CAL SOUTH NATIONAL CUP NAMES 7 MORE OLDERS CHAMPIONS

U16 Slammers FC Girls Capture Their 5th Consecutive National Cup Title
West Coast FC Wins 3rd & 4th National Cup Titles of Year
Championship Teams Move On To U.S. Youth Soccer Far West Regionals in Lancaster, CA - June 15-21

May 18, 2009 (San Juan Capistrano, CA) - Seven more championship trophies were handed out to some most deserving teams this weekend during the Cal South National Cup Semi-Finals and Finals rounds, held on the fields of the Rancho Capistrano Soccer Complex on Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17. Teams in the U14 through U17 age brackets competed to not only win a coveted National Cup trophy, but also to automatically advance towards the U.S. Youth Soccer Far West Regionals in June in Lancaster, CA, the next stop on the way to the crown jewel of youth soccer, the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Massachussets in July.

The U16 girls of the Slammers Futbol Club achieved an extremely rare feat: winning five consecutive National Cup titles, starting as U12 champions in 2005. But getting their fifth in a row wasn't easy. After a string of shutouts led them into Saturday's semi-final, they ended up locked 1-all with the San Diego Surf White at the end of regulation and overtime. The Slammers overcame the Surf on penalty kicks, 4-2, leading to a hard-fought Sunday duel against the Eagles Soccer Club for the GU16 title, in which the Slammers prevailed 2-1. The Slammers FC Girls Under-18 team also grabbed a National Cup title for the club the previous weekend in Temecula.

For sheer club success in the Cal South National Cup this year, no one comes close to West Coast Futbol Club, which captured its third and fourth titles of the tournament this weekend, having already seen its boys and girls U13 teams both rack up National Cup titles back in March. The West Coast boys team met up against the Irvine Strikers in Saturday's U14 final, shutting the Strikers out, 2-0. In Sunday's U16 final match, West Coast FC was involved in laying down another shutout, blanking the South Bay Force Black, 4-0 to grab the National Cup crown.

In other boys' bracket action, Aztecs FC followed suit in shutting out Arsenal FC, 2-0 to win the BU15 title, while the Boys Under-17 United Futbol Club had to battle FC San Diego through overtime to crawl out victorious with a 1-0 shutout. In the remaining girls' matches, CZ Elite Soccer defeated the San Diego Surf to nab the GU15 title, and in the GU17 title match, the Real So Cal Blue team pulled off the amazing feat of defeating the 2007 National Champion So Cal Blues (who also competed for last year's National Championship), 1-0.

The U19s will begin play this Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May 23, with their Finals round to be held on June 7, which will complete National Cup play for the year. All winning teams at the Cal South National Cup in the U12 to U19 brackets will move on to Lancaster, CA on June 15-21 for the Cal South-hosted U.S. Youth Soccer Far West Regionals. Teams that succeed as champions there in the U14-U19 brackets would then move on to the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships from July 20-26 in Lancaster, Massachusetts.

Boys Division		2009	Girls Division
Champion	Finalist		Champion	Finalist
Legends FC West Coast FC West Coast FC Aztecs FC Premier West Coast FC United FC Black Atlante S.D.	SD Surf White Legends FC ISC Strikers Arsenal FC South Bay Force Blue FC San Diego Gold Brasil FC	«- U12 -» «- U13 -» «- U14 -» «- U15 -» «- U16 -» «- U17 -» «- U18 -» «- U19 -»	Arsenal FC West Coast FC The X-Treme Breakaway CZ Elite Soccer Slammers FC Real So Cal Blue Slammers FC	Legends FC South Bay Force Black So Cal Blues SD Surf White Eagles So Cal Blues Eagles

CAL SOUTH APPROVES FIRST ADULT LEAGUES

City of Los Angeles Municipal Sports highlights list of first adult league approvals

May 15, 2009 (Fullerton, CA) - In less than a week after posting the new Adult League Application, the Cal South Board of Directors has approved its first three leagues for the 2009-2010 seasonal year. The approved leagues include the City of Los Angeles Municipal Sports Adult Soccer programs, Laguna Niguel Football Association and the Copa Cabana Beach Soccer League.

"We are excited to get started and happy to have the City of Los Angeles Municipal Sports as our first approved adult league," states John Weinerth, Chief Executive Officer of Cal South. "We have upwards of ten league applications in process and anticipate approving around five new leagues on a weekly basis moving forward.

"The fact that we already have a beach soccer league approved and are in discussions with other beach leagues, futsal programs, women's leagues and several other city programs aligns us well towards launching with a diverse spectrum of adult programs. Our tag line of All Ages, All Skill Levels drives us towards that."

For more information on Cal South Adult Leagues, click here.

To download the Cal South Adult League Application, click here.

For a list of Cal South Sanctioned Adult Leagues, click here.

CAL SOUTH ODP RELEASES '93 & '94 SUMMER POOL ROSTERS

Training for '93 & '94 Summer Pools begins Saturday, May 30 at Irvine Valley College

May 15, 2009 (Fullerton, CA) - 113 boys and 94 girls from all across Cal South were named this week as selections for the 1993 and 1994 ODP Summer 2009 Player Pools by the Cal South Olympic Development Program. Training for these pools begins on Saturday, May 30 at Irvine Valley College.

The players on the '95 Summer Player Pools were announced here on CalSouth.com last week, and the players for the '96 Pools were named late in March. The full pool rosters can be found below, or can be accessed on the Cal South ODP page.

About Cal South ODP:

The Cal South Olympic Development Program (ODP) is an elite player identification program sanctioned through the United States Soccer Federation. Cal South's ODP is the most successful ODP program in the United States and has helped to identify past and present U.S. stars such as: Landon Donovan, Eric Wynalda, Julie Foudy, Joy Fawcett, Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri, Cobi Jones, Joe-Max Moore, Jovan Kirovski, John O'Brien, Carin Jennings, Sacha Kljestan, Jonathan Bornstein, Marvell Wynne, Maurice Edu and Jennifer Lawlor. For more information regarding the ODP selection process, please click here for a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). To read more on the Cal South Olympic Development Program, please click here.

1993 ODP SUMMER POOLS - Released May 13, 2009
1993 BOYS Oscar Alba / Anaheim Fabian Arroyo / Torrance Griffin Barra / La Jolla Eric Bishop / Laguna Hills Watt Boyer / Los Alamitos Richard Burns / Long Beach Kalvin Castrejon / Jordon Cordon / El Monte Kevin Edmonds / Irvine Erik Esqivel / Saugus Luis Farfan / Wildomar Ryan Felix / Corona Issac Flores / Oxnard Jesse Gama / Taft Jaun Garcia / Camarillo Nicholas Garcia / Ventura Nicholas Gonsalves / San Diego Christian Gonzales / San Juan Capistrano Carlos Gonzalez / San Fernando Juan Gutierrez / Santa Ana Richardo Guttierrez / Tustin Nicholas Harb / Lakewood Nicloas Hernandez Aleman / Bell Alfredo Hinjose-Garcia / Tustin Neil Ignacio / Diamond Bar Andres Iniuez / Bakersfield Cesar Jauregul / Los Angeles Kevin Johnson / La Habra Christopher Lopez / Reseda Eric Macke / Trabuco Canyon Mavir Manak / Malibu Jaun Mendoza / La Puente Cesar Monterroza / Spring Valley Andres Morales / San Jacinto Moises Nieto / Glendora Edar Nunez / Bakersfield Edwardo Olivia-Ruiz / San Juan Capistrano Eduardo Orozco / Mira Loma Steve Palacios / San Clemente Tyler Perez / SANTEE Eric Perra / San Bernardino Eduardo Quezada / South Gate Alfredo Ramirez / Laguna Hills Henry Rios / Norwalk Alfredo Rodriguez / Chula Vista Andres Rodriguez / Ventura David Rodriguez / Ontario Edgar Rodriguez / Oxnard Mario Rubio / San Diego Anton Salazar / Riverside Tony Sanchez / Anaheim Gerado Soto / Los Angeles Jeffery Stamp / Diamond Bar Blake Steele / Camarillo Dyllan Stevens / Whittier Cody Thompson / Westlake Village Andrew Trejo / Santa Clarita William Whiddon / Carlsbad Ryan Wilcox / Bell Canyon Connor Wilkinson / Coto De Caza	1993 GIRLS Maha Abdallah / Monterey Park Sarah Adams / San Diego Tessa Andujar / Newport Beach Alexandra Bailey / San Diego Lauren Bonaboy / Mission Viejo Danielle Brito / San Diego Miranda Cornejo / Vista Alexandra Courtnall / Westlake Village Alexis Curtiss / San Diego Megan Daniels / Lake Forest Kaylie Davidson / Oceanside Kayln Dickmann / San Clemente Jamia Fields / Rancho Cucamonga Jennifer Gonzales / Alta Loma Ashley Harris / San Diego Mariah Helmer / Mission Viejo Susan Ibarra / Sylmar Gabby Iribarne / Mission Viejo Madison Krauser / Irvine Sara Kwan / Irvine Loeau Labonta / Rancho Cucamonga Briana Lariviere / Camarillo Marie Mackenzie / Simi Valley Kimberly Marshall / Long Beach Kylie McCarthy / Rancho Santa Fe Renee McDermott / San Clemente Nicole McKee / Walnut Christine Murillo / Ojai Kalene Needham / Blue Jay Meghan O'Rourke / Solana Beach Nicole Pappalardo / San Diego Monique Pendleberry / Newbury Park Kate Perry / Mission Viejo Cambria Privett / Bakersfield Courtney Proctor / Santa Clarita Samantha Prud'homme / Laguna Niguel Vania Robles / Arcadia Haley Rosen / Rolling Hills Amanda Sears / Cypress Shanelle Simien / Lakewood Kathlyn Speidel / Oak Park Chloe Torres / Arcadia Alexis Weaver / Chino Ariana Zararian / San Diego Natalie Zeeni / Arcadia
1994 ODP SUMMER POOLS - Released May 13, 2009
1994 BOYS Quentin Anson / Moorpark Christopher Artunez / Corona Ramiro Barraza / Bakersfield Juan Chavez / Hesperia Alberto Diaz / Chula Vista Philipp Dominque / Redlands Sergio Enriquez / Spring Valley Eric Fabre / Mission Viejo Angel Fernandez / Winnetka Osmar Fonseca / San Diego Jonathan Garci / El Monte Danny Garcia / Bellflower Christian Gomez / Costa Mesa Gerardo Gonzales / Wasco Carlos Grande / Bakersfield Wade Hamilton / Murrieta Jared Hegartdt / Fallbrook Ivan Hernandez / Lake Elsinore Jesus Herrera / Lake Elsinore Edson Hinjosa-Garcia / Tustin Yazan Hishmeh / Ventura Sagar Jambusaria / San Clemente Klinton Kane / San Pedro Ariel Lassiter / San Diego Diego Lopez / West Covina Marco Lujan / Chula Vista Jose Luquin / Escondido Jorge Martinez / Los Angeles Richard Martinez / Van Nuys Jack McBean / Newport Beach Joshua McNeely / Woodland Hills Freddy Mejia-Lopez / Oxnard Andres Mendoza / Oxnard Cory Miller / Thousand Oaks Andrew Murphy / Torrance Luis Navarro / Bakersfield Takuya Okada / San Diego Derek Peterson / Murrieta Alejandro Perez / Garden Grove Leonid Prikhodovskiy / Escondido Esteban Rodriguez / Bell Gardens Jesus Rodriguez / Paramount Mario Rodriguez / North Hollywood Jaider Romero / Chula Vista Luis Ruiz-Manriquez / Los Angles Fernando Samayoa / Simi Valley Misael Samayoa / Paramount Adrian Sanchez / Cudahy Matthew Tilley / Irvine Angel Velasquez / Bakersfield Brandon Vincent / Valencia Dontae Walker / San Diego Colin Webb / San Diego Alec Williams / Laguna Beach	1994 GIRLS Jazmin Aguas / Escondido Mayra Almazan / La Puente Aubrey Baker / Foothill Ranch Joyclyn Blankenship / Corona Victoria Camaj / Diamond Bar Alina Cheatham / Garden Grove Rachel Conners / Port Hueneme Angelisa Cortez / Westminster Sarah Cox / Newport Beach Miranda De La Vega / Woodland Hills Geneva Decker / La Jolla Haylee Degrood / Riverside Makenzy Doniak / Chino Hills Emily Elkins / Aliso Viejo Jamie Fink / Calabasas Melaine Fox / Valencia Jessica Hale / Rolling Hills Estates Tamia Hasan / Rancho Cucamonga Isabella Hernandez / Los Angles Macy Herrera / Oxnard Amanda Howard / San Diego Jillian Jacobs / Sierra Madre Joesphine Jogwe / Costa Mesa Katlyn Johnson / Monrovia Kristiana Konkol/Mroc / Malibu Carly Lake / Covina Kodi Lavrusky / Yucaipa Erika Leal / Carlsbad Laura Liedle / San Diego Rebecca Magier / Saugus Regina Manneh / San Diego Alexia Morales / Cypress Marina Paul / Aliso Viejo Sidney Raguse / Newport Beach Brittney Reese / Lake Elsinore Clarissa Robles / Corona Meagen Romanowski / Coto de Caza Meranda Salazar / Corona Tanya Samarzich / Upland Mariah Slack / Oceanside Casandra Sternbach / Calabasas Kelsey Texeira / Riverside Maya Theuer / La Jolla Tera Trujillo / Valencia Taylor Vargo / Downey Savanna Vaughan / Huntington Beach Maomi Willett / San Clemente Samantha Witteman / Redondo Beach Sydney Zuccolotto / San Clemente
1995 ODP SUMMER POOLS - Released May 8, 2009
1995 BOYS Marcus Adachi / Chula Vista Martin Arrieta / Pasadena Paul Arriola / Chula Vista Jack Austin / Chino Hills Kevin Baboiyan / Mission Viejo Corey Baird / Escondido Luis Barragan / Downey Nick Bedell / Orange Eduardo Bedolla / El Cajon Ruben Bedolla / El Cajon Christian Carrillo / Anaheim Nathan Castillo / Downey Kevin Cervantes / Simi Valley Dominic Chavez / San Diego Luca Coppola / Tujunga Cristian Cruz / Maywood Kevin De Niz / Los Angeles Mathew Deemer / Carlsbad Marco Delgado / Glendora Justin Dhillon / Rancho Santa Margarita Edwin Diaz / Ontario Alexander Elkhoury / Anaheim Angel Espana / Baldwin Park Hunter Fitzharris / Temecula Armando Flores / Santa Ana Eduardo Franco / National City Keith Fujita / Fontana Jose Garcia / Ontario Jeremy Goldenetz / Corona Scott Griffith / Irvine Orlando Guardado / Garden Grove Bryan Guzman / San Bernardino Derrick Hamilton / Los Angeles Myles Hargrove / Upland Trevor Hyman / Irvine Jonathan Iniguez / McFarland Kevin Labastida Benjamin Lopez / San Diego Austin Marques / Chino Luis Marquez / La Habra Luis Martinez / San Diego Jesus Melendrez / Vista Andres Muniz-Gutierrez / Anaheim Steven Ortiz / San Pedro Misael Osorio / Moreno Valley Brian Paredes / Los Angeles Adrien Perez / Paramount Brian Perez / California City Luis Ramirez / Duarte Luis Ramos / Escondido William Raygoza / El Monte Vincent Reyes / West Covina Anthony Rodriguez / Bell Gardens Gabriel Salas / Perris Jaime Salazar / Compton Paul Salcedo Borrego / Inglewood Alejandro Sanchez / Corona Michael Sanchez / San Bernardino Christian Sevilla / Escondido Felipe Tapia / Rowland Heights Brian Torres / Huntington Beach Ivan Vazques / Fullerton Michael Wolitski / Downey Dean Wright / Chatsworth Adrian Zendejas / Chula Vista	1995 GIRLS Danielle Alvarez / Pomona Jazmin Alvarez / Pomona Madeline Bauer / Newport Beach Lana Bermel / Huntington Beach Emily Castellano / Pasadena Kassy Castillo / Chula Vista Mackenzie Cerda / Fountain Valley Courtney Coate / Escondido Alana Corrin / Long Beach Ana Cruz / San Diego Cirenna Dao / La Puenta Geneva Decker / La Jolla Anna Dertouzos / Encino Chinaar Desai / Granada Hills Nicole Faris / San Clemente Isela Garcia / Costa Mesa Ciara Gutierrez / Oceanside Alanna Guzman / Corona Nicolette Herdegen / Oak Park Caroline Jenson / San Diego Madison Kaplan / Agoura Hills Andrea Leano / Chula Vista Savannah Levin / Newport Coast Victoria Manfredonia / Escondido Nicolette Martino / Irvine Kelly McCann / Palos Verdes Estates Kayla Mills / Arcadia Nicole Miyashiro / Laguna Niguel Amber Munerlyn / Corona Jessica Nakae / Torrance Christine Pilecki / Huntington Beach Nicole Porro / West Covina Ashley Ramirez / Aliso Viejo Meilessah Rangel / Ontario Virginia Reeves / Orange Natalie Rivas / Duarte Celly Ruiz / Ontario Jennifer Rupey / Mission Viejo Kayla Ryan / Santa Ana Katie Sharkey / San Diego Arielle Ship / Thousand Oaks Karsten Sigband / Balboa Island Brianna Singh / Lancaster Gabriela Suarez / Thousand Oaks Sarah Teegarden / Monrovia Kristina Watanabe / Santa Clarita Bryce Watts / San Pedro Angela Weiner / Santa Clarita Karly Ziatic / San Diego
1996 ODP POOLS - Released March 5, 2009
1996 BOYS Rodrigo Acevedo // Downey Michael Ahn // Corona Adonia Amaya // Westminster Corey Baird // Escondido Evan Bal // Glendora John Barron // Murrieta Jose Barron // Santa Barbara Gerado Beber // Santa Ana Jose Becerra // South Gate Takeo Brady // Trabuco Canyon Esteban Chavez // Alhambra Jose Chavez // Lake Elsinore Robert Coronado // La Habra Nestor Cuevas // San Diego Cole Davis // San Diego Santiago Di Giuseppe // San Clemente Joshua Dominguez // Pomona Nickolas Dopke // Pasadena Rafael Espinoza // San Diego Justin Fiddes // San Diego Nicholas Fonseca // Torrance Tommy Fraher // La Canada Ryo Fujii // Torrance Indiana Fuller // Irvine Omar Garmendia // Escondido Austin Gartside // La Canada-Flintridge Hugo Gomez // South Gate Pablo Gonzalez // Santa Ana Joshua Goodman // Apple Valley Carlos Granados // Santa Ana Brett Greenlee // Newport Beach Christian Gunther // Dana Point Hugo Gutierrez // Huntington Park Jagger Havlik // San Diego Jake Heilbrunn // San Diego Erik Holt // San Diego Colin Hyatt // Santa Barbara Xavier Izquieta // Glendale Edgar Jimenez // Escondido Bryce Kaminiski // San Clemente James Kastens // Orange Sarkis Kiupelian // Torrance Leonardo Ledesma // South Gate Alexis Lopez // Fullerton Juan Lopez // Fontana Miguel Lorenzo // Los Angeles Juan Luquin // La Puente George Martinez // Los Angeles Oscar Martinez // South Gate Steve Martinez // Los Angeles Blake McAtee // Del Mar Axel Mendez // El Sereno Jonathan Mendiola // San Bernardino Raul Munoz // Arroyo Grande Edgar Murillo // Ontario Alexis Muro // Lawndale Ryota Nagase // Torrance Akinar Ohashi // Carlsbad Victor Ortiz Lopez // Los Angeles Brian Pacheco // Anaheim James Pacheco // Lakewood Manuel Padilla // Compton Miguel Padron // Santa Maria Oscar Palmer // Alhambra Andres Pedro // San Marcos Ronaldo Pineda // Santa Ana German Pinedo // Pomona Trenton Rainone // Lake Forest John Requejo // Carpinteria Brian Reyes // Santa Ana Esteban Reyes // San Marcos Ricardo Ruiz // Lake Elsinore Jose Luis Salazar // Fontana Thomas Sanchez // Pomona Joab Santoyo // Fontana Chandler Short // San Diego Joseph Sierra // Riverside Emmanuel Solano // Huntington Park Samuel Strong // Santa Barbara Brayan Vargas // San Bernardino Jesse Velasco // San Diego Sebastian Velasco // Chatsworth Brayan Velez // Anaheim Amaan Zare // La Canada	1996 GIRLS Halima Abdel-Kader // Alta Loma Victoria Boldon // Etiwanda Haley Bruce // San Diego Simone Buchanan // Phillips Ranch Staci Burland // San Diego Alexa Cabrales // Mission Viejo Abigail Callahan // Coronado Alyssa Castillo // Compton Sarah Chase // Rancho Santa Fe Carissa Christensen // Alta Loma Kaitlyn Clarke // Fountain Valley Darby Clements // San Diego Katrina Cohen // Redondo Beach Phoebe Conrad // Los Alamitos Isabel Damiani // Rancho Palos Verdes Kelsi Dantu // San Diego Ella Dederick // Camarillo McKynzie Dickman // Canoga Park Kayra Dollas // Anaheim Jordan Dunn // Corona Amanda Everz // Irvine Dana Fujikuni // Moorpark Cindy Garcia // Carlsbad Denise Garcia // Chino Brianna Gazmarian // La Canada Indigo Gibson // Rancho Santa Margarita Tiffany Guerra // Sylmar Hailey Harbison // San Diego Rebecca Harrison // Valencia Chloe Hemingway // Irvine Randee Hollman-Kelly // La Mesa Hannah Hunsaker // Laguna Niguel Meagan Kawahara // Riverside Kaitlin Klawunder // Coto De Caza Taylor Klawunder // Coto De Caza Emily Krogman // San Diego Hannah Lawrence // San Juan Capistrano Hannah Lopiccolo // Trabuco Canyon Adriana Maldonado // Arcadia Stephanie Malherbe // Temecula Valerie Martinez // Riverside Brittanny McKinney // Woodland Hills Jordyn McNutt // San Diego Annia Mejia // Bloomington Adreaa Mensen // La Verne Melia Miller // Simi Valley Jessica Morales // Oceanside Maribell Morales // La Habra Stacie Moran // Alta Loma Samantha Moreno // Long Beach Brynn Mortal // Corona Del Mar Dayna Mounie // Foothill Ranch Jennifer Munoz // Los Angeles Alison Neveu // Thousand Oaks Jocelyn Orejel // Tustin Ashley Peterman // Tustin Sierra Ponthier // Palos Verdes Estates Charlee Pruitt // La Verne Zoe Purcell // San Diego Amanda Quichocho // Glendora Natalie Ramirez // Downey Elayne Raynr // Calabasas Brianna Reese // Lake Elsinore Nichole Reyes // Fontana Nikole Rosen // Rolling Hills Kaitlin Ross // Mission Viejo McKenna Roth // Coto de Caza Christina Settles // Oceanside Sienna Seymour // Camarillo Shannon Simon // Torrance Isabella Solorzano // Upland Madison Stark // Upland Emily Steil // San Juan Capistrano Sasha Stephens // La Mesa Jessica Taukeiaho // Alta Loma Pilar Torres // Encinitas Jessica Vincent // Torrance Sha Mia Williams // Murrieta Lauren Woodyard // Fullerton Samantha Zevenbergen // Escondido

3 MORE CHAMPIONS WIN NATIONAL CUP TITLES

U14 Girls - The X-treme Breakaway
U18 Boys - Atlas S.D. Herrera
U18 Girls - Slammers FC

May 11, 2009 (Temecula, CA) - Cal South National Cup champions in the Girls Under-14 bracket and both Under-18 brackets were crowned this weekend at the Cal South College Showcase Weekeend in Temecula. While the weekend is largely comprised of the National Cup Round of 16 and Quarterfinal action for the U15-U17 brackets, three championships were contested while the Semi-Final matches for the Boys Under-14 bracket were also held on the fields of Temecula's John Blanche Memorial Soccer Complex.

The U18 girls of Slammers FC walked off with a championship crown thanks to their shutout effort against the Eagles SC. The Atlas San Diego SC U18 boys coached by Arturo Herrera had a wider margin of victory on their way to a trophy, by routing Brasil FC, 4-1.

The X-Treme Breakaway U14 girls met up with a So Cal Blues team that had shut out all six of their previous opponents, but the Breakaway managed to pull a shutout of their own in topping the Blues, 1-0, to capture a National Cup crown.

The Cal South National Cup continues next weekend for the U15-U17 Semi-Finals round on the fields of Rancho Capistrano on Saturday, May 16, with the Finals round to follow on Sunday, May 17. The U19s will begin play on May 23, with their Finals round to be held on June 7. All winning teams at the Cal South National Cup in the U12 to U19 brackets will move on to Lancaster, CA on June 15-21 for the Cal South-hosted U.S. Youth Soccer Far West Regionals. Teams that succeed as champions there in the U14-U19 brackets would then move on to the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships from July 20-26 in Lancaster, Massachusetts.

CAL SOUTH STATE CUP CHAMPIONS NIGHT WITH CHIVAS USA!

MAY 16, 2009, HOME DEPOT CENTER, 7:30 PM

STATE CUP PARTICIPATING TEAMS GET SPECIAL "BUY 1, GET 1 FREE" OFFER, PLUS FREE CHIVAS HAT WITH EACH TICKET PURCHASED

Cal South wishes to invite its entire membership to visit the Home Depot Center on Saturday night, May 16, for State Cup Champions Night with Chivas USA. Game time is 7:30 pm.

Chivas USA will be taking on DC United that evening in an intense battle between both current conference leaders that will surely go down to the wire. In addition to this, Chivas USA will join forces with Cal South in honoring the teams that won State Cup Championship titles for 2009 with a special on-field ceremony during the match.

If your team participated in the Cal South State Cup this year, be sure to let your teammates and coaches know that your team can get "Buy 1, Get 1 FREE" game tickets to this match. Plus, a Chivas USA hat comes with each ticket purchased as well. Show up and celebrate everything great about Cal South soccer, and cheer on your fellow players on the State Cup Championship teams as they get honored on the field of the Home Depot Center.

Participants of the Cal South State Cup should contact Chris Wode at cwode@cdchivasusa.com for more details on obtaining tickets to this special event.

CALSOUTH.COM GETS A NEW LOOK

Cal South launched a new look on the web today by introducing to its membership an updated, more user-friendly Cal South.com. The revised site went live at midnight. This is the first upgrade for the Cal South website since April 2005.

The revision was undertaken in part to reduce the number of clicks for visitors to find what they want. All of the features of the previous CalSouth.com also exist on the new site, and the most heavily used parts of the site now have their own sections.

There are exciting new features, too, on the updated CalSouth.com. The "Connect" button gives Cal South members a number of different choices in how they can receive information directly from Cal South. These choices include e-mail, Twitter, Facebook and blogs. The latest videos and photos will give members the opportunity to show off their best efforts. The "Search" feature is also new, and will give visitors access to archived materials and quick links to what they want to find fast.

On the operating side, the new site signals a switch to using a content management system. This allows for easier updates and less reliance on coding or HTML. Cal South Webmaster and Senior Graphic Designer Sal Rahimi coordinated the site changeover and is very enthusiastic about the change. "The CMS means less time building pages and more spent on making content more informative and fun for our site visitors."

Cal South CEO John Weinerth likes the cleaner design and the reduced scrolling on the home page. "We've tried to streamline the site so that it isn't overwhelmed with lots of banners and add-ons. It loads fast and clean, and really puts the focus on the most important information of the day about Cal South."

Sales and Marketing Director Bill Lewis is really pleased with the result, but says there is more to come. "Our goal for the launch of the new site was to have all the content from the previous site available on day one of the new site. We have that, but what we're really looking forward to is adding new features that will make the site more useful and fun." Lewis, ever the wet blanket, also sounds a note of caution. "Every new launch, no matter how much time is spent trying to get it perfect, will have a few hiccups." Cal South asks that if you find any, please shoot us a note at info@calsouth.com. "We want to know so we can get it straightened out for all the other users," says Lewis.

We invite you to enjoy the new look of Calsouth.com!