Rend Lake College has decided to add another sports program to their list. Women's soccer will commence in August 2010. I have been hired as the head coach of men and women's soccer. I will be hiring one assistant for the men and one assistant for the women to help me run both programs.
If you know of any young ladies that are looking for a place to play collegiate soccer, please tell them to contact me. Since the high school girls play in the spring, I'll have plenty of time to scout the 2010 class. I'm sure we'll be able to put a competitive team together for our first season.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Region 24 post season scores
Information on Region 24 post season games is hard to come by so I thought I'd publish this in order to keep you informed about the tournament.
The three play in games were:
SWIC (1) vs K.C. (0)
RLC (2) vs Danville (0)
Lewis and Clark (6) vs SCI (1).
Round One had:
Lincoln Land (2) Lewis and Clark (1)
ICC (7) RLC (0)
SWIC (4) Heartland (2)
Lincoln (2) Parkland (1)
Round Two has:
SWIC vs ICC playing on 10/28
Lincoln vs Lincoln Land playing on 10/29
I'll update the scores when I get them
UPDATE!! ICC beat SWIC 1-0.
Lincoln Land beat Lincoln 2-0
ICC and Lincoln Land play for the Region 24 Championship at Bradley University on November 1st.
UPDATE,,,, ICC beat Lincoln Land 1-1 (3-1 PK) They play SchoolCraft College (16-1-1) on November 6-7th.
UPDATE,,,,SchoolCraft beats ICC 2-1 in overtime.
The three play in games were:
SWIC (1) vs K.C. (0)
RLC (2) vs Danville (0)
Lewis and Clark (6) vs SCI (1).
Round One had:
Lincoln Land (2) Lewis and Clark (1)
ICC (7) RLC (0)
SWIC (4) Heartland (2)
Lincoln (2) Parkland (1)
Round Two has:
SWIC vs ICC playing on 10/28
Lincoln vs Lincoln Land playing on 10/29
I'll update the scores when I get them
UPDATE!! ICC beat SWIC 1-0.
Lincoln Land beat Lincoln 2-0
ICC and Lincoln Land play for the Region 24 Championship at Bradley University on November 1st.
UPDATE,,,, ICC beat Lincoln Land 1-1 (3-1 PK) They play SchoolCraft College (16-1-1) on November 6-7th.
UPDATE,,,,SchoolCraft beats ICC 2-1 in overtime.
Post Season Honors
I received an email from Rod Lovett, Region 24 Men's Soccer Director, notifying me that we have three boys that have been selected for post season honors.
Thad Snell has been selected as First Team All Region. Logan Gregg and Juan Arreola received Honorable Mention for Region 24.
The coaches of Region 24 teams submitted their nominations two weeks ago, and the selection was made public today. This is another accomplishment that we can add to our list this year.
Congratulations to Thad, Logan, and Juan!
Thad Snell has been selected as First Team All Region. Logan Gregg and Juan Arreola received Honorable Mention for Region 24.
The coaches of Region 24 teams submitted their nominations two weeks ago, and the selection was made public today. This is another accomplishment that we can add to our list this year.
Congratulations to Thad, Logan, and Juan!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
RLC vs ICC
We made the road trip to Peoria today for the second time in seven days. Last Saturday we wrapped up our Region 24 play at ICC and today we were back for the first round of the Region 24 playoffs after winning our play in game last week against Danville.
The field was the same,,, awful muddy and mucky; The weather was the same,,,, cold and windy; and the result was the same,,, ICC won. We lost to a very good team 7-0. We tip our hats to Coach OZ and his boys. They are a very fine team.
Our boys played a very good game in spite of the poor field conditions, and Josh Sears put in a fine performance at Keeper. I've watched a lot of Keepers this year in Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, and I've seen a few just as good as Josh, but I haven't seen one better than him.
We'll get to host ICC next year. Hopefully the pitch will be dry and fast, and maybe the outcome will be different.
The field was the same,,, awful muddy and mucky; The weather was the same,,,, cold and windy; and the result was the same,,, ICC won. We lost to a very good team 7-0. We tip our hats to Coach OZ and his boys. They are a very fine team.
Our boys played a very good game in spite of the poor field conditions, and Josh Sears put in a fine performance at Keeper. I've watched a lot of Keepers this year in Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, and I've seen a few just as good as Josh, but I haven't seen one better than him.
We'll get to host ICC next year. Hopefully the pitch will be dry and fast, and maybe the outcome will be different.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
RLC vs Danville
We hosted Danville in the first round of Region 24 post season play on October 21st at 2:00. Of all the teams in Region 24 we know Danville the best because we have played them four times in the past two years. Of those four matches Danville has won 2, we have won one, and we tied one. It's always a good match when we take on Danville.
This one started the way we wanted it to, with a 1-0 lead by a goal from Jared White in the 8th minute. That's the way the scored stayed until half. In the second half we dodged a bullet as Danville banged on off the top post on a wide open goal. In the 80th minute we went ahead 2-0 on a goal from Thad Snell, and that turned out to be the final score.
This one started the way we wanted it to, with a 1-0 lead by a goal from Jared White in the 8th minute. That's the way the scored stayed until half. In the second half we dodged a bullet as Danville banged on off the top post on a wide open goal. In the 80th minute we went ahead 2-0 on a goal from Thad Snell, and that turned out to be the final score.
Josh Sears turned in nice performance as he recorded another shutout with 8 saves. We finished with 17 shots on goal.
With this win our record is now 9-9-2. Our next match is this Saturday against ICC.
RLC vs Forest Park
We played Forest Park Community College in St. Louis on Ocotber 19th. The match was played under the lights at the beautiful soccer specific facilities of St Louis University High School.
We got on the scoreboard first with a goal by Jared White. Forest Park tied it a little later on, and we went ahead again by a nice goal from Eli Bradley on a beautiful assist by Cesar Garcia. Forest Park tied the score with 35 seconds to go in the match on a nice corner that they converted on the back post. After two 10 minute golden goal overtimes the match ended in a 2-2 tie.
Our thanks to Coach Henson and his boys for hosting us. We're looking forward to returning the favor in the 2010 season.
We got on the scoreboard first with a goal by Jared White. Forest Park tied it a little later on, and we went ahead again by a nice goal from Eli Bradley on a beautiful assist by Cesar Garcia. Forest Park tied the score with 35 seconds to go in the match on a nice corner that they converted on the back post. After two 10 minute golden goal overtimes the match ended in a 2-2 tie.
Our thanks to Coach Henson and his boys for hosting us. We're looking forward to returning the favor in the 2010 season.
RLC vs ICC
The trip to Peoria is a long one on any given day, but when you drive for 11 hours the day before it makes it a bit longer. We got back from our Mississippi late Friday night, then left for Peoria on the morning of the 17th to drive for four hours and play one of the best teams in the nation.
It wasn't the best of days to play. Peoria had received a lot of rain and the pitch was in bad shape. Add to that the cold weather and it didn't make for one of those "perfect days" to play on.
We went up 1-0 on a nice goal by Griffin Groves. He had a nice break away on the left side and sent the ball to the right side of goal from 20 yards out. ICC tied it shortly after that on a PK, and by half it was 4-1. The game was called in the 72nd minute due to the unsafe conditions of the pitch with ICC leading 9-1.
Coach Oz has done a great job assembling a nationally ranked team. They are awesome! One of our boys summed up the day the best when he said, "this is the best team I've played against on the worst pitch that I've played on".
It wasn't the best of days to play. Peoria had received a lot of rain and the pitch was in bad shape. Add to that the cold weather and it didn't make for one of those "perfect days" to play on.
We went up 1-0 on a nice goal by Griffin Groves. He had a nice break away on the left side and sent the ball to the right side of goal from 20 yards out. ICC tied it shortly after that on a PK, and by half it was 4-1. The game was called in the 72nd minute due to the unsafe conditions of the pitch with ICC leading 9-1.
Coach Oz has done a great job assembling a nationally ranked team. They are awesome! One of our boys summed up the day the best when he said, "this is the best team I've played against on the worst pitch that I've played on".
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