Cassie Miller, was among the 18 players who made the cut to travel with the U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team in a couple of weeks to a two-week tournament in Spain. That event will serve as a warm-up for the CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament in Guatemala from May 2-13. This past week, Miller took part in a domestic training camp in Sunrise, Fla., during which 24 players were evaluated over a pair of friendly victories against Germany. At the upcoming CONCACAF qualifier, the finalists and third-place match winner will qualify for the 2012 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup which will take place from Sept. 22-Oct. 13 in Azerbaijan.

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 Tucson, AZ - Tonight marks the opening games of the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup at a reinvented Kino Stadium. For the next 2 weeks all eyes in the MLS (and NBC Sports) will be on Tucson, AZ as last year’s MLS Cup Champion LA Galaxy join NY Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake and New England Revolution in some final tune-ups approaching the MLS regular season.  Expected on the pitch are all-stars Beckham, Donovan, Henry, Marquez, Rimando and Beckerman along with rising stars Luis Gil, Kelyn Rowe and RSL Academy’s Carlos Salcedo.  A ticket to the event features two matches each night (at 6 and 8pm). Enter the offer code SERENO to get our club discount from our friends at FC Tucson!

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  Phoenix, AZ - The Sereno 94 BW and Sereno 95 BW teams ran through a gauntlet of top teams and state champions from Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Virginia and Washington to win their respective titles at the 33rd President’s Day Tournament last weekend.  Congratulations!

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Sereno is holding the USSF E Course (open to all coaches throughout the state) with Austin Daniels, AYSA Technical Director, as the lead instructor for the course. For more information please click on the Coaches Corner on the left or contact Michelle Golowatsch at mich@serenosoccer.org. Dates: April 13, 14, and 15, 2012.

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A great week for Sereno players! As Julie Johnston (92), Santa Clara, was selected for the U20 Women’s National Team Tournament in La Marca, Spain. Also, current 94 players signed National Letters of Intent February 1, 2012: Aly DeRonde (Nevada), Alix Williams (Nevada), Lucy Lara (ASU), Courtney Chung (NAU), Katie Boyle (ELON), Jenn Stuart (CSU Fullerton), Kim Smith (Missouri State), Sydney Tomlinson (Cincinnati), and Shelby Oelschlager (Valparaiso). In addition, the future looks bright for up and coming players who have been selected to attend National Camps in the coming weeks: Cassie Miller (95), Jorian Baucom (96) and Jalen Tompkins (97). The coaching staff and club are very proud of the girls achievements. [+]

Congratulations to the following players on making the ODP Tournament Team: 97 Boys 1st Team- Brooks Lennon, 98 Boys 1st Team- Steven Lippe, 95 Girls 2nd Team- Kathryn Yancone, 97 Girls 1st Team- Jalen Tompkins, and 99 Girls Team- Jenna Parkhurst. We are extremely proud of all of our players that competed in the ODP Tournament!

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Thanks to our partners at ATHLETES’ PERFORMANCE, members of our coaching staff had the opportunity to sit down with Jurgen Klinsmann, US Men’s National Team Head Coach. The US Men’s National Team is in Phoenix to play a friendly Saturday January 21, 2012 at 7:00pm vs Venezuela.

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Congratulations to the 40 Sereno players in the ’99 to ’95 age-groups for being selected to the 2011-12 Arizona Youth Soccer - Olympic Development Program - Region IV Championship rosters. These teams will represent Arizona in the 2012 Region IV ODP Championship’s to be held January 14-17 at the Reach 11 Sports Complex in Phoenix, Arizona.

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98 Girls South won the San Tan Holiday Classic! The girls went undefeated, beating San Tan 3-0 in the finals, giving up only one goal the entire weekend and scoring 17 goals. Congratulations on a great tournament!

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Phoenix, AZ - This past weekend (11/19-11/20) the Sereno 94 Boys White team won the U-18 Far West Region League Fall Championship.  The boys went undefeated in their divisional regular season matches qualifying for the Championship Round.  For the Championship Round the boys defeated TSA 94 Red (AZ), West Coast FC (CA) - previously undefeated winner of the other division and the 2011 Region IV Champion Rush Nike Argonauts (NM).  The title secures their spot at the USYS Region IV Championships to be held in Phoenix June 18-24th, 2012. Congratulations to the boys and Coach David Robertson.

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  The 01 Boys White South had the opportunity to play at halftime of the season opener for the new Pro indoor soccer team the Phoenix Monsoon. Luis Dabo, the head coach  was so excited to see our boys play that he is going to choose one of the boys to receive an autographed picture of him and PELE. The Monsoon play in the PASL which is the Professional Arena Soccer League  http://www.paslsoccer.com/ . The Monsoon have offered to discount tickets for Sereno family’s;  $5 for the players in Sereno gear and $10 for their parents and siblings. 

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