texas in the Premier League in 2005. The group has many of the players moving on to play college soccer. The group will come back at U19 to represent the club in the U-19 USYS State Championship.
| Dan Williams | Queens University |
| Matt Halton | Catawba College |
| Mo Assi | Centenary College |
| Allan Llobet | Trinity University |
| Shane Browning | UT at Dallas |
| Jack Robertson | South Carolina-Upstate |
| Kyle Souders | Queens University |
| Chris Schardon | Trinity University |
| Doug Killebrew | Winthrop University |
| Casey Hibbs | SMU |
| Xavier Medrano | San Jacinto Jr. College |
| Stephen Rifai | Centenary College |
| Lance Parks | Texas Lutheran or West Texas A&M |
| *Nathan Thornton | Clemson University |
| Stephen Anderton | non-soccer at Univ. of Texas |
| Aaron Brown | non-soccer at Univ. of Texas |
| Kirk Madsen | High School Junior |
* was moved to another team within the club in January
Congratulations to U11 TSC-Texans Fire and U17 TSC-Texans 88/89
The U11 TSC-Texans Fire and U17 TSC-Texans 88/89 both finished in first place in EDDOA and 3rd place in National Cup State. Congratulations to both teams on a great season!