...and better than ever!! Does your daughter want to have fun and exciting spring? If so, RAGE Spring Soccer is the program for her!! Spring Soccer focuses on FUN-damental skill development. Players are encouraged to experiment with skills in a fun and positive manner. Players have the opportunity to master basic skills such as dribbling, "taking players on", passing, defense, and shooting. Spring Soccer develops athletic skills, positive attitudes and good sportsmanship.
Click on the following link to learn more - [SPRING SOCCER DETAILS & REGISTRATION]
posted: February 4, 2010

It's that time again...competitive soccer placement dates are just around the corner!
Please see the placement schedule for details (last updated 1/8/10).
posted: January 8, 2010

On January 6, 2010, at the RAGE Board of Directors meeting, the following candidates were elected by unanimous vote as officers of the Club:
       President:  Joni Little
       Competitive Vice President:  John Grozier
       Recreational Vice President:  Lara Schreiber
       Secretary:  Hana Hughes
       Treasurer: Ross Stonesifer
Their duties are effective immediately, and they will serve for a one year term.

posted: January 7, 2010

RAGE Competitive Winter Academy is just around the corner!!  Sign up now and don't miss out on this fun and exciting training opportunity.

Pleasanton RAGE will be offering a competitive academy this winter specifically designed for the younger (U9-U12) age groups.  The academy is designed to help your daughter keep touching the soccer ball, bond with RAGE players and staff, prepare for placement AND become better technically.  By working technically during the week and playing small sided games on the weekend, your daughter can and will become a more technically sound soccer player. 

WHO IS THE STAFF?
The Rage Youth Academy staff is overseen by the Director of Coaching, Philippe Blin, and will consist of coaches selected from our Rage staff coaches.
WHEN ARE THE SESSIONS?
Mondays (technical sessions)- Jan 11 & 25 / Feb 1, 8 & 22 / March 1
ALL MONDAY SESSIONS: 4-5:15pm
Saturdays (small sided games) – Jan 9, 23 &30 / Feb 6, 20 & 27

Details and Registration can be found by clicking here for the flier and registration form.

Questions can be directed to Tamie Shadle at tamie@pleasantonrage.org.
posted: November 10, 2009

Pleasanton RAGE College Showcase is the number one Northern California Premier Soccer Tournament. This showcase attracts premier teams from all over the United States who want to showcase their skills to college coach recruiters. Apply Today!

Date: July 23 - 25, 2010
Estimated # of teams: 176
Cost: $900.00
Application Deadline: May 31, 2010
Sanctioning: US Club Soccer
Applications: Visit our Website

posted: January 10, 2010

The RAGE Recreational Youth Academy provides a unique learning environment for recreational players to develop fundamental soccer skills. The goal of this Academy is to foster a passion for soccer and a greater understanding of the game while building a solid foundation of basic skills and technique. It was developed for ALL young players to have fun while learning to love the “beautiful game”. 

The Recreational Youth Academy is open to all RECREATIONAL children playing in the U7, U8, U9, and U10 age groups.  This is a great way for players to continue improving throughout the winter months. 

Academy Trainers: Director of Recreation – Gabby Olivares
                                -Professional Soccer Player – Amir Lowery

When: November 30, 2009 – February 11, 2010 (8 week program - RAIN or SHINE)
           Mondays – U7, Tuesdays – U8, Wednesdays – U9, Thursdays – U10
           ALL SESSIONS: 4:00 - 5:15 pm
           NO TRAINING:3 week break during holidays 12/21/09 – 1/8/10 and MLK Day 1/18/10

Where: BodyMax All-Weather Turf Field
Cost:  $100
Registration Deadline: CLOSED
updated: November 16, 2009

U11 White team results in Norcal State Championships. They were defeated by North Valley Lightning 1-0. Our loss was due to an unfortunate rebound into our own goal. The girls are proud of their accomplishment making this far.

  posted: January 4, 2010

The RAGE U12-White team has been working extra hard to improve their juggling skills.  In November 2009 Philippe challenged the entire U12 age group to improve their juggling capabilities. As result, the team took Philippe’s challenge seriously and started focusing on meeting/exceeding his challenge. Coaches began to monitor players juggling progress by charting and recognizing players when a positive rate of improvement was achieved and when a player achieved a PR. 
 As a motivator for players to work extra hard to improve, Karen Martin and Nick Mangiardi created a “Rage Juggling Club” and made juggling patches to be awarded to the players. This was great, as the patches were awarded to players by Philippe.
 At each training session the coaches set aside 10 minutes for players to work on juggling. During this time the coach logged/charted player’s progress and also encouraged players to practice at home.
 The result of this challenge has had a huge impact on each player. The biggest impact is that players are taking this challenge at home…spending more time at home practicing their juggling. This challenge is creating good competition and motivation for players to get better. All the players have improved their juggling skills.
 Since this program was implemented the rate of improvement demonstrated by each player has been phenomenal. Not all players have achieved Philippe’s challenge just yet, but they are making huge strides and they are getting closer to achieving the goal.

Below is a list of the top U12-White jugglers:  Feet only top jugglers Sadie Moore -   260 (250 Juggling Club) Hanna Mallie -   207 (200 Juggling Club) Maggie Kilday - 201 (200 Juggling Club) Heather Jackson -    120 Juggling Club           Megan Martin -   90 (75 Juggling Club) Olivia Christensen   89 (75 Juggling Club) Nicole Tsuno          78 (75 Juggling Club)   Bella Villafuerte     65 (60 Juggling Club)

Not pictured – Maggie Kilday & Hanna Mallie

All body parts top jugglers Maggie Kilday - 600 (600 Juggling Club) Sadie Moore -  260 (250 Juggling Club) Hanna Mallie –   223 (200 Juggling Club) Megan Martin -  112 (100 Juggling Club) Madison Avery -  111 (100 Juggling Club) MacKenzie Bammer - 111 (100 Juggling Club) Bella Villafuerte -   111 (100 Juggling Club) Lisa DeFeo -   104 (100 Juggling Club) Kennedy Truex -  101 (100 Juggling Club)
	Not pictured-Maggie Kilday, Hanna Mallie,

posted: December 7, 2009

The Rowdies returned on a freezing Sunday morning to finish out their bracket against the league champs from Dublin. The Rowdies kept on rolling with a 3-1 victory, highlighted by goals from Haley Isaacs, Emma Himsl and Erin Overland.

The Championship game on Sunday afternoon was against the Mustang Cosmos, who won the other bracket. This was an extremely hard fought, back and forth battle, that saw the Rowdies come away with a 1-0 victory. The lone goal came in the first half, when a beautifully placed corner kick from Aly Isaacs produced a header from Nicole Wilson that found the back of the net. From that point, the game went back and forth, as the Mustang offense was held scoreless thanks to the defensive efforts of Jessica Granucci, Bridget Moe and Taylor Cruz, who had the difficult task of stopping a very speedy front line for the Mustang team. Paige Ryback had an outstanding tournament in the net, only giving up a single goal over all four games. After winning the Sunset Tournament Championship, The Rowdies capped off an undefeated season with 12 wins, 2 ties and no losses.

  posted: December 7, 2009

Congratulations to our Positive Coaching “Double-Goal” award winners for this season!  These coaches all strived to win, but more importantly used the game of soccer to teach positive life lessons: 

Hiroshi Doi – U12 Bandits
Chris Coleman & Karen Harper – U14 Strikers
Greg Klein – U7 Tazmanian Devils
Mike Beiler – U13 D3 White
Ed Davies – U16 D3 White
Kevin Whitehand – U10 White

Thanks to everyone who nominated a coach.  We received 81 responses from parents & coaches, nominating 48 different coaches for this award, so clearly there are many coaches having a positive impact as good teachers & role models.  Other coaches nominated were Mike Baker, Jose Iniguez, Scott Ricker, Walter Pratte, Dan Foster, Kathleen Hinek, Julie Solomon, Tim Bordley, Luis Coehlo, Mark Hjerpe, Steve Iversen, Tony Battilega, Jeb & Leanna Olberg, Tom Masucci, Shawna Lombardi, Jeff Goldstein, Joe Santana, Steve Nimmo, Kailesh Karavadra, Tiffany Rose, Krissy Balch, Rob Comstock, Ernie Manzo, Donal Murphy, Rob Hildebrand, Dan Allari, Andy Welk, Rodger Baxter, Colin Proudfoot, Stacey Ahn, Felicia Ogden, Steve Natale, Troy French, Robin Moresco, Andrew Burke, Rich Padilla, Don Frissell.  

Thanks, and remember to Honor the Game!

Dan Copenhagen - Rage PCA Director
posted: November 21, 2009

The 32 Big Sister/Little Sisters (BSLS) Teams worked together to help the community during the month of October. The players collected cans as both teams and BSLS groups for the benefit of the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

With almost 100% participation meaning the effort was nearly 500 players strong, the food drive’s first goal of 500 donated items was met within a week. Cathy Seeley, Rage’s Big Sister/Little Sister Program Coordinator, quickly set a new goal of 1,000 food items. As the next week passed, and then the next the goal continued to change and grow due to the tremendous support and generosity of our Rage players and their families.

To make the event fun, a competition was included with prizes awarded to the team with the most donated items per player and the BSLS pairing with the most donated items per player. U14 AC won the team competition with 124 donated items and U15 Orange and U10 Grey combined for 284 donated items to win the BSLS portion of the competition.

The final count was 2,032 donated items – an astounding number. This represented an average donation per participating team of over 60 food items and an average donation per player participating of over 4 food items.

Due to the tremendous success, the Food Drive has been renamed the 1st Annual Food Drive and we will all look forward to doing this again next fall. Thank you again to all who participated!

Questions about the Big Sister/Little Sister Program can be directed to Cathy Seeley via email at seeleys4@aol.com.

posted: November 20, 2009

Rage again this summer has assembled an impressive roster of 26 players to compete in the Nor Cal Premier League this summer. This teams coached by Philippe Blin brings back many of players that played earlier in their development for Rage and continue to wear the Rage uniform now as collegiate Soccer players. The League made up of 9 teams at U23 and 8 teams at U20 (no Rage team) are from strong Nor Cal clubs that have extend their connection with players beyond Youth. The league plays from m id June to end of July . Come out catch a game, it some of the best women’s soccer in Nor Cal.

Website: www.eteamz.com/rageu21