GLS Premier U-13 Boys Team
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Head Coach: Jim Rigdon

      Assistant Coaches:  Don Alexander & Jack Lemmermen      

Team Manager:  Sandy Bailey

Treasurer:  Peggy Staver

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RESULTS  
Congratulations to the boys who made next season's U14 team!
Click here to see the new roster for 2001-2002.
 
Final Spring Record: 10-1-1.  Congratulations on finishing first in the MSPSP
Select division and moving upward as fast as allowed for a new team.  The U-14
team next fall will be looking foward to competing at Premier II. To see the
standings, go to the MSPSP spring statistics page and choose U13 and level.
 
GLS is 2001 KISS Champions.  On June 23-24, GLS Premier earned the U13
boys championship by finishing ahead of
two strong GVP teams, TKO, Fort Wayne
Sporting Club Kickers, Lakota Northstars,
CA United, Jr. Irish, and Chicago Sockers
Blue. Click here for U13 boys KISS results.
In four games,GLS outscored its opponents
14-1 even though it was placed in the
strongest pool.
 
Click here for State Cup results earlier this spring.  GLS Premier was one of only
8 teams making it to the quarterfinals.  Valiant effort against Vardar (twice!).  
Vardar defeated Troy in the final and advanced to the Regionals in Missouri.
 
SoccerZone Cup champs 2001 SoccerZone Cup Champions!
Congratulations on winning the U-13
SoccerZone Cup in January. The biggest
games were a 9-2 victory over AC Storm
and a 3-1 victory over TKO.
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Final Fall 2000 MSPSP League record:  12-0-0     see results for details
 
Great goin' in your inaugural MSPSP season!  You outscored your opponents 
68 to 5 in 12 regular season games in the fall 2000 season and moved up a level
in the Spring season.  You also had two very good tournament outings against
some of the top premier teams in the Midwest.
 
Over half of all U-13 MSPSP teams were new this past fall, and of these teams
the three from the Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids area all finished undefeated and
swept first place in the Red, White, and Blue divisions.  
 
CONGRATULATIONS on finishing the Best of the Midwest Tournament Sept
16-17 in Naperville as semifinalist!  GLS Premier was the only U-13 team that
did not give up a goal in its first three games.  In the semis, GLS also shut down
the Pacesetters from Toledo OH during regulation and all but the last 50 seconds
of the second overtime period, before giving up the tying goal.  In the ensuing
shootout, which went seven rounds, the Pacesetters prevailed. To finish in the
top four teams (out of 40 U-13 teams) at this tournament deserves a pat on the
back!  In pool play, GLS had shutout victories over the highly regarded Busch
team from St Louis, Team Cincinnati Ambush, and the Naperville Lightning.
 
Congratulations to all players and coaches for an excellent start to the season
at the Troy Soccer City Classic Labor Day Weekend!  Out of 20 U-13 teams, GLS
Premier finished second in the upper (Gold) division.  The championship went to
Ohio FC Chelsea of Dublin OH, who in the finals avenged an earlier loss to GLS
Premier in pool play.  GLS Premier also had 3-0 victories over TKO Kingdom and
4-0 over Ann Arbor Arsenal.  Great goin' on your first U-13 tourney as a team.
   
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