SLAMMERS F.C. UPDATE Issue #2015_JUN

Slammers F.C. Update

JUNE 2015

SHOWN DURING THEIR SLAMMERS DAYS ARE CHRISTEN PRESS (FAR LEFT) AND WHITNEY ONE FAMILY, COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE ENGEN (RIGHT)

SLAMMERS ALUMNI IN 2015 tactical skills that are the FIFA WOMENS WORLD CUP foundation of my game today, but more importantly, my youth career

The Slammers family couldn’t be at Slammers inspired me to put WHATS INSIDE more proud as the world prepares soccer in a safe place in my heart, for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World and it's been there ever since." AND CHRISTEN PRESS Cup held in this summer. ECNL REGULAR SEASON WRAP UP - Christen Press The Slammers have two alumni SLAMMERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA playing for the USA, Christen Press FIFA WORLD CUP SCHEDULE and Whitney Engen. 2015 HOF INDUCTEE LEXI ORAND Christen played her at Stanford University and was the 2010 Hermann Award winner which IMPORTANT DATES is given to the best college soccer FIFA WOMENS WORLD CUP: Jun 06- Jul 05 player in the country. Christen now plays professionally for the Chicago ECNL NATL FINALS U14 & U18: Jun 25-30

Red Stars. ECNL NATL PLAYOFFS U15-U17: Jun 27-30 Whitney played at North Carolina ECNL NATL FINALS u15-u17: Jul 14-18 A note from Christen: and was a 3x NCAA National

"I came to the club at 13, and my Champion. She now plays family immediately grew professionally for the Dash. US Soccer wrote a wonderful article 2015 FIFA WOMENS exponentially. Slammers is where I WORLD CUP SCHEDULE fell in love with soccer. My about Whit and her journey through  teammates and coaches showed youth soccer click here to see the Mon, Jun 08 vs Australia (4:30p)  Fri, Jun 12 vs (5:00p) me what it was like to have a true article, a worthwhile read.  Tue, Jun 16 vs Nigeria (5:00p) passion for the sport. And boy did Find out more about both players on  Jun 26-27 Quarter-finals we have a good time! Slammers the Slammers Hall of Fame page  Jun 30-Jul Semi-finals taught me the technical and here.  Sunday July 5 Finals SLAMMERS F.C. UPDATE | Issue # 2015_JUN 2

2015 SLAMMERS HALL OF FOLLOW THE SLAMMERS FAME INDUCTEE LEXI ORAND ON SOCIAL MEDIA!! Please check out the Hall of Fame page as we honor Lexi Orand and her amazing soccer career and personal ECNL REGULAR achievements.

SEASON WRAP UP

Our five Slammers ECNL teams continue to make a strong statement in the most competitive Southwest

conference nationally.

The ECNL is the best of the best http://www.slammersfc.org across the USA for ages U14 – U18. https://twitter.com/slammersfc The combined record this year for all https://instagram.com/slammersfc/ five teams through the regular season was 78-14-18… absolutely https://www.facebook.com/Slammersfutbolclub dominating as a club. This includes A few highlights from Lexi’s 303 goals for and 97 goals against background include the 2005 which yields a 206 goal differential. national Gatorade Player of the SIMPLE PLAYER TIPS Three of the teams finished in Year, 3x HS All-American, four year second place and another in first. member of the National Honor 1. Support and encourage your Three of the teams are ranked in the Society, and played for US in the teammates top 10 in the country, while another U20 World Cup as a 17 year old. She 2. Try your best is ranked 11th by Top Drawer Soccer. was the youngest player on the roster. Check out more of Lexi here. 3. Have fun, this is a wonderful Four of the teams travel to Seattle game played by more than June 25th - 30th. This is the national 265,000,000 players all over championship for the U14s and the world regional playoffs for the U15, U16, and U17s. If the U15 - U17s PARENT TIPS win their brackets they  Do not shout instructions to head to your player Richmond,  Cheer positively for your player Virginia on July and other members of their 14 - 18 as one team of the top 8 teams in the  Suffer in silence when country and something occurs against your will compete player's team. for a national  Find a comfortable place to sit championship. down or stand, relax and enjoy GOOD LUCK  Do not shout insults or verbally GIRLS!!!! abuse the referee