Happy Monday everyone!

This week, Friday, we will be having the Charnock Elementary Kids play against Palms Elementary Kids at Palms Elementary while Braddock stays at their school to being tactics. This give the coaches a great opportunity to get a game plan going and begin a strategy plan. The kids have enjoyed hosting the gamedays at their sites and being able to travel to the other school. I think what they miss most about being able to play at Mar Vista Park is the turf and the yummy snacks the ice cream truck brings.

On the other hand, the Palms Middle School Team has been practicing long and hard for their upcoming Futsal Tournament. For the past 3 years they have been invited to play both, the Futsal and 11v11 Tournament. The ladies have been able to advance to the final rounds, unfortunately they have only been able to get 2nd and 3rd and this year they are eager to get that first place win. The boys on the other hand haven't been so fortunate coming in 5th 2 years ago and unable to advance to 2nd round the year prior. This year they're hoping for better results especially having them work so hard.

Stay updated to find out more!

Our 2016 Fall Season has already begun and is now 2-3 weeks in. We've had some bumps along the way, those including not being able to use our usual field, Marvista Park. We made some minor changes and are having games hosted at the schools. So far everything has been a success. Don't forget if you ever want to help out, volunteer, or coach just hit us up!

Hello all,

              My name is Zuyevith Ariza and I will be joining the America Scores LA office as a CAA coach. CAA stands for Coach Across America and it is a program that works to coach and mentor kids in low income communities. I have been apart of the LA Scores community for over 5 years and for the past 3, I have coached the Palms Middle School. I am looking forward to new experiences and what's to come in the new school year. Being out on the field with the kids is very different then being in the office. I hope to be able to cope to being at a desk for more than 20 minutes. Definitely looking forward to starting something new!

America Scores LA has just completed our very first Junior Scores Camp. The week was designed to introduce younger children to Scores culture by through soccer and poetry. Each program day ran for 90 minutes with the students spending 45 minutes outside learning a variety of fundamental soccer skills like the proper technique for throwing in a ball. The kids spend the next 45 minutes in the classroom where they become familiar with aspects of storytelling like how to recognize in which setting a book character lives. With the help of a few of our outstanding coaches and phenomenal volunteers, the little ones finished the week proud of all they had learned and the parents asking when we could do this camp again. We hope we can do it again very very soon.

AYSO Region 20!

Aside from providing a world-class soccer program to the youth they also willingly support other programs. Last year, AYSO Region 20 came out to one of our very own Game Days and gave our student-athletes the opportunity to select a new pair of cleats from their donated soccer cleats collection as well as a jersey to accompany their cleats. Their generous gesture has contributed to the lives of our youth in a small yet impactful manner. To our students who don't have the resources to get high end cleats and have this opportunity to own a pair now is amazing! Their genuine excitement, enthusiasm, and smiles created such an enjoyable atmosphere not only for us coaches but also of the parents, volunteers, and donors. 

So needless to say, THANK YOU AYSO REGION 20!

An extra special thank you to the girls who helped our student-athletes pick out their jersey and pair of cleats! Huge shout out to Ava, Isabelle, Liv, Olivia, and Karina!

Kings Game

Earlier this fall we took our Alumni to a Kings game which was an amazing experience!

Our group consisted of high school students and graduates who have been consistent in their participation with SCORES.

We had a great turn out with the Kings giving everybody a show in winning 3-2 in OT. Our alumni really enjoyed the experience! 

Huge THANK YOU to AEG and Matt Rosenfeld for helping in continuing this annual tradition for

our Alumni group!

Last Week's Review

Good Morning Everybody!!

Just a small review of last week;

The Palms Middle School Girls Futsal Soccer team played in the District Wide Futsal Finals last Saturday representing the entire LAUSD West Region. The girls held their own in a tough Semi-final. Unfortunately, they lost 2-0 and wanton to play for 3rd or 4th place. In their  game there were some controversial calls being made by the referee, but as any athlete knows, you must not let that dictate your game. Thats exactly what happened! The girls changed their attitude after being down 1-0 throughout the game and tied it to take them to penalties. The girls did an ASTOUNDING job. Goalkeeper Daniela Estrada blocked 3 of 5 penalties taken! As luck would have it, the last penalty taken wasn't quite enough to put the girls in 3rd place. Palms took home the 4th place trophy. On the other hand the girls were the best team in the West Region and their coaches couldn't be more proud of them.

In other news LA received a light shower in Tuesday that lead our elementary school programs to do indoor activities. Palms Elementary played a couple of rounds of heads-up-7-up before ending with some poetry. 

Game Day had a slight change as one of our schools didn't have enough players to support two teams. First time ever in America SCORES LA history that we had to run only 3 games! Lets hope thats not the case again this up coming Friday.

Hope everybody had a great weekend!

-America SCORES LA Staff

P.S. Pictures coming soon!