Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Busy Off-Season for Barça Players

After a successful season playing against older select players one would think that the Barça players would want a long rest. Not likely!

While one player will be taking his winning spirit to another off season sport (Paul Serres - baseball) another will continue with his important rehab of his knee (Anthony McKave) and another will take a much needed rest (Matteo Gallaccio) most of the Barça players want to continue that winning feeling by tackling opportunities that range from European ambitions to regional dominance with the possibility of conquering the continent.

Kyle Jones, Marcello Polisi and new comer Ross Merton are heading out of the country to test themselves against international opposition. Jones will travel with his Roman Tulis European Soccer School team and play in two of the biggest youth tournament in the world in Denmark (Dana Cup) and Sweden (Gothia World Youth Cup) while Polisi and Merton will be traveling with their Vancouver Whitecaps team to San Diego and test themselves against some of the best youth teams in the US. Polisi will also travel to Toronto with his Canada West Danone Team to play the East representatives to see who will represent Canada at the Danone World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

First year Barça players, Alex Skrzeta, Hugo Vieira, and Luke Griffin, will join Giordano Baldonero, James Lynn, Anthony Martin, Michael Mobilio, Jones, Rashaun Rivers, and captain Trevor Hallam as they will represent the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club as the club embarks on their first year in the USL Super Y-League. Having talented players with winning experiences should be huge assets to the Y-League team.

CMFSC plays in the Pacific Northwest division against other Y-League teams from the Lower Mainland, BC Interior and Vancouver Island. The Y-League is an American league where league champions play in the USL Super Y-League North American Championship in Florida in November.

The Barça winning spirit and experience will come in handy in all their endeavors.

Best of luck. Do your best!

Coquitlam Metro-Ford Barça '96 2009/10 Squad Announced

The 2009-2010 version of the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Barça '96 squad has been announced for the upcoming season with four addition to the already outstanding squad.

With close to 85 players trying out from around the Tri-city area as well as cities further away, the Barça coaching staff and CMF staff coaches decided to make a few changes to the standout squad that won the U14 BCYSSL Select Cup and finished a very respectful 4th in the U14 Select 'B' division as an under aged team.

The Barça '96 team will play in the U14 BCYSSL Select 'A' division and will be supported by the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Roma '96 team in the U14 BCYSSL 'B' division who will be called up from time to time incase of injuries or sicknesses.

The squad is as follows:

1. Alex Skrzeta (goalkeeper)

3. Anthony McKave (defender)

4. Matteo Gallaccio (defender)

5. Giordano Baldonero (midfielder) - assistant captain

6. Hugo Vieira (midfield)

7. James Lynn (defender)

8. Marcello Polisi (midfielder)

9. Anthony Martin (defender)

10. Michael Mobilio (forward)

11. Kyle Jones (midfielder) - assistant captain

12. Paul Serres (defender)

13. Rashaun Rivers (forward)

16. Trevor Hallam (midfielder) - captain

17. Luke Griffin (forward)

18. Ross Merton (midfielder)

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Barça's Polisi Selected to Can West Danone Team

Coquitlam Metro-Ford Barça player Marcello Polisi and Coquitlam Metro-Ford Euro player David Norman Jr. have been selected to this years' Canada West Danone Team for boys born in the 1997 birth year.

The boys will play a one game final before a Toronto FC game in July versus the Canadian East squad to see who will move on and represent Canada at the Danone Nations Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Polisi had an outstanding season this year for Barça and will also represent the Vancouver Whitecaps U12 team in Europe once again this summer. Norman Jr., son of David Norman of the Canadian National team and the NASL Vancouver Whitecaps fame, was called up twice to play with the CMF Barça team against players 3 years older than himself.

Danone or Dannon is a French food-products company based in Paris specializing in yogurt products. It claims world leadership in fresh dairy products, marketed under the corporate name, and also in bottled water (Evian and Aqua). Danone also puts on a mini World Cup for U12's with teams coming from all around the world.

Good luck boys!