The 3rd Annual Southwest All-Stars Game, presented by SGFsoccer.com Southwest Soccer All Stars and Springfield Soccer Club, will be held the week of June 18th, 2007 at the Cooper Soccer Complex at Lake Country Soccer. There will be a Girls Game at 6:00 pm and the Boys Game will follow at 8:00 pm.

The rosters for the Boys Teams, high school seniors who will graduate in May 2007 and recently completed their high school careers, is listed below. Formal invitations will be going out to the players this week:

Name, School, Position
Javier Perez, Aurora Houn’Dawgs
Rutger Thieme, Greenwood Blue Jays, GK
Ross Chaffin, Greenwood Blue Jays, F/M
Danny Jeffries, New Covenant Academy Warriors, M
Nate Evans, Cassville Wildcats, D
Hector Valenzuela, Cassville Wildcats, M/F
David Valenciano, Monett Cubs, D
Richard Jones, West Plains Zizzers, D
Dustin Smith, West Plains Zizzers, M
Zach Auala, West Plains Zizzers, GK
Chad Bolin, Willard Tigers, D
Julio Villanueva, Central Bulldogs, F
Stephen Conner, Glendale Falcons, GK
Andrew Sawyer, Glendale Falcons, M
Danny Collins, Glendale Falcons, F/M
Jared Dusha, Glendale Falcons, D
Sam Palmer, Glendale Falcons, D
John Duncan, Joplin Eagles, F
Luke Prater, Kickapoo Chiefs, M
Alex Palmer, Kickapoo Chiefs, D
Tyler Williams, Kickapoo Chiefs, M/F
Adam Peterson, Kickapoo Chiefs, M
Matthew Gow, Lebanon Yellowjackets, GK
Bryan Hedgpeth, Lebanon Yellowjackets, M
Kendall Daniel, Neosho Wildcats, GK
Brady Hurlburt, Nixa Eagles, D/M
Danny Curro, Nixa Eagles, F/D
Jon Durbin, Nixa Eagles, M
Spencer Hunter, Ozark Tigers, M
Thomas Marlow, Parkview Vikings, M
Tyler Kutz, Parkview Vikings, GK
Joey Ekstam, Parkview Vikings, F
Kyle Stagner, Rolla Bulldogs, D
Chris Linn, Waynesville Tigers, D

This year’s boys roster includes players representing 18 boys teams (34 players). The breakdown by school and class includes:
• Class 1 – four (4) players from three (3) schools
• Class 2 – seven (7) players from four (4) schools
• Class 3 – twenty-three (23) players from eleven (11) schools

There are six (6) goalkeepers on this years roster, in recognition of the strength at that position that saw several qualified players who did not make the roster. They are led by Stephen Conner of Glendale, a 1st Team All-State player in Class 3 for the past two years and MVP Southwest Region this year. It includes Rutger Theime of Greenwood, All-State Honorable Mention in 2005 when Greenwood finished 3rd in Class 1; Zach Auala of West Plains, Southwest Region GK of the Year and Class 2 3rd place State finisher; and Class 3 representatives Matthew Gow of Lebanon, Kendall Daniel of Neosho and Tyler Kutz of Parkview.

Top field players include
• Jared Dusha, Glendale, 2nd Team All-State and Defensive MVP, Southwest Region
• Tyler Williams, Kickapoo, Honorable Mention All-State and 1st Team Southwest Region & Ozark Conference squad and Southern Methodist University signee
• Luke Prater, Kickapoo, 1st Team Southwest Region & Ozark Conference as well as Kickapoo MVP. Honorable Mention All-State in 2005.
• Danny Collins, Glendale, 1st Team Southwest Region & Ozark Conference as well as Glendale Offensive MVP
• Adam Peterson, Kickapoo, 1st Team Southwest Region & Ozark Conference as well as Kickapoo Coaches Award Winner and ? signee
• Alex Palmer, Kickapoo, 1st Team Southwest Region & Ozark Conference as well as Kickapoo Defensive MVP
• John Duncan, Joplin, 1st Team Southwest Region
• Tom Marlow, Parkview, 1st Team Southwest Region (Unanimous Selection) & Ozark Conference
• Nate Evans, Cassville, Honorable Mention All-State 2006 and 2nd team All-State 2005 when the Wildcats finished 3rd in the State in Class 2. 1st Team Southwest Region in 2006.
• Ross Chaffin, Greenwood, 1st Team All-State in 2005 when the Blue Jays were 3rd place finishers in Class 1
• Brady Hurlburt, Nixa, Honorable Mention Southwest Region
• Danny Curro, Nixa, Honorable Mention Southwest Region
• Chris Linn, Waynesville, Honorable Mention Southwest Region

Recent alumni of the games include the following players:

Jake Basecke, 2005 MVP (Glendale), recently competed in the National Club Collegiate Championships, representing the University of Missouri Men’s Club team.

Andrew Parsons, 2006 (Glendale), participated in the NCAA Division I Tournament as a member of the University of New Mexico Lobo’s

Joshua Florez, 2005 (Parkview), participated in the NCAA Division III Tournament as a member of the Washington University in St. Louis Bears

Steve Wilczewski, 2006 Red team MVP (Glendale), played for the Drury Panthers this year where he started 17 of 18 games

Nick Dryden, 2006 Gold Team MVP (West Plains) plays for the Missouri State Bears.

The games feature the best graduating high school seniors in the region, as chosen by Steve Ole Olson of SGFsoccer.com and Jeremy Alumbaugh of Springfield SC. Nominations were sought from the Coaches at the thirty-one (31) boys teams in three classes that play soccer in the Southwest Missouri region. The girls roster will be announced at the end of the Spring season. The High School State Finals matches are scheduled for June 1-2, 2007 in St. Louis.

The event is organized jointly by SGFsoccer.com, Southwest Missouri’s premier source for soccer information, and the Springfield Soccer Club, home to over 20 teams with two State Semifinalists and four Quarterfinalists the past two years.

The game was covered by Mediacom Channel 14 for tape-delayed broadcast in 2006, the first local soccer event to be broadcast in over a decade.

A website dedicated to the event can be found at SWsoccerAllStars.com

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