In their summer trip to England, the Crunch Jrs., the team was graciously welcomed by Hindley Juniors FC, a team from a small town near Manchester.  The Crunch later learned that their hosts were in need of new uniforms and got a chance to reciprocate in some goodwill by sending them some new gear as shown in the photo above.  The two sides look forward to keeping in touch and following up on their seasons.

JACKSON, NJ (March 6, 2010) - FC DELCO’s Under-18s captured three valuable divisional points with a 1-nil win Saturday over NJSA at the Justice Complex in Jackson, NJ. Off to a rocky start back in November, this away victory quickly places DELCO back in the playoff picture. From the off, DELCO dominated possession between the 18s. Although they produced several quality chances, it wasn’t until the 24th minute when DELCO’s Joe Schmid, after receiving a pass from Kyle McCord, pegged a ball 25 yards

JACKSON, NJ (March 6, 2010) - FC DELCO’s Under-16 Academy captured a crucial away point Saturday in a divisional contest against newcomer NJSA04 at the Justice Complex in Jackson, NJ. FC DELCO had Brett Campbell to thank for burying the equalizing goal in the 63rd minute after launching a furious counter attack. NJSA04 went ahead early on with a called penalty in area when DELCO’s Shane Campbell was judged to have fouled the NJSA attacker. NJSA04’s Ryan Morris step up to the spot and put his side up in the 16th minute with DELCO’s keeper Max Kurtzman seeming to get his finger tips on the shot. Unfortunately, Kurtzman was

On Monday evening March 22 at 7:30 PM, there will be a information meeting at YSC in Wayne for next season’s rising U-14 Academy (born after 1/1/96) and Black VI (born after 8/1/96) teams. There will be a brief presentation by FCD Dir. of Coaching Alan Mezger, U-14 Academy Coach John Hingley and U-14 Black VI Coach Dave Tordone followed by a Q & A session. This meeting is open to parents of both current FCD players and prospective players wishing to attend tryouts this spring.

Recently, Gatorade annouced their 2010 Player of the Year Awards and two FC Delco U-18 Academy players took home the honors.  Andrew O’Malley won the award for the state of Delaware and Joe Schmidt was the honoree for Pennsylvania.  O’Malley will be entering the University of Notre Dame this fall and Schmid has committed to Villanova University.  Congratulations to both players for winning this prestigious honor.

FC Delco alumnus and current Academy Staff member Jeff Larentowicz has had a busy past few months.  In December, Jeff got his first call up to the US Men's National Team camp in Carson, CA.  Late last month, Jeff was traded by the New England Revolution in a blockbuster trade to the Colorado Rapids.  Jeff will now be patrolling the defensive midfield for the Rapids in the upcoming MLS season which will kick off in March.

Boys Director of Coaching Alan Mezger announced that Grant Myers will be the new Head Coach for next season’s rising U-12 FC Delco Boys Team.  Grant has served as an Assistant for Coach for Biff Sturla’s U-15 Cannibals team for many years and also coaches at Lower Merion Soccer Club.  Tryouts for the rising U-12 team will be held later this spring with dates to be announced shortly.  Players interested in this team can contact Coach Myers by clicking on this link:  Grant Myers

Monday Feb. 15

Well for half of the team it was back to Philadelphia.  Everybody had flights at different times of the day, with different amounts of time to hang out. The other half of us are leaving in the morning so we took a day trip to Sedona. What a fun day. We took the “Pink Jeep” tour into the Red Rocks. The four wheeling adventure was really a lot of fun. A few shrills and plenty of laughter! It was hard to believe
 

The U-13 Black VI Boys have been selected to participate in Dallas Cup XXXI.  The Dallas Cup is known as the top Tournament in North America and typically draws teams from all over the world.  The 2010 event will be held from March 28-April 4 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX.  Coach Mike Gorni and staff will be busy preparing the boys this winter for this exciting event.

There is a  new look to the FC DELCO website!!  We have been working hard with our web partner, Demosphere International Inc., in redesigning our current site to reflect some of the changes in web technology and to have our site better reflect the recent changes within FC Delco.  Some of the new things include a new look to the home page, dedicated sections for the US Developmental Academy and Elite Club National League (ECNL) and links to new social sites that FC Delco will support including Twitter and Facebook.  In addition, most Team Pages will be updated to the upcoming 2009-2010 season and have a bit of a different feel as well.