Topic: A journey from D3 to D1 Champions! The Santos Story! (Read 1569 times)

Dragon · « **on:** April 11, 2008, 09:51:01 AM »

Thought this was an inspiring story...used to read about this team a lot over on GS while it was still around. Seems they have done what many thought not possible, and over the years have worked hard/trained hard and came from a 2nd place D3 team to winning the Championship at D1....Great story, enjoy :mrgreen:

1st Place at D1!!! What a great way to end your Club playing careers :mrgreen: Good luck in state cup! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

yote19 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 11, 2008, 10:00:56 AM »

Congrats to Billy and this group of girls (and even to their crazy parents). I remember commiserating with Billy at the rest area east of the mountains after some bad luck back at LPT's many years ago. I know he had a goal and a way to bring these girls back to the top and the main way of doing this was WORK. He took many girls that got cut from other programs and molded them into a TEAM that he was LOYAL to. Good for them, now go win state cup and represent our state.

Soccer Freak · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2008, 08:10:50 PM »

This from the WPFC Website... how did the U18's finish undefeated and in First? According to the post above the finished 3rd with 4-2-4...

U-18 and U-17 Girls Undefeated in Division 1
Both Teams Finish 7-Week Round Robin Undefeated
Congratulations to our U-18 girls and U-17 girls who finished first in their respective age groups in WSYL Division 1. The U-18 team ended the regular season undefeated at 4-0-3, while the U-17 team completed the 7-week regular season with a 6-0-1 mark. Please click here to visit the U-18 team website and view the college commitments and high school honors these ladies have earned this season.

Dragon · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2008, 08:21:22 PM »

mmmm

that is strange!

Is someone claiming "sniper fire"? :lol:

meluvsoccer · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2008, 08:26:36 PM »

Quote from: "Soccer Freak"

This from the WPFC Website... how did the U18's finish undefeated and in First? According to the post above the finished 3rd with 4-2-4...

U-18 and U-17 Girls Undefeated in Division 1
Both Teams Finish 7-Week Round Robin Undefeated
Congratulations to our U-18 girls and U-17 girls who finished first in their respective age groups in WSYL Division 1. The U-18 team ended the regular season undefeated at 4-0-3, while the U-17 team completed the 7-week regular season with a 6-0-1 mark. Please click here to visit the U-18 team website and view the college commitments and high school honors these ladies have earned this season.

WPFC site shows that they were undefeated after 7 games.

10 games made the season.
For the U17s, WPFC ended with 1 loss and did finish first.
For the U18s, they ended with 2 losses, and ended up 3rd.

The posting is misleading as they think they finished first after 7 games (it turned out true for the 17s). But, Santos made the best of the last 3 games and ended up 1st with Spokane 2nd.

Let's not diminish, though the hard work and results that Santos was able to accomplish. It is indeed a worthwhil achievement.

Soccer Freak · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2008, 08:28:51 PM »

Quote from: "meluvsoccer"

Quote from: "Soccer Freak"
This from the WPFC Website... how did the U18's finish undefeated and in First? According to the post above the finished 3rd with 4-2-4...

U-18 and U-17 Girls Undefeated in Division 1
Both Teams Finish 7-Week Round Robin Undefeated
Congratulations to our U-18 girls and U-17 girls who finished first in their respective age groups in WSYL Division 1. The U-18 team ended the regular season undefeated at 4-0-3, while the U-17 team completed the 7-week regular season with a 6-0-1 mark. Please click here to visit the U-18 team website and view the college commitments and high school honors these ladies have earned this season.

WPFC site shows that they were undefeated after 7 games.

10 games made the season.
For the U17s, WPFC ended with 1 loss and did finish first.
For the U18s, they ended with 2 losses, and ended up 3rd.

The posting is misleading as they think they finished first after 7 games (it turned out true for the 17s). But, Santos made the best of the last 3 games and ended up 1st with Spokane 2nd.

Let's not diminish, though the hard work and results that Santos was able to accomplish. It is indeed a worthwhil achievement.[/quote]

That is my point.. Santos deserves the KUDOS for the hard work and effort they put in ..over time to accomplish this!!!

skagitcoach · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2008, 09:30:32 PM »

Santos isn't the only team that's climbed through the ranks like this. A few years back, the Northwest Nationals Volante were WSYDL at U-14, P-3 at U-15, P-2 at U-16, and P-1 at U-17 (or U-18, can't remember which).

meluvsoccer · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2008, 10:24:13 PM »

Quote from: "Soccer Freak"

Quote from: "meluvsoccer"
Quote from: "Soccer Freak"
This from the WPFC Website... how did the U18's finish undefeated and in First? According to the post above the finished 3rd with 4-2-4...

U-18 and U-17 Girls Undefeated in Division 1
Both Teams Finish 7-Week Round Robin Undefeated
Congratulations to our U-18 girls and U-17 girls who finished first in their respective age groups in WSYL Division 1. The U-18 team ended the regular season undefeated at 4-0-3, while the U-17 team completed the 7-week regular season with a 6-0-1 mark. Please click here to visit the U-18 team website and view the college commitments and high school honors these ladies have earned this season.

WPFC site shows that they were undefeated after 7 games.

10 games made the season.
For the U17s, WPFC ended with 1 loss and did finish first.
For the U18s, they ended with 2 losses, and ended up 3rd.

The posting is misleading as they think they finished first after 7 games (it turned out true for the 17s). But, Santos made the best of the last 3 games and ended up 1st with Spokane 2nd.

Let's not diminish, though the hard work and results that Santos was able to accomplish. It is indeed a worthwhil achievement.[/quote]

That is my point.. Santos deserves the KUDOS for the hard work and effort they put in ..over time to accomplish this!!!

Sorry, I thought you were indicating just the opposite. - MY BAD

EWSoccer64 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 14, 2008, 01:21:02 AM »

What a Great Job by Santos.

And no surprise that this story came from a club that is not one of the "Big Boys".

I remember a Soccer America article about a SoCal boys team winning the national title at U-18, a few years back. What struck me was that only 3 players were left on the roster from when the team was formed at U-13.

I wonder how many of the original players were left on Santos when they won the P-1 league? From the tone of the article, it would seem like most. (I hope). Does anyone know?

Dragon · « **Reply #9 on:** April 14, 2008, 08:59:12 AM »

If someone sends me the info D will post it for you :mrgreen:

On-the-road-again · « **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2008, 08:09:49 PM »

I got this from WSYSA...

http://www.wsysa.com/Programs/Competitive/League/WSPLInfoScores/Schedules/DivisionI/Girls/U18/tabid/1339/Default.aspx

breakaway · « **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2008, 08:50:06 PM »

Quote from: "On-the-road-again"

I got this from WSYSA...

http://www.wsysa.com/Programs/Competitive/League/WSPLInfoScores/Schedules/DivisionI/Girls/U18/tabid/1339/Default.aspx

Wow!!
I wonder how many PDL clubs they climbed over from P-3 all the way up to P-1 champs!

Dragon · « **Reply #12 on:** April 15, 2008, 09:04:45 PM »

Dragon don't know about how many girls have been on the Santos since the beginning...

But,

They do have a pretty cool and impressive website though

http://www.eteamz.com/mrfcsantos/

Lots of neat things about colleges/accomplishments etc down at the bottom :mrgreen:

poolboy · « **Reply #13 on:** April 15, 2008, 11:53:55 PM »

well done santos, keepin it together and keep the haters out. good luck to A.M. and all the other soccer babes, kick butt in state cup.
skagitcoach- dude your right and i believe they won state cup gu18.

Fab · « **Reply #14 on:** April 17, 2008, 04:34:44 PM »

Quote from: "yote19"

Congrats to Billy and this group of girls (and even to their crazy parents). I remember commiserating with Billy at the rest area east of the mountains after some bad luck back at LPT's many years ago. I know he had a goal and a way to bring these girls back to the top and the main way of doing this was WORK. He took many girls that got cut from other programs and molded them into a TEAM that he was LOYAL to. Good for them, now go win state cup and represent our state.

So, right on, Yote. Billy was a great player in his day and he is a great coach -- for all the right reasons!

Santos follows a tradition of great maverick and independent teams that include the famous Parrots on the girls side and Rio on the boys side. These and other maverick teams share a common thread -- they incense the PDL coaches and clubs because they threaten their attempt to creat monopoly revenue streams.

Stories like Santos should be what youth soccer and youth sports should be about --playing because you love the game and coaching because you love the game and because you want to give back rather than cynically steal the hard-earned wages from ignorant and unsuspecting parents and treating players like expendable pawns in a game reflecting your own selfish ego.

Go, Billy!

Fab · « **Reply #15 on:** April 17, 2008, 04:35:00 PM »

Quote from: "yote19"

Congrats to Billy and this group of girls (and even to their crazy parents). I remember commiserating with Billy at the rest area east of the mountains after some bad luck back at LPT's many years ago. I know he had a goal and a way to bring these girls back to the top and the main way of doing this was WORK. He took many girls that got cut from other programs and molded them into a TEAM that he was LOYAL to. Good for them, now go win state cup and represent our state.

So, right on, Yote. Billy was a great player in his day and he is a great coach -- for all the right reasons!

Santos follows a tradition of great maverick and independent teams that include the famous Parrots on the girls side and Rio on the boys side. These and other maverick teams share a common thread -- they incense the PDL coaches and clubs because they threaten their attempt to creat monopoly revenue streams.

Stories like Santos should be what youth soccer and youth sports should be about --playing because you love the game and coaching because you love the game and because you want to give back rather than cynically steal the hard-earned wages from ignorant and unsuspecting parents and treating players like expendable pawns in a game reflecting your own selfish ego.

Go, Billy!

sccraddict · « **Reply #16 on:** April 17, 2008, 05:05:16 PM »

D - thank Webguy for their website.....he has done a great job over the years. Have known Billy for years and he has done an incredible job with these girls who have heard many banter from the "haters" but have always held their heads high. They have known that they only way to prove anything was on the field and this they have done. They are the "cinderella team" of this age group. Know a few of the girls on this team very well and they are a good bunch of girls on and off the filed. GO SANTOS - represent well :mrgreen:

Old Dog · « **Reply #17 on:** April 17, 2008, 06:09:23 PM »

Question, how many of the U-14 girls are still with the team at U-18?

yote19 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 17, 2008, 11:49:12 PM »

From looking at it, I would say 7-8.

EWSoccer64 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 18, 2008, 12:51:50 AM »

Quote from: "yote19"

From looking at it, I would say 7-8.

From U-14 through U-18, that would be about average, perhaps a bit above for a high level team, it seems. Only ten or eleven of the orignals fell by the wayside.

Futbol Frenzy · « **Reply #20 on:** April 18, 2008, 01:07:50 AM »

What an inspirational story! Congrats Santos for your successes!!

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