 Boys U-11 CUP Players Runners-up at 3v3 World Championships
Congratulations to players from the Boys U-11 CUP Program that formed the U-11 Cincinnati United Attack team and placed second at the Kick It 3v3 World Soccer Championship, held January 16-18 in Orlando, Florida at the Disney Wide World of Sports. They beat five top 10 ranked teams on their way to being runners-up. |read more| |
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CUP Player Chooses Notre Dame
 Alex Priede commits to Notre Dame, coached by former Scottish National team player, Bobby Clark. Alex is a striker for the boys CUP Crew Juniors - Gold U-18 squad and plays for Summitt Country Day High School. "Alex is a talented, hard-working player and will be a fine addition to Coach Clark's program," said John McGinlay, CUP Boys Director of Coaching. Congratulations and best wishes Alex! |
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Former CUP Player Enjoying College Success
Congratulations to former CUP player Julie Dean, who earned First Team All Great Lakes honors at Denison University. Read more about Julie’s tremendous season online. |read more| |
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 CUP Crew Juniors - Black U-13 Boys team traveled to Memphis, TN on November 14-15 to compete in the prestigious Germantown Invitational Tournament. The boys came away with the title in the Gold division. They fought through to the semi-finals with a 3-0 win against SASA of Illinois and 3-1 win against Lou Fusz of Missouri. In the semi-finals the boys beat a tough Solar White team from Texas, 3-1. The finals matched them up against the host Club, the Memphis Falcons. After a tough battle to 1-1 at the end of the first half, the boys took control in the 2nd half to win it 3-1. Team members: Caleb Adcock, Matt Mcfarland, Chris Duncan, Nate Gibson, Luke Treadway, Logan Wiedmann, Austin Schaefer, Andrew Rolfes, Christian Lytle, David Jeffries, Justin Lefevre, Jordan El Naggar, Brennan Shanks, Thomas Suter, Ross Lidman, Eric Jaun, Ty Larson. |
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 The Girls U-11 CUP Crew Juniors - FC Gold Pride team finished off their first season under the CUP umbrella with a strong showing at the Cleveland International Season Finale. The girls lost a heartbreaking semi-final to last year’s Ohio South State Champions, KSA Elite, in sudden death penalty kicks. Before the semi-final, the team defeated Cleveland Internationals 8-0 and NEO Soccer Club 9-0 to win their group. For the Fall, the FC Gold Pride team made it to the semi-finals of the top flight of 3 tournaments, while making the finals of the Cincinnati United Cup. They also finished in the top half of The Premier League’s u11 division. Team players include Ashley Adams, Rachel Armstrong, Maggie Boughner, Abby Brauning, Olivia Brown, Emi Carlo, Gabbie Fleming, Jayde Hoffmann, Sydney Leshnak, Abigail Mathews, Sydney Pinder, Stephanie Wiles, and guest player Kristin Dean (CUP U11 Freedom). The team is coached and trained by Director of Coaching Bobby Puppione.
The Girls U-11 CUP Crew Juniors - Freedom team enjoyed success in their final tournament this Fall season, by winning the top division of the CUSL In-Season Tournament. Over the course of 4 games, Freedom failed to surrender a goal. On their way to the title, the team defeated Beechmont 3-0, CU Bengals 6-0, and TUMFC Green 1-0. In the final, CUP Freedom scored with three minutes left to play to defeat Middletown Fluid Futbol Academy 1-0. Team members include: Kristin Dean, Juliana Discher, Devin Duhme, Cassia Jervier, Lily Lance, Liz Murphy, Annie Notton, Grace Schuppe, Kaitlyn Vogele, Brooke Yeager, and Madison Young. The team is coached by Tami Fukuchi and assisted by Bobby Puppione.
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CUP Teams at the FC Pride Tournament:
The Girls U-13 CUP Crew Juniors - Gold traveled the first weekend of Oct. to the FC Pride Tournament in Indianapolis, IN to defend last year’s tournament championship. The team spent the weekend dominating possession, not allowing a goal on the weekend. CUP ultimately won in the Finals, going 4-0 on the weekend. CUP Gold has had a terrific season, going 3-1-1 so far in The Premier League. Back row: Coach Brian Page, Mikaela McGee, Kim Adams, Marisa Matthias, Kacy Eckley, Colleen Heusman, Grace Krammer, Kelsey Zimmer, Maddie Locke. Front Row: Allison Mathis, Cara Schuppe, Ali Oh, Kaitlin Harden, Tiffany Huber, Anna Pierce, Megan Grable, and Katie Oh.
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CUP Teams at the HiFive Cincy Challenge:
The Girls U-13 CUP Crew Juniors - Black team won the top division of the Hi Five Cincy Challenge in Lebanon this past weekend. Over the course of the weekend the team defeated KSA Elite Simpson, Warren County United Blue, both in pool play, and Thunder United Metro in the finals. Though the team scored only 8 goals, they had numerous opportunities set up by a dominating time of possession, and their stingy defense yielded only three scores. CUP Black, which consists of girls from Butler, Warren and Hamilton Counties won a hard fought final contest against Thunder United 2-1 to earn the championship. Members of the team coached by Sean Smith are Mikaela Berger, Emily Calvani, Caitlin Connell, Holly Denny, Hannah Julian, Courtney Kelleher, Jordyn Martin, Katherine Meyer, Angelina Nelson, Katie and Allison Oh, LeeAnn Star, Cara Schuppe, Courtney Thierauf, Clare Volpenhein, and Jordan Wuest . The girls hope to continue their momentum this upcoming weekend in the Fisher's Halloween Classic.
The Boys U-12 CUP Crew Juniors - Barcelona were the Champions of Warren County's HiFive Cincy Challange on October 10th & 11th. The boys had a great tournament, winning all three preliminary games in the top division of the tournament, outscoring opponents 18-4. They won a hard fought final against Warren County Blue, 2-1. The squad is trained and coached by Christopher Jones. Assistant coach is Mike Cope. Team members are: Jacob Beardslee, Evan Burig, Zach Cope,Jonathan Dendinger, Dan Dieringer,Alex English, Cameron Foy, Diego Fuentes, Brendan Jones, Jake Josselyn, and Matt Zwilling.
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CUP Teams at the Mead CUSA Cup:
Cincinnati United continues to show great success at high-level events.
Eight teams advanced out of group play at the Mead Cup which is widely
recognized as one of the Elite tournaments in the Midwest in the fall
season.
- Boys U-11 CUP Boca Jrs also went 2-0-1 while the CUP Boca Jrs Gold
went 3-0-0 in group play advancing to win the semi final 5-0 and then
put in a great showing, coming up short in a 3-4 defeat in the final.
- Boys U-12 CUP Madrid and CUP Barcelona both competed in the top
bracket with both going 2-1-0. Madrid advanced to the semi's. only to
go down 0-1 in a hard fought match.
- Boys U-13 CUP Gold went 2-1-0, while CUP Black went 1-1-1 and CUP
Silver went 1-0-2. All put up a strong showing in extremely
competitive brackets.
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Boys U-14 CUP Black came out victorious in the 14 Gold bracket coming
away with an impressive 4-0-1 record in the tournament. The boys
played fantastically well over the weekend and thoroughly deserved
their championship with some great performances. CUP Silver lost out
on a PK shootout in the semi final after going 2-1-0 in group play and
CUP Gold had a tough weekend going 2-1-0 in group play.
- Girls U-12 CUP had an especially impressive showing following their
championship at the Cincinnati United Cup advancing to the finals of
the Five Star division. The championship game was hard fought, and the
result could have gone either way. Ultimately, CUP walked away losing
1-0.
- Girls U-14 CUP continued their string of success in the Five Star
division after winning the Cincinnati United Cup. Their greatest result
in group play was a 2-0 win over last year’s finalists (TNFC Impact).
In a weather-shortened game that could have gone either way, Michigan
scored from a set piece and was able to hold on. The two teams will
meet later in the year in MRL play. |
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CUP Teams at the OP Eagles Invitational:
 The Girls U-11 CUP Crew Juniors - FC Gold Pride team finished as semi-finalists in the OP Eagles Invitational this past weekend in Columbus, OH. Playing in the top flight of the U11 girls division, CUP FC Gold Pride started the tournament against Joga Bonito Explosion, one of the top teams out of Pennsylvania. CUP came out firing on all cylinders, cruising to a 6-0 victory. In the second game, CUP FC Gold Pride downed one of the top teams out of Kentucky, Lexington FC, 3-2. The two wins secured them a spot in the semi-finals against OP Eagles Green Dublin. The two teams played some quality soccer, with each team creating some good opportunities. OP came out on top by a 2-0 score. CUP team members are: Ashley Adams, Rachel Armstrong, Maggie Boughner, Abby Brauning, Olivia Brown, Emi Carlo, Gabbie Fleming, Jayde Hoffmann, Sydney Leshnak, Abigail Mathews, Sydney Pinder, Stephanie Wiles. The team is coached and trained by Director of Coaching, Bobby Puppione.
CUP Teams at the Cincinnati United Cup:
 The Girls U-11 CUP Crew Juniors - FC Gold Pride team had a very successful weekend, finishing as runner-ups in the U11 girls gold divison at the club's CU Cup tournament. The girls beat KSA Select Krebs 9-0, OP Eagles Black Dublin 6-0, and tied Warren County Blue 0-0 to win their group and advance to the finals. In the finals, CUP FC Gold Pride and OP Eagles Green battled it out to a 2-2 tie after regulation and overtime. In penalty kicks, OP came out on top. For the weekend, CUP FC Gold Pride scored 17 goals, while only conceding two. Team members are: Ashley Adams, Rachel Armstrong, Maggie Boughner, Abby Brauning, Olivia Brown, Emi Carlo, Gabbie Fleming, Jayde Hoffmann, Sydney Leshnak, Abigail Mathews, Sydney Pinder, Stephanie Wiles. The team is coached by Bobby Puppione.
 The Boys U-13 CUP Crew Juniors - Gold team extended their tournament winning streak by defending their Cincinnati United Cup Championship this past weekend. The team started playing 11v11 this year and added 6 quality players to what was an already strong roster. In game #1 the team knocked off Alliance FC from Tennessee in convincing fashion 7-0. Then that afternoon played the Worthington Crew Jrs to a 3-0 victory. Sunday morning was the big game as they took on the #2 team from Ohio North, Concordia Soccer Club. Up 2-0 and cruising with under 15 minutes to play Concordia struck for 2 goals in 3 minutes to tie the game, but CUP bounced back with a quick goal of their own and held on for a 3-2 victory and a berth in the championship game. The opponent was Dynamo FC, the defending Indiana State Champions. At half the game was 1-1, but from there CUP took over and won going away 5-1 to win the title. The team was coached by John McGinlay as the teams head coach, Wes Schulte, was out of town with family. The kids played hard while their coach was gone and gutted out their 6th straight title including the Ohio State Championship last spring. The team is now ranked #11 in the USA and #1 in Ohio South. The team consists of Lucas Andrew, Alex Besl, Charlie Byars, Will Cohen, Evan Couchot, Brady Daulton, Luke Deimer, Adam Dieball, Drew Eagan, Mohamed Elmardi, Brienno Illari, JJ Iroh, Kyle Kraichley, Dan Schleitweiler, Luke Thomas and Brandin Ward.
 The Girls U-14 CUP Crew Juniors - Gold team started the 2009 fall season strong winning the gold division of the Cincinnati United Cup Tournament. The team scored 10 goals and conceded none in preliminary games and defeated current State Cup Champions KSA Elite 3-2 in a penalty kick shootout in the finals. The team is coached by CUP Girls DoC Brian Page. Team players are back row: Sydney Zinser, Kaeli Studebaker, Rachel Gary, Mariah Combs, Amy Dean, Ashlyn Jemison, Lauren Hoover, Avalee Haggerty and Coach Brian Page. Front row: Monica Hodapp, Beth Smith, Heather McNutt, Crystal Rains, Sarah Colvin, Morgan Brown and Page Flory. |
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CUP Players Train with MLS Champion Crew
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Girls U11-U14 CUP Crew Juniors players experienced a full day at the
MLS Champion Columbus Crew training facility. The event was designed to
help prepare all of the teams for the upcoming season on the best
training grounds in Ohio, working with the Columbus Crew coaches. Each
team trained and played a game, some of which were TPL
games. “This was a perfect way to begin the season. The weather was
perfect, the facilities are the class of the state, and the experience
of working with MLS coaches is always special.” – Brian Page, CUP Girls
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CUP Mens U-20 in Super-20 League North American Finals
 The CUP Mens U-20 squad, coached by Terry Nicholl, was in Chicago for the Super-20 League North American Finals. The top teams in North America were on hand for some top notch matches. The CUP squad opened with Red Bull New York and after going to the half scoreless, they got in control of the match after a red card reduced the Red Bulls to 10 men, only to find themselves down 1-0 a short time later. Jordan Grant's goal would draw things level once again, but a late breakaway would see them fall 2-1. Next up was Poway Vaqueros in a spirited match that saw the CUP squad in control. A goal from Steven Schaeffer was all they would need to take this one 1-0. Their third prelim had them in the hunt for the semi-finals, facing Alpharetta United. This one was never in doubt as they took it 3-1 on goals by Schaeffer, Grant, and Brandon Stegmeier. They found themselves at 2-1-0 overall, tied with the squad that bettered them, but just short on points and goal differential to advance to the semi-finals over Red Bull New York, Chivas USA, DC United, and Chicago Fire. Regardless, it was a great display by the CUP Men and we can all be very proud of their performance. Congratulations to Coach Nicholl and the entire CUP squad!
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