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WASHINGTON PREMIER SOCCER'S ~ THE PULSE! #72 HEADLINES  In FtB's first headline story he would like to say farewell again to Dragon you know who. The reason I came here to WPS in the first place was because of you and hope that we can coexist someday here on the forum. Thank you for all 20,000 posts you did. A lot made me laugh, some made me think, and most I enjoyed. Will never be able to put into words all you did. Once again, thank you.
The pulse lives again! With the help of several other PP's, FtB is proud to present the pulse again. It is not the same as the old pulse, and I am a little scared to make it any bigger. It is hard just to get some people to write an article just for once a month. I will never know how Dragon you know who and Bratjr did one every week. Kudo's though to both of them and I hope FtB will carry on your tradition and not make either of you disappointed. The totals right now stand like this:
Dragon you know who 54 PULSES
Bratjr 17 PULSES
Frank the Bunny 1 PULSE
FtB looks forward to the day when he eclipses both of your records and hopes to do it at least 1/2 as well!
State cup is in full motion and this is FtB's favorite time of year along with the US cup in the fall. I just love tournys that pit a bunch of teams together and the best for that time rises to the top. I hope you are all enjoying it as much as I and I believe each of our 'age group' writers will focus a lot this month on the state cup. I have never had the good fortune to watch my bunnies play in a state cup final but after watching one I know it is a special thing and I wish every one could do that at least once. Sit back and enjoy the rest of state cup, and this month's pulse!  GOLDEN GLOVE/BOOT WINNERS First of all, FtB has to appologize to everyone. I had all the entries printed out and lost them. Had selected the winners, but did not save their write ups that came with the nominations. Everyone will have to take FtB's word that these winners were very deserving. Next time I will save the write ups to say why they won. Great job to the winners of week 1 and 2.
Week 1-
GOLDEN GLOVE - WASHINGTON PREMIER 95 BLACK'S JORDAN #18
GOLDEN BOOT - MRFC 94 WHITE'S ILONA #11
Week 2-
GOLDEN GLOVE - EASTSIDE 97 RED'S HAILEY #3
GOLDEN BOOT - WESTSOUND 93 RED'S JALYN #7Hey! Can someone tell us 'what's hoppin'ing' with the....?GU11- What's hopp'n in GU11 land? - by CUonthepitch!State Cup Madness is all around us but at U11 it is the best because it is their first ever!Challenge 1 Stats and Tid Bits The Mostest with the Hostest!
GF: 16 - HPFC Blue
Max Pts: No one!
Surprise Team making it to the next round: Crossfire Premier Black and Snohomish Black
Surprise Team not making it out to the next round: GRFC Blue and Westsound Red
GOTW Elimination Round: Reign Purple vs HPFC Blue
One of these tops will be knocked out versus others who got the 'lucky" bracket and has a bye to the quarters.
David vs Goliath Game: PP White vs Eastside Red
The FAVE to win it: NWN RedChallenge 2 Stats and Tid Bits The Mostest with the Hostest!
GF: 16 - NWN Blue
Max Pts: No one!
Surprise Team making it to the next round: XB Bastin and WPFC White
Surprise Team not making it out to the next round: Nemesis and Reign White
GOTW Elimination Round: Dos Red vs Eastside White
One of these tops will be knocked out versus others who got the 'lucky" bracket and has a bye to the quarters.
David vs Goliath Game: Snohomish Red vs CW Rangers
The FAVE to win it: Eastside White
News and Gossip
The only "gossip" that is confirmed is that Eastside Red will have a new FEMALE coach next year? Hum, wonder who that could be? Maybe FRENCHIE?
If you have any news or gossip please PM me so I can include it in the next pulse!GU12 - The 96 Camelot - By The king of the 96sThis week for Gu12 I was asked by a poster to do a breakdown of which club can earn the most PDL points for the U12 age group. Here's the breakdown of the point system:
Championship cup:
Champion: 14
Finalist: 13
Semi-finalist: 12
Quarter Finalist: 10
Elimination round: 3
Challenge cup
Champion: 6
Finalist: 5
Semi-finalist: 4
Quarter finalist: 2
And remember for challenge cup points to count the club must have a team in the championship cup.
Clubs with the most points:
ECFC: 10 points
Harbor: 10 points
Crossfire: 10 points
NWN: 10 points
FCV: 7 points
Timbers: 3 points
Snohomish: 3 points
Sun City: 3 points
WPFC: 3 points
CB united: 3 points
Eastside: 3 points
Dos: 3 points
That list is fine, however certain clubs have the chance to max out with more then others becuase they have teams alive in the challenge cup. So here is the max points each of these clubs can earn in the next round.
ECFC, Timbers, Snohomish, WPFC, Eastside, Crossfire, Dos, and FCV can all max out with 20 points with winning both cups.
Sun City, Harbor, NWN, and CB united all can max ut at 14 points.
Good luck everyone.
On to the second part, a great poster also asked me to recap my thoughts of the two state cups right now. So lets start with the Championship cup:
group A: 1. ECFC Green 2. Timbers red 3. PPFC 4. NWU
This group wasn't to much of a surprise. Perhaps the biggest surprise was the fact Timbers tied PPFC. Put quite a scare in the Timber girls, however this could also be a wake up call to them. Hats off to PPFC for staying competitive and putting up a great fight. Also good job to ECFC for really taking hold of this groupa and earning that bye.
Group B: 1. Snohomish 2. Sun City 3. SSFC 4. HPFC
This was a very competitive group with lots of ties. Great job SSFC for pushing those PDL bullies. They were so close to slipping out of his group. Sun city slips into that second seed. Probably one of the most competitive but how far will the teams out of this group really go? who knows.
Group C: 1. Harbor 2. WPFC 3. Reign 4. Whatcom
Group of Death hands down. Its to bad for Reign and Whatcom, in any other group they would have had a legitamate shot at getting through pool play. But thanks to Reign we had an exciting mid game week to watch. Good luck to WPFC traveling down south, and great job by the always state cup ready Harbor girls as you earned yourselves a bye.
Group D: 1. NWN red 2. CB united 3. Westsound 4. Evergreen
I was so happy to see a non PDL team make it through so thank you CB united. You girls fought well and we will all be cheering for you. NWN is still looking strong like always. Westsound played a bit better then I was expecting after pool play. However,Evergreen, why didn't you petition to move to the challenge cup? you struggled against eastside white, timbers blue, WSA united all year atleast there you would have had a good chance of making it out of pool play. Maybe that was the clubs decision? if so to bad.
Group E: 1. Eastside red 2. Glory 3. FCA gold 4. FCSC Nemesis
This group started off with a bang and a tie between eastside red and Glory. From that point on it was whoever could rack up the most points to take first. fCA put up less of a fight then I was expecting. I wish Nemesis could have done the same thing I asked of Evergreen. They would have fit in much better in challenge cup.
Group F: 1. Crossfire barton 2. Dos red 3. Crossfire black 4. Synergy
This group went pretty much by the book except for the surprising tie between Dos and Crossfire. Wow that shocked me. However, by tying crossfire really hurt their black team which they could have helped move through. All the other games were as to be expected. However, you can't complain about where you finish if you don't win a game. Dos got lucky with 3 ties, but if you don't win I can't promise you a spot.
Challenge cup:
Group A: 1. FCV United 2. Saprissa 3. Eastside blue 4. Reign white
Closer games then I was expected for sure. FCV was supposed to win and won themselves a bye. Eastside blue did a great job of battling to the very end.
Group B: 1. Crush 2. Arsenal 3. GRFC 4. ECFC blue
Crush took this one home after shocking us by not doing the championship cup. However, after looking at the scores so far it seems they made the right decision for their team. Arsenal did what was needed to move on, and no surprise in this group either.
Group C: 1. Eastside white 2. FC shoreline 3. Crossfre red 4. Evergreen white
No surprise in eastside winning this group, but Crossfire red not moving on? that was surprising. Great job to shoreline you ladies earned it. You got a tough game coming up so don't forget what it took to get there.
Group D: 1. Timbers blue 2. Crossfire white 3. Roadrunners 4. Westsound black
Another group with no surprises. The biggest one was the Timbers tying Crossfire at the end. However, they still take first in the group. Crossfire white moves on even though their 3rd team is out.
Group E: 1. WPFC white 2. Snohomish red 3. HPFC red 4. NWN select
I thought snohomish might win this one, but WPFC seems to be peeking at the right now. They earned this group and hopefully will keep growing.
Group F: 1. Cascade FC 2. Blackhills 3. NWN blue 4. CB united white
Cascade is the only dominate looking non PDL team thus far in this cup. They really took care of business and earned a bye for their hard work, Great job ladies. Blackhills takes down NWN to move on also.
Group G: ECFC white, Dos white, Sun city, FCA white
Exactly as I would have planned this group. There was definately a line between the top and bottom two teams. ECFC is the better technical team so they earned that first place spot.
Good luck to all the young ladies in both cups and play with some great HEART and FIRE.GU13 - Blinded by the light - by Morroco Mole Morocco’s G95 Review
Here is my monthly report of the goings on in the Girls 95 age group. If you wish to be a sideline mole and would like to have your team spotlighted please PM me. Corrections are welcome, lets get started.
Champ cup summary-Bracket play has concluded and the elimination round match ups have been determined, as things stand the elimination matches are as follows:
Elimination Round Game1- G2 Reign vs. E2 ECFC
Elimination Round Game2- B1 CB United vs. D2 Dos
Elimination Round Game3- C1 Whatcom Rangers vs. F2 Courage
Elimination Round Game4- G1 WPFC vs. A2 NWN
Elimination Round Game5- D1 Synergy vs. C2 Alliance
Elimination Round Game6- E1 EFC vs. SSC Elite
A1-Crossfire advance to quarters
F1-Shadow advance to quarters
Challenge cup summary-Bracket play has concluded and the elimination round match ups have been determined, as things stand the elimination matches are as follows:
Elimination Round Game1- A1 EFC 95 White vs. H2 Norpoint Spirit
Elimination Round Game2- B1 FC Kent Fusion vs. G2 Whatcom rangers blue
Elimination Round Game3- C1 WPFC 95 White vs. F2 Bainbridge FC 95 Blue
Elimination Round Game4- D1 FC Crush vs. E2 Three Rivers Flames
Elimination Round Game5- E1 Shoreline Saphires vs. B2 Snohomish United Red
Elimination Round Game6- F1 ECFC 95 White vs. A2 Cascade FC
Elimination Round Game7- G1 Crossfire 95 Black Schmetzer vs. D2 Mukilteo Storm
Elimination Round Game8- H1 Dos White vs. C2 Crossfire 95 Red Williams
95 ODP Pool announced
Washington Youth Soccer and Morocco Mole would like to congratulate the following players on being selected to the Washington Youth Soccer Girls '95 ODP Pool. You are considered the top players in the state of Washington and we know you will represent our state very well at upcoming events. These girls have been working double time and deserve our applause.
Bergquist Abbey Reign 94 Purple
Bofto Brooke EFC 95 Red
Carlson Sydney
Carrington Sierra WPFC 95 Black
Carter Sarah WPFC 94 Black
DeWeirdt Anna
Frett Allison
Glasser Shyann
Hafferty Kiana
Hayman Kristin
Hooks Brianna
Iseman Kassi ECFC 95 Green
Johnson Amy
Johnson Katie
Koch Shelby NWN Red
Lavitt Samara
Lavitt Libby Rose
Lewis Ava
Makela Emma
Marbury Kara 95 Spokane Shadow
Markey Tyra
Mason Darby ECFC 94 Green
McCluskey Kelli Reign 94 Purple
Russell Erin NWN Red
Sallee Jordan WPFC 95 Black
Schoales Rebecca
Serwold Paige
Shelton Callen
Standish Kristin
Tappero Tori
Thomas Lauren
Whitney Alexa
Mountians and Mole hills…
Mountians and Mole hills is a series of articles put together by Morocco’s network of hairless ninja moles. This week we will take a look at the Current 95 state champs ECFC 95 Green girls: This team has looked fantastic at times, but also has looked not too good other times. It was hard to tell which of these teams would show up any given weekend. The team was not exactly firing on all cylinders the few weeks prior to the start of the Championship Cup, looking very shaky and getting beat by Eastside Red 4-0 and then by NWN 3-0. Worse yet the team has been struggling with the flu bug having approximately 1/3 of the team sick at any given time.
With all these struggles, the girls are fighting to defend their title. In their first game of state cup they beat PPFC 3-0. Next game was against Eastside Red (many peoples favorite to win it all). ECFC has so few subs that one of the two keepers was asked to play the game in the field. The girls played hard and did well under the circumstances, but lost a tough game 1-0. Next was 3-Rivers. ECFC needed to get a tie or win to advance, and even though ECFC had many chances to score the ending score was 0-0. The good news is the team gets to advance to the Elimination Round. The bad news is the lack of scoring. The next two opponents will be Reign Purple and Xfire Thomas, so if the team doesn't figure out a way to put some points on the board it may be an early exit for the defending champs. However, ECFC matches up well with these teams and if they are on their game, they like their chances to advance to the semi-final. The semi will likely be a team like DOS, Whatcom, CB-United, or FCV Courage. Team has the talent to go all the way - they just need to get it together before 4/ 18. Time will tell.
A big thumbs up for the following ECFC 95 Green players for making the 96 ODP team: Mary Ann, Amber, Mia, Linnea, and Alissa! Another thumbs up to Kassi for making the 95 ODP team. A former 95 Green player, Darby, who is now playing for the 94 Green team has also made the 95 ODP team. Great job girls!
Thank you my hairless ninja for your thorough report. MM
My next mole hill comes from my albino shrew in the WPFC 95 Black camp, who reports: WPFC 95 Black 3-0-0 in Championship Cup bracket play with 12 goals for and 1 against, defeating Sun City Strikers, Reign Purple and Westsound. WPFC 95 Black prepares to play NWN 95 Red in eliminations 4/18, time TBA @ WPFC fields. Sure to be a battle. Tryouts for next season are projected to begin 5/15/09. Thank you so much for your report. MM
95 NEWS FLASH!!! Hold on to your maracas… It appears that not all of the U13 Championship bracket winners have been determined yet. My side line shrew reports: Evidently Snohomish is protesting the length of the final Division “B” bracket game. MRFC scored 2 goals in stoppage time. Snohomish was leading 2-1 at the end of regulation, but the referee added time. There were no stoppages of play in the 2nd half, so no reason to add any time. 3 minutes into added time a free kick is awarded to MRFC. They score to tie the game. Play continues. 6 minutes!! into added time a PK is awarded to MRFC, who scores to win. Game whistle was blown while the ball was in the net. Game over, Snohomish is eliminated. With the loss it knocks Snohomish out. Apparently the protest is in the State's hands and it should be resolved in 7 days. Yikes that’s a real eye opener!!! (Mole humor)
This concludes my report I’ll come up again in another month and take another whack at it, thank you to my mole and shrew reporters for you help.
MoroccoGU14 - The Fox's Den - by Fox MulderThe first weekend of State Cup brought a number of huge upsets. Blackhills not only beat Eastside but likely knocked them out of the whole tournament. NWN Red crushes SSFC turning their bracket upside down. Pacific Premier beat Timbers and changed the layout of the tournament. Instead of facing Pacific Premier GRFC now faces Timbers in the first elimination round while PPFC plays the second place team out of the weakest bracket. While Crossfire Porter and Harbor tied Harbor looks to be the favorite to win the bracket. NWN takes first and will be rewarded for winning its tough bracket by having to face the state champs in the elimination round. Dos and Nemesis are both out with Eastside, HPFC Both needing miracles to move on.
In an effort to insure the state cup stays on the west side of the mountains this reporter has heard rumor of some strange backroom dealings. At U-14 Snohomish Black has already locked up their bracket. Saturday the 18th they play Eastside who needs help to get out of bracket. Do not be surprised to see Snohomish put out some bizarre formations which just might let Eastside pull out a much needed 3-0 win.
The state went against their own tournament rules and forced FC Vancouver to reschedule with SSFC. FC Vancouver made it perfectly clear that they would not still have enough players to field a team and might not even be able to get a field to play on. By regional rules state cup has priority over regional league. Spokane Sabres are considering a protest as tournament rules were not followed and now FC Vancouver is not playing for anything and without its complete team. Sabres feel it took away any chance of a Vancouver upset that could push them though. What side of the mountains are the Sabres from again? FtB feels the only thing that would make the 'What's hoppin'ing' sections better is to have writers for GU15's or older, and of course would be nice to have any boy team writers.  PULSE PICTURES By Brat Jr    SIDELINE SNIPPETSAt GU15 match
after player kicks ball into referee's arm, a parent comments "Handball, handball!! ...why can't they call handball on the ref?"IRON CHEF WPSOK soccer moms and dads, fuel for that young athlete. A great meal for coolish days, satisfying but still nutritious. Throw it together in the morning prior to the big game. When your little warrior gets home they can fuel the goal scoring machine. Good also for tailgating prior to the game, just make sure it's 2 hours prior to playing. You don't want little Mia or little Beckham to use blood digesting food that they need to keep those muscles in action.
White Chicken Chili
Ingredients
Serves:4-6 Prep: 10min. Cook: 5hrs. Total: 5hr 10min
1 tbsp olive oil
3 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized chunks
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cans (14 oz each) fat-free, reduced-sodium chicken broth
4 cans (15.5 oz each) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (4.5 oz) chopped green chile peppers
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cumin
3/4 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
Directions
1. Heat oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add chicken, onions, and garlic and saute until chicken is lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer chicken mixture to 4-quart or larger slow cooker. Add broth, beans, chile peppers (with juice), salt, and remaining spices. Stir to combine. 2. Cover. Cook on low 4 to 6 hours or put in crock pot on low 4-6 hours. Uncover and cook 1 more hour, stirring occasionally, until flavors are blended.
Nutritional Facts per serving
CALORIES 257.6 CAL
FAT 2.5 G
SATURATED FAT 0.2 G
CHOLESTEROL 80 MG
SODIUM 786.6 MG
CARBOHYDRATES 21.7 G
TOTAL SUGARS 1 G
DIETARY FIBER 6.2 G
PROTEIN 36.8 G THIS MONTH AT WYS: &  First annual ?Give Kicks? Soccer Equipment Drive at the Sounders FC April 11th game!
Washington Youth Soccer will be collecting new and gently used clean soccer equipment during the Sounders April 11th game against the Kansas City Wizards. Bring your items to the game or contact the state office to drop equipment off early. THE FUNNY BONE - By BigBThese are actual sports quotes said by various people throughout the world.
Oiler coach Bum Phillips: When asked by Bob Costas why he takes his wife on all the road trips, Phillips responded, "Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye."
New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season:"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."
And, upon hearing Joe Jacoby of the 'Skins say "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl," Matt Millen of the Raiders said, "To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too."
Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann 1996: "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh: "I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: "You guys line up alphabetically by height." and "You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle."
Clemson recruit Ray Forsythe, who was ineligible as a freshman because of academic requirements: "I play football. I'm not trying to be a professor. The tests don't seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven't been through in school."
Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson hooking up again with promoter Don King: "Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton."
Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker: "That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my f******* clothes."
Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece: "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships: "I've won at every level, except college and pro."
Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regime of heavyweight Andrew Golota: "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is."
Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on his team's 7-27 record: "We can't win at home. We can't win on the road.. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play." (1992)
Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice: "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt." (1982)
Tommy Lasorda , Dodger manager, when asked what terms Mexican-born pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle for in his upcoming contract negotiations: "He wants Texas back." (1981)
Darrell Royal, Texas football coach, asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries that season resulted from poor physical conditioning: "One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?" (1966)
Mike McCormack, coach of the hapless Baltimore Colts after the team's co-captain, offensive guard Robert Pratt, pulled a hamstring running onto the field for the coin toss against St. Louis: "I'm Going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time." (1981)
Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet." (1991)
Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints G.M., when asked after a loss what he thought of the refs: "I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating." (1986)
Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons: "It's basically the same, just darker." (1991)
Lincoln Kennedy, Oakland Raiders tackle, on his decision not to vote: "I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot." (1996)
Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player: "I told him, 'Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.' " (1991)
Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins: "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings." (1991)
Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a player who received four F's and one D: "Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject." (1987)FtB hopes you enjoy the pulse being back, the next pulse should come out by the 8th of May. Let me know what you think of the our first attempt at bringing it back. My goal is to do this monthly so the writers will have lots to write about and have plenty of time to prepare and not get burned out. FtB will also leave you each month with these parting words PP's:
Rather you win or lose, always play with Fury & Fire!  |
