STATE CUP FINAL HERE WE COME

Orem, UT – The O.M. Girls U-16 team advances to the State Cup Final with impressive wins against Arsenal Strikers, Avalanche 94 White, and Sparta 94 Premier.

The O.M. Girls U-16 squad has played exceptionally well during the 2010 State Cup! Last Saturday the girls alongside Head Coach Nate Murphy squared off against a difficult Arsenal Strikers team. The Strikers worked hard in the first half and held the score at 2 - 1 in favor of Olympique Montreux. Following the half, OM showed who has the stamina and shut the Strikers down scoring 4 more goals and allowing none!

 

With the 6 – 1 win the girls advanced onto the the Quarterfinals where they would face the Avalanche!

Due to rain the Quarterfinal game was pushed back until Wednesday evening. The girls came out and played hard right from the beginning. It was a tough game on both sides of the field but Olympique Montreux came out ahead with a 2 – 1 win over the Avalanche! “It was a great game to watch”, said Founder Bel Ami Montreux! The girls fought hard and played with passion. With the win the girls advanced on to play Sparta Premier in the Semi-Final game. They had previously played Sparta Premier earlier in bracket play and beat them 4 – 2. You can be sure that they were looking to take O.M. down this time around.

         

The stage was set Thursday evening  for the State Cup Semi-Final! Only 4 teams remained and the girls are now playing back to back games after their win the previous night over the Avalanche. The game began and Sparta scored early in the game to go up 1 – 0 over Olympique Montreux. It would remain that way until half. The second half the girls came out and fought hard but couldn’t find the equalizer and still were a goal down with time diminishing quickly. It would remain that way until the final 5 minutes when O.M. would strike back and tie the game up at 1 a piece.  The game went into overtime and the score remained the same. It stayed tied all the way through the double 10 minute over time and so we were headed to a PK shoot out. The Penalty Kicks didn't take long and the O.M. girls shut Sparta down 4-0 for the win and the chance to play in the final for the 2010 Youth State Cup! What a game!

       

   

The Girls have played extremely well the entire tournament and now look to take the title as State Cup Champions as they face a very tough and very good La Roca Premier team. The game will take place this STAURDAY May 29th at 9:30 a.m. at the Lakeside Soccer Complex ***Field 2 (1850 West 400 South, Orem UT). We need your support this weekend. ****The first 100 O.M. fans at the game will receive an official O.M. lanyard for your keys***** So get out there and cheer on you Olympique Montreux Girls!

PREMIERSHIP WEEK IN REVIEW

Salt Lake City, UT - The O.M. Premiership excels with back to back wins against Bosnia FC and a scrimmage against Utah Valley University.

Saturday evening at Westpointe Park the O.M. Premiership faced off against a winless Bosnia FC team looking to take down the Red Warriors. O.M. took an early lead with a great goal from, this years new addition, forward Luis de Lucas. By Halftime It was only 2 – 0 in favor of the Red Warriors. But sloppy play and failure to control the ball in the middle led to a heated talk from Coach Bel Ami de Montreux. “We need to be more aggressive and fight for the ball the moment we lose it. They have no business touching our ball”, added Montreux.

       

The Red Warriors came out into the second half with a renewed spirit and it began to show quickly. O.M. began to take advantage of mistakes from Bosnia FC. 3 more goals were scored by Cesar Duran, David Chevez, and Luis de Lucas. That’s the way it would finish. O.M. wins in traditional fashion with yet another clean sheet. “Even though we won 5 – 0 we still have a lot to work on as a team”, said coach Montreux afterwards.

The Utah Soccer Association didn’t schedule any games Memorial Day weekend so Olympique Montreux headed down South Thursday evening to Utah Valley University for a friendly scrimmage against the Wolverines. “It’s tough to stay match fit if you’re not practicing and playing constantly”, said coach Bel Ami de Montreux.

The first half was full of sloppy play from the Red Warriors and everybody knew it. “We just need to finish up top”, said forward Steve McMurdie. The second half coach Montruex made some key substitutions and O.M. began to take control of the game. In the second half left winger Chamale aka”Homie” curved in a beautiful free kick from 40 yards out right over the keepers head. Zach VanWagenen moved up top and helped increase O.M.’s lead scoring 2 more goals. The defense played well and, all except for an unfortunate slip by goal keeper Brandon Rogers, held off the Wolverines.  The final whistle blew and O.M. walked away with a 6 – 3 win.

       

The Wolverines were gracious enough to host O.M. at their field and the game provided a great opportunity for both squads to improve. We are very thankful for that. The game left much to be desired from the Red Warriors side. “Nobody seems to have the desire to play and defend this teams title as reigning Champions”, said coach Montreux, “We need leaders out there and we need to be more aggressive”!

Olympique Montreux’s Premiership squad kicks off next Tuesday evening after Memorial Day weekend against Lazio at Riverside Park. Come out and support your Red Warriors! We need you!

YOU GO GIRLS!

Orem, UT - The Olympique Montreux Girls U-16 Team opens State Cup play with a dominating performance over Sparta Premier and OCFC Lightning.

The girls are off to a good start towards their quest for the Utah U-16 State Cup this year after an opening win over Sparta Premier by a score of 4 – 2. “The girls played well,” said coach Murphy. Head coach Nate Murphy has led the girls this season and together they are looking for that elusive State Cup title. “We are playing good soccer right now,” he added. Michelle Murphy has been the top scorer for the girls so far this season and is really playing well right now. Goalkeeper Nina Allen has been very consistent and made some key saves in the win over Sparta last Saturday.

Last night the girls continued their dominating performance with a 9 – 0 win over OCFC Lightning U-16 Girls. Almost every girl from O.M. got a shot on goal. It was quite a riot playing with all of that rain, “but the girls were troopers and seemed to have fun with it” said coach Murphy.

The State Cup Tournament is being held at the Lakeside Soccer Complex in Orem Utah. Click here for a map. Also to see a map of the field layout click here. We need all the support we can get so make the trip down South to support them in the 2010 State Cup competition.

The girls kickoff against a very difficult Arsenal Strikers team this Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Here is a link to a complete Schedule, Brackets, and Standings of the Tournament.

Check out the Photo Gallery for more photos!

Let’s go Olympique Montreux! Way to go Girls!

OLYMPIQUE MONTREUX TO PLAY U21 MEXICAN NATIONAL TEAM

Salt Lake City, UT – Coach Bel Ami de Montreux works with his players as Olympique Montreux prepares to travel to Idaho to play the U21 Mexican National Team this Mother’s Day weekend.

This weekend Olympique Montreux will be making the trip this weekend to play the U21 Mexican National Team in Idaho. Yes this is the real U21 Mexican National Team and O.M. has been invited to face the young team. The 1st time event is being hosted by Magic United SC and Chapalas Restaurant. Coach Montreux and the Red Warriors are very excited for the opportunity and have been preparing for the task of playing a team of such caliber. If you can make the trip up to Idaho this Mother’s Day then come and support us. The event details are listed below:    

Sunday May 8th, 2010

Meridian Speedway – 335 South Main Street – Meridian, ID

Kickoff at 5:00pm MST

For those of you that can’t make the trip up to Idaho but still want to feel like you’re at the game then Twitter is the way to go. If you would like to follow us on twitter and get up to the minute information on the game then follow the instructions below:

With Twitter you will be able to find out how the game is going, when our next game is, when practice is, and other important information all throughout the season. If you have a smartphone then you probably have a Twitter app already and all you need to do is follow “OMFC”. But just in case here is some instructions on how to get started using twitter.

Here is what you need to do:

1 -  Go to this link  http://twitter.com/OMFC  and you will see our twitter page. (You can follow us by simply going to this page. But to get mobile updates see steps 2-4)

2 – Click the yellow button above our name that says “JOIN TODAY”

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3 - After you have created your account you should be “following” OMFC already. To enable mobile notifications just click “Settings” in the top right of your twitter page then to “Mobile”

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Now you can stay in touch with O.M. and have access to up to the minute news, scores, and other information!

If you need help see:   http://help.twitter.com/forums/59008-using-twitter-with-your-phone

 

LET’S GO OLYMPIQUE MONTREUX!