U19 KCW Juniors fall to Columbus Crew Juniors

It might have been a preview of a future MLS match-up in the Under-19 Boys final between Kansas City Wizards and Crew Juniors (OH-S). Eric Erb scored off a corner to give Crew the 1-0 lead in the 19^th minute and that lead would hold through the first and most of the second half. Crew teammate, Joseph Haught added a second in the 70^th minute. Down 2-0 with time running out Alex Sweetin was a magician in the remaining minutes with goals in the 81^st, off a corner, and in extra time, with a PK, to tie the score for the Wizards at 2-2. In overtime, the Crew, with eight Youth National Team players, made the most of their opportunities and added two goals to the Wizards one, in the 4-3 Crew win. Crew moves on to play for the storied James P. McGuire Cup, awarded to the Under-19 Boys US Youth Soccer National Champion. 2010 marks the 75^th anniversary of the McGuire Cup.

Under-19 Boys
Kansas City Wizards (KS) 3, Crew Juniors (OH-S) 4
CJ - Eric Erb (19:00) | CJ - Joseph Haught (70:00) | CJ - John Wargo (95:00) | CJ - Ryan Lee (107:00) | WIZ - Alex Sweetin (81:00) | WIZ - Alex Sweetin (90:00) | WIZ - Nicholas Aguilar (110:00)

KCW Juniors are on Fire!

So much to talk about, I don't even know where to start....maybe with a simple Congratulations to the KCW Juniors U19, U16 and U14 teams.

The U19s played the Kansas State cup final on Thursday, June 10th and beat KCFC 4-0. We had goals by: Christian Duke, Tom Stroh and Alex Sweetin (2). The team which is coached by Paul Rideout and Nate Houser will head to Regionals in Dayton OH the weekend of June 26th.

The U14s, coached by Daouda Kante, played Kansas Rush in the State Cup final also last Thursday and came away with a victory of 3-0. Goals came from Jo Jo Piatczyc, DeBray Hollimon and Cole Stevenson. So they too will be headed to Regionals. Schedules for Regionals are released this Friday, we will will keep you updated on who both teams will be facing!

U19s to play is Kansas State Cup

The KCW Juniors have formed a very competitive U19 Men's team that will compete next week in Kansas State Cup. There one and only game is slated for 8pm against KCFC. This game will take place at Overland Park Soccer Complex. If the team wins this match they will then attend the Region II Regional in Ohio. The team will be lead by local stand-outs Alex Sweetin who now attends Saint Louis University and Christian Duke who attends University of San Diego. The team is coached by Paul Rideout and Nate Houser. The full roster includes:

Ryan Hunter

Christian Duke

Shemaiah Davis

Alex Sweetin

Kyle Martin

Aaron Appel

ChristianKrueger

Laeth Hamil

Cole Prather

Jeremy Wassmer

Kevin Ellis

Joshua Rydberg

Nathan Byarlay

Mohammad Ramahi

Chris Binns

Taylor Knoll

Ethan Bauer

ZaneChristenson

Nick Aguilar

Tom Stroh