Mockingbird Girls '92: Welcome
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| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sat 11/14 |
TBA vs. Mockingbird
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TBA | TBA |
| Sat 11/14 |
TBA vs. Mockingbird
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TBA | TBA |
| Sun 11/15 |
TBA vs. Mockingbird
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TBA | TBA |
| Sun 11/15 |
TBA vs. Mockingbird
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TBA | TBA |
| Upcoming Practices | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sun 11/8 |
Sunday - Regular
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3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Kennedy Middle School |
| Tue 11/10 |
Fall Regular
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TBA | TBA |
| Wed 11/11 |
Fall Regular
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TBA | TBA |
| Thu 11/12 |
Fall Regular
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TBA | TBA |
| Upcoming Events | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Fri 11/20 |
CASL Showcase
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All Day | WRAL Soccer Center |
| Sat 11/21 |
CASL Showcase
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All Day | WRAL Soccer Center |
| Sun 11/22 |
CASL Showcase
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All Day | WRAL Soccer Center |
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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 |
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
Saturday, November 7
November 20 through 21, the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday, the team will be traveling to Raleigh, NC for a return trip to the prestigious Raleigh College Showcase shootout. The team also played in this tournment as U-15's and U-17's.
Click here for the website for the CASL Raleigh Shootout Showcase.
Click here for the list of accepted teams.
Our bracket is "U19 - Elite Adipure".
Click here for the latest list of college coaches.
More information can be found by clicking the Raleigh Shootout tab on the left.
Saturday, November 7
Complete tournament schedules can be found here.
We are in group "U19- Elite Adipure. Here is the tournament version of our schedule.Click here to see a field map of the WRAL Soccer Complex
| Fri. Nov 20 | 3:40PM | Triangle FC Navy |
vs. | Mockingbird | WRAL #01 |
| Sat. Nov 21 | 10:00AM | Vista Shockwave |
vs. | Mockingbird | WRAL #13 |
| Sun. Nov 22 | 9:40AM | Classics Hammer | vs. | Mockingbird | WRAL #04 |
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.
Friday, August 1
We will be staying at the Homewood Suites - Raleigh-Durham:
4603 Central Park Drive
Durham, North Carolina, United States 27703
Tel: 1-919-474-9900
Fax: 1-919-998-8804
Some links to Raleigh, NC information
Convention and Visitors Bureau
AOL Raleigh City Guide
The News & Observer- Raleigh's local newspaper
Wikipedia on Raleigh
Raleigh Weather
Saturday, November 7
The brackets have been published for the upcoming Raleigh Girls Showcase. We are in "Elite Adipure" and will play
- Triangle FC Navy from the Raleigh-Durham area.
- Vista Shockwave from Chantilly, VA. Chantilly is a Washington, D.C. suburb.
- Classics Hammer from Cincinnati, Ohio
These are three extremely accomplished teams and will present a great challenge for the girls.
Game #1: Fri. Nov 20 - Triangle FC Navy
Here's the club website: Triangle Futbol Club
Here's the team's website: Triangle FC Navy
They are currently ranked #1 in North Carolina, #6 in Region III and #25 in the nation by NationalSoccerRanking.com while Soccer Girls has them at #1 in North Carolina, #5 in Region III and #14 in the nation. They are the current (2008) North Carolina state champion and a semi-finalist from the Region 3 championships this past summer.
Here's the Got Soccer team page for some game scores and other information. There are a few common opponents.
Game #2: Sat. Nov 21 - Vista Shockwave
Here's the club website: Vista Soccer Club
Here's the team's website: Vista Shockwave
They are currently ranked #1 in Virginia, #3 in Region I and #12 in the nation by NationalSoccerRanking.com while Soccer Girls has them at #3in Virginia, #7 in Region I and #20 in the nation. They are the current (2008) Virginia state champion and a semi-finalist from the Region 1 championships this past summer.
Here's the Got Soccer team page for some game scores and other information. The only common opponent over the last few years is Albertson Fury.
Game #3: Sun. Nov 22 - Classics Hammer
Here's the club website: Classics Hammer Futbol Club
Here's the team's website: Classics Hammer 92
During the U17 season, the girls played to a 0 - 0 tie at CASL but a 0 - 3 loss in the spring 2009 MRL season. Classics Hammer are currently ranked #4 in Ohio South and #20 in Region II by Soccer Girls.
Here's the Got Soccer team page for some game scores and other information. We have played Classics Hammer several times over the years.
Sunday, August 2
Welcome to our new players Jenna Price, Maggie Cohen and Shelby Thompson.
Jenna, daughter of Dave and Lori Price, is a senior at Sacred Heart along with Maddie, Spenser, Marge and Chloe. Jenna has verbally committed to Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Jenna played for Javanon her last two club seasons.
If anyone has similar information on Maggie and Shelby please pass it on.
Sunday, October 22
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 or Raleigh Airport to Hotel
Homewood Suites - Raleigh-Durham:
4603 Central Park Drive
Durham, North Carolina, United States 27703
Hotel to Game Fields WRAL Soccer Center
WRAL Soccer Center
7700 Perry Creek Road
Raleigh, NC 27616
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.