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Soccer commitment proves time-consuming
The life of a high school soccer player seeking
championships and scholarships bears little resemblance to what a normal
student experiences. It also might be a bit more expensive.
Weekends — in and out of season — often consist of
sleeping in hotels or playing back-to-back games. Nights are spent
training, and summers often consist of crashing in vacant college dorms
for technical camps.
Whether a player is part of the high school team,
joins one of the area's elite teams or participates in an Olympic
Development Program, much time is spent training, practicing and gaming,
which ultimately affects social lives, family commitments and college
choices. In high school, it starts with the preseason where time is set
aside up to three times a day to test players' talents, fitness and
potential through running, agility and technical tests.
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FC Bucks girls soccer turns
tragedy into triumph
 The
season started off with tragedy for the FC Bucks Vipers girls soccer team
as their coach's son-in-law was murdered.
But it ended in triumph, as they became the first girls team from
Pennsylvania to win a US Youth Soccer national championship.
"It's really a storybook ending," said co-captain Taylor Houck, a Chalfont
resident.
The end came Sunday in Lancaster, Mass., when a goal by Abington's Maddie
Evans in the 52nd minute held up and FC Bucks defeated the Ohio Elite
Soccer Academy, 1-0, to win the Under-18 title.
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Oakside Community Park to develop new soccer complex
 Up
to a dozen new soccer fields and an extended walking trail are on tap for
Biglerville’s Oakside Park. Work is slated to begin this fall, according
to Upper Adams JayCees Treasurer Robert Tate.
The last major project was a 15-acre expansion in 2002 that created two
Little League fields
“It’s one of those things we do as we have the money (and) as the need
arises,” Tate said.
The need has arisen.
“More than 200 youth in two soccer organizations, AYSO and South Penn
Soccer, currently play at Oakside Park,” Tate said. “The fields they are
using were laid out on a lawn area that was not designed for that
purpose.”
He noted the existing soccer field is “uneven and not well drained.”
The new soccer complex, on 24 currently unused acres between the existing
soccer fields and Pa. 394, will provide for up to 12 soccer fields, for
players six to adult. One of the fields will be designed to allow use as a
U-10 field or as several U-6 fields. New parking areas will provide
overflow parking for existing baseball and softball fields
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2008 EPYSA STATE CUP
CHAMPIONS
U-12 West Mont United Blue Devils
U-13 Lower Merion Heart
U-14 FC Pennsylvania Strikers
U-15 Spirit United Gaels
U-16 YMS Premier Comets
U-17 CRUSA FC Bucks Viper
U-18 FC Delco Fury II
U-19 FC Pennsylvania Strikers
2008 PA WEST STATE CUP CHAMPIONS
U12 Girls Penns Forest
U13 Girls Moon
U14 Girls Beadling
U15 Girls Beadling
U16 Girls Beadling
U17 Girls Beadling
U18 Girls Knoch Area
U19 Girls Beadling
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