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Savehaven class offered on Thursday, August 26, 2004 at the Green Valley Clubhouse - South. 7-10 pm.

The Summer 2004 edition of the Region 5 Newsletter is now available online. Download it in either a Word .doc (459k) or Acrobat .pdf (235k)

Team Parent Meeting is set for Thursday, Aug. 19 at 7:30pm at the Green Valley Clubhouse - North

Section 11 is having a logo design contest, must be designed by a current AYSO player. $200 prize for winning entry. click here for more details

Region 5 is looking for a treasurer, please email Commissioner Ron Klinger if your are interested in Volunteering.

The Spring 2004 edition of the Region 5 Newsletter is now available online. Download it in either a Word .doc (592k) or Acrobat .pdf (380k)

The Dark Demons, under 10 boys, took home a third place finish at the Area K Tournament held on May 22&23. Click here for a photo

RazzMaTazz, Region 5's Under 14 Girls Spring Select Team won the Orange County Cup held at UCI on May 22 & 23. RazzMatazz defeated Region 56 in the Championship game 1-0. The team from Fountain Valley allowed only one goal during the entire tournament. going 4-0 with wins over Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Glendale and Huntington Beach. Click here for a team photo.

Several Region 5 teams captured some hardware this weekend, May 15, as the 2004 Area K Spring Select Season came to a close. In under 14 girls, RazzMaTazz, came out on top of their division. Finishing the season undefeated, the team from Fountain Valley took claim to the championship over a couple of Region 56 teams. In boys under 12 soccer the Region 5 team finished in second place with a 7-1 record. Region 5 took home a third place finish in the girls under 10 division and also finished third in both the boys and girls under 16 divisions that competes in the Orange County Spring League with Area's K, L, Q and Z. In the Area K Recreation League the under 12 girls team, Blue Flames, came in third place.

RazzMaTazz, Region 5's under 14 girls Spring Select team was featured on ESPN2 on May 8 as the Major League Soccer "Youth Soccer Spotlight" Click here for a small quicktime movie (328k) Must have quicktime installed to view.

Four Region 5 spring teams will be challenging for Area K titles this Saturday May 15 as the 2004 Area K Spring Season comes to a close. In under 10 girls rec. division the Region 5 team is currently tied with Region 517 at 62 points and the two teams play each other at Vista View Middle School at 10:30am to determine a champion. In the under 12 girls rec. division the Region 5 team is tied with Region 143 at 61 points. Region 5 will be playing at Cox Elementary School at 6pm on Friday, May 14 against Region 117. In the under 12 boys select division the Region 5 team is currently on top with 67 points, however they have already concluded their season and the second place team, Region 56 needs only two points in their last game to over take the Region 5 team. In the under 14 girls select division the Region 5 team, RazzMaTazz, is currently on top with 68 points and needs to defeat or tie Region 55 at 1pm at Vista View Middle School to claim the area championship.

RazzMaTazz Soccer, Region 5's U14 girls spring select soccer team will be featured on ESPN2 this Saturday, May 8, as Major League Soccer youth spotlight team of the week. Every week Major League Soccer selects a youth team from through out the nation for their "Youth Soccer Spotlight". During halftime of this weeks game between the LA Galaxy and Dallas Burn the team from Fountain Valley will be highlighted and some of their accomplishments announced. Tune in to ESPN2 (channel 35 on Time Warner Cable) at 1pm for the game and make sure and watch the halftime show.

Plus (APP) tryouts are set for June 7-10, 2004. Click here for more information.

Area K is offering a Spring Tournament for Rec. Teams on May 22 & 23, 2004. Click here for more information.

Ron Klinger was named the new Regional Commissioner for Region 5 at their board meeting last Thursday, February 5. Special thanks goes out to Dan Dehn for his many years of service to Region 5.

Congratulations to the Purple People Eaters who defeated the Yellow Jaguars, 1-0, in a playoff game on Saturday, Dec. 6 to win the Region championship in the Girls U10 division. Quicksilver wins the U10 Boys division. Electric Storm captured the Girls U12 championship with their 2-1 win over Electric Shock. Tsunami wins the Boys U12 championship with their 1-0 win over Spitfire on Saturday. Pipeline and Liquid Metal squared off on Saturday also with the Boys U14 title on the line. Pipeline came out on top with a 4-3 victory. The Sea Turtles had the Girls U14 championship wrapped up several weeks ago going undefeated in region play. All region champions will be advancing to the Area K playoffs on Dec. 13-14 in Huntington Beach (click here for schedules)

U10 girls game times have changed to accommodate a possible playoff game, check the schedule for the new times.

Is This A Joke, Fountain Valley's U16 girls team, won the Area K playoffs on Sunday, Nov. 16 by defeating Huntington Beach, Region 117, 3-2 in the championship game. They now advance to the Section 11 playoffs on Nov. 22 & 23 at Marina High School in Huntington Beach. Should they win their pool the Section 11 championship game is slated for 2:30 pm on Sunday, Nov. 23 on field 2 at Marina High.

HI-5 Tournament forms posted check out the tournament page here, U10 division now 9v9.

RAZZMATAZZ PLACES 2ND IN AYSO PLUS PLAYOFFS: RazzMaTazz, Fountain ValleyÕs U14 girls APP, soccer team came up a little short on Sunday, falling 2-0 to a tough Rancho Santa Margarita team in the championship game of the AYSO Plus playoffs. Fountain Valley had advanced to the championship game with a 4-2 victory over Huntington Beach on Saturday and a 2-0 win over San Juan Capistrano on Sunday morning. In the championship game Fountain Valley just missed on several scoring opportunities. Rancho came into the game undefeated and has allowed only 2 goals in 14 games on the year. (click here for photo)

Region 5 will be hosting the Area K & L U14 APP (Plus) championships this weekend, Nov. 15 & 16. The girls will be playing at Anthony and Vista View, while the boys will be playing at Allen and Vista View. Razzmatazz, Fountain Valley's U 14 girls team, which recently finished second in the regular season, will be playing at 8am on Saturday and again at 12:30pm at Anthony. On Sunday they play at 10:30am at Vista View and will try to be in the Championship Game at 3pm also at Vista View. To view the entire schedule click here.

The photo re-take/make-up day is scheduled for Saturday, November 15th at noon at the Paine Elementary School on Ward. Ê

Additional games added for U14 Teams. (Click Here for Girls Schedule, Boys Schedule) Games between Region 5 teams only.

Razzmatazz was invited to join in the "Hi Five" line with a few other AYSO teams from throughout Southern California to welcome the LA Galaxy and their opponents, DC United, onto the field prior to their game at the Home Depot Center on Sept. 20. (click here for photo)

Plus (APP) schedules are being redone due to Area Q dropping out and should be posted soon. All Plus games for Sept. 20 & 21 have been canceled.

Photo Day Set for Sunday, September 28 at Paine Elementary School, (click here for schedule)

Season Schedules Posted (click here)

Razzmatazz, Fountain Valley's Region 5 U14 Girls APP team, defeated Huntington Beach Region 56's APP team 3-0 on Sunday, August 31 to finish in fourth place of the Costa Mesa McMillan Invitational Tournament.

AYSO Plus (APP) Schedules posted (click here)

AYSO Day With The LA Galaxy - Join us on Saturday, September 20th for the first AYSO Day with the Galaxy at The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Plan on spending the day with us as activities for kids, coaches, and referees start at 3:30PM! (more details)

u14, u16 schedules released (click here)

Fall Season set to begin Sept. 6

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