(July 25, 2009) After a very tight game against Eclipse Select ending with Eclipse winning 1-0, Crossfire Premier G91A bowed out of the US Youth National tournament. The team put up a valiant effort, playing against the toughest teams in their group, two of which are in the finals this weekend. Crossfire G91A thanks everyone for their support and hope to be back next year at Nationals!!

Click Here for the US Youth National Championships website.

Come in and talk to our experts on the benefits of using turf and AG shoes as a compliment to your regular soccer shoes. Our staff can answer all your questions regarding these and other soccer equipment issues. Don’t trust your feet to the big box stores. Come see Andy and Cheryl and let them get you in the right pair of shoes to fit your soccer needs! We also carry cold weather gear for players and sideline fans. So be prepared with Schmetzer’s Sporthaus!

Find a great selection of Turf and new "All Ground" shoes all at 10% off just for Crossfire players only at Schmetzer’s Sporthaus. We are located at 12525 Willow Road #60 Directly below the LWYSA offices. Phone 425.820.1083

Congratulations to the following teams that placed in tournaments over the Thanksgiving weekend.

• Surf Thanksgiving - Crossfire 98A James - Semi Finalists
• Nomads - Crossfire 93B Collings - Qtr Finalists
• Las Vegas Turkey Shoot - Crossfire 96 Stengrund - Champions
• Las Vegas Turkey Shoot - Crossfire 95B Schmetzer - Finalists

Crossfire 96 Stengrund

(September 11, 2009) To achieve ones goals  in life involves consistency, hard work and dedication. One of the players we have at Crossfire Premier Soccer Club is G93A midfielder, Isabel Farrell who embodies all of these qualities. She has been invited over the years to National camp and performed on the biggest venues. This year was no different. Isabel traveled during the summer, from the U17 camp in New York and then to the U15 camp at the Home Depot Center in L.A., as she continued to impress National team coaches. During the U17 camp, Isabel was selected as being in the top five players at camp and therefore in the Nation.

To read Isabel’s account of her National team experiences click on "continue" below. For the National U17 and U15 site please click here.

(August 13, 2009) Concord, Mass. Following in a long line of Crossfire Premier players, Sergey Ptachik recently attended the Boys U-14 National Development Program camp. Sergey, who plays for Crossfire B’95 Leeming, was selected from the ’96 Region IV player pool to be one of 118 players to attend this camp. From the 118 players there were 50 midfielders of which Sergey was one. During the camp, young Sergey compiled a Blog of his experiences and insights. A must read for any youth player hoping to reach the heights of youth soccer. Click on "continue" for the Blog.

For the Official Site of US Soccer U14 NDP click here

(August 3, 2009) The Spanish and European Champions FC Barcelona will be coming to Qwest Field to play the Seattle Sounders FC this Wednesday evening. Crossfire Premier youth players will have the honor of leading out the likes of Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on to the pitch.
Barca's home stadium, the Camp Nou, is the largest stadium in Europe with a capacity of 98,772. Barcelona enjoys a high rate of popularity with about 25.7% of Spanish population supporting the club. According to a recent survey, Barcelona is the most popular football club in Europe with around 44.2 million fans!!

Click here for the Sounders FC website

Championship Cup

Challenge Cup

(March 17, 2009) Crossfire’s U15, U16 and U17 girls traveled to Las Vegas to participate in the Las Vegas College Showcase over the weekend of March 13th-15th. Competition was fierce, with the girls playing four games over three days against top ranked Texas, California, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania teams. This proved to be a great tune-up for State Cup which begins in a few weeks! 

The U15 girls took 1st place out of 32 teams from across the country based upon points and tie-breakers. They won all four of their games; coming on strong in their final match against the 2008 U14 National Finalists, Stars of Massachusetts, winning 4 goals to 2 (the only goals scored against them in the tournament). Crossfire Premier ’91 wrapped up another very successful college showcase, finishing 2-0-2, defeating Challenge KZ and Dallas Sting, and tieing Slammers and FC Delco in 320 minutes of soccer in less than 48 hours. Crossfire G91 remains undefeated after two rounds of action in the national league.

(February 20, 2009) “This marks a banner year for the Crossfire girls’ program,” according to Coach Lombard, who also serves as the club’s Assistant Girls’ Coaching Director. “Crossfire fields two girls’ teams at U18, and 26 players, so far, have formally committed to play in college.” He adds, “We are lucky to have had two teams on the girls’ side at this age, playing at the highest level since U13.” Both teams have played in WSPL Division 1 along with a third Crossfire team playing up a year. In addition Crossfire GU18 Black, coached by Steve Crum, has a significant number of his players committed to colleges.

According to Gary Whitehouse of Varsity Student Institute (VSI), who works closely with Crossfire players, “The boys’ teams have done well this year, too.” In fact, Crossfire fields two teams with players graduating in ‘09: the B90A team coached by Dan Leeming, and the US Soccer Development Academy Boys’ U17/18 team coached by Bernie James. So far, twelve players have formally committed to play at schools including Cal-Poly (San Luis Obispo), Evergreen State, Humboldt State, Seattle Pacific University, University of Denver, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, UW, Wake Forest and Western Washington.

Click here to view the most current list of Crossfire college players from the class of 2009.

(February 13, 2009) Eastlake's Emily Hurd is having quite an outstanding High School season. She has been named Gatorade Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Emily, a 5-foot-6 Junior forward, had 19 goals and 12 assists this past season. She was also a Star-Times selection and was earlier named state 4A player of the year by a panel of sportswriters. Emily plays her club soccer for Crossfire G91 A, coached by Dick McCormick.

To read the Seattle times article please click here

(February 9, 2009) Drew Russell was born in Bedford, Texas on December 28, 1990 - and adopted 5 days later by Brad and Amy Russell on Jan 2, 1991. He was born 2 months premature and weighed less than a sack of sugar (weighing 4 lbs.). At four years old, Drew began playing soccer, because it was the only sport that the Park and Rec Dept. would allow 4 yr. olds to play. By this time, the Russell’s had 4 children under age 4! Soon after, the family moved back to the Midwest to raise their growing family in Mt. Vernon, Iowa in 1996. ...

To read more about Drew and how he has become part of the extended family here at Crossfire, click continue below.

Keyln Rowe a player on Crossfire’s US Soccer Development Academy team was recently in the local newspaper.  On the surface, Rowe is just another in what is becoming a long line of talented players to come out of the Seattle area and Crossfire.  The Seattle-area youth club has had Ellis McLoughlin, Preston Zimmerman. Keenay Gracey, and Spencer Richey pass through its program in recent years; they have gone on to play professionally in Europe.  Read the full article at Seattle  PI

(January 29, 2009) Crossfire Premier Soccer Club is very proud to learn that Isabel Farrell has been invited to the US National U17 and U15 Super Camp in Sunrise, Florida. The U17 team was recently finalists at the Women’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. Isabel will be among a group of young women working towards being placed on the team for the FIFA U17 World Cup 2010 in Trinidad and Tobago. To read more about the US Youth Women’s camps click here

(January 7, 2009) Congratulations to both Kate Bennett and Kelyn Rowe for being named 2008 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All American Youth Players. Bennett and Rowe along with Emily Hurd, Lucretia Lee and Spencer Richey were also named to the 2008 All Region Youth Team(s) for Region IV.

(January 7, 2009) Meredith Teague now a senior at Seattle Pacific and a former Crossfire player from Dick McCormick’s very successful ’86 squad, was named the NCAA Division II National Player Of The Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and Addidas. To read more about Meredith and her achievements at SPU click here. For details of the Final click Falcons.