From the Print Archive · 2016–2018
Spotlights
Every issue of Upper 90 spotlighted a club — its story, two of its teams, and players from the club. Browse by club to see each full package, or jump straight to the team features and player profiles.
Player spotlight · Alabama
Alejandro Alvarez
Club Independent Soccer ALEJANDRO ALVAREZ ATTACKING MIDFIELDER Alejandro Alvarez isn’t the biggest player on the Crossroads 03 team, but head coach Dennis Mynatt says his quickness, exceptional foot skill, an alwaysexpan
Player spotlight · Alabama
Allie Sanderson
ALLIE SANDERSON CENTER BACK ALLIE SANDERSON has been on Chris Hunter’s team for the past couple of years. During that time, Coach Hunter says he’s had the privilege of coaching Allie and has seen her develop into a confi
Player spotlight · Alabama
Ansley Warner
Ansley Warner Fairhope Soccer Club There aren’t many players who can communicate on the pitch with precision and quality, but Coach Ali LeBlanc says it’s one of Ansley Warner’s best traits. Ansley, 11, is an outside midf
Player spotlight · Alabama
Atticus Clemens
Atticus Clemens FC Torjäger Atticus Clemens is one of the younger standouts at FC Torjäger. Primarily a leader on the club’s U10 boy’s squad, Clemens has occasionally seen action on the U12 team and is a player Koch beli
Player spotlight · Alabama
Austin And Andrew Hemstreet
TUSCALOOSA UNITED IS A SOCCER CLUB THAT ORCHESTRATES more as a family unit than a team, and for the 06 boys team that is taken one step further by brothers Austin and Andrew Hemstreet. Both boys are eager to learn the sp
Player spotlight · Alabama
Avery Burleson
AVERY BURLESON “SOMETIMES IN FOOTBALL YOU HAVE TO score goals,” is a quote from the legendary french striker Thierry Henry. When the 04 BUSA Girls are looking for those goals, the player to step up is attacking midfielde
Player spotlight · Alabama
Birmingham United Soccer Association - Madison Martin
Madison Martin Birmingham United Soccer Association (BUSA) Meet Madison Martin, but if you want to become friends with B.U.S.A.’s star of the ’00 girls squad, don’t dare call her by her given name. Everyone who knows her
Player spotlight · Alabama
Birmingham United Soccer Association - Tanner Tessmann
Tanner Tessmann Birmingham United Soccer Association (BUSA) An outstanding player on B.U.S.A.’s ‘02 Elite Boys and ‘00 Elite Boys squads, Tanner Tessmann might be on his way to becoming the next great player from the sta
Player spotlight · Alabama
Boys Player Spotlight – Tony Shaw
The VHSC player spotlight player is Tony Shaw. Tony started playing competitive soccer in GA for the Gwinnet Soccer Association (GSA). Moved to Vestavia and continued his competitive soccer development at VHSC. Which has
Player spotlight · Alabama
Berkley Barnett
BERKLEY BARNETT BERKLEY BARNETT HAS GROWN UP THROUGH THE BRIARWOOD SOCCER PROGRAM, and now competes with the Lady Ambassadors Gold 02 team as a central defender. She is also a member of the 2003 girls training pool for t
Player spotlight · Alabama
Logan Frost
Logan Frost joined the BSC Ambassadors Gold 00 U17 team two years ago when his family moved back from the mission fields of Bolivia. He made an immediate impact, turning a good team into a great team with his scoring and
Player spotlight · Alabama
Capital City Streaks - Kobey Stoup
Capital City Streaks (CCS) While there are several outstanding players on the Capital City Streaks 2001 boys Squad, one night stands out: Kobey Stoup. A great all-around athlete, Kobey has great speed, is tenacious, and,
Player spotlight · Alabama
Capital City Streaks - Tara Katz
The Capital City Streaks 1999 Girls Elite team is a special squad with five players in the Alabama Olympic Development Program. Among those players is a talented teenagers named Tara Katz.
Player spotlight · Alabama
Cooper Fain
COOPER FAIN COOPER FAIN HAS PLAYED MANY DIFFERENT SPORTS, BUT HIS PASSION IS FOR soccer — a passion which began when he first started playing at the age of three. He plays center mid on the 05 Auburn Thunder team. Coach
Player spotlight · Alabama
Cristina Hernandez
Cristina Hernandez Vestavia Hill Soccer Club (VHSC) It seems Cristina Hernandez starting playing soccer with Vestavia Hills Soccer Club about the same time she started to walk. Currently a standout on the 02 Attack Black
Player spotlight · Alabama
Daphne Strike Soccer Club - Colin Spuler
Daphne Strike Soccer Club (DSSC) Colin has been with Strike since the early age 7. Colin is part of a big soccer family and has played organized soccer since the age of 4 but has been kicking a ball since he could walk.
Player spotlight · Alabama
David Huguley
DON’T LAUGH AT ZENZO NDLOVU IF SOMETIMES he can’t tell his players apart. Coach Z has identical twins David and Daniel Huguley on his U10 Soccer4Life team. And they tend to do everything pretty much the same way too. He
Player spotlight · Alabama
Deivi Bucio
While the United Soccer Club's '06 Premiere Boys squad may have flashier players soaking up the attention, the anchor of the team is Deivi Bucio. In his role as a defensive midfielder, head coach David Cienfuegos says De
Player spotlight · Alabama
Demarcus Hawkins
DEMARCUS HAWKINS HIS GIVEN NAME IS DEMARCUS, BUT MOST CALL HIM Marcus. Except for his coach, Zenzo Ndlovu, who calls him ‘Neymar.’ And everyone calls Zenzo Ndlovu ‘Coach Z.’ Are you straight on the names now? Asked why h
Player spotlight · Alabama
Diana Pablo
Decatur Soccer DIANA PABLO DIANA IS IN HER SECOND YEAR as a member of Coach Scott Sandlin’s U12 Funino Player Development Program team. Rather than have an assignment to a particular position, Sandlin says, “At U12 PDP w
Player spotlight · Alabama
Emma Evans
EMMA EVANS TUSCALOOSA UNITED IS LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR positions on the field. That being said, young players to enhance their game of soccer, and young Girls Emma has shown her natural ability Academy player Emma Eva
Player spotlight · Alabama
Emma Howard
Emma Howard United Soccer Club (USC) Every good team has that one player who everyone can just count on. For Craig Maples’ '05 girls team, that player is Emma Howard. The workhorse of the squad, Emma played every minute
Player spotlight · Alabama
Ethan Ronan
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT FC Torjäger One of the best success stories at FC Torjäger is 17-year-old Ethan Ronan. He was one of the kids who signed on to learn soccer with FC Torjäger at the beginning, and Ethan is the leading sco
Player spotlight · Alabama
Graham Houlditch
GRAHAM HOULDITCH GRAHAM IS TRADITIONALLY A MIDFIELDER WITH THE PHANTOMS 05 BLUE, BUT PLAYS anywhere/ everywhere along the spine. Coach Anton McEwan analyzes what makes Graham such a special player. “He reads the game, he
Player spotlight · Alabama
Huntsville Futbol Club - Bonnie Frost
Bonnie Frost Huntsville Futbol Club (HFC) Bonnie Frost is an attacking midfielder for her ’05 Girls squad with a knack for finding the back of the net. She has scored many goals for Huntsville in state and tournament pla
Player spotlight · Alabama
Huntsville Futbol Club - Tyler DeOrio
Huntsville Futbol Club (HFC) Tyler DeOrio is a very young and talented player with great individual skills but is a team player as well. He can easily dribble passed everyone on the opposing team and go for goal by himse
Player spotlight · Alabama
Jonathan Webb
JONATHAN WEBB THERE IS AN UNFORTUNATE THEME IN SOCCER WHERE THOSE attacking players, so that they have that assurance behind them and can playing in the defensive midfield position are overlooked when it comes venture fo
Player spotlight · Alabama
Kaylee Morgan Has Been On The Monrovia Blast 03 Girls Team Since The Team Was Established,
Girls team since the team was established, according to head coach Matthew Morgan. “Kaylee has led her team in scoring for the past two seasons. In the fall 2016 State League season, she led the team in scoring with 10 g
Player spotlight · Alabama
Madison (Maddie) Smith, The Unquestioned Leader On
MADISON (MADDIE) SMITH, THE UNQUESTIONED LEADER ON the Fusion 98 Premier Girls team, is a competitor in every sense of the word. She leads by example but is also a vocal leader, unafraid to push her teammates when the oc
Player spotlight · Alabama
Harley Waits
HARLEY WAITS HARLEY WAITS, 14, WAS BORN TO PLAY SOCCER. Her coach, Pat Chanthavane, describes her as one of the most competitive and persistent players he has ever met. “She has a great work ethic and is a natural athlet
Player spotlight · Alabama
Myles Evans
MYLES EVANS FOR A COACH, THERE IS A CERTAIN LEVEL since the first practice of pride when a player takes to heart what you together,” Coach coach in him and improves both as a person Hamilton praised. and a player. That p
Player spotlight · Alabama
Oscar Delgado
ACCORDING TO COACH JASON SPIVEY, “OSCAR DELGADO IS A But where Oscar shines is in the midfield playing both sides of the finisher. He will get the ball in the net.” Whether it is playing high- ball and connecting the def
Player spotlight · Alabama
The Official Magazine Of Soccer In Alabama
AVA CALDWELL AVA CALDWELL’S MOM, CINDY, SAYS HER ALL-AROUND ATHLETE RAN HER FIRST 5K when she was in first grade, and she got to finish on the 50-yard-line inside Jordan-Hare Stadium. Now, her focus is soccer and Auburn
Player spotlight · Alabama
Thomas Burns
Thomas Burns Fairhope Soccer Club Thomas Burns is one of the standout athletes currently playing for the Fairhope Soccer Club. A special player with a knack for the game, Thomas's coach, John Plumbar, says the striker po
Player spotlight · Alabama
Gannon Osborne
Trussville United Soccer Club GANNON OSBORNE One of the leaders of the Trussville Fire 03 state champions is their goalkeeper, Gannon Osborne. Gannon, an eighth-grader at Duran Junior High in Pell City, was “crucial” to
Player spotlight · Alabama
Saylor Richard
Saylor Richard, a member of the Trussville Girls U14 State Cup champions, is a key player in the team’s success. Head coach Jeremy McLane says the seventh-grader possesses unlimited ability with a desire to continuously
Player spotlight · Alabama
Victoria Hite
Victoria Hite Daphne Strike Soccer Club (DSSC) Victoria joined the DSSC ‘05 Academy Girls team at an early age of 7yrs old. Victoria has reached new heights each season at Strike SC and has improved dramatically in all a
Player spotlight · Alabama
Yogan Hidrogo Is One Of The Stars On The Fusion 02 Boys
YOGAN HIDROGO IS ONE OF THE STARS ON THE FUSION 02 BOYS squad. Yogan, a sophomore at Fort Payne High School, has been starting with the team since he was in the ninth grade. Having practically grown up playing the sport