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Learn More About YOUR New Inland Empire Youth Soccer Association
Join us for IEYSA Information Nights in your neighborhood! South - Monday, May 24th, 6 pm - Heritage Congregational Church (1801
East 29th Avenue) West - Tuesday, May 25th, 6 pm - Fire Station 16 (5225 North Assembly
Street) North - Wednesday, May 26th, 6 pm - The Service Station (9315 North
Nevada) Central - Thursday, May 27th, 6:30 pm - Northeast Community Center (4001
North Cook) Recreational Soccer Coaches: Register  your team by May 31st and your name will be
entered in our Seattle Sounders FC Getaway Weekend! REGISTER TODAY! |
All It Takes is a Soccer Ball!
The next time your child asks for a pair of shoes, have him/her look at this photo! The most important part is playing soccer, not the shoes that you wear!
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Best of Luck to our Shadow High School Boys & Coaches Competing in State Soccer Tournaments!
| Mead High School
Spencer Button
Jordan Etten
Collin Shockman
Alex Hakes
Jake Gilbertson
Curtis Hill
Travis Hill
Coach: Matt Stueckle
Ferris High School
Matt Bray
Brandon Barber
Sam Butler
Matt LaPlante
Jake Wagner
Cheney High School
Evan Cook
Coach: Mark Kiver
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 Spokane Shadow Youth Soccer Club Newsletter - May, 2010
News & Information for Members and Friends
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Sean's Shadow Spiel
OUR CLUB. This feeling of belonging to something bigger than you; it is more than just belonging to a team. One of the great lessons of being part of a team is to teach kids that one of the keys in this life is caring for and valuing others. "There is more to this world than you" is what I remember constantly saying to my teenager...which I vaguely remember my Mom telling me when I was growing up!
The same value can be transferred from teams to club. Our CLUB is more than a collection of teams that wear the same uniform - there is a sense of purpose and a sense of togetherness. From organization, administration, philosophy, to resources, a true club works for the betterment of others. Our CLUB is far from perfect but this is something that we continue to strive toward.
Our CLUB has, however, accomplished great things! Soon to be published are this past year's club rankings from our state. Shadow is now ranked 6th out of over 70 soccer clubs in Washington! We had been ranked #10 these past two years. Our nearest local competitor finished over 80 points behind us; we finished significantly higher than any Eastern Washington club. It was a record year for our CLUB and one that was born out of the hard work of many, many people within our organization. But certainly, most of all this is a great tribute to our players and our coaches, and something that I hope we do not take for granted.
Our CLUB provides so much more than any one coach can or any one team can. We know we have to keep setting the standards for communication, web sites, administration, training, coaching, and mission. We certainly have work to do; however, it is important to reflect on the good that has occurred. The number of players committed to play in college continues to be another area where we have set the standard, the number of teams that reached the Championship Cup Final 4 and the number of players we have had involved in the Olympic Development Program are other noteworthy accomplishments.
Now that we are about to complete the 2010-2011 season tryouts, it is important to reflect upon why we think we are a good option for your child. It is because we are striving to be a CLUB that meets its purpose, that serves its kids and strives to be better. To that end we are:
- Supporting coaches through licensing programs.
- Building our coaching support and education by adding staff: Matt Stueckle is now our Associate Director of Coaching and Julio Morales is our Director of Coaching for our Select program. They join Niko Varlamos who has dutifully served as the Assistant Director of Coaching for the past 2.5 years.
- Helping direct and educate high school juniors
and seniors in our club who want to pursue college soccer. Coach Kevin Moon will run our club's College Advisory Program.
- Expanding our U10 Junior Program. This innovative, player-centered soccer program will be directed by Coach Moon, and we already have over 90 kids signed up to participate! (The Technical Director of Washington Youth Soccer, Gary White was also excited about our program philosophy and intentions with these youngest of club members.)
There are great reasons to be excited about our CLUB and great reason to want to be a part of what we do. Thank you for being a supporter and thank you to all of the hardworking kids in our CLUB!!!
Enjoy your soccer,
Sean Bushéy
Technical Director
Spokane Shadow Youth Soccer Club
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Record-Setting Finishes for Shadow Premier Teams!
Congratulations to our Shadow Premier players for their outstanding 2010 Championship Cup and Challenge Cup results!
Championship Cup Tournament:
B97 U12 Navy: State Semi Finalists, Fair Play Award Winner
G97 U12 Navy: Elimination Round
G96 U13 Navy: Elimination Round
B95 U14 Navy: Elimination Round
G95 U14 Navy: Semi Finalists, Fair Play Award Winner
B94 U15 Navy: Elimination Round (lost in PKs)
G94 U15 Navy: Elimination Round (lost in OT)
B93 U16 Navy: Elimination Round
G93 U16 Navy: Quarter Finalists
B92 U17 Navy: Quarter Finalists (lost in PKs)
G92 U17 Navy: Semi Finalists
G91 U18 Navy: Semi Finalistsa
Challenge Cup Tournament:
B96 U13 Navy: Elimination Round
G96 U13 Sky: Semi Finalists, Fair Play Award Winner
G95 U14 Sky: Finalists, Fair Play Award Winner
G93 U16 Sky: Semi Finalists (lost in PKs)
  How Many Points Did Eastern Washington Club's Earn in State Cup Tournament Play?Spokane Shadow: 102 pointsSun City Strikers (Yakima): 54 points Three Rivers (Tri-Cities): 39 points River City (Spokane Valley): 17 points SSC Elite (Spokane Valley): 7 points
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What's In a Name?
That which our Shadow players earn from their hard work, commitment, and loyalty! Thanks to so many of you who have voiced support and offered ideas as Shadow may be forced to abandon its name due to SYSA's recent proposal.
Some creative name and logo ideas from one of our U11 players:
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Thank You U11 Shadow Select and U10 Development Program Coaches!
The inaugural season of our unified Shadow U11 Select program enlisted the assistance of new  Shadow coaches. We thank them for the hundreds of hours each one of them offered this past year in service to our players and parents:
U10 Development Pilot Program:
Chris Stiles, Nick Funkhouser, Russ Carder, Allison Tenold, JD Allen, and Kevin Houston
U11 Unified Shadow Select Program:
Cy Frantilla, Sam Morse, Rob Champoux, Lewis Rathbun, Cary Chester, Rick Irvine, Stefan Andersson, Tim Davey, Robb Higdon, Damien Fischer, Ron Nelson, Ray Starkey, Brian Dershem, Mark Derby, Jose Garcia Sanchez, and Mike Herzog.
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