Storm dried out in 2-1 loss on a PK in the 90th minute.

It was 108 degrees at game time Saturday at Harry Welch Stadium where a win for the Storm would of given a two point advantage going in to next weeks game against the Flash. Instead a defensive error  in the 90th minute in the box, gave Hasental a Penalty Kick and the game.
 It was a pretty even game, both teams seem to be a bit taken by the high temps on Saturday where even at games end it was still in the upper 90's.

Julio Lopes Scored on his 1st shoot

At the start of half time off the bench replacing Pablo Nunes was Julio Lopez and in the 53rd minute on a rebound ball off the keeper, Lopez took his first shoot and from 20yards to the far post and Hasental Keeper Trey Mitchell had no chance to save this one. (Mitchell should of been Hasental player of the game with several saves that would of given the game a much different out come)

# 8 Julio Lopez Midfielder

Hasental and the Storm remained even in play and Hasental's  Gustavo Villalobos while crossing the 18 with the ball gave a quick shot to the back post and it found its way to keep the score even as well.
 Both teams a bit worn from the extreme heat remained even until on a defensive error in the box Hasental was awarded a Penalty Kick and keeper Steven Rodriguez for the Storm dove in the right direction but the ball beat him and Hasental collected the needed goal to receive all three points.
 The Storm now will travel to play the last game of the season in San Diego, and after their 7-0 win over Las Vegas they need only a tie next week to clinch a play-off spot and the Storm needs nothing less then a win to continue on..  when these two teams have faced each other this season Storm took the first game 2-0 and was

repeating the score at home when the Flash came back with two goals in the last three minute of regulation to tie the game.The Storm will  be going in to next weeks final match with a defiantly of purpose and that is to win and travel up North on July 13th for the first leg of the NPSL Playoffs.

Saturday Night Storm vs F C Hasental

 This Saturday Night Canyon High School 
                   Santa Clarita Storm
                                 VS
                        F.C. Hasental

 Storm Playing for a play off spot with two games left in the season storm is two points ahead of the Flash for the 2nd play off spot in the Western Conference of the NPSL . Storm needs to win this their last Home game of the regular 2013 season.  Come out and Support your local players Tyler Coombes, Nick Rowin, Eric Flores , Steven Rodriguez, Juan Camacho, Robbie Gouk and all the Storm as they will be laying it all on the line Saturday at 6pm. Their will be drawings for a sign Jersey's worn by the players. So come out and get a survivor , catch some of the most exciting soccer and see the top talent in North America battle it out at Canyon High  School.  The Storm needs your support come out and see them in Action and be the 12th player they need. Gates open at 5:30pm Tickets are all $5.00 Don't miss the last opportunity to see your favorite play at home . 
 Come be a Part of It ! and Bring a friend. 

PLAY OFF FEVER

                                                  

 It's that time of the season as we prepare for the playoffs. In the South West Division of the Western Conference there are three team in contention the Santa Clarita Storm, FC Hasental, and the San Diego Flash. F.C. Hasental sitting in control of the top spot with 24 points going in to this  weekend followed closely by the Storm with 20 and the Flash with 20 as well and only three games left to play. 

Hasental will host the Las Vegas Stallions  while the Flash play host to Boca and the Storm will play host to Orange County Pateadores. The season concludes on July 7th and the top two teams will be eligible for a playoff spot. The National Premier Soccer League posted the format for the playoffs on there website (www.nationalpriemersoccerleague.com )  this week  and it looks like this. 

SOUTH REGION

Format: Final Four at Top Seeded Team (points per game in regular season
play)

- July 12th Semifinals Doubleheader

- July 14th Finals

NORTHEAST REGION

Format: Top seed hosts

July 17th Semifinals

- #1 Keystone Conference hosts #2 Atlantic Conference

- #1 Atlantic Conference hosts #2 Keystone Conference

July 21st Finals

-Top Seed Hosts

MIDWEST REGION

Format: Hybrid of Conference Final Four then Region Championship Game

- Great Lakes Conference Final Four at Top Seed July 12th Semifinals & July 14th Finals

- Central Conference Champion (Regular Season Champ) Hosts Great Lakes Conference Champion in Region Final (Region alternates every year which conference hosts) on July 19th or July 20th

WEST REGION

Format:  Top Seed hosts (average points per game)

Semifinals on July 13

- #1 Southern hosts #2 Golden Gate

- #1 Golden Gate hosts #2 Southern

- Winners advance to Region Final on July 20th

The Storm will host FC Hasental on the 29th at Canyon High it what will be a playoff atmosphere as both teams will be battling for not only for one of the two playoff spots, but also for the South West Divisional title. Don't miss a minute of the action as the remainder of the season unfolds. Your Storm will Host in the finial home game of the regular season FC Hasental June 29th at 6pm Then the the Storm will move south and finish the season in a contest with the Flash in San Diego on July 6th. keep up on the latest happenings on our website www.fcscporsoccer.com 

  

Storms Steven Rodriguez named Player of the Match in 2-1 win over Boca

PRESENTS

Storm Wins 2-1 Storms first win over Boca in three years In This Issue Storm wins over Boca Steven Rodriguez wins Player of the game honors Storm preparing for finial push to the National Championsiph.Three games remaining and three teams with four points of the Divisional playoffs, but only two will go. F.C. Hasental sets on top with 24poinits then followed right behing by the San Diego Flash and The Storm. with 20points. Storm will face both teams the last two games of the regulars season. Don't miss it! for more information follow us on the web at www.fcscprosoccer.com Santa Clarita, California-There were six consecutive ties between the two teams going back three years. However,that streak was finally put to rest Saturday night as the Storm edged out the San Diego Boca 2-1. F.C.S.C's leading scorer came though again for the Storm,adding 4 points to his stats as Tyler Coombes scored twice in this game: The first was in the 14th minute off of a break away.  Robbie Gouk had the ball at the 20 yard line doing his best to maintain possession with two defenders surrounding him.  Robbie made a quick back pass to the feet of Coombes who, with the keeper coming off his line quickly slipped the ball passed Boca keeper Tad Caraway and posted the first goal of the game.  read more>>>>>>>   Keeper Steven Rodriguez Keeper Steven Rodriguez Player of the game Storm Keeper Steven Rodriguez was named player of the game in his 2-1 win over the San Diego Boca last Saturday at Harry Welch Stadium at Canyon High School. Rodriguez had 9 saves with 6 of them in the first half of the game. Rodriguez made four saves in a row that saved the game.  One on a shot that was headed in and Steven made a dive for it and saved it pushing it out the side. Then in the very next play Boca came back and shot a bullet that was headed in and Steven jumped and collected it to make another save. A may-lay in front of the net produced a shot when Steven was out of the goal and he made a  slide in to the goal on the goal line and put himself behind the ball for the save.  Another Shot form 20 yards out that was headed in by way of the upper part of the goal, Steven leaped getting his figures on it enough to push the ball over the top bar.  Rodriguez earn this 2-1 win and help put his team in second place tied with the San Diego Flash. With out the timely saves of Rodriguez the Storm would of not been celebrating a victory. The player of the game is submitted to the league office and is sent to media across the nation for consideration for National honors. Storms Tyler Coombes and Andres Bueno won the National Player of the week honors in April. Remaining Regular season 2013 up coming schedule: O C Pateadores Sunday June 23rd Orange Cost College 4:15pm kick off F C Hasental  Saturday June 29th Canyon High School 6:00pm kick off Tickets : $5.00 kids under 5 FREE FINIAL HOME GAME San Diego Flash Saturday July 6th Del Norte High School Last regular season game South West Division F C Hasental 24pts 7-3-1 S C  Storm   20 pts  6-2-3 Flash          20 pts 6-2-3 Pateadores 17 pts 5-2-4 LV Stallions   7pts  2-1-8 Boca         5pts 1-2-8 National Premier Soccer League Stay Connected               vs        Saturday June 29th 6pm Canyon High School gates open @ 5:30pm All tickets $5.00 kids 5 years of age and younger FREE COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TEAM ON ITS LAST REMAINING HOME GAME OF THE 2013 REGULAR SEASON!        Thank you to our sponsors for your support follow us on the web at www.fcscprosoccer.com

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Storm moves closer with 2-1 win over Boca, Steven Rodriguez- keeper Player of the game.

Forward Tyler Coombes #13 scored both goals in 2-1 win

 Storm 6-2-3  moves a little closer to the first place spot when Forward Tyler Coombes puts up two goals and lead the team to a 2-1 when over Boca at Canyon High Saturday Night, Backing up his goals was keeper Steven Rodriguez with nine game saving stops between the post. 
 Tyler Coombes picked up the first goal in the 14th minute has he received a back pass from Robbie Gouk on a break away and with his left foot he poked it pass the Boca Keeper.

Keeper Steven Rodriguez

Then in the second half  Alex Harlley entered the game in the 53rd minute and he took him only four minutes to create an opportunity  has he laid a cross pass to the penalty spot and found Coombes, and once again Coombes did what he does so well putting the ball in the net for what was the winning goal
 Steven Rodriguez was named Player of the Game by coach Arana for several saves that would of made a difference in the outcome of the game. .
 see a full game re cap on our website soon www.fcscprosoccer.com

Saturday night June 15th Storm vs San Diego Boca 6pm Canyon High School

Storm Fails to Hold Lead in 2-2 tie, loss 2 valuable points

Santa Clarita, California - Saturday night's match up was a game where both teams were
looking to advance with in the standings; both teams had an identical records of 5-1-2 & both
were looking to own 1st place, the Storm were specifically looking to gain a two point
advantage over F.C Hasental.  Almost the entire game looked like that was what was bound
to happen, until the last 5 minutes of the game when that all changed; as the two teams
ended the game in a 2-2 tie.

It was the Storm that came on strong in the first 45 minutes of play, controlling the pace of
the game and the ball. The Flash were taken by surprise as the Storm held the bigger
percentage of the ball most of the half. In the 14th minute forward Tyler Coombes collected
the ball on a counter attack & out maneuvered the midfield and defense to find himself on
a one on one with Flash 'keeper; Nick Harpel who made an attempt at poncing on it off his
line but got the foot of Coombes and the ball was well on it's way in the net. Coombes
collected his 5th goal of the season matching teammate Andres Bueno, giving Coombes a
team leading 12 points with his two assist. It was only nine minutes later (23:00) when
midfielder Ricky Cruz got the ball outside the 18 yard box, turned with the ball and shot a
curve that wrapped around Harpel and right to the upper V to give the Storm a comfortable
2 goal lead .

Coombes Goal as the ball travels to the net "Sweet"

 That comfortable lead lasted throughout a good portion of the game until the Flash came out
on a mission to get back in the game with 15 shots (most in the second half), they were really
putting the pressure on. However the Storm midfielders and defense held them off for quite
sometime. The Storm defenders created a number of counter attacks getting the ball to their
forwards who had a number of opportunities right in front of the Flash net. However Harpel
came up big when he needed to, turning away those attacks.  Alex Harlley came off the
bench in  the 59th minute & received a pass from the midfield and worked his way within 4
yards only to place it right into the lap of Harpel. Harlley yet again broke away  on his own
in the 74th minute as he took a hard shot that was just tipped over the cross bar.Tyler Coombes had two direct shots with no luck of his own. The Flash turned it up &
came on strong to get back in & in the 87th minute of play they received a corner kick and
Flash's forward Justin Pizou's head found the ball and the back of the net past 'keeper Miguel Lopez.  With only three minutes on the clock the Flash started to really pick up the
attack but the Storm defenders held their ground until the end of regulation time. The

official then tacked on 3 minutes of stoppage time, & in less then a minute the Storm fouled a Flash player in the Storm's defensive third & on the restart the ball caught the head of Flash player; (defender) Michael Sommerfield who headed it in to capture the tie and maintain there position with the Storm at 17 points a piece. After the game Coach Arana was asked to give his thoughts on his team's performance for his first game as head coach:"We as a team , are looking to continue the winning tradition that we have created, We have a great foundation of players to build from".

Storm will travel to Thousand Oaks to face F.C Hasental who are tied with both the Storm and the Flash with 17points. This will be a Sunday 5:30pm match at Cal Lutheran University.
The Storm will return home on June 15th in a 6pm match with the San Diego Boca at Canyon High School.

Game summaryStormShots - 9
Goals - 2 (Coombes[1], Cruz[1])
Fouls - 8
Saves - 5San Diego FlashShots - 15
Goals 2 - (Justin Pizou[1], Michael Sommerfield[1])
Saves  - 6

Fausto Arana takes the Helm of Head Coach of the Storm

     United Sports International Incorporated & the Futbol Club of Santa Clarita are
excited to announce Fausto Arana will replace Jose Meza as the Head Coach of the
Futbol Club Santa Clarita Storm of the National Premier Soccer League.

      Coach Meza has chosen a different direction and the Storm wishes him all the best
& would like to thank him for his time & efforts while he was with the team. Meza
accomplished a winning record in slightly over a year with the club, recording 13 wins, 4
ties & 6 losses.  "We are very thankful for what Mr. Meza has done for the club, he was a
tremendous help to the organization and we are positive he will be successful anywhere
he goes. We wish him only the best of luck." stated Gerald Brunner; C.E.O.

Fausto Arana Head Coach SC Storm

Fausto Arana is in his second season with the Storm's coaching staff and will now take  the helm of the Storm's lead position. Fausto has 18 years experience in coaching, from youth to    
college & every stop in between. Plus these last two season in the N.P.S.L. Fausto has coached at the College of the Canyons since 2009 & has recently been appointed head coach of the soccer program at West Ranch High School. Arana comes to the Storm with Certificates in coaching from the Dutch Soccer Federation (K.N.V.B -  Advanced Coaching Certificate in Tacti cal Match Analysis), as well as an N.S.C.A.A Nation Diploma as well as an Advance Certificate from N.S.C.A.A. Fausto has also coached in the local high schools for over 13 years. "Arana comes with a great deal of knowledge of the game & ability to read it. He has brought a new philosophy to the team & the players are excited at the idea of a new approach and so are we " said Brunner. "We are very confident that he will continue the winning ways that coach Meza had started."