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.
Team spotlight · Tennessee
00 Purple Rain
00 PURPLE RAIN NOTHING IS MORE ASSURING AS A player than having a coach who has been there, done that, and is willing to go through it all again for his team. It even makes the fitness training part of the game worth it.
Team spotlight · Tennessee
As With Most Teams In The U.s. This Past Year, Collierville Soccer Association Was Affected By The Ussf Mandated Age Group Changes.
01 LOBOS RUSH PREMIER AS WITH MOST TEAMS IN THE U.S. THIS past year, Collierville Soccer Association was affected by the USSF mandated age group changes. As such, this particular team has only been playing together since
Team spotlight · Tennessee
Cfc Lady Flames 07/06
When this team first got together two years ago, they were individuals who didn’t really know each other, according to head coach Nathan Brown. “They have progressed very well and become a tight-knit family. They always
Team spotlight · Tennessee
Chattanooga FC Academy – 02 Boys Premier
Coach Louis Thorpe says the players are a motivated group who and been playing together on one team or another over several work hard for each other and are a very close-knit team who spend years, it would seem that succ
Team spotlight · Tennessee
COACH DUNCAN FOSTER IS HEAD COACH OF THE 03 KNOXVILLE Napoli team within Knoxville Football Club.
Knoxville Football Club 03 NAPOLI
Team spotlight · Tennessee
COACH JOSH FOGGIN SAYS THE MAJORITY OF THESE PLAYERS have grown up playing soccer with each other since they were young.
CLEVELAND FC FLAMES 00 BOYS COACH JOSH FOGGIN SAYS THE MAJORITY OF THESE PLAYERS I would tell them often to not let the final whistle blow and wish you have grown up playing soccer with each other since they were young.
Team spotlight · Tennessee
COACH JOSH VAN PELT IS THE HEAD COACH OF KNOXVILLE FC team Valencia Premier, which is part of their 07 Valencia pool.
COACH JOSH VAN PELT IS THE HEAD COACH OF KNOXVILLE FC on the ball,” Coach Van Pelt says about his team. “They work diligently team Valencia Premier, which is part of their 07 Valencia pool. “Our 07 to support each other
Team spotlight · Tennessee
Coach Nate Sego’s Black 06 Team
GIRLS 06 BLACK BLACK 06 COACH NATE SEGO’S BLACK 06 TEAM just came off of a successful season with multiple tournament wins — including a first place medal.
Team spotlight · Tennessee
00B Premier
SOME OF THE BOYS ON THE 00B PREMIER HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THEY were 7 years old, but there have been consistent additions to the team throughout the years. The team finished third in the Tennessee D1 State Cup as U13s
Team spotlight · Tennessee
07 U10 SELECT GIRLS
THE FC DALLAS 07 U10 SELECT GIRLS team was created at the request of Club Director George Sasvari in fall 2015 from a group of highly motivated and athletic 8- and 9-year-old girls. The girls selected for the team are se
Team spotlight · Tennessee
FC Lightning U14
FC LIGHTNING U14 AS A RECREATIONAL CLUB, HEARTLAND age group, winning the division in its fall 2016 Soccer Club (HSC): Nashville Youth Soccer season-ending tournament. Association (NYSA) is focused on player The boys and
Team spotlight · Tennessee
Girls 06 Black
Aris FC GIRLS 06 BLACK THE GIRLS 06 BLACK HAS BEEN TOGETHER IN ARIS FC FOR A year, under the direction of head coach Rachel Schmidt and assistant coach Scott Mills. Mills says the team’s playing style is strong defense,
Team spotlight · Tennessee
Girls Academy 2006s
Coaches: Emily Marcouiller (Lead Coach), Sarah DeFatta, Jenna Taylor, Not Pictured: Derek Spirk Players from left: Gabby Finol, Maddie Hill, Georgia Shields, Ella Kate Gill, Addie DeCoster, Ansley Hitt, Callie Sandstrom,
Team spotlight · Tennessee
Head Coach Benj Lauderback Has High Praise Not Only For His Team, But For Those Who Make Coaching That Team Possible.
EMERALD FORCE 06 SEVILLA HEAD COACH BENJ LAUDERBACK HAS HIGH PRAISE NOT ONLY FOR Lauderback says Director of Coaching Derrick Long has given his team, but for those who make coaching that team possible. “The him and coac
Team spotlight · Tennessee
01 Lady Wolves
JACKSON FC 01 LADY WOLVES THE 2001 LADY WOLVES IS JFC’S TOP GIRLS TEAM IN THEIR AGE motivated in many ways. “The girls want to play for the coach and group of 13- and 14-year-old girls. The team was put together in sprin
Team spotlight · Tennessee
04 Wolves Navy
04 WOLVES NAVY THERE ARE SEVERAL KEYS FOR TEAM SUCCESS: A LOVE OF at that level, we hope to carry on the wonderful the sport; motivation; respect for the coach; and goals. Check, tradition of putting up good performances
Team spotlight · Tennessee
Kelvin Scott And His Assistants, David Brace And David Combs, Coach Emerald Force 04 Celtic.
Emerald Force Soccer Club EMERALD FORCE 04 CELTIC KELVIN SCOTT AND HIS ASSISTANTS, DAVID BRACE AND DAVID COMBS, COACH EMERALD FORCE 04 CELTIC. “We have coached together for many years and have established a good working
Team spotlight · Tennessee
Lady Lobos Rush Premier
00 LADY LOBOS RUSH PREMIER COLLIERVILLE SOCCER ASSOCIATION COACH CLINT BROWNE’S Mississippi. “They have a much tighter bond now than we would have 00 Lady Lobos Rush Premier, like other teams, were caught up in had at th
Team spotlight · Tennessee
PURPLE RAIN 08 GIRLS IS A GROUP OF YOUNG PLAYERS THAT are in their second season together
08 PURPLE RAIN PURPLE RAIN 08 GIRLS IS A GROUP OF YOUNG PLAYERS THAT hate to lose. I try and reward their behavior after games as well. We are in their second season together, but Coach Jay Laney was full have a star aft
Team spotlight · Tennessee
Redoubt Soccer Association In Chattanooga Has Mainly Offered Recreational Soccer Since 1987.
Redoubt Soccer Association 04 VELOCITY BOYS
Team spotlight · Tennessee
The 2004 Elite Team Has Been Together For A Couple Of Years
2004 ELITE THE 2004 ELITE TEAM HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT ONLY one year under the leadership of Coach Enrique Suarez. They came together during fall of 2016 and continued through State and spring 2017 t
Team spotlight · Tennessee
THE NUSA 04 BOYS MAROON IS COACHED BY ALAN O’Connor, a well-respected and experienced coach in middle Tennessee.
THE NUSA 04 BOYS MAROON IS COACHED BY ALAN from getting ‘lost’ in the club as they continue to grow and O’Connor, a well-respected and experienced coach in middle develop,” says Director of Coaching Robbie Stewart. Tenne
Team spotlight · Tennessee
The Tiger Sharks Are A U8 Recreational Coed Team With Hsc: Nashville Youth Soccer Association.
THE TIGER SHARKS ARE A U8 recreational coed team with HSC: Nashville Youth Soccer Association. The majority of the players began together in U5 soccer – playing in both spring and fall seasons. As the team has aged into
Team spotlight · Tennessee
THE U10 BOYS OF EAST RIDGE FUTBOL CLUB IS A TEAM THAT has been playing together for three years in East Ridge, Tennessee.
THE U10 BOYS OF EAST RIDGE FUTBOL CLUB IS A TEAM THAT of boys are and how blessed I am to have them on my team. I joke that has been playing together for three years in East Ridge, Tennessee. Coach these kids are so awes
Team spotlight · Tennessee
The U11 Lady Generals Formed In July 2016.
U11 06 LADY GENERALS THE U11 LADY GENERALS FORMED IN JULY 2016. THE TEAM played Riverfest Champions; U11 Girls East Tennessee Spring Classic Finalist; its first games at the CLAS PREJAM in Maryville, Tennessee, on August
Team spotlight · Tennessee
This A New Team This Year, And How They Have Come Together As A Family Is Nothing Short Of Amazing.
01 GIRLS MAROON THIS A NEW TEAM THIS YEAR, AND HOW THEY HAVE local community with both professional and college coaching come together as a family is nothing short of amazing. They experience. Davidson will also be coach
Team spotlight · Tennessee
U8 Girls
JOSH CRAWFORD OF EAST RIDGE FUTBOL CUB WEARS MANY “We have been primarily focused on possession and ball control in hates within the program. He is the club board Registrar, is part our small sided games,” Coach Crawford
Team spotlight · Tennessee
We Finished This Fall/Spring Season as Tournament Champions in Three of the Six Tournaments We Played
“WE FINISHED THIS FALL/SPRING SEASON as tournament champions in three of the six tournaments we played, and were finalists in the other three,” Coach Alan Oates says proudly. “We also won our D1 state league bracket and