• Improving the competitive environment through creation of a true national competitive league with multiple flights;
• Improving the process for identifying elite female soccer players for the U.S. Soccer youth national teams through a systematic scouting and identification program based on national competitions; and
• Improving the daily training environment at top female youth soccer clubs through developing best practices and training and organizational guidelines for its member clubs

1. The Competition Platform;
2. The Player Identification Platform;
3. The Club and Coach Development Platform, and
4. The HER Platform (a female-specific health, wellness, and rejuvenation platform).

Daniel Bundschuh | U15 Academy Boys watches his shot beat the Crew Jrs. goalkeeper and fly into the net.  The U15 Academy Boys advanced to the State Cup semi-finals.  Photo courtesy of Pavel Pochobradsky.

"This is an awesome opportunity for MA. She has definitely matured in her play this season. I think this gives more credit to the environment we have Ohio Elite and the level of play in the ECNL. She should gain a lot of experience in this camp which will help her continue her development," said Girls Director of Coaching, Doug Bracken.

M.A. Vignola is the fourth player from the U15 ECNL team to be called into a  National Team camp - Samantha Leshnak, Olivia Silverman, and Jill Vetere are the others.

More information about the camp...written by U.S. Soccer

U.S. Soccer Director of Women’s Development Jill Ellis and U.S. U-15 Girls’ National Team head coach Damon Nahas will conduct the first training camp of the year for the Under-14 age group running from May 27 to June 3 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

In the past, the U-14 Girls’ National Team programing consisted of one large Identification Camp during the summer that featured 80-100 players. In a change of format for 2012, for the first time U.S. Soccer is planning to stage three U-14 Girls’ National Team camps under the direction Ellis, who also oversees the U-17 Women's National Team and U-15 Girls’ National Team, and Nahas. This will be the first of those training camps that have been streamlined to take place in May, August and September, thereby starting the identification process with this age group a bit earlier, while giving the best young players in the country a more complete slate of National Team programming.

The camps will likely feature 48 players in May, 36 players in August and 36 players in September and will feature the top players in the USA born in 1998. Players are identified through scores of U.S. Soccer Training Centers being staged across the country all year long, through club tournaments around the country, as well as other youth soccer development programs such as ODP and id2. The players are also identified and selected by U.S. Soccer’s National Staff coaches and a select group of scouts from throughout the United States.

U.S. U-14 GNT Training Camp Roster By Position:

GOALKEEPERS (4): Katherine Hess (So Cal Blues; Newport Beach, Calif.), Brooke Heinsohn (NEFC Elite; Norfold, Mass.), Mikayla Krzeczowski (Concorde Fire; Douglasville, Ga.), Evangeline Soucie (PDA; Holland Township School)

DEFENDERS (10): Avery Batson (Birmingham United; Madison, Ala.), Danika Bowman (Arsenal F.C.; Mentone, Calif.), Samantha Bruder (Real So Cal; Bell Canyon, Calif.), Aerial Chavarin (East Bay United SC; Oakland, Calif.), Audrey Hegardt (San Diego Surf; San Diego Calif.), Alyssa Hinojosa (Los Angeles Premier FC; Sylmar, Calif.), Julie Mackin (Real Colorado; Castle Rock, Colo.), Carly Malatskey (Slammers FC; Newport Coast, Calif.), Tatumn Milazzo (Eclipse Select; Orland Park, Ill.), Jaylyn Thompson (PDA; Voorhees, N.J.)

MIDFIELDERS (19): Haley Berg (FC Dallas; Celina, Texas), Julia Bingham (Arsenal FC; Ontario, Calif.), Opal Curless (Black Bear United & Acadia Fire FC; Mount Desert, Me.), Savannah DeMelo (Beach FC; Bellflower, Calif.), Luca Deza (De Anza Force; Notre Dame Elementary), Jlon Flippens (FC Delco; Philadelphia, Pa.), Chloe Frisch (San Diego Surf; Carlsbad, Calif.), Mia Gyau (Bethesda Lions; Silver Spring, Md.), Jordan Harr (Dallas Texasn; Sachse, Texas), Zoe Morse (TNT Dynamite; East Lansing, Mich.), Shea Moyer (FC Revolution; Wyomissing Pa.), Mikaela Niermann (Eclipse Select; Geneva, Ill.), Daria Petredes (Corona Eagles FC; Yorba Linda, Calif.), Jessica Shanahan (NJSA Highland Fusion; Mullica Hill, N.J.), Kennedy Smith (Irvine Strikers FC; Irvine, Calif.), Mary Alice Vignola (Ohio Elite; Terrace Park, Ohio), Lynsee Voss (Real So Cal; Simi Valley, Calif), Nicole Whitley (PDA; Freehold, N.J.), Francesca Tagliaferri (PDA; Keyport, N.J.)

FORWARDS (15): Amirah Ali (Winslow Soccer Club; Voorhes, N.J.), Kayla Arestivo (Dix Hills Soccer Club; Northport, N.Y.), Jenna Bike (Connecticut Football Club; Trumbull, Conn.), Kaitlyn Bryan (FC Stars of Massachusetts; Sanford, Mass.), Christina Cannella (NY Soccer Club; Cornwall, N.Y.), Sunny Dunphy (Carlsbad Elite; Carlsbad, Calif.), Brianne Folds (Lakeland Futbol Club; Lakeland, Fla.), Madison Haley (Dallas Texans; Dallas, Texas), Aminata Kalokoh (Los Angeles Premier FC; Pacific Palisades, Calif.), Alia Martin (Carmel United Soccer Club; Carmel, Ind.), Kristen McFarland (Ohio Premier; Powell, Ohio), Shaelan Murison (MVLA; Santa Clara, Calif.), Madison Schultz (Northwest Nationals; Edmonds, Wash.), Francesca Venezia (Albertson Fury; Wantagh, N.Y.), Kalli Vogel (NASA & AFU; Marietta Ga.)

• Last Six (6) Digits of your Kroger Plus Card.
• Your name as it appears on your online Kroger Plus Card Registration.
• The Player’s Name that receives the rewards.

16. If you have multiple Kroger Plus Cards that are being used for Rewards for an Ohio Elite Player, You will need to email all of the information in Step #15 above for each Kroger Plus Card.  If we don’t receive that information, the rewards will not be credited to the Player.

2012 Spring Classic Results

Ohio Elite Soccer Academy had an excellent showing sending seven teams to finals with five earning the championship.

U17 Gold Boys - CHAMPIONS

U15 Gold Boys - CHAMPIONS

U11 Gold Boys - CHAMPIONS

U10 Gold Girls - CHAMPIONS

U11 Academy Girls - CHAMPIONS

U11 Gold Girls - CHAMPIONS

U12 Academy Girls - CHAMPIONS

U13 North Girls - CHAMPIONS

U10 Navy Girls - FINALISTS

U17 Gold Girls - FINALISTS

The girls faced WC United in the finals.  Scoring 3 goals for the third game in a row wasn't quite enough this time as they dropped the championship 3-5.  The squad was led by Maria Kaylor who tallied 4 goals on the weekend.

Congratulations to the U10 Red Girls for a great tournament and start to the season.

3/23	U10 Red	KSA Stahl Red	Tie 0-0	KSA Turf Classic	Cancelled due to weather
3/24	U10 Red	Blast	Win 3-1	KSA Turf Classic	Kaylor, Kilgore, Hogden
3/25	U10 Red	Thoroughbreds	Win 4-3	KSA Turf Classic	Kaylor (2), Long, Bley
3/25	U10 Red	WC United	Loss 3-5	KSA Turf Classic FINALS	Echternacht (2), Kaylor

U13 North Girls - KSA Turf Classic Finalist

Front row – left to right Emily Irwin, Joanne Webster, Matilyn Cummins, Sydney Bagoly,

Back Row – left to right Aislen Ballinger, Kelsey Weber, Makinlee Smith, Deepthi Reddy, Emma Hodge, Maddie Huffman, Kyla Cummins, Cassidy Atkins, Shana Greenwald, Isabella Renggli, Coach Amy Kreider

3/23	U13 North	KSA Elite Kirkpatrick	Tie 1-1	KSA Turf Classic
3/24	U13 North	FSC White	Win 5-0	KSA Turf Classic	Shutout - Hodge
3/25	U13 North	KSA Elite Angel	Win 2-0	KSA Turf Classic	Shutout - Hodge
3/25	U13 North	Internationals	Loss 0-2	KSA Turf Classic FINALS

Congratulations to Coach Mike Smith and the U16 Gold Boys!

KSA TURF CLASSIC RESULTS

U16 Gold vs. NKSA Lightning (KY) 1-0 W

U16 Gold vs. Westfield Select(IN) 3-1 W

U16 Gold vs. Columbus Express(IN) 1-1 T

If you are interested in learning more OESA and the opportunities available contact Tim Lesiak, Executive Director of Coaching.