The U10 Vardar girls won the Novi Jaguar Tournament played May 9-11.  The team went undefeated to win their bracket and advance to the finals.

In the championship game, the Vardar girls defeated Pacesetter Premier in double overtime.

Prior to the championship game on sunday (Mothers Day),  Coach Jennifer Perkins new baby girl was born. Mom and baby are doing well.

Thanks to Coach Jen Perkins, Mike Lupenec and Josh Back for a great weekend and Congratulations to the U10 Girls Champions!!!  

The Vardar U14 Girls have earned a berth to the USYSA Region II Championships. The girls have positioned themselves in a tie for first place in the MRL Premier Division Blue and will play for the MRL championship next week. With six games completed in the schedule the girls have accumulated a record of 5 wins and 1 tie and have beaten some of the nation’s most successful teams.

We congratulate the girls on an excellent performance and great achievement. With high expectations of themselves these girls have achieved the goals they set with incredible teamwork, mental strength, and hard work . Well done ladies.

Niki Read, a member of the Vardar U16 team, has been selected to attend the U18 Women's National Team training camp to be held May 3-10 in Sunrise, FL.

Niki has been a Vardar player since U-9. She has been a Regional Team ODP player for three years and has attended three national team training events as well as an Adidas ESP camp which highlights the top 92 high school sophomores.

With her Vardar team, Niki has been part of four State Cup Championships and one Regional Championship. Her team will next represent Michigan at the June Region II Championships in Rockford, IL. She is currently coached by Demir Muftari. Niki is also verbally committed to the University of Illinois. She is a 16-year-old junior at Lake Orion High School.

The All-Star team will compete in the inaugural Chelsea FC Youth Cup in August 2008, which will bring together teams from across the world for an international competition.

"These players represent some of the best young talent in America and this rare opportunity to experience one of the leading soccer academies in the world will be invaluable in the development of their soccer careers. This is just one of the many ways players who compete in Disney's Soccer Showcase will benefit from our association with the prestigious Chelsea Football Club," said Mike Millay, director of Sports Events for Disney Sports Attractions.

Congratulations to all the Vardar teams that are competing amongst the nation’s elite.

Congratulations go out to Coach Bob Ocwieja and the girls for a tremendous performance.

The Vardar U12 girls defeated MI Hawks Black to win the NSR Cup tournament held August 11 and 12, 2007 in Saginaw. In their preliminary games they were undefeated vs. Grand Rapids Crew Jrs, Michigan Rush and MI Hawks Red. Congratulations to the girls and Coach Mike Lupenec on a job well done!

Congratulations to the girls on their U-12 MYSL Premier division championship!Their undefeated and untied season featured (44) goals for and only (11) against.

Congratulations go out to Coach Ralph Torre and the girls for a tremendous season.

The Vardar Elite Boys’ Under-13 team from Rochester, Michigan, is the 2007 Michigan State Cup Youth Soccer Champions, defeating Grand Valley Soccer Club 1-0 on Saturday, June 2, in the championship game at Founders Park in Farmington Hills. 

Vardar, ranked tenth nationally in the Under-13 age group, will now represent the State of Michigan at the 2007 Youth Soccer Region II Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, June 22-27.

Over Memorial Day weekend, the U12 Vardar boys played in the Pacesetter Invitational Tournament in Sylvania, Ohio.  The boys played the NCSL Eagles (1-1), Classic FC Premier (3-0), and Pacesetter Premier (2-1) to win their bracket and advance to the finals.

In the championship game, the Vardar boys defeated Classic FC Premier 2-1.

Thanks to Coach Mike Lupenec and Steve Piotrowski for a great weekend and Congratulations to the U12 Premier Champions!!!

Coach Muftari's team rebounded spectacularly in the championship game, leading the entire way en route to a 3-1 victory.  Congratulations, U15 Muftari boys!

On the weekend of April 28-29, the Vardar Elite 96 Girls traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio for the 2007 Elite Soccer Inviational. After winning their bracket in impressive fashion over WC United of Ohio (5-1), OP Nike of Ohio (7-2) and Bangu Tsunami of Minnesota (5-1), the girls won the championship in an exciting final that saw them defeat the "#4 nationally ranked" GSE Cardinal Premier 96 team from Cincinnati, Ohio 3-2 in penalty kicks.

Congratulations to coach Jennifer Perkins and to the girls on a job well done!

The Vardar Boys placed an impressive ten teams into the quarter-finals. In the 13,14,15, and 17 age groups Vardar has placed two teams into each of the quarters.  The quarters and semis will take place the weekend of May 19,20 in Saginaw.

The Vardar Soccer Club wishes each of the teams the best of luck and invites all club members to come and support the boys as the attempt to reach the state finals.

The Midwest Regional League concludes May 20^th as teams vie to gain Regional Championship wildcards. Last weekend saw the U15 Boys wrap up their season with two important wins over the Chicago Sockers, 2-0, and the Chicago Wind, 1-0.

These two victories gave the boys the league title and with that a berth at the regional championships which take place in Des Moines Iowa from June 22-27. The U14 boys have concluded their schedule and await the outcome of a final game to be played this week. They currently sit at the top of the table and are in prime position to gain a wildcard spot at regionals.

The U14 Girls completed their schedule with a very strong second half of the season and have earned promotion to the premier divison for the U15 season.   Congratulations to all our teams.

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The 2007 Boys State Campaign has kicked off and the Vardar Boys have started off well with many important victories. We wish the boys the best of luck as we attempt to advance as many teams as possible to state cup finals day and regionals.

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So far the season has been a very successful one with the most of our teams being firmly in the race to win their divisions and secure a wild card at regionals.

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The VardarStars 93 Red U14 Girls captured the championship of the 2007 PRF United Cup in Cincinnati on March 24-25. 

Coached by Demir Muftari, the girls won their bracket, which included the Cincinnati Football Academy, NK United, and DSC of Wisconsin. 

The Vardarstars West U-14 boys opened their Spring Season by winning the Middletown Spring Blast Tournament just outside Cincinnati this past weekend. 

They prevailed Saturday by beating CUSA 92 1-0 and Ohio Elite 2-1.  Their 3rd match against SCSA ended in a 1-1 draw which was enough to earn a spot to play Worthington United in the final. 

The U13 Vardar Girls traveled to Louisville Kentucky for the 2007 Javanon Cup March 17-18.  The Girls won the championship in an exciting final that saw them defeat the Cincinnati Classics Hammer 2-1 in penalty kicks.

Three Vardar U15 girls have been selected to represent Region II at the USYS National Training Camp at the University of Pacific in Stockton, CA.  Kayla Mannino, Nicole Read, and Megan Siebert, all members of Demir Muftari's U15 team will attend the national camp Feb. 16-21.

These same three girls and a fourth teammate, Anna Sieloff, will then be heading to Europe for a Region II International Tour March 15-24.  The girls will play with their Region II teammates against other U15 teams from England and France.  While in England the Region II team will have an opportunity to visit the Windsor castle, do additional sightseeing in London and watch a professional soccer match.  Several of their games will be played at the David Beckham Academy in Greenwich.   The tour then has the team head to Paris where they will play a friendly at the National French Football Centre in Clairefontaine.  The group is also expected to visit the Louvre, Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower.

The arrival of March saw the conclusion of two Vardar Winter Leagues that took place at Shelby Soccer City. The Vardar Friday night league concluded for the U12 boys, U13 Girls, and the U13 boys red.  Each of these teams played each other in very competitive games and also had the opportunity to invite teams from outside the club to develop a competitive schedule.  A Vardar skills contest  took place mid-schedule and saw three very talented players win from their perspective teams; Brittany Tenis from u13 girls, Miguel Polley from the u12 boys, and Lawrence Paterson from the u13 boys.

The older boys teams competed in a Saturday afternoon league that brought together the U14 a team, the top two u15 Boys teams and the top two u16 teams. Outside competition was also brought in to complete a competitive and challenging schedule.

All the Vardar teams have worked hard throughout the winter and are very excited and prepared for the beginning of the spring season. 

Several Vardar players attended the recent Super Y-League ODP National Camps with five being named to the Super Y-League Select Teams. The National ODP events were well attended by U.S. National Team Staff, college coaches, and the Super Y-League ODP staff scouting system.  Rubin Bega, Andre Bezerra, Nick Prys, Reed Losee, and Nicole Read were all named to the Select Teams.

On February 19^th a group of 15 Vardar players, from three teams within the club,   traveled to Cincinnati to participate in the Ohio Buckeye Indoor Showcase.  The one day event was a tremendous opportunity for the girls to showcase their skills in front of collection of Colleges that span the Midwest.

A large group of coaches, over sixty in total, watched the Vardar girls play the Cleveland Internationals and Cincinnati United Premier.   This showcase concludes a very successful season that began in July for the older Vardar Girls, and saw the girls travel throughout the country attending and hosting college showcases. We wish all our high school age girls well in their upcoming high school season and we look forward to their return in June.

Soccer America released their annual Best Youth Clubs 2007 edition and the Vardar Boys were ranked 9th in the nation. Soccer America, a widely respected soccer publication, annually ranks all the youth soccer clubs in the nation and the Vardar boys find themselves alongside the best clubs in the country.

We wish to congratulate all the young men and women that have made the Vardar Soccer Club one of the elite soccer clubs in the nation. We would also like to thank our staff for their hard work and commitment.

2007 Soccer America's
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