Whitecaps coach David Broadhurst

Whitecaps/Soccer Quest Nelson camp

By Dan Szabo on August 17, 2010

Whitecaps youth coaches David Broadhurst and Ross Holtom are in Nelson putting on a three day clinic for area youth soccer players August 16-18 in partnership with Soccer Quest.

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Kootenay Regional Showcase Program

Kootenay Regional Showcase Program

By Dan Szabo on July 22, 2010

PRESS RELEASE Calgary Dino’s coach impressed with Kootenay Soccer University of Calgary Dino’s Soccer Head Coach Brian McDonnell was presently surprised by the standard of local soccer players who participate in the Kootenay Regional Showcase Program (KRS) run by Soccer Quest from their Nelson Indoor location. The University of Calgary is the closest full university [...]

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U17 girls lose heartbreaker in extra time

By Dan Szabo on July 13, 2010

RICHMOND – Vernon 2, Nelson 1 Submitted by Heather Stewart, U17G Selects Bronze medal game against Vernon 2-1 loss in overtime Sara Einarson scored the first goal in the first 5 min. Vernon tied it up in the second half. We played 30 mins of overtime where Vernon scored there second goal. Even though we [...]

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Tough go but good effort from U15 Boys

By Dan Szabo on July 13, 2010

ALDERGROVE – Submitted by Mike Patton, Coach, U15B Selects Provincial results were in no way reflective of how these guys played. In the extreme heat of the afternoon, the boys came out pretty flat against a very strong Kamloops team. We were chasing the game from the kick off. We did have our chances, but [...]

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U18s provincial champions!

By Dan Szabo on July 11, 2010

ALDERGROVE – Nelson 2, Prince George 0 Submitted by Chris Richards, Assistant Coach, U18B Selects PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that I have got that out of the way. To start with Keith and I discussed the man of the match and could not agree on one player. From our starters to our players on the [...]

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U18s advance to final

By Dan Szabo on July 10, 2010

ALDERGROVE – Nelson ties Port Coquitlam 2-2 Submitted by Chris Richards, Assistant Coach, U18B Selects So stressful today! We went into the game this morning and it looked as though the soccer Gods were just not wanting to play in our favour. We started well and had a couple of clear chances but could only [...]

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U14s will play for bronze

By Dan Szabo on July 10, 2010

ALDERGROVE – Nelson 1, West Vancouver 1 Submitted by Scott Lewis, Coach, U14B Selects The U14 boys tied with West Van today 1-1. They got a goal on us about the middle of the first half. The boys fought back hard and Michael Viala was able to score for us. This gave enough to advance [...]

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Good day two for U14 boys

By Dan Szabo on July 9, 2010

ALDERGROVE – Nelson defeats Prince George 4-1 Submitted by Scott Lewis, Coach, U14B Selects A pretty successfull day for Nelson overall. The U14’s beat Prince George 4-1. It started with a goal by Sam Weber that bounced over the goaltenders head. Next Ryan (Lewis) was able to chip the goaltender on a free kick just [...]

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U18s pull off last minute tie

By Dan Szabo on July 9, 2010

ALDERGROVE – Nelson ties Vernon 2-2 Submitted by Chris Richards, Assistant Coach, U18B Selects Just finished our second game. Played Vernon, and unfortunately didn’t go quite as well as before. We started the game really poorly, and didn’t put in anywhere near the effort that should of been present. We managed to keep it out [...]

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U14 boys in tough in first game at Provincials

By Dan Szabo on July 9, 2010

ALDERGROVE – Nelson drops opener to Penticton 3-0 Submitted by Scott Lewis, Coach, U14B Selects Pretty hot down here. We lost to Penticton 3-0. They were an excellent team with two very strong guys at the back. We made a couple of errors in the middle and things broke down. We played well but they [...]

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Great start for U18 boys at Provincials

By Dan Szabo on July 8, 2010

ALDERGROVE – Nelson defeats Cowichan Valley 3-1 Submitted by Chris Richards, Assistant Coach, U18B Selects The first game of provincials went really well for us. We played the Cowichan Valley Wolves, the second ranked team in the tournament. We started a little slow and it took us a couple of minutes to get on our [...]

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World Cup ball raffle

By Dan Szabo on July 6, 2010

From Nelson Youth Soccer Nelson Youth Soccer Members kicked in $2300 to the KLH CT Scanner Foundation. Delivering the check is Ken Sookero, NYSA Treasurer and Julien Cormier, Operations Manger. The donation includes proceeds from the Work Cup soccer ball raffle and on-line registration donations. Winners of the soccer balls were Curt Doyle, Mike Kootnikoff, [...]

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Local Soccer Camps

By Dan Szabo on July 6, 2010

Want to keep playing the beautiful game over the summer and learn a thing or two? Here’s a few soccer camps happening locally. Soccer Quest July 12-16 Nelson July 19-23 Kootenay South REP – Castlegar July 26-30 Nakusp July 26-30 Nakusp Elite 15yr + August 16-20 Grand Forks August 16-20 Nelson Rep August 30-September 3 [...]

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Soccer Quest Week

By Dan Szabo on June 28, 2010

 It was a great week of Soccer Quest instruction for the rep teams. For some it was prep for the Provincials, for others a soccer camp week and a week of further training. » View the slide show

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Tough weekend for U15 girls

By Dan Szabo on June 24, 2010

Submitted by Allison Alder A weekend of shut outs – one of ours, three of theirs. In their opening game, the U15 girls accomplished their goal of the past two years with a 2-0 victory over local rivals, Kootenay South U15 team. Following that, the girls fell to the Kootenay South U16 girls by 8-0. [...]

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