The opening weekend of the prestigious US Youth Soccer National League Northwest Conference play at the Portland Timbers Alliance College Showcase last weekend started off well for the ladies as they head into the spring. Several boys sides, meanwhile, kept themselves in contention with positive results. 

With a record number of Spokane representatives in the US Youth Soccer National League Northwest Conference this season, nine of the 12 Spokane Sounders teams that are members of the US Youth Soccer National Leagues Program will kick off the heart of their 2018-19 campaigns at the Portland Timbers Alliance College Showcase this weekend. 

After spending two separate weeks in Reno, NV, along with a developmental period in between, SSC Shadow Director of Coaching Mike Pellicio is now certified to instruct US Soccer Grassroots courses and the D-License. 

Leading the way in the fall high school honors were nine Spokane Sounders players featured on the GSL All-League First Team and five players that were honored as Most Valuable Player in their leagues. In all, 39 players from the club were honored by their respective leagues. 

The first opportunity for future college players to announce their intended collegiate destinations saw quite a few Spokane Sounders players unveil where they are headed on the recent National Signing Day. 

Spokane SC Shadow is pleased to announce a new program has been created by MultiCare Integrated Sports Medicine for the club's member players to treat, refer and educate injured athletes. 

The fall is a time of year when we really want to encourage our student-athletes to make sure they are putting the necessary effort into their studies... 

It's still fairly early in the fall season for many of the teams in action, but its been a rather successful start thus far with a 38-19-3 record overall that includes three boys sides that are unbeaten at least four games into their season and another that is 5-1-0. Here's a quick look at the early stages of action in the RCL. 

Douglas Kelly, 2008, of Guam’s ZES Football Club, has gotten to know the Spokane Sounders and the Spokane Shadow programs pretty well these past four months. Kelly’s steady development on the island of Guam led his club coaches, Jonahan Romero and Jason Cunliffe, who are also members of Guam’s national team, to pursue some additional opportunities for the player on the west coast. 

Punt it! Get it outta here! Be Safe and Clear it! How many times during any given gameday do we hear coaches and/or parents instructing the younger soccer players to Get It Out! Within Spokane Sounders and SSC Shadow we are asking for our players to NOT do that. We are asking them to build, to connect, and to keep possession. Well... why? Why are we building of the back? 

Many of the club's younger sides made the relatively short trip over the border recently to play in the Pend Oreille Cup as a final tune-up before their fall seasons began. 

Spokane SC Shadow and the Spokane Sounders are excited to announce ClickIt RV, the leading retailer for new and used RVs in Spokane, as a partner of the club. 

Spokane Sounders and Shadow success throughout the summer tournament calendar continued over the past few weeks with the Surf Cup, Rush Cup, Pleasanton Rage Showcase and River City Cup. 

The heart of the summer tournament calendar got under way over the past two weekends, and with that the Spokane Sounders got things off to a fantastic start at premier tournaments such as the Crossfire Challenge and Davis Legacy Cup. The 2001 Rave Girls and the 2003 Rave Boys highlighted outstanding efforts from several teams at the two events with championship performances. 

Needing two points in the final weekend of the regular season, the Spokane Shadow U23s took to the road for a pair of games in the Evergreen Premier League and claimed the Columbia Division title with a 3-1 victory in Yakima Saturday. The Shadow U23s will travel to Kent Saturday for a Semifinal meeting with Seattle Stars.