Let the Games Begin!

Sadly, the snow day that closed school the Wednesday before spring break also cancelled opening day for the Spring Season. So, in our opinion it was not worth it to play our first scheduled game.

The teams regrouped after spring break, however, and the last 2 Fridays we have seen some great soccer, big crowds and a festival atmosphere at each host school. Here are some great action shots from the first two weeks - thanks to all the coaches for sending these in!

This coming Friday, April 23 marks week 3 of the season, and we've got some very big games on tap:

Barnum @ Newlon
Munroe @ Knapp
Eagleton @ Cheltenham
Cowell @ Brown

In addition, both the boys and girls Select Team seasons are well underway, and we are playing so well! The girls had their best game of the season this past Friday in Highlands Ranch, losing a close game to Real Colorado, last year's league champions. All the girls on the team played great, and our opponents even named second half goalie Ruby Cortez the game's MVP for all the great stops she made. Way to go girls!

The boys played a bigger, older Boulder Force team. We worked so hard from start to finish on a field that seemed like it was a mile long, and every one of our players should be proud of his performance. It's not easy playing against 7th graders, and it's obvious that all the hard work in practice is paying off on the weekends.

Join us for a Night of Inspiration!

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Spring Season Begins!

It has been a long winter here in the SCORES office waiting for the spring season to begin...but, our waiting is finally over as the first practice of the season begins today!  We have big plans for the season, and to give you a look at what's ahead, here is a game schedule for the next 2 months.  If you are interested in volunteering throughout the season (ex: being a referee for a game or helping in a service learning project) please email me at krees@americascores.org.   

Week 1:  Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Barnum @ Cowell
Brown @ Knapp
Cheltenham @ Newlon
Eagleton @ Munroe

Week 2:  Friday, April 9th, 2010
Cowell @ Cheltenham
Knapp @ Barnum
Newlon @ Eagleton
Munroe @ Brown

Week 3:  Friday, April 16th, 2010
Newlon @ Cowell
Eagleton @ Knapp
Cheltenham @ Munroe
Barnum @ Brown

Week 4:  Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Barnum @ Newlon
Munroe @ Knapp
Eagleton @ Cheltenham
Cowell @ Brown

Week 5:  Friday, April 30th, 2010
Cheltenham @ Barnum
Newlon @ Munroe
Knapp @ Cowell
Brown @ Eagleton

Week 6:  Friday, May 15th, 2010
Munroe @ Barnum
Brown @ Cheltenham
Cowell @ Eagleton
Knapp @ Newlon

The Inspired Art Project is up and Running

As we get closer to the first annual Inspired Art Project to be held in Denver, we are receiving some incredible artwork from some very talented Colorado artists.  Here is a little sneak peak of what to expect on the night of the event:

I invite you to visit our event website at http://inspiredartdenver.wordpress.com/ for information about our participating artists as well as how to attend this incredible event.

America SCORES Receives Largest Donation In Its History From Bestfoods Educational Foundation

America SCORES has been awarded the largest ever gift in our history, a $1.3 million grant from the Bestfoods Educational Foundation. The Bestfoods Educational Foundation, overseen by former Bestfoods executives, has provided gifts to non-profit educational causes for 10 years. America SCORES has had a long partnership with the Bestfoods Educational Foundation and we are so grateful that they have decided to award this grant to our organization.


America SCORES will use the gift to dramatically improve the delivery of our innovative after-school programs that combine soccer, poetry, and service learning to fight obesity, improve literacy, and increase motivation among youth in 200 public schools in 14 cities. Enhanced communication and operations among the national and affiliate offices will allow us to provide more and better opportunities to empower children across the country to succeed in school and live healthy lives.

From Norma Barquet, our CEO: “This gift will enable America SCORES to reach new heights in its mission to inspire urban youth through creativity and teamwork.We are extremely grateful to the Board at the Bestfoods Educational Foundation for its generosity and belief in our organization to provide educational opportunities to deserving children. America SCORES is honored and privileged to be the recipient of such an extraordinary gift.”

For the full press release, please follow this link:

http://pitch.pe/47906

On behalf of our poet-athletes here in Denver, the America SCORES team says Thank You to the Bestfoods Educational Foundation.

Save the Date for Denver's First Inspired Art Project

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SCORES 5th Graders to compete in Colorado Youth Soccer League!

We are very excited to announce that this spring, SCORES has partnered with Colorado Fusion to start its first two Select soccer teams! All 5th graders in the program were eligible to participate, and on January 16th tryouts were held at Cowell Elementary and two teams were formed. The boys and girls Select Teams will represent SCORES in the Option 1 League, and will play against teams from around the state. It's time to show the rest of Colorado what our community is made of!

The following boys and girls 5th graders have showed great Commitment and Leadership by joining the Select teams:

Boys:

Dante Gonzalez, Cowell
Diego Herrera, Cowell
Romeo Martinez, Cowell
Maurision Marquez, Cowell
Anthony Mares, Cowell
AJ Flores, Eagleton
Cruz Jimenez, Eagleton
Fidel Lucio, Eagleton
Alex Montenegro, Eagleton
Isaac Dominguez, Eagleton
Jesus Jurado, Cheltenham
Alejandro Landa, Cheltenham
Hugo Estrada, Cheltenham
Saul Sandoval, Cheltenham
Ray Lopez, Newlon
Oscar Andrade, Newlon
Christian Calderon, Newlon
Carlos Garcia, Newlon

Girls:

Miriam Lucero, Knapp
Hidai Olivas, Knapp
Jacqueline Moncada, Munroe
Destiny Rodriguez, Newlon
Gema Munoz, Newlon
Cassandra Zamora, Newlon
Ruby Cortez, Cheltenham
Perla Verala, Cheltenham
Stephanie Pacheco, Cheltenham
Jenny Arriaga, Eagleton
Jennifer Sandoval, Eagleton
Mirka Nahut, Eagleton
Adelena Nunez, Eagleton
Genesis Valdez, Cowell
Stephanie Campos, Cowell
Ashley Espinoza, Eagleton