Banat Soccer Club Girls Win and Place Third
Banat 98 Girls Head to Hawaii for Regionals
Banat SC 98 Girls won the U15 Arizona State Championship in May defeating Gilbert Arsenal 2-0 on goals by Olivia Hernandez and Danny Fonseca. The team won all 4 matches scoring 19 goals and recording all 4 matches as shutouts. The win is the first girls State Cup win for the club, and notably is the first girls State Cup win for a west valley team in decades. The Banat 98s are coached by the club's DoC Alan Watson, assisted by James Jones and managed by Michelle Youngs. The team will now be headed to Regionals in Hawaii!
Banat SC 96 girls, a perennial powerhouse in their age group, finished State Cup by winning the U17 3rd place match vs. Sereno South 3-1 on a hat trick by Anna Goebel. The team, which has placed in the top four every year, is coached by Alan Watson and Jon Ruzan and is managed by Ryan Goebel. The team will now be headed to Houston for the Texas Shootout College Showcase.
Banat's 97Gs, 99Gs and 96Bs also competed admirably in State Cup and we applaud there efforts, as well as all of those that represented the club so admirably in the President's Cup, Vini Cruz's 99Bs, Mark Leicester's 99/00Bs and Paul Winterich's 95Bs.
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Banat SC is pleased to announce that in addition to the fields already in our inventory we have also received allocation at Rose Mofford in June as well as access to the fields at Church of Joy on Loop 101 and 75th Avenue.
-- Banat SC Welcomes Ed Eaton to Coaching Staff --
Banat SC is pleased to announce Ed Eaton as the newest addition to our coaching staff. He comes to us with 13 years of coaching experience at both the elite club level and high school. He holds a USSF National “C” license, an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma, and an NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma. His playing background includes four seasons with the USL’s Chicago Sockers. He is married and has three children. “We are thrilled to have a coach of Ed’s caliber join us,” says Alan Watson, Banat SC Director of Coaching. “We look forward to integrating him and are certain that in every coaching assignment Ed will help us tremendously in furthering our player development.”
Tryout Information
We have had overwhelming response to our 2013 Tryouts/Evaluations held earlier in May. Please check back soon as we will be announcing another round of tryouts/evaluations for June in preparation for our 2013-2014 season kick-off in August.
But if you'd like to arrange for a personal tryout/evaluation, please email banatsoccerclub@cox.net with the player's name, gender, date of birth and contact info and we will have someone contact you. Or you can text the info to 602-565-8531.
