Mockingbird Girls '92: Welcome
| Upcoming Games | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sat 12/12 |
Mockingbird vs. Lou Fusz Strikers
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9:30 AM | Mike Rose Soccer Complex |
| Sat 12/12 |
Mockingbird vs. NWA Lightning
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5:00 PM | Mike Rose Soccer Complex |
| Sun 12/13 |
Lou Fusz Blue vs. Mockingbird
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12:30 PM | Mike Rose Soccer Complex |
| Upcoming Practices | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Tue 12/8 |
Fall Regular - Tue/Thu
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Mockingbird - Indoors |
| Wed 12/9 |
Fall Regular - Wednesday
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6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | JCC |
| Thu 12/10 |
Fall Regular - Tue/Thu
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7:30 PM - 9:15 PM | JCC |
| Upcoming Events | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sat 12/12 |
Germantown Invitational
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12:00 PM | Mike Rose Soccer Complex |
| Sun 12/13 |
Germantown Invitational
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12:00 PM | Mike Rose Soccer Complex |
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| State Champs & Supporters |
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Welcome to the Mockingbird Girls '92, 2006, 2007, 2008 and now 2009 Kentucky State Champs and past Kentucky Select Soccer League champions Spring 2003 and Fall 2004. After a successful 2008 high school soccer season the girls came back together for two fall showcase tournaments. This past spring (2009) the team again competed in the Premier Division of the Midwest Regional Soccer League. The Fall 2008 season consisted of two showcase tournaments: the Raleigh CASL Showcase and the Disney Soccer Showcase. The 2008/9 season concluded with another solid showing at Regionals despite having only fourteen players.
We are a girls' premier level "travel team" associated with the Mockingbird Soccer Club , in Louisville, KY. Our team was essentially formed in the fall of 2003 as the girls came together from several different directions and various parts of the greater Louisville area.
Read more about this great group of young ladies, their coach, Larry Raible, who has led this team since U11 for every year except their U17 season. That year they were coached by Ben Schneweis, who has returned to graduate school in his native North Dakota. The team history, their accomplishments, on the field and tournament record can be found on the pages of this web site.
- Visitors since Februay 2005
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Saturday, February 7
Here's the latest recruiting update as of August 28, 2009
| Heather Stilwell | University of Evansville |
NLI |
| Kaitlin Robinett |
University of Evansville |
Verbal |
| Alex Hoar |
University of Cincinnati |
Verbal |
| Sydney Golden |
Radford University |
Verbal |
| Lauren Boyd |
Bellarmine University |
Verbal |
| Chelsea McCarty |
Bellarmine University |
Verbal |
| Christina Kapsalis |
Bellarmine University |
Verbal |
| Cate Simmermaker |
Earlham College |
Committed |
| Lizzy Lemons |
Marshall University |
Verbal |
| Shelby Kincaid | U.S. Military Academy |
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| Jordan Hodge | Gardner-Webb University |
Verbal |
| Kayla King | University of Kentucky |
Verbal |
| Jenna Price | Lipscomb University |
Verbal |
Tuesday, November 10
Nine of our girls have been recognized by the Kentucky High School soccer coaches for their play this past fall season and have been named to the All State teams:
Lauren Boyd - Oldham
Sophie Cummings - Manual
Sydney Golden - Paul Dunbar
Alex Hoar - Eastern
Michelle Holland - Assumption
Kristina Kapsalis - Manual
Kayla King - Manual
Jenna Price - Sacred Heart
Shelby Thompson - S. Oldham
Also Kaitlin Robinette was named All District for District 5 in Indiana which makes her eligible for All State recognition later this month.
And lastly just so she doesn't feel left out, I must note that Chloe Hutchinson was named to the All Tournament team after the championship match.
Now that that's over, get back to work!
Saturday, October 31
Hello Everyone,
I have just a couple of things to cover with you as well as laying out the schedule for the next 6 weeks.
First if you need to contact me you can email me at lraible@mockingbirdsoccer.net. Many of you have the old email address but to keep things all in the same place let's try to keep it through the club email. If you need to call me my cell number is 807-6542. I will not be texting anyone. I can read texts but am not quite cool enough to make that a primary means of communication. If you need to email call or talk to me I am willing to discuss any issue that you may have. For the majority of you we will start practice this Sunday from 2-3:30 @ Kennedy. We will practice weekly on Tues Wed and Thurs from 7:15-8:45 at Assumptions field. Good Luck to our SHA girls next week.
We have scrimmages set for Nov 14 and 15th (2 games each day Carmel on Sat and Cincy on Sunday) and then Raleigh the week following. The next week is Thanksgiving after which we will have 2 weeks of practice and then Memphis on Dec 12-13. The only additional practices that may be added are weekend practices next weekend and the weekend of Dec. 6-7.
I am looking forward to this year of soccer upcoming. I am excited that I have the opportunity to coach such a talented group of young ladies. We are a premier level team that will play a schedule that is fitting to our abilities. We will play this schedule to represent our team and our club and to improve ourselves. We have 11 girls who have committed to a school, another that is finishing up her freshman year, and a few others who are still finalizing their choice of where to play. We need to play against the highest level of competition that we can find so we can make sure the girls are ready for their college soccer careers. As I said in the meeting I do not know of any other way to do it other than all the way. Any conflicts that do arise please let me know as soon as possible. Again I am really looking forward to the season.
Any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
See you soon,
Larry
Sunday, November 8
Click on the link for details on the Homewood Suites hotel where the team will be staying for the G.I.T.
Homewood Suites
5811 Poplar Street
Memphis, TN 38119
Tel: 1-901-763-0500
Some links to Memphis, TN information
Convention and Visitors Bureau
AOL Memphis City Guide
Daily News - Memphis local newspaper
Commercial Appeal- Memphis local newspaper
Wikipedia on Memphis
Thursday, July 17
Below is a listing of all the sites I know about and the team's ranking in Region II, and nationally where available, as of June 27, 2009.
| Reg II | Ntl | |
| Got Soccer (See Note) | 28 | 161 |
| Soccer in College (See Note) | n/a |
n/a |
| National Soccer Ranking | 16 | n/a |
| Soccer Girls 92 | 25 | n/a |
The first two services are numerically driven based on reported games (Soccer in College) or tournament results (Got Soccer). For some reason Soccer in College has lost track of our team this past season and shows no results. Got Soccer is also flawed. We should have gotten a bucket of points for finishing as semi-finalists in the Ohio Elite Showcase but a shown with zero. For reference Javanon got 1,201 points. If just this amount were added our rankings would be #1 in KY, #15 in Region II, and #99 Nationally - probably about right. National Soccer Ranking and Soccer Girls are opinion based. My personal view remains that they are either about 10th or 100th depending on the day.
Monday, November 30
Schedule has been revised to avoid playing Classics FC a second time. Click this link for the tournament website version of our schedule. We are in Group B of the Elite Division.
| Sat. Dec 12 | 9:30AM | Mockingbird | vs. | Lou Fusz Strikers |
Field #15 |
| Sat. Dec 12 | 5:00PM | Mockingbird | vs. | NWA Lightning |
Field #15 |
| Sun. Dec 13 | 12:30PM | Lou Fusz Blue |
vs. | Mockingbird | Field #12 |
Tuesday, December 1
Driving directions to the hotel from Louisville and from the hotel to the fields and back to the hotel can be found by clicking on the links below. If you want to use another mapping website, I've included the addresses below:
Louisville to Hotel
Homewood Suites
5811 Poplar Street
Memphis, TN 38119
Hotel to Game Fields
Mike Rose Soccer Complex
9000 East Shelby Drive
Memphis, TN 38125
Click here for a map of the Mike Rose Soccer Complex fields.
Monday, November 30
We are in Group B of the Elite Red Division. The complete schedule for this division can be found by clicking here. The team assignments to all divisions can be found by clicking here.
Game 1: Lou Fusz Strikers
This team is part of the Lou Fusz club complex from St. Louis. They are currently ranked #20 in Region II by National Soccer Ranking.com;and 17th in Region II by Soccer Girls. Played in the MRL Premier Division this fall against very tough competition including Eclipse, ELA Elite, Vardar and BV Stars among others. We have played them twice although both games were some time ago. The girls tied 1-1 at the 2004 Veteran's Invitiational while the Strikers won 3-0 at the G.I.T. in 2006. I recall the game, it was played Sunday morning in the stadium and it was much more competitive than 3-0.
Take a look at their Got Soccer team page for some game scores.
Also their Soccer in College team page which has some additional scores.
Here's the club's website: Lou Fusz Soccer Club.
Here's the team's website: Lou Fusz Strikers.
Game 2: NWAL Lightning
This team is based in Bentonville, Arkansas, the home of Wal-Mart Stores. They look to be a recently formed team.
Take a look at their Got Soccer team page for some game scores.
Also their Soccer in College team page.
Here's the club's website: NWA Lightning Soccer Club.
Team website: Haven't found one yet.
Game 3: Lou Fusz Blue
This team is also part of the Lou Fusz club complex. I believe most of the girls are actually from southern Illinois.
Take a look at their Got Soccer team page for some game scores.
Also their Soccer in College team page.
Here's the club's website: Lou Fusz Soccer Club.
Here's the team's website: Lou Fusz Blue.
Friday, October 31
This fall the club has implemented new practice gear requirements. The yellow t-shirt you received at tryouts will serve as your practice t-shirt. Players are to wear the yellow shirt with black shorts and black socks to each practice. If you would like more yellow shirts, they can be purchased at the club for $7 each. To save yourself a trip, just let me know how many and what size and I'll bring them to training. We may expand to different colors of shorts and socks since most of you will have white or green for example, but for now, please wear yellow-black-black. If you have any questions or any issues regarding the uniforms, please contact me.