Men

July24th, 2007 The Sonoma Sol are headed to San Diego this weekend to compete in the 2007 NPSL National Championships. After displaying dominance over the NorthWest Division this season, the Sun Boys are eager to hit the road. They will face off this Friday night against Queen City FC (Buffalo, NY), the NPSL East division champions. Sol are headed into the weekend with greatness on the brain. With the uncharacteristic early departure from the US Open Cup, Coach Ben Zeimer made the NPSL title his main responsibility. With injuries to top players such as Chris Daly, CJ Cigler, and Vinny La Porta, Zeimer had his work cut out for him, however with the rising talent from the SCFC reserve side and the team's great depth, the Sol prevailed. Zeimer's system is seamless, and the Sol are a hard team to beat having lost only twice this season in NPSL fixtures.

Queen City are a young team established in 2006 and strive to add a women's WPSL team in 2009.

March Trainings will be 8-10 pm at Luchessi on Tues and Wednesday beginning March 13th. These sessions will be offered to the first team selection and the reserves.

Official preseason will begin on April 3rd. Tentative Trainings schedule will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

There may be changes to the first team selection after the March trainings, before we begin our training preseason in April.

Brett Cook
Trevor Hurst
Daniel Garcia
Tyler Hurst
Gustavo Fontenelli
Travis Lopez
Travis Ryan
Vinny La Porta
Marcus Shields
Adam Shields
Brandon Boone
Majell Alerado
Michael Briceno
David Briceno
Matt Brabetz
Derek Shaffer
Ben Langwitz
Moises Medrano
Tim Maycock
Andreas Flores

Between 2- 6 reserves may be selected for the first team after the March trainings.

Alec Zigler
Patrick Zigler
Michael Schmidt
Davide Furtado
Kyle Beattie
Juan Carlos
Taylor Amman
Saif Azzuz
Juan Machuca
Justin Ferrara
Arnaldo Salazar
Cody Middleman
Cortland Forsyth
Jordan Anderson
Max Korbus
Luke Manton

February 9, 2007 Midfielder Gustavo Reyes, goalkeeper Jesus Molina and forward David Briceno have been selected to play with the Mexican National Indoor Soccer Team in a game against the California Cougars. The game will be played Saturday, February 10, at 7:00 pm at the Stockton Arena Ball Park at 248 Fremont Street in Stockton.

The Mexican National Team is recruiting indoor players. The training and games are part of the scouting program to develop this team. Members of the team have to have a traceable Mexican heritage.

SONOMA COUNTY SOL PLAYERS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN STARS OF MEXICO EVENT IN STOCKTON NEXT WEEKEND

February 5, 2007 The California Cougars announced that the Stockton based professional indoor soccer team will play an exhibition match against a team comprised of Mexican soccer legends, including midfielder Missael Espinoza, forward Luis ("El Matador') Hernandez and Benjamin ("El Maestro") Galindo, on February 10, 2007 at the Stockton Arena. Seven Sonoma County Sol players have been invited to train with these Hispanic soccer legends in Sacramento on Friday for a chance to play along side them on Saturday, February 10th against the California Cougars. The 7 Sol players are goalkeeper Jesus Molina, forwards Gustavo Mata-Reyes and David Briceño, midfielders Miguel Santoyo, Andres Flores and Daniel Garcia, and defender Michael Briceño. The Mexicans are forming a national indoor soccer team and are evaluating high quality players who can qualify for a Mexican passport and eligibility.

"The players we are bringing to the Stockton Arena are some of the world's most famous and most talented athletes this sport has ever seen," said Cougars investor/operator Jim Rachels. Missael Espinoza, a member of Mexican national team's 1994 FIFA World Cup squad, has played for Chivas de Guadalajara and San Jose Clash of the MLS. Luis Hernandez, also a former member of the Mexican national team, played on the 1998 Mexican World Cup team that advanced to the second round before falling 2-1 to Germany. Another MLS star, Hernandez played for the Los Angeles Galaxy in 1999 and 2000. Benjamin Galindo, a teammate of Espinoza's on the 1994 Mexican World Cup squad, was the head coach of Chivas de Guadalajara until 2005.

The game highlights a host of events in the Stockton area including the Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL) All-Star game and an all day soccer tournament featuring local amateur teams. PASL All Stars from Sonoma County Sol include Molina, David and Michael Briceño, Gustavo Mata-Reyes, Trevor Hurst, Mosies Medrano, Daniel Garcia, Andres Flores and Vincent LaPorta. Times for the events include an 8:00 a.m. start time for the daylong amateur tournament, followed by the PASL All-Star game at 5:00. The Stars of Mexico versus the California Cougars will begin approximately at 7:00 pm.

Tickets for the Stars of Mexico / PASL All-Star Game doubleheader are now available. For group tickets call 209-373-1550. For individual tickets, contact the Stockton Arena box office at 209-373-1700 or online at www.stocktontickets.com. Ticket prices for the event range from $10 to $24.

January 11, 2007 Sonoma County Futbol Club President Dave Kronberg announced today the signing of Benjamin Ziemer to be the head coach of Sol men’s team for the 2007 season. Ziemer is the Assistant Coach of the Sonoma State men’s soccer team, Technical Director for the Sonoma County Alliance Soccer Club and coaches Under 14 and 18 boys teams for the Club. He also developed and manages the NorCal Premier Soccer League.

“We are delighted to have Benjamin signed for the upcoming season,” said Kronberg. “We are looking for him to bring a fresh approach to the Club, developing and showcasing the many high quality players available locally. We also believe that he can help us develop and promote the Club through outreach to the community.”

“I am pleased to become a part of the Sol organization,” said Ziemer. “The team has obviously been successful in a few different competitions over the past few years. It is exciting to face the challenge of continuing this success.”

“ I am most excited about trying to continue this success within the Futbol Club Sol’s vision. This vision is to provide top level adult soccer that blends the best players form Sonoma County diverse soccer community. There are many talented players in our area developed by the various soccer programs spread throughout the county. I believe it will be interesting for people to watch the players they have seen in youth, high school and college compete against other teams from around the state and country.”

“I firmly believe it is possible to develop a successful team with primarily local talent. Of course to do this we need the continued support of the local soccer community. I believe this support will continue to grow in the future and help insure that the Futbol Club Sol may always offers talent local players and the local soccer community a top level adult soccer program.”

Benjamin played youth soccer and high school soccer in Sonoma County. Benjamin began his collegiate career at Fresno State and Santa Rosa JC before playing his last two seasons at SSU. While at SSU Benjamin earned All Conference and All Far West Honors. Benjamin also spent time in Germany playing in the 3rd and 4th division.

Benjamin has coached boys and girls of all ages for over 20 years. He has coached for Sebastopol United, Dixie, Rohnert Park Express, and Santa Rosa United. In 1997 he became the first Director of Coaching in Sonoma County when he was hired by Rohnert Park Express. Benjamin has also been a state team coach for the Olympic Development Program. Last year he coached two teams in SRU and was the U9-U10 Academy Director. Currently Benjamin is the National Director of Education for AJAX of Orlando and President of Nor Cal Premier. Coaching Licenses held- USSF 'A' coaching license and German 'B' license.

He has been a Hoek Method Camp coach for over 8 years. He has also trained several high school teams in Sonoma and Mendocino County. Benjamin has directed over 150 Ziemer Brother soccer camps in Northern and Southern California, Oregon and Nevada.
Benjamin can be reached by phone at (707) 888-8125 or by email at benjaminziemer@comcast.net. Dave Kronberg can be reached at (707) 494-6436 or by email at: davidk1138@aol.com

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