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Every summer each of the coach’s award one player on their team with the prestigious Paul G. McGovern Sportsmanship Award. This player is chosen because they exhibited good sportsmanship throughout the season, by showing respect for the other players, coaches, spectators, and officials. This player demonstrated that they would work hard and maintain a positive attitude both in success and failure. This player has been unselfish to their teammates, and shown their dedication to the sport of soccer and their team.

For the 2007 summer traveling season the following players have been chosen by his/her coach to receive this award.

Congratulations!

2007 Team	Player
U9 boys	Wyatt G.
U9 boys	Ryan F.
U9 boys	Sawyer H.
U9 girls	Taylor O.
U9 girls	Olivia M.
U9 girls	Samantha A.
U10 boys	Chad M.
U10 boys	Luke A.
U10 boys	David R.
U10 girls	Emma M.
U10 girls	Sarah J.
U10 girls	Julia P.
U10 girls	Katie D.
U11 boys	Alex H.
U11 boys	Noah K.
U11 girls	Sara S.
U11 girls	Lauren C.
U11 girls	Madison L.
U12 boys	Juan S.
U12 boys	Ryan M.
U12 girls	Roxanne H.
U12 girls	Kaleigh S.
U12 girls	Sarah J.
U12 girls	Kallie P.
U12 girls	Meghan J.
U13 boys	Joe K.
U13 boys	Ben M.
U13 boys	Trenton A.
U13 girls	Annalise M.
U13 girls	Kelsey B.
U14 boys	Charlie B.J.
U14 boys	Dan P.
U14 boys premier	Jason S.
U14 girls	Mallory M.
U14 girls	Lauren A.
U14 girls	Lea N.
U15 boys	Alex M.
U15 boys	Ryan F.
U15 girls	Kristen B.
U15 girls	Abby B.
U15 girls	Melanie H.
U15 girls	Cassie E.
U16 boys	Sherif S.
U16 boys	Sean C.
U16 girls	Rachel L.
U16 girls	Katie C.
U17 boys	Thomas B.
U17 boys	Luke L.
U17 girls	Emily S.
U18 girls premier	Bryn K.
U19 boys premier	Phillip K.
U19 girls	Jeana R.

From Jeff Kline, 8/19/2007

Dear Eagan Traveling Soccer Players, Coaches and Parents;

I am writing you to let you know I am resigning the position of President of Eagan Traveling Soccer. My resignation is driven by changes in my personal life that prevent me from participating at the level required to maintain excellent progress of the ETS program. It has been my honor to work with a dedicated group of board members to deliver significant improvements to the Eagan Traveling Soccer players including:

- Hiring a Technical Director to deliver high quality player and coach development.
- Delivery of goal keeper training
- Delivery of off-season soccer training
- Delivery of acceleration training
- Acquiring Irish Sports dome field for early season practice
- Delivery of the Eagan Future Star Tournament
- Delivery of parent survey process
- Delivery Coach interviewing, evaluation and development process
- Referee development through mentoring
- Continued focus on delivery of a fair tryout process
- Multiple changes to the ETS by-laws to improve club operation

I am proud of what the ETS board has done and the ETS program is recognized as a leader by Minnesota Youth Soccer Association. The board has accepted my resignation and has elected Curtis Kruse to serve as President. Curtis has held multiple roles on the board including Girls U13-U18 Director and Web Director. He has been an integral part of the program improvements and will keep the ETS program moving forward. I will continue to support him during this transition.

Lastly, I would like to thank all of you for your support. Eagan Traveling Soccer is a vibrant program because of the efforts of volunteers. You all can be very proud of this program.

Kindest regards,
Jeff Kline

Updated 7/29/07: Congratulations to the following teams for qualifying for the 2007 MYSA State Tournament.
U12C1 Girls
U12C2 Girls
U13C1 Girls
U14C1 Girls
U16C1 Girls
U16C2 Girls
U19C2 Girls
U16C1 Boys

Congratulations to the Girls U16C2 Blue Angels, 2007 MYSA State Champions!

Congratulations to the Girls U13C1 and Girls U16C1 teams on reaching the finals of the MYSA State Tournament.

6-19-07

ETS IRONMEN WIN 2ND TOURNAMENT THIS SEASON
ETS' (picture) U14C2 Boys team (the Ironmen) were undefeated in their successful quest for the top spot in the Hudson Border Battle. This tournament championship follows on the heels of the Ironmen's championship at the Blaine Breakout in May. The Ironmen are currently in first place in the South District and are playing some great soccer. The Ironmen are coached by Brian Voss, Paul Cahill, and Bob Shepard.

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6-28-07

ETS FUSION CHAMPIONS OF 2007 LAKEVILLE PAN-O-PROG
The Eagan Fusion (Girls U12 C2) (picture) team won their third tournament championship this year by beating Eden Prairie 2-0 in Lakeville's Pan o Prog soccer tournament on June 24. This is the Fusion's fourth straight tournament championship appearance this summer. The team played four games, outscoring their opponents 8-2 and notching three shutouts on their way to the tournament win. Six different players scored during the tournament for the Fusion.

6-04-07

ETS FUSION REIGNING CHAMPS AT TONKA SPLASH
ETS' U12C2 girls team (the Fusion) went 4-0 to win the Tonka Splash tournament this past weekend defeating Burnsville 1-0, Hopkins 4-0, Tonka United 5-1, and Burnsville again 3-1 in the championship. The Fusion are now 8-0 in tournaments and 2-1 in league play with the only loss to Burnsville 1-2. Over 11 games, the team has scored 41 goals and given up 7. This tournament championship is the Fusion's second straight tournament win, following the championship at the 2007 Future Stars Tournament earlier this spring. The team is displaying a balanced attack with 9 of 12 girls scoring goals and 11 different girls with at least one assist. Head coach Wayne Newton describes his team in this way, "We have a great team oriented group of girls who are also great individuals and a great parent group. The coaching staff is very lucky to have this group to work with."

Congratulations Fusion!

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6-01-07

ETS BLUE FLAMES TAKE BLAINE BREAKOUT
ETS' U16C1 girls team coached by Nora Austin (the Blue Flames) took the title at the Blaine Breakout in May. The Blue Flames are currently in first place in the South District and are looking to repeat their performance as South District Champions.

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2007 BURNSVILLE HOLIDAY BLAST SUCCESS
On December 29, 2006 the Eagan Fire and the Eagan Ice played in the annual Holiday Blast Tournament at Soccer Blast in Burnsville. Both teams, consisting of mixed groups of players from the 2007 Eagan U14 C1, U14 C2, U13 C1, and U12C1 Girls teams, played in the Girls U13 / U14 tournament bracket. The Fire went 3-0 in round robin play to advance to the semi-finals as the #1 seed. The Ice, meanwhile, went 2-0-1 in the preliminaries to snare the #2 seed in the semi-finals and earn a re-match with Burnsville - a team the Ice tied 4-4 in the prelims. Both Eagan teams won their respective semi-final matches to create an all-Eagan championship match. The score in this final game was knotted at 3-3 with 70-seconds remaining when the Fire's J. Britton broke through with her second goal of the match. Britton's effort was made to hold up by the work of Fire keeper K. Knutson and the game ended 4-3 for the Fire. Based on the post-game photo of all the Eagan girls together, an outside observer would have a hard time telling which team won the championship t-shirts. Both sides displayed excellent form and sportsmanship throughout the day.

2006 Holiday Blast U13/U14 Girls Champions: Eagan Fire
2006 Holiday Blast U13/U14 Girls Runners-Up: Eagan Ice
Congratulations ladies!

The Eagan Wanderers played in the Boys U11/U12 bracket at the annual Holiday Blast Tournament on December 27, 2006. The team was comprised of 10 players from Eagan Traveling soccer for 2007: Eight U12 boys, one U12 girl, and one U10 boy rounded out the Wanderers tournament roster. The team went undefeated in round robin play to earn a place in the championship match later that night. The final game, a re-match between the Wanderers and Savage HB, ended in a 1-1 tie, which meant the teams had to play 5-minutes of Golden Goal extra time. This stretch of play provided numerous chances for both teams, but ended without a score. An old-fashioned shoot-out ensued. Five attacking players from each team were given the ball in the center circle and a 5-second countdown to put the ball in the net. After three scoreless rounds, the Wanderers broke through with scores from both J. Sjoberg and J. Punch. Eagan Wanderers goalkeeper and "Man of the Match" S. Munoz snuffed out the remaining Savage efforts to help secure the Wanderers' championship. The Wanderers came together very well for the Holiday Blast: They showed good resilience when the chips were down, gave 100% effort, and conducted themselves very well at all times.

Congratulations Eagan Wanderers!
2006 Holiday Blast Champs

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