The Fusion SC 97B (U13) led by coach Rick Lovoi and his staff, took fourth place at the “Soccer by The Bay” tournament held recently in San Mateo. The team held opponents to just five goals for the entire tournament while taking more shots than the competition in each of their games. The Fusion team started the tournament at a disadvantage due to the unfortunate loss of their outstanding goal keeper Alex Tellez with a broken shoulder. Hayden Olsen took over most of the goalkeeper duties and had outstanding performances to keep the games close. The team dedicated the game they won to Alex and gave him a tournament jersey which all the players signed.

The Livermore Strikers U12G started the season strong with a 3rd place finish in the annual San Ramon Rec Plus tournament on August 28 & 29th. Pictured are (top row) Assistant Coach Glen Cordisco, Sydney Duncan, Carly Bond, Brianna Shultis,Kristen Heise, Chaila Grimm, Katie Carmichael, Kelly Perreault, Coach Scott Tidwell (bottom row) Amanda Alvarez, Lindsay Welles, Jenna Tidwell, Alexandria Clifton, Marley Lake, Audrey Cordisco, Madison Stewart and Tara Collier.

The Livermore Gunners were Champions of the 2010 San Ramon Rec Plus Kickoff Tournament in the U10 Division.  The undefeated Gunners beat the San Ramon Eagles 3-0, the Cosmos 4-0, the Banditos 6-0 and the Livermore Galaxy 3-1 in a hard fought championship game.

Great start of the season for the Livermore Stampede U14 Girls Rec plus taking 3rd place against San Ramon Infinity 3 to 2 at the San Ramon Kickoff Invitational tournament on 8/28 and 8/29. Great effort great behaviors and great sportsmanship from all players coaches and parents.

Go Stampede keep Livermore Fusion proud.

The Livermore Dynamite U10G got their season started off strong with a 2nd place finish in the annual San Ramon Rec Plus tournament this weekend. The team won their first three games and allowed only a single goal from the competition. In the championship game they lost a close one 3-1 to San Ramon and placed an impressive 2nd place overall in the 11 team tournament. The players pictured are (front row) Kennedy Griffith, Kelsi Green, Mackenzie Lemieux, Kaitlyn Guggiana, Lindsay Plant, Shaylin Vadney, (middle row) Sarah Davisson, Kate Wallace, Samantha Victor, Jordan Kennedy, Abby Fraser, Jessica Zogaric, (back row) Steve Griffith, Kevin Fraser, and Katie Kennedy.

Livermore Fusion SC 94B Maroon took home the 1st place trophy at the Central Marin Mission Bell Classic played on Aug 21-22, 2010. With a balanced attack on offense and a stingy defense, 94B Maroon compiled a 4-0 record scoring 14 goals only giving up 2. This total included the Championship game vs a tactical Walnut Creek team where 94B Maroon found themselves down 1-0 for the first time in the tournament but came back with 4 unanswered goals for an impressive 4-1 victory. Nice job boys!

2010 New Beginnings....

Fusion 97G Crush (U-13) win the Regional National Cup IX held June 19th- June 22nd , 2010. The team represented their coach and club well, exemplifying the meaning of heart and desire “It has been a pleasure for me to start working with this team this year, the girls have worked extremely hard to get to this point. Coach Barger did a great job preparing them technically for this age group” said coach Dayak The team’s strength was certainly in their defense as they shut out all their opponents in the group play and only allowed 1 goal total in this grueling 4 day tournament. “Defense wins championships” but the team offense was very impressive scoring 14 goals in 4 games.

June 19, vs. Lamorinda 5-0
June 20, vs. Carson United (Nevada) 1-0
June 21 vs. Merced United 5-0
June 22 The girls went to the finals and tested their resolve in a historic battle against MFC Pumas, taking the Cup home with a 3-1 victory.

Fusion 97 starts its 2010 season with a new look, new excitement, new team ethic and passion. All of which will translate into a great year of soccer to come.

Congratulations to coach Troy and the girls for a job well done!!

The Fusion SC 97B U13 team didn’t need to pull any tricks at the Magic Cup tournament in Morgan Hill to take second place in the Silver Division. They did it with tough defense, a lot of hustle, and great teamwork. The Fusion beat the Blazers from Walnut Creek 2-1, tied Manteca 2-2, and beat a tough team from Patterson by a score of 5-2 to get to the finals. They came up just short in the playoff with the same Manteca team losing by a score of 0-2. Emil Brown led the offensive attack with 6 goals for the weekend including a 3 goal hat trick. Scott Newby had 2 goals including a beautiful header into the net. Garrett Vest rounded out the goals with a nicely placed shot passed the keeper. None of the goals would be possible without the great assists from Alec Foster, Mathew Garcia, Trevor Ross, Brandon Brocklesby, and Migual Suarez. The two key factors to the Fusion’s success this weekend was (1) the outstanding defense by Kevin Gilmore, Harrison Gould (the giant killer), and Jack Schoendienst and (2) the amazing hustle by Connor Lovoi, Hayden Olsen, and Jaime Osorio. Alex Tellez made some amazing saves and was fantastic in the net.  Great way to start the 2010 season boys!

Livermore Fusion SC Storm won the championship in the Girls U9 division of the Novato Classic soccer tournament. In the final match, Storm overcame an early 1-0 deficit to win 3-1 over a tough Union City team with a hat trick from Claire March and an unrelenting offensive attack from Kaleigh Castillo, Jillian Collom, Ally Cooper, Gracie Dupuis, Alivia and Leila Ganz, and Isabella La Rosa. In all, eight Storm players contributed goals to the team's success over the course of the tournament. Storm's defense gave up only three goals in five games to keep their team undefeated, with impressive showings from Justynne Thomas and Jordan Goodwin and saves by goalkeepers Eliana Eme and Carlie Spruiell.

Livermore's Fusion SC 94B Maroon led by Matt Caution, took home the Silver 2nd place trophy in the 40th Annual Juventus Tournament of Champions over the weekend of 7/31-8/1 2010. The tournament was this new teams' very first tournament play. They worked hard as a team and played well, advancing to the Championship game.

In the first game they battled a disciplined Juventus 94 White team to a 0-0 tie while in the 2nd game they came alive with a 5-0 win with a balanced attack over the West Valley United 94 Red. The 3rd game found the 94B Maroon in another dog fight resulting in a 3-3 tie against Ravenswood 94 Portugal, the tie advancing both teams to face each other again in a Semi-final match. In the Semi's 94B Maroon, again with balanced attack and sound defense, resulted in a well deserved 3-1 win, advancing them to the Championship. They came up just short in the final game vs. a talented Newark Eagle team losing 3-1.

Well done boys!

Our very own Livermore Under 10 Girls soccer team won First Place in the San Ramon Cup! What a weekend it was! Our Fusion Black team led by Coach Eric Meeker swept the tournament to take home the trophy. With great passing and outstanding pace, Fusion Black posted 10-1, 7-0, 3-1, and 11-0 wins to close out the tournament. Because of their outstanding passing, all 12 players that participated scored a goal! And lastly, perhaps more importantly, Fusion was voted the tournaments "Best Team Presentation" for their sportsmanship and professionalism by the Tournament Director and Referee staff.

They will be a force to be reckoned with this year!

Congratulations to the Livermore Fusion Crew 95 Girls (U14) team for finishing in second place in the Tracy Orange Bowl on Memorial Day weekend. The girls advanced to the finals through a series of wins in their bracket. In first round play the girls tied MVLA Thunder 1 - 1. Momentum built in the second and third games as Fusion soundly defeated Inter Rage Academy Impact 4 - 1 and Alliance FC Diamonds 3 - 0. In the finals, although the girls were plagued with a shortage of players in the field, they played attractive attacking soccer with moments of great ball movement and wonderful opportunities in the opponent's 18. The team lost in a very physical championship game to Santa Clara Sporting SC.

Additionally, congratulations go out to Livermore Fusion 95 Fury who finished 4th in the same tournament with an outstanding performance and Livermore Fusion 97s who made it to the semi-finals with some spirited play that turned the heads of local competition.