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LFC continues to lead the way for the KYSA Coaching Education initiative.  We continue to invest a significant amount of resources to the mandated KYSA Coaching Education standards.  On September 1, 2009, Kentucky Youth Soccer will implement a minimum-coaching standard that is striving towards the overall improvement of player development in the state.  See here for more details…

Lexington FC Director of Coaching, Parviz Zartoshty, has been working diligently to assure all LFC coaches are meeting, if not exceeding, these standards as soon as possible.  The club has devoted a lot of time and money to improve the coaching education of all head and assistant coaches in the club.  Over the past few months, over 20 LFC coaches have attended coaching courses with the intention of improving their coaching techniques and furthering their understanding of how to teach the game more effectively.  The club firmly believes in the importance of coaching education and its benefits to the players, parents, officials and the entire club. 

Check out our new Coaching Staff page to see the impressive list of LFC coaches and their credentials. Click Here

May 5, 2008  The U9 PREMIER TEAM participated in the 4th Annual Club X Tornado Memorial Soccer Tournament in Xenia, OH April 19th and 20th 2008.  There was 160 Teams playing in 28 different divisions. The 99LFC Premier played in the U9 Gold Division with Ohio teams from Beavercreek, Vandalia, and Cincinnati. The weekend was a great success because the players came together as a "team" playing for each other, scoring 21 goals and allowing only seven in four games during the tournament.  In Sunday's championship game, the 99LFC Premier team played Cincinnati West Soccer Club Panther Pride, winning 4-1 in a match that was judged by most spectators to be very well played by both teams. Graham Rowles and Jonathon Delap's 99LFC Premier team enjoyed its first tournament win and the "required ice cream" that the coaches mandated on the trip home. Photo

April 21, 2008  The LFC 98 Boys Premier team had a great weekend at the Northern Ohio Cup in Lodi, OH this weekend... The boys went 3-0-0 in their bracket and
made it to the semi-finals,where they ended with a 3 to 2 loss that could have gone either way. Coach Richie Walsh was very pleased with the tenacity of his U10 boys. Congratulations!

April 21, 2008  Our LFC U11 Girls classic-white team won the Music City Invitational- Silver Division on April 19, 2008 in Nashville TN.   The goalies for the team (Olivia Meck and Madison Combs) posted four shut outs.  The team is coached by Sarah Thornton with Erin Hurst assisting. Photo

April 21, 2008 Its been a great start to the season for the U10 Girls Classic Red.  Coached by Monique Schreiner and Jonathan Stiles, the girls were finalist in the rain shortened Kick in the Bluegrass.  The girls were also finalist in the MASC tournament in Fairfield, Ohio where they lost in PK's for the championship.  Classic Red outscored their opponents 17-9 in four very exciting games.  Way to go girls!  Photo

April 19, 2008 The LFC 97 Premier Boys were the U11 Champions in the Blues City Blowout in Memphis, TN.  In winning the Gold Division, LFC shut out all competitors including Tennessee Rush (5-0); the host team Lobos (0-3) and Little Rock FC (0-5).   This was the team’s first tournament outing and first win under the leadership of new head coach Brian Duggan and assistant coach Kevin Lippert.  Photo

March 25, 2008 LFC U-15 Boy's Premier player BJ Hall recently returned from a nine day tour of Barcelona, Spain with the 1993 Region II Olympic Development Team.  He participated in five matches as a defensive center back against FC Barcelona, Espanyol, Europa, Cornella and 1992Region IV ODP.    In addition to playing outstanding teams, he also attended a Liga Match at Camp Nou between FC Barcelona and Levante UD.   The team took time out from their busy training schedule to take in the sights of Barcelona and Girona. The tour can be followed by accessing http://www.region2.com/odpboysnews.html.
BJ is a member of the U-15 Boys Premier Team coached by Brandon Bowman.  He has been selected for the Region II holdover camp for the last two years.  He also played with the Region II ODP Team in the Disney Junior Soccer Showcase over Thanksgiving in Orlando, Florida.  BJ is a freshman at Lexington Catholic High School and is the son of Rob and Christie Volpenhein.  When asked about his thoughts on his experience, BJ claimed “It was an 11 out of 10!  The game against FC Barcelona was an amazing match.  Even though we lost 2-1, I learned so much.  They possessed the ball for 10 minutes at a time without allowing us to get a touch.  Their speed of play is so fast, you have to be mentally and physically sharp to stay on top of the game.  One of my favorite events of the trip was the attending the professional match.  I wish Americans had that much excitement for the game.”   Photo In the pictures, BJ is in the knee brace on the front row

March 18, 2008  The U9 Girls Classic team was the winner of the Kick In the Bluegrass tournament in Versailles on 3-16.  The girls played their first game and won with a shut out, 6-0.  Due to the rain and field conditions the second game was settled only by PK's with the girls coming out the winners with a 4-3 victory.  The final game was against MUSA Flyers and ended in a 2-2 tie.  After no one scored in the Golden Goal overtime, the team again went into PK's to determine the winner.  The girls landed the champions with a 3-2 victory.  Congratulations to the girls and their coaches, Lowell and Pauline Siders!  (Picture).

March 17, 2008  The LFC 98 Boys Premier team took home the gold at the Kick in the
Bluegrass tournament the weekend of March 15. Coach Richie Walsh and the boys had three convincing wins against some good competition on a very rainy and messy weekend in the Bluegrass.

March 13, 2008  Reserve the date! The Lexington FC Annual General Meeting will be held at Kentucky Indoor Soccer and Sports on Monday, March 24 at 8 PM. Click here: http://www.lexingtonfc.org/pdf/AgendaAGM2008.pdf

March 5, 2008  LFC U-18 Girls Premier player Kristen Cattoi and LFC U-17 Boys Classic coach Matt Vogel were honored at this year's NSCAA convention in Baltimore. Kristen was honored as a 2007 High School Girls Scholar All American and Matt was recognized as a 2007 NSCAA Division III All American defender for Transylvania University. Both received their awards at the All America luncheon from US team members Claudio Reyna and Christine Lilly.

January 10, 2008  Congratulations to the following former LFC players who were recently named to the NSCAA and D3 Kicks. com Great Lakes regional teams.  NSCAA first team: Matt Vogel (LFC 84), NSCAA second team: Trey Kramer (LFC 88), Stu Hampson (LFC 89) NSCAA third team: Ryan Wood (LFC 88). D3 Kicks .com first team: Trey Kramer (LFC 88), Matt Vogel (LFC 84), D3 Kicks.com second team: Ryan Wood (LFC 88), D3 Kicks.com third team: Stu Hampson (LFC 89). These former LFC stars led Transylvania to its best showing ever in NCAA tournament play (sweet sixteen) and led Transy to their fourth straight Heartland Athletic Conference title. The NSCAA is the national soccer coaches association organization. D3 Kicks.com selections are made by sports information directors at colleges across the country.

December 29, 2007  Congratulations to LFC U-18 Premier player Kristen Cattoi. She has been named to the 2007 High School Girls Scholar All America team by the NSCAA. Kristen is one of only 35 girls nationwide to receive this honor for excellence not only on the soccer field but in the classroom. Bravo!

December 18, 2007  Matt Vogel (LFC 84) has been named as a NSCAA Division III All American. A senior defender for Transylvania University, Vogel led the defense for a strong Transy team that advanced all the way to the NCAA sweet sixteen tournament and finished third in the nation in goals against average. Vogel was also named co player of the year in the HCAC conference and first team All Great Lakes region for his efforts. Vogel is the head coach of the LFC U-17 Boys Classic team. Photo

November 8, 2007  Congratulations to LFC U-13 Girls Premier team for winning the
prestigious Metro United Girls Fall Classic on November 4.  Eight teams
ranked in the top 50 in the National Soccer Rankings were entered in the
St. Louis-area tournament.  The Metro, a Premier Elite event, is rated
as a top 10 tournament nationally and #1 in the Midwest.  After dropping
its first game on Saturday morning, LFC fell behind 3-0 to Tony Glavin
Green in the afternoon session, but rallied for a 5-4 win.  LFC then
advanced to the semifinals by knocking off Oklahoma power Tulsa SC 1-0.
Facing Illinois State finalist Sockers FC Chicago, LFC advanced to the
finals with a hard-fought 2-1 win.   Kerry Cook's team took the title
with a 2-0 victory over Midrivers Blue Strikers (Mo.).  Click here for
team photo.

November 6, 2007  Congratulations to Steve Fugmann, coach of our LFC Under 10 Girls Classic White team. Steve, who coaches the boy's team at Lafayette High School, has been named Large School Coach of the Year by his peers in the Kentucky High School Soccer Coach's Association for his accomplishments this fall

November 2, 2007  Congratulations to the follwing LFC players who have been named to Kentucky High School All State Teams for fall 2007: First Team: Katrina Ott, Stephanie Patterson, Kaylyn Pratt, Chassity Webb. Second Team: Morgan Binder, Liz Borgese, Kristin Cattoi, Arin Gilliland, Lauren Paynter, Sydney Sisler. Third Team: Adrienne Biles, Katie Blevins, Maddie Boone, Kayla Price, Lindsay Williams.

October 31, 2007  Congratulations to the following 2007 LFC players who were named to Kentucky High School All Star teams yesterday: First team: Aaron Dini, Ben Fister, Jorge Sanchez, Marc Miller, and Pierre Manga. Second team: Ali Omidy, Michael Keiser, Michael Ward, and Zach Appel. Honorable mention: Alex Riggs, Evan Perkins, Jake Stephens, Jordan Gay, Kory Figueroa, Logan Matthews, and Matthew Shultz.

October 16, 2007  Coach Brandon Stewart and his U13 boys classic white team won the Bronze Division at Fall Ball in Cincinnati the weekend of October 6 and 7, 2007.  LFC U13 boys classic went undefeated this weekend.  They beat PFC Sting 4-0 in the championship game on Sunday afternoon. Photo

October 16, 2007  Coach Brandon Stewart and his U13 boys classic white team won the Bronze Division at Fall Ball in Cincinnati the weekend of October 6 and 7, 2007.  LFC U13 boys classic went undefeated this weekend.  They beat PFC Sting 4-0 in the championship game on Sunday afternoon. Congratulations!!!!

October 11, 2007 Congratulations to the  U-14 Boys Premier team for wining first place in the FC Pride Cup tournament  in Lawrence, IN on Oct. 7. The championship game was tied at the end of the normal regulation period and went into overtime. It was a great effort and win by the players and Coach Dexter Sandy.

September 15, 2007 Special thank you the parents on the U-13 Premier Girls Soccer Team and Soccer Community
My daughter Rebecca is on the LFC U-13 Premier Girls Soccer team and has played with the same team for over three years. Like all soccer teams we have had our ups and downs but the team as a whole has been very successful. On June 9th 2007, I received a liver transplant at the University of Kentucky. (Fortunately, the school year was out, the soccer state cup was over, and tryouts had just finished! ) I was released from the hospital after just 10 days. For the next two months the parents of this soccer team (and some parents that are friends from some older soccer teams) have brought us meals 2 – 3 times each week. Only soccer team parents could have organized this effort so well. So often soccer parents get bad publicity but I just wanted to let everyone know how great all these parents have been to my daughter and our family and to say a great big thank you! to everyone for their prayers, cards and dinners. You guys are the best.. See you on the soccer fields!
Thank you, Terri Schladt and family

August 27, 2007  Congratulations to the U-10 Boys Classic team.  The team won their division at the Bluegrass Cup in Versailles.  They achieved the title of Champion by winning all four of their games.  It was a great team effort and made even more notable by having all nine players score at least one goal over the course of the Bluegrass Cup Tournament.   Photo

August 27, 2007  Congratulations to U-10G Classic White team for winning first place this past weekend at the Bluegrass Cup in Versailles.  The team went 4-0 and outscored there opponents 17-1.  The team is coached by Steve Fugmann and Katie Thornton.  Congratulations girls and coaches!! (Photo)

August 17, 2007 Congratulations to David Lock, LYSA/LFC nominee for Youth Ref of the Year who was selected by KYSA as the Kentucky Youth Referee of the Year  more

August 13, 2007 Over the weekend of July 21, the LFC U10 Boys Premier team took home the Gold from the 2007 Blue Grass State Games!  LFC had a 4-0-0 record, beating three teams from the Northern Kentucky area to eventually take the championship! Coach Richie Walsh is looking forward to a promising year.  Photo

August 7, 2007  More good news from the Regional ODP camps: Congratulations to LFC U15 Boys Premier team member BJ Hall, son of Christie and Rob Volpenhein, for his selection to the ODP 93 Region Team!  This is the second year in a row that BJ has been selected to the Region Pool.  This year, he has impressed even more and has been invited to play in the Disney Soccer Showcase as a starter on this team.  The tournament will occur over the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Quite an accomplishment and well deserved for a hard-working and extremely skilled player!

July 18, 2007 Kentucky Player Impressive at ODP Camp
Arin Gilliland of Lancaster, KY has been selected to the 1992 US Youth Soccer Region II Girls Olympic Development Program Pool Team.  Regional and national staff coaches selected her at regional camp held in DeKalb, Illinois.  This camp brought together the top 18 player each of US Youth Soccer 14 Midwestern stats competing for selection to the Pool Team.  Only 30 players were selected in each age group to represent Region II in competition.  
Back in Kentucky, Arin attends West Jessamine High School and plays competitively for the U15 LFC Premier team, a team that recently finished second at the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Championships.  Arin has been involved in the Kentucky Youth Soccer ODP program since 2004, but this is the first time she has made the ODP Regional Team.  This is a great honor, not only for Arin, but for the entire state of Kentucky. Good luck to Arin as she competes with Region II in the coming months.  Photo  Photo

July 10, 2007  LFC U-14 girls Midwest Region Championships photos photo 1 photo 2 photo 3

June 27, 2007  Unfortunately, the LFC U-14 girls were defeated in PKs in the finals of the Midwest Region Championships this afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa. Our girls led most of the match, going up 1-0 early in the first half on a goal by Maddie Boone . Carmel tied the game off a corner kick very late in regulation. After two scoreless overtime periods, the game went to a shootout to determine the winner. After 7 shooters, Carmel United got the stop they needed to take the title. Congratulations to both teams on an exciting match. We are VERY proud of our U-14 Girls Premier team and their coaches and parents for representing Lexington FC and the state of Kentucky so well at the US Youth Soccer Region 2 Championships!

June 26, 2007  Congratulations to the Lexington FC U-14 Premier Girls, coached by Kimberly Vaughn, who have advanced to tomorrow's REGION 2 Finals in Des Moines, Iowa by defeating Milwaukee FC 2-1 in overtime in today's semi final match. The LFC girls advanced out of group play undefeated, outscoring their opponents 7-2.  The winner of tomorrow's final against Carmel will represent Region 2 at the National Championships in Texas next month. Good Luck girls! Photo

June 4, 2007  Three more Lexington FC teams were crowned as State Champions last weekend in Bowling Green. The LFC U-11 Girls Premier, coached by Jim Tussey, and the U-11 Boys Premier, coached by Graham Rowles, won their titles in the finals of the Eurosport Challenge Cup. Coach Kimberly Vaughn's U-14 Girls Premier won the State Championship in the Kentucky State Open Cup and will represent the state in the Midwest Region 2 Championships in Des Moines, Iowa in late June. Several Lexington FC teams were finalists in the competition. They include the U-12 Girls Premier, U-13 Girls Premier, the U-14 Boys Premier and the U-19 Boys Premier teams. Congratulations to all coaches, players, and parents on these accomplishments. We are proud of you!

May 31, 2007 Congratulations to the U-9 Girls Classic White for winning their division in the Queen City Tournament this past weekend in Cincinnati.  The team went undefeated, 5-0, and outscored their opponents, 19-4. This team has competed in two tournaments this season and have claimed first place in both on them!!  This was a great way to end the season.  Great job girls and coaches!! Photo

May 29, 2007 The U9 Classic team came in as finalists in 2 Spring tournaments. They were runners-up in the BIT in their division. (photo) May 26-28 they played in the Queen City tournament in Cincinnati.  They moved to the semi-finals in the Wild Card spot with 2 wins and 1 tie.  They won the semi-final game and advanced to the final.  They were narrowly defeated in the final with a score of 3-2 to claim a Finalist trophy.(photo)

May 21, 2007  Lexington FC is proud to announce our new Kentucky Eurosport State Champion teams!  The LFC U-9 Girls Premier (photo) coached by Maggie Ray, the LFC U-10 Girls Premier White coached by Dave McIver (photo), and the LFC U-10 Boys Premier (photo) coached by Jason Bartlett and Brian Duggin.  The LFC U-10 Girls Premier Red team and the LFC U-9 Boys Premier team were both semifinalists in the Eurosport Cup and our U-11 Girls Premier, U-12 Girls Premier, and U-11 Boys Premier teams all advanced to the championship round in Bowling Green on June 2.  Congratulations to all players and coaches on a job well done. Good luck to all teams moving on to Bowling Green! 

May 16, 2007  Conratulations to the U-10 Boys Premier team. They won both the Music City Tournament and the BIT this spring Photo Photo

May 14, 2007  Congratulations to LFC U9 Classic White Girls for winning their division in the BIT. Coached by Mo Schreiner and Erin Rush, the girls went 3-1 outscoring their opponents 15-7 in the tournament. Great job girls!  Photo