Girls Players
Boca Jrs 90 Mercik joins Youth All-American Team
Boca Jrs 90 player, Rachel Mercik was selected to the 2007 NSCAA/Adidas Youth All-American Soccer Team.
A total of 80 players were named to the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Girls Youth All-America Team, which was announced Dec. 10.
Thirty-five players on this year’s team were prior NSCAA/adidas All-America selections.
The honorees will be invited to the NSCAA All-America Luncheon, which will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19, as part of the 2008 NSCAA Convention in Baltimore, Md.
Rachel has also been asked to join adidas ESP camp and will be joining Courtney Strombeck there in February. See Courtney's story posted on December 13th.
Courtney Strombeck joins adidas ESP
Rachel Mercik Arrives in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Rachel Mercik (far left, top row) of the Boca Jrs 90 girls team arrived in Buenos Aires early in the morning on December 8th to join the U17 National Team. The team had a light training the first day and had a chance to adjust to the time change (five hours for Rachel). The trainings are being held at a local soccer stadium (there are many there). The experience of practicing and playing in a real stadium where professional soccer is played has been awesome for Rachel. The team played their first of three games yesterday against the Argentina U17's. The US came up short with a 2-1 loss but put in a great effort. 
Boca Jrs 90 Rachel Mercik Joins the U17 National Team
Sacramento, CA -- Congratulations to Rachel Mercik who has been asked by the U17 National Team coach Dean Duerst to play up with the U17's during their tour of Argentina.
Rachel has been in the U16 National Team Pool for the past year and has moved through ODP state, regional and national levels for the past 3 years. She leaves on December 7th to join the U17 National Team as the only U16 called up for this trip. The games will be played in Buenos Aires. The schedule will be announced shortly.
Rachel is also in the pool of girls being considered for the first ever U17 World Cup taking place in late 2008 in New Zealand.
Rachel plays for the Boca Jrs 90 girl’s team coached by Berhane Andeberhan and Chet Grant. She has played with the Boca Jrs since U14.
Join TEAM TARRYN and Walk to Find a Cure - OCT 7th
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Tarryn Johnson (Boca Jrs. 95 Blue) was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes this summer. Since then the family has been busy adjusting to Tarryn's new "routine" and, of course, research the disease.
The Johnson family invites everyone to join them on October 7, 2007, as they take part in the WALK TO CURE DIABETES, sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
The walk starts at the west steps of the Capitol and the team will gather under the sign "Team Tarryn." Registration for the walk starts at 8:00 A.M. and the walk starts at 9:00 A.M.
Boca Jrs 89 Player Brandi Vega One Step Away from National Team
(From the NEVADA APPEAL on 8/11/07 by Mike Houser.)
For the last two years, junior Brandi Vega has been showing Carson High School devotees why she's been named to the All-Sierra League team as a point guard in basketball and the Sierra League Offensive Player of the Year for the league-champion Senators' soccer team.
Whether it's on the court or on the pitch, the 5-foot-3 Vega has been an electric presence, the kind of difference maker that catches a spectator's eye and leaves her flustered opponents in the dust.
The 16-year-old Vega recently took her game to Moscow, Idaho, where she was one of 120 girls to attend the 2007 United States Youth Soccer Region IV Olympic Development Program (ODP) camp.
Boca Jrs 90, Jennie Marshall - The Bee's 2007 Girls Soccer Player of the Year
restrada@modbee.com Last Updated: June 22, 2007, 10:13:46 AM PDT
Two weeks into the soccer season, Beyer High had already lost twice and it looked as if the Patriots were vulnerable following the loss of a strong senior class.
"A lot of good players graduated and about half our team was up from the JV," said forward Jennie Marshall, who just completed her junior season. "That confidence we had last year, it wasn't there because we were young."
It didn't take long for the Patriots to regain their mettle, as Marshall led them on a streak that didn't end until the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I semifinals.
Jackie Hardesty (Boca Jrs 94) Receives the Erika Wiese Humanitarian Award
SACRAMENTO , CA (June 11, 2007) -- Jackie Hardesty has recently been awarded the Erika Wiese Humanitarian Award from Franklin Elementary in Elk Grove. She has been given the $500 college scholarship for the most well rounded 6th grader which includes academics, athletics as well as social awareness. Jackie plays for the Boca Jrs 94 Girls team coached by Tris Rieland and Chet Grant. Congratulations Jackie!
Tiernan Cutler was awarded the A. Dale Lackey Scholarship
Senior Tiernan Cutler was awarded the A. Dale Lackey Scholarship as the Sacramento Metropolitan Athletic League female Athlete of the Year! Tiernan has been a member of the River City United/CASA competitive program since she was 8 years old. She attends Sacramento Country Day School where she has captained four sports.
Rachel Mercik, Boca Jrs 91 Girls, is at US U16 National Team Camp!
TAMPA , FL (Sunday, April 8, 2007)
U-16 GNT Opens Training Camp in Florida
The U.S. Under-16 Girlʼs National Team began training camp on Saturday (March 31) in Sunrise, Florida, as head coach Kazbek Tambi has brought 24 players for a week of training from April 1-7. Tambi is trying out several new players as he continues to form a pool from which he will choose a team that will attempt to qualify for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Womenʼs World Cup, to be held late next year in New Zealand. Twenty-one of the players in camp were born in 1991 with three being born in 1992 in defenders Mia Bruno and Megan Oyster and midfielder Alex Crown.
