Vote now for 2012 Save and Goal of the Year
Voting period will be open from: Jan. 7 – Jan. 15
National winners to be named at US Youth Soccer Awards Gala January 18
Twitter: @USYouthSoccer, live announcement of national winners
FRISCO, Texas (January 7, 2013) – After receiving numerous worthy submissions, US Youth Soccer has narrowed the field down to 10 Goal of the Year and 10 Save of the Year official nominees. The soccer community now has the chance to determine the 2012 winners in each category through an online voting process at USYouthSoccer.org beginning on January 7 and ending on January 15 at 12 p.m. CT.
The nomination process was open to any US Youth Soccer player in the Under-6 through Under-18 age groups. After the online voting is closed, the Goal and Save of the Year Awards will be announced at the US Youth Soccer Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the US Youth Soccer Workshop at the NSCAA Convention in Indianapolis.
2012 Top 10 Save of the Year Nominees
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Name
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Age
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Club
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Hometown
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Sami Skibell
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Under-11 Boys
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KCFC Sporting
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Overland Park, Kan.
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Will Rosenbaum
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Under-16 Boys
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PSC Coppa Arsenal
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Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Davis Byrkit
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Under-17 Boys
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VSI West Florida Flames
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Trinity, Fla.
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Katherine Liston
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Under-17 Girls
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Internationals
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Lakewood, Ohio
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Luke Whelan
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Under-17 Boys
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North Atlantic Soccer
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Roswell, Ga.
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Zachary Federowicz
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Under-15 Boys
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FSA Utd. Navy
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Plainville, Conn.
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Nick Costa
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Under-15 Boys
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Challenger Crew
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North Royalton, Ohio
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Alexis Carpenter
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Under-17 Girls
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Cleveland Utd.
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North Ridgeville, Ohio
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Phillip Mourikes
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Under-16 Boys
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Scottsdale Utd. Blackhawks
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Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Alison Jahansouz
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Under-17 Girls
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’95 Region IV ODP
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Huntington Beach, Calif.
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2012 Top 10 Goal of the Year Nominees
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Name
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Age
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Club
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Hometown
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Tanner Giles-Tucker
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Under-16 Boys
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Pachuca FC Dragons
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Silver Spring, Md.
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Cole Venner
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Under-13 Boys
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Nordic Premier
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Burlington, Vt.
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Devin Underwood
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Under-16 Boys
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Almaden Utd.
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San Jose, Calif.
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Farai Mutatu
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Under-13 Boys
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TNT Dynamite
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Lansing, Mich.
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Lindsey Mayo
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Under-18 Girls
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Brentwood Premier
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Brentwood, Tenn.
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Zion Gray
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Under-16 Boys
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Concorde Fire Elite
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Snellville, Ga.
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Lawrence Karpeh
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Under-15 Boys
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Challenger Crew
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Oberlin, Ohio
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Nikosi Burgess
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Under-15 Boys
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Dix Hills Heat
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Deer Park, N.Y.
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Leah Comiskey
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Under-16 Girls
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PA Classics
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Lancaster, Pa.
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Will Cohen
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Under-15 Boys
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Cup Crew Jrs.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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For more information about attending the 2013 US Youth Soccer Workshop at the NSCAA Convention, held in Indianapolis, Jan. 16-20, 2013, please visit http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/workshop/nscaa/.
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