Tryouts for World Cup Soccer of Greater Nashua Academy, Club and Premier (U7-U14) Teams will be held on Tuesday June 9th and Wednesday June 10th at Mine Falls park from 5-8pm. Players should attend both tryouts if possible.

Here are the age groups for the Fall 2009 Season:

• U7-U11 Boys & Girls - 5:00pm-6:30pm Tue/Wed June 9/10
• U12-U14 Boys & Girls - 6:30pm - 8:00pm Tue/Wed June 9/10

Respective coaches are listed in our tryout brochure, although World Cup will form additional teams and officially assign coaches based on tryouts with possible changes to the proposed coaching line up. See the tryout brochure or our coach's page for additional information about our coaching staff. NOTE: NWC will form multiple teams at each age group provided there are enough interested players.

• U7/U8 Academy - Fritz Shenk

• U9 Boys --  Chris Dawe
• U10 Boys --  Serhat Kotek/Ozzee
• U11 Boys --  Bruno Victal/Tom Bellen
• U12 Boys -- Bruno Victal/Jeff Gonsalves 
• U13 Boys -- Tom Labonville
• U14 Boys -- Joel Ogbunimari

• U9 Girls -- Cy Motivala
• U10/U11 Girls -- Ben Graves/Ludwig Heil
• U12 Girls -- Dan Wyborney/Jeff Gonsalves
• U13 Girls -- Pat Mulcahy/Derek Rousseau
• U14 Girls -- Tony Estrada/Sean Wisbey

Pembroke: After a stellar win against Amherst in the semi finals one week ago, the Nashua World Cup U-15 girls came up just short in their quest to secure their first Open Cup championship with a loss to the Lakes Region Lakers in a rain swept final on Sunday. Despite the soggy conditions, the team had several stellar individual performances throughout the tournament. Both opposing coaches and officials had high praise for the team's defensive play and central defender Mandy Desroachers was repeatedly singled out for her aggressive play throughout the match.

In addition to the silver medals the team earned, La Furia Roja were also honored with the coveted Fair Play award, given annually to the team that demonstrates the sportsmanship, values, and ideals that best emobody the spirit of the game.

Eight teams from Nashua World Cup recently participated in the NH State Cup Tournament. Four of the teams made it through the round robin and playoff stages of the tournament to advance to the finals. The Nashua World Cup State Finalist teams were the girls U12 coached by Pat Mulcahy, the U15 boys coached by Paul Ostberg, the U17 boys also coached by Mulcahy and the U19 boys coached by Joel Ogbunimari.

The U19 boys lost in the finals. The U15 boys also lost in the finals, but will be representing the state of NH in the Presidents Cup Sub-Regional. The U12 girls played an exciting match versus Seacoast United that remained tied through regulation and two overtime periods. The game ended after 12 shooters from each team took kicks from the mark. The U12 girls lost, but will still be advancing as the wildcard winner to represent the state of NH at the Regional Championships to be held in Huntington, WV in early July. The U17 boys, who were the 2008 U16 NH State Cup champions, defeated Seacoast United 1-0 to repeat as NH State Cup champions. The finals were a hard fought battle between both teams that took over 3 hours because of lightning delays. The U17 boys will also be advancing to represent NH at the Regional Championships in WV.

The Greater Nashua World Cup SC is supportive of athletes of many abilities and those that overcome disabilities to enjoy the game of soccer. Working to help soccer players of all abilities, the Greater Nashua World Cup SC worked with the PLUS Company of Nashua and coached the unified team for the NH Special Olympics event held in Hampton, NH. The unified system allows for equal number of athletes and partners on the field. The NWC/PLUS team practiced for 5 weeks to get ready for the Special Olympics challenge. 2 teams were formed and partners were supportive during both practices and games. Coach Eric Winkler of the Greater Nashua World Cup SC provided coaching and training to all the athletes. Special thanks go out to World Cup's own Bruno Victal for his commitment to play in the games. NWC looks forward to an exciting NWC/PLUS team next year as well.

The following teams will participate in the State Cup Finals taking place this Sunday, May 31st in Londonderry. The winners will advance to Regional play in West Virginia over the July 4th weekend.

BU17 Wolves Coached by Pat Mulcahy
BU15 Hurricanes Coached by Paul “Ozzee” Ostberg
GU12 Fire Coached by Pat Mulcahy

Congratulations to the players and their coaches and come cheer on the teams for victory- Go WORLD CUP!

Coaches and Mangers, On behalf of Nashua World Cup Soccer we would like to thank all of you for a wonderful weekend of soccer!!! The weather was beautiful, the games were great, and the injuries were low. We at NWC appreciate your attendance this year and understand the hard work put in by all of you during the seasons and wish you the best the remainder of your season!!

We would also like to remind you of our Columbus Weekend Tournament which is boys and girls ages U8 thru U14 in October. We draw in some of the best competition from around the Region for that weekend and also from Canada. We hope to see you there.

Dan Wyborney
Nashua World Cup
Tournament Director

Congratulations to the following teams:

Tony Estrada’s U13 Girls at Nashua Girls

John Joyce’s U10s and Serhat Kotak’s U9s combined at Amherst

Dan Wyborney’s Girls U11 8v8 Champions

Dan Wyborney’s Girls U12 8v8 Semi-Finalists

Pat Mulcahy’s Girls U11/U12 11v11 Semi-Finalist

Dan Wyborney’s Girls U17 Finalist

Peter Clark’s Girls U19 Semi-Finalist

NWC's U14 Boys Premier team, coached by Tom Bellen, won the 2009 Oakwood Premier Invitational Tournament! The Tournament was held over Memorial Day weekend in the Hartford, CT. area and is one of the region's most prestigious events, drawing top teams from all over the area.

The U14 Boys also advanced to the Finals in the Scorpion Bowl that was played in March. This is another premier tournament with tough competition, and making it to the finals is a great achievement.

Congratulations to Tom and the boys for all their hard work.