SO CAL RUSH SOCCER

The first win in the 2010-2011 campaign for AJ Auxerre was a big one! After losing 1-0 to Zenit St. Petersburg in their away leg of the Champions League playoffs, AJA returned to the Abbe-Deschamps Stadium and secured a 2-0 win over Zenit to win the aggregate series 2-1. With the 2-0 victory, AJ Auxerre have earned a position in the UEFA Champions League group stage!

Cedric Hengbart got the home side on the scoreboard early with a header goal nine minutes into the game. Ireneusz Jelen’s volley in the 52nd minute put AJA up in the aggregate and the home side maintained for the remainder to ensure a return to the Champions League after an eight-year absence. The Auxerre defense was aided late in the game as two men for Zenit were sent off.

Match day 1 of the 32-team group stage begins September 14 and 15. Groups will be drawn Thursday in Monaco.

Auxerre will return to Ligue 1 action this weekend when they take on AS Monaco. AJA will be looking for their first win in the domestic league after playing to draws in each of their first three matches.

Congratulations AJ Auxerre!

Congratulations to our G94 Nike team for their 1st place win at the Lake Elsinore Tournament

We would like to congratulate our G94 Nike team on their successful run in their Spring Cup

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

BOYS U-17 TEAM

FOR WINNING STATE CUP

We are delighted to welcome Paul Anthony La Bella to our growing family. He is joining us from Antelope Valley, as we further expand our club to greater heights. Paul has acquired many accolades throughout his career. Please visit our coaches page for a complete list of his illustrious accomplishments. We believe Paul will be an immense asset to our club and help us reach that next level.

A 4-1 win over Lorient over the weekend leaves AJA in second place (63 points) with only 5 games to play. First half goals by Dennis Oliech and Ireneusz Jelen followed in the seconf half by Valter Birsa and Cedric Hengbart, in addition to two red card ejections for Lorient, was plenty to propel AJA to their second straight Ligue 1 win. AJA will take on Toulouse (43 pts.) on Sunday as they prep for a tough stretch when they'll play first place Marseille May 2 and third place Lyon May 5. A top two finish in the league would put Auxerre into the 2010-2011 Champions League! With a third place finish, they would go into Champions League Qualification.

We would like to make a special mention for three young ladies from our sister team in Palmdale Rush that helped our GU13 girls in the Santa Clarita Tournament, from left to right Jocelyn, Lisa, and Deja. Lisa played defense and proved to be a key in the success for our Rush team, while Deja was a focal point as center mid, and Jocelyn provided continuous threat from the right wing scoring two goals for our squad. All three girls played a fundamental part in the success of our team, leading them to the semi-finals. The tournament director was so impressed by Jocelyn's performance that he decided to name her the MVP of the tournament. We would like to congratulate the entire team for their success, and thank these three young ladies for their help and support.

We are delighted to announce Daniel Gonzalez as our new Technical Director. He has been involved with the organization for some time now, and has become an asset as well as a valued member of our soccer family. As our new Technical Director and a current MLS coach for Chivas USA, his involvement opens up broader possibilities for all of our young talent. We are certain that his numerous years of experience and current achievements will help our club grow in strength and expand across brighter horizons. We would also like to wish the best of luck to our previous Technical Director MJ Tate with his future endeavors.

As some of you know MJ Tate, the Technical Director for So. Cal. Rush has resigned. I would like to take this opportunity to wish MJ Tate all the best as he steps out of the Technical Director’s Role and pursues other employment. I have had the pleasure of working with MJ and will hopefully continue to do so in the near future. I would also like to welcome Daniel Gonzales as your new Technical Director. I have had the privilege of working with Daniel in the past and welcome him. He is a professional with a wealth of knowledge and experience. On behalf of Rush Soccer, we are happy to have you part of the Rush once again, you are in good hands!

The Rush are looking forward to positive development and growth from So. Cal. Rush. The So. Cal. Rush are part of a very progressive and unique organization. You contribute to the successes of Rush Soccer. Our relationship has never been stronger. The future looks bright. Thank you. Tim Schulz.

So Cal Rush would like to congratulate Megan Altis on her vebal committment to Cal State San Bernardino

So Cal Rush is please to announce the following players in their achievements and represnting So Cal Rush on a National Level:

Isalei Tauaese, Katie Saavedra,Ashleen Bradbury, Fabiana Peiro, Nelson Hernandez, Juan Carlos Martinez, Alvaro Saldano, Bivaldo Barrera.

These players will be attending Presidents Cup in Febuary as Rush USA. Congrats and good luck!

The largest competitive youth soccer club Rush arrives in the antelope valley and will be hosting a FREE soccer clinic to age groups from u9 to u18. The date of this clinic is December 5th from 11am to 2pm. Those interested in learning more and being part of this great organization will be coached by the best ‘A’ licensed coaches in America. For more information please contact Paul Allison marketing director at fpusaallisonp@hotmail.com or contact him via cell at 714 814 2211. We look forward to seeing you and being part of something great.

Rush Soccer is excited to announce that the dates have been set for the annual Rush Summit and Rush Festival. The week of activities will be held just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah from July 25 till August 1, 2010.

The Rush Summit, a meeting of Rush Presidents, Technical Directors and other staff members will precede the Festival. The Summit gives Rush staff a chance to discuss topics affecting the club both on national and local levels.

The Festival, which has been growing in numbers the past two years, will be held July 28-August 1. Nebraska and Kansas have both hosted the Rush Festival in the past. The Rush Festival gathers U12 Rush boys and girls teams from across the country for 5 days of games, training sessions, classroom activities and social events. The 2009 event brought out several guests from the MLS and the Festival participants got to attend an MLS game between the Kansas City Wizards and the LA Galaxy.

The 2010 Festival promises to be another great experience. "We are excited about the opportunity to host the 2010 Rush Summit and Festival," said Utah Rush Technical Director Eric Landon. "We are fortunate to be selected from a group of very good states and clubs. The state of Utah and the city of Layton better watch out-Rush Soccer is coming!!!"

So Cal Rush to send 5 players to US National Camp

So Cal Rush to send 5 players to US National Camp So Cal Rush is excited to share announce that five boys from the club have been identified and selected for the USA National Pool '95B on August 29-30 at the Home Depot Center. Forwards Juan Carlos Martinez and Bivaldo Barrera, and Defender/Midfielder Nelson Hernandez, who play with the U14 Nike team, along with Victor Palafox and Alex Ranteria, who play Forward and Defender respectively, of the U16 team have been identified and will now be part of the player pool for the US youth squad. "The U14 Boys Nike team is fast becoming one of the best teams in the country. The teams' ranking is not a true reflection of how good they are because many of the players are economically challenged and cannot go to ranking tournaments every weekend," said So Cal Rush Technical Director MJ Tate. He continued, "Perspective of the team's ability and the talent of these boys is the 9-0 win against a Hawaii Rush Team that finished as Region 4 quarter finalists. While the team is very talented these three boys (Martinez, Barrera and Hernandez) are the cream of the group at this point in their careers." Tate is impressed with the two player from the U16 team as well saying, "The U16 boys finished third in the Cal South State Cup in their first appearance and continue to compete with the best teams in Southern California. Both these two boys (Palafox and Ranteria) have shown great ability and leadership playing with players a year or two older." Juan Carlos (Forward) - Is the team captain and can play central and wide forward positions. He is a pure goal scorer that has impressive speed and power. Nelson Hernandez (Defender/Midfielder) - Is very tall and strong. Good in the air and great vision. Has tremendously quick feet for his size. Bivaldo Barrera (Forward) - Incredibly quick, great balance and trickery. Excellent crosser of the ball. Pure finisher, can play central or wide positions. Victor Palafox (Forward) - Aggressive, tricky and quick. Scores goals for fun. Links well with midfield. Alex Ranteria (Defender) - Strong, good in the air, great distribution. Calm under pressure. Excellent balance and tactical awareness

So Cal Rush continues to expand it's business portfolio as a sports club, into the Basketball arena. The Rush brand is synonymous with excellence and quality. On Tuesday 22nd of September announced the arrival of Rush Basketball headed up by Coach Mike Stewart as Technical Director with wife Andrea as Administrator & Interim Board Member & son Ricky as Coach & Operations Manager.

More information about Rush Basketball will be accesable on our website shortly.

Five So Cal Rush Players were invited to USA U14/U15 National pool tryouts at Home Depot Center. We would like to congratulate Victor Palafox, Alex Renteria (under 15 Nike), Juan Carlos, Martinez Bivaldo, and Barerra Nelson Hernandez (under 14 Nike).

"This is an incredible achievement that cannot be matched anywhere in the High Desert. Most clubs anywhere would be proud to have one player invited for National Team contention but to have five from one Club shows just what top level coaching can do for you" said Technical Director M-J Tate.