The 2009 Rush Cup started off on a grey, dreary, rainy, cold, windy miserable morning...then the weather got bad! The U-14 Rush Nike Boys won their first game 9-0 over the Red Devils but the real fun was still yet to come. At 5:30 pm Saturday afternoon our boys took to the pitch...well they actually took to the mud pit...and played something that could not really be called soccer but they won the game 2-1. Great strategy by Coach Warham to have our boys play the ball off of the PA Rush defender and into the net for the winning goal. Just the way they did it in training, right? Win or lose these boys are fun to watch.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Buckwheat & Nanook!
Some Soccer players are known for their wild hairstyles and being a bubble off of level...a brick short of a load...well, I'm sure you get the idea. As we get ready to kick off a new spring season I thought I would share a short video of what a couple of our players [Ethan (Buckwheat) & Brett (Nanook)] chose for hairstyles and headgear over the winter months. Okay, Yeah, maybe these two are more than just one bubble off!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
I've been watching you.
| A spectator at a match in the North of England kept up a constant barrage of insults and derogatory remarks directed against the referee. Finally the ref could stand it no longer. He marched over to the stand and, looking the noisy spectator squarely in the eye, shouted, 'Look here - I've been watching you for the last twenty minutes . . .' 'I thought so,' the spectator shouted back. 'I knew you couldn't have been watching the game!' |  |
Monday, January 12, 2009
Coach Darren Warham
The VA Rush U-14 Nike team has a new coach, Darren Warham. Coach Warham had experience playing with professional clubs in his native England before coming to the US where he played for four years at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL. During his College career he was an All-American 3 times, All-South Region 4 times, team MVP twice and Conference MVP. Darren was inducted into the Lynn University Hall of Fame in 2006.
Darren was drafted by the Dallas Burn (MLS), Staten Island (USL) and Florida Thundercats (MISL) before going on to play in Raleigh, NC, Charleston, SC and Virginia Beach, VA.
Darren currently holds a USSF "A" license and is an ODP State Head Coach and Region 1 Assesor.
Darren was drafted by the Dallas Burn (MLS), Staten Island (USL) and Florida Thundercats (MISL) before going on to play in Raleigh, NC, Charleston, SC and Virginia Beach, VA.
Darren currently holds a USSF "A" license and is an ODP State Head Coach and Region 1 Assesor.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
The 1st Rush Atlantic Cup Tournament is history and congratulations to the U-14 Nike Boys for finishing in first place and taking home the hardware. I will put a video from each of the other three tournament games on the blog as I get them finished. Hard to believe the fall season is over. The Denver Cup seems a long time ago now. How many training sessions, VCCL games, tournament games, trips to Richmond...trips to Richmond...trips to RICHMOND... I don't know about all of you but with all the time we spend in Richmond, Chris and I are thinking of getting a condo up there!
With the hustle and bussle of soccer season and the big tournament win I sort of neglected to wish everyone in the VA Rush U-14 NIKE family a happy, safe and joyous holiday season.
To the parents who pay the bills, drive the miles and stand for hours cheering, shivering and sweating...to the coaches who teach, motivate, enjoy the successes and withstand the frustrations... and particularly to all the U-14 NIKE players who are the reason we all do this in the first place...
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
With the hustle and bussle of soccer season and the big tournament win I sort of neglected to wish everyone in the VA Rush U-14 NIKE family a happy, safe and joyous holiday season.
To the parents who pay the bills, drive the miles and stand for hours cheering, shivering and sweating...to the coaches who teach, motivate, enjoy the successes and withstand the frustrations... and particularly to all the U-14 NIKE players who are the reason we all do this in the first place...
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Atlantic Cup - U-14 NIKE v PA Redlands
The U-14 NIKE boys kicked off the tournament with a 1-0 win over the Pennsylvania Redlands. Temperatures were in the high 30's and heavy frost covered the shaded half of the field as the game began. Lots of physical play and lots of missed chances by the NIKE boys but the one goal was enough to dispose of the Redlands team. Darren is 1-0 as the boy's new coach. On to Swoosh II!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Goodbye Coach Hutchison
Sadly one of the first posts on this blog will be to say goodbye to Coach Russell Hutchison. Russell has coached our boys for the past year and a half and we have all seen the progress they have made under his tutelage. We wish Russell all the best with his new career and happily, since he is not leaving the Rush, we will be seeing him around the pitch again.
I am sure the boys know that Russell played professionally with the Virginia Beach Mariners but I wonder how many of them have seen the coach during his playing days. Our family were season ticket holders to the Mariners for a number of years and saw them play at the Sportsplex regularly during the summer months. While sorting out some old VHS tapes recently (you all remember VHS, right?) I found a Mariners game I had taped from a game shown on Fox Sports Channel (now Fox Soccer Channel). The game was between the Mariners and the Milwaukee Wave on Friday, June 18, 2004. The Wave took an early 1-0 lead and a 2-1 halftime lead. It was all Mariners in the second half though as they came back to win 5-2. Brett was at the game that night although he was probably playing soccer in the grassy area at the end of the playing field with a bunch of other kids and not paying any attention to the game or his future coach. I made a short clip from the first half of that game to give his players a chance to see Coach Hutchison in action. From the players and parents of the VA Rush U-14 Nike team, best of luck Russell in the future and we will all miss having you coaching the team.
I am sure the boys know that Russell played professionally with the Virginia Beach Mariners but I wonder how many of them have seen the coach during his playing days. Our family were season ticket holders to the Mariners for a number of years and saw them play at the Sportsplex regularly during the summer months. While sorting out some old VHS tapes recently (you all remember VHS, right?) I found a Mariners game I had taped from a game shown on Fox Sports Channel (now Fox Soccer Channel). The game was between the Mariners and the Milwaukee Wave on Friday, June 18, 2004. The Wave took an early 1-0 lead and a 2-1 halftime lead. It was all Mariners in the second half though as they came back to win 5-2. Brett was at the game that night although he was probably playing soccer in the grassy area at the end of the playing field with a bunch of other kids and not paying any attention to the game or his future coach. I made a short clip from the first half of that game to give his players a chance to see Coach Hutchison in action. From the players and parents of the VA Rush U-14 Nike team, best of luck Russell in the future and we will all miss having you coaching the team.
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