Partnership with CaptainU: College Coaches and Player Profiles

We are excited to announce a partnership with CaptainU which will help each and everyone of the Showcase participants a better opportunity to get recruited.

CaptainU will provide online profiles and player profile books for college coaches

CaptainU, the leading college soccer recruiting company will provide player profile books and free access to their online software to help all attending teams and players maximize their exposure at the upcoming event to college coaches. Click on the links below to get setup for the event.

Team Managers – Select the tournament and register your team and roster
Athletes – Select the tournament and register your team and roster
College Coaches – Register for the event to see tournament players and receive player books before the event

Have questions? Contact: info@captainU.com

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SHOWCASE SCHEDULES - Draft Emailed

All coaches have been emailed a draft of the schedule - PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE. The final draft will be published online, at the latest, by Monday, Dec. 14th. Rosters must be submitted by then as well - please submit online ASAP.

Showcase Brackets Announced

The 2010 Red Bull Nolan Showcase Presented by JATO brackets are announced. These brackets are subject to change. Schedule will be released on Monday, November 30th.

Who's #1 according to ESPNRise? The 2 top high school girls showcases in the country are right around the corner. The Tri-Valley Classic in December in Daneville, CA and the Nolan Showcase in January in Fort Worth, TX will help determine the the nations #1 team. Los Lomas, San Ramon, and Monte Vista host the California Showcase and Nolan Catholic and Southlake Carroll host the Texas Showcase. Tri-Valley is in its 8th year while the Nolan Showcase enters its 9th year.

The Tri-Valley Classic includes 9 of the Top 50 teams in the country, including Nolan Catholic at #15, whereas the Nolan Showcase includes 8 but 2 Top 5 teams, 3 Top 10 teams, 4 Top 20 teams, and 6 Top 30 teams. Both events have an impressive field of teams.

Look for key match-ups in the Nolan Showcase...
UIL 5A Champion and the Nations #1 team, Coppell vs UIL 4A Champion sitting at #32, JJ Pearce....#15 Nolan Catholic vs #30Clear Lake...#5 McKinney Boyd vs #7 Ursuline...Southlake Carroll vs Murrieta Valley... More to come when schedule is released on Monday, November 30th.

2010 Showcase Brackets *Subject to Change
National and State Rankings included - ESPNRise
**Each team will play all teams in there bracket plus a 4th game out of bracket.

#15 Nolan Catholic (Fort Worth, TX) - State #5
Southlake Carroll (Southlake, TX)
#30 Clear Lake (Houston, TX) - State #8
Amarillo High School (Amarillo, TX)

#1 Coppell (Coppell, TX) - State #1
Tyler Lee (Tyler, TX)
Murrieta Valley High School (Murrieta, CA)
#32 JJ Pearce (Richardson, TX) State #10

#42 Marcus (Flower Mound, TX) - State #11
Midland (Midland, TX)
Lake Highlands (Dallas, TX)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Grapevine (Grapevine, TX)
St. Stephen's (Austin, TX)
#5 McKinney Boyd (McKinney, TX) State #2
#7 Ursuline (Dallas, TX) State #3

#22 Martin (Arlington, TX) - State #6
Plano West (Plano, TX)
Keller (Keller, TX)
Hockaday (Dallas, TX)

Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville, TX)
Flower Mound (Flower Mound, TX)
Plano East High School (Plano, TX)
William Taft High School (Los Angeles, CA)

Keller Central (Keller, TX)
Klein Oak (Klein, TX)
Plano Senior High (Plano, TX)
San Angelo Central High School (San Angelo, TX)

Antonion College Prep (San Antonio, TX)
Colony High School (Colony, TX)
Bishop Lynch High School (Dallas, TX)
Odessa High School (Odessa, TX)

ACCEPTED TEAMS - REGISTER NOW

Coaches,
We are now ready to get everyone registered for our event – we have just accepted a couple more teams and now we will be asking you to log in and officially register and fill out all the information from rosters to team information. This is important because we need it all inputted for the college coaches. The college coaches will be able to log in to our system and view all the players once they are inputted. Payment information is also included – pay by credit card or mail in check by Dec. 1st.

Log in to the following link to start registration…
https://www.gotsport.com/forms/app/?EventID=8284

The showcase will be sanctioned by the NFHS – for those that need documentation of the sanctioning visit www.nfhs.org/sanctioning/.

THE BATTLE FOR #1 STARTS HERE…

2010 SHOWCASE TIMELINE

We have about 42 teams committed to come to the event this year. We are working on final travel plans for out-of-state teams and schedule requests from them as well based on there travel itinerary. Here is a tentative timeline for the 2010 event...

Oct. 13th - Sponsorship Meeting
Oct. 19th - List All Accepted Teams
Nov. 1st - Schedule Posted
Dec. 1st - Rosters and Fee Deadline
Jan. 6th - Out of State Teams Arrive
Jan. 7th - Showcase Begins
Jan. 8th - Doubel Days for Teams in Showcase
Jan. 9th - Final Day of Showcase

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT - Southlake Carroll

In with the 17s for World Cup qualifying, then with the 20s, and now with the full team - Southlake Carroll's Monica Alvarado is looking for her first cap with the Mexican National Team. The 17s advanced to the 2008 CONCACAF U17 Championship in Trinidad & Tobago. Alvarado continues to move up the National Team ranks and will use this opportunity not only to secure a spot on the full team for the upcoming FIFA World Cup but also to prepare herself for her freshman year at Mississippi State in the Fall of 2009.

Alvarado is an extremely dynamic central midfielder that has the ability to take over a game adding that extra dimension that is indicative to the success of her team. She helped her Lady Dragons to a 2008 UIL Class 5A State Championship while also guiding her FC Dallas 91 club team to a Southern Regionals championship match before losing out 1-0 to eventual National Champion, Dallas Texans 91 Red. Alvarado is a four-time 5-5A First Team All-District selection and the 2008 Midfielder of the Year for Southlake Carroll High School's Head Coach, Matt Colvin.

Alvarado is one of several players that have participated in the Red Bull Nolan Showcase that has National Team experience.

The Dragons co-host the Red Bull Nolan Showcase with Nolan Catholic High School.

THE BATTLE FOR #1 STARTS JANUARY 2010...

January 7th-9th, 2010 teams will be coming from all over the country to showcase themselves in front of college coaches and to prove they are some of the most competitive teams in the Nation. Red Bull, NIKE, and ESPN Rise will all be involved once again.

The 2010 RED BULL NOLAN SHOWCASE will bring together the top girls high school teams from around the country. Teams from Texas, California, Florida, Arizona, and Louisiana will be represented. It is a true college showcase for high school soccer. The Nolan Showcase is touted as the top event for high school soccer in Texas if not in the country. Each year the event features several of the TOP 10 teams in the country. Last year, 8 of the 20 teams in the Invitational Division were ranked nationally in the TOP 30. The Nolan Showcase always helps in producing the Nation’s #1 team. The top players in the country have participated in the event over the past 7 years: Gatordae Player of the Year, US National Team Player, Olympic Gold Medalist, and WPS #1 Draft Pick, Amy Rodriguez (Santa Margarita) and US U-21 National Team Player and UNC’s Jessica Maxwell (Colleyville Heritage). UNC’s Courtney Jones (Monte Vista), the University of Florida’s Jazmyne Avant (Coppell), BYU’s Lauren Anderson (Monte Vista), TCU’s Alex Mechalske (Nolan), Texas’ Kendall Frizzell (Tyler Lee) and University of Kentucky’s Laura Burton (Amador Valley) participated in 08, as well as Notre Dame recruit Jazmine Hall (Marcus). US under-16 National Pool Player, Whitney Jaynes (Plano West) and Lexi Harris (Plano West) were also in attendance. Jaynes and Harris were both headed to New Zealand with the National Team following the event. Youth National Team past participants include Chioma Ubogagu (Coppell) - U17 US National Team Pool, Taylor Schneider (Carroll) - U16 US National Team Pool, Alina Garziamendez (Ursuline) - U17 Mexiacn National Team, and Monica Alvarado (Carroll) - U20 Mexican National Team. Other notable showcase participants were University of Texas standouts Caitlin Kennedy (Colleyville Heritage) and Kendall Campisi (Ursuline), as well as LSU’s Michelle Makasini (Colleyville Heritage), Texas A&M’s Becky Olson (Nolan) University of Virginia’s Caitlin Miskel (St. Thomas Aquinas), Stanford standout Kiki Bosio (Santa Margarita), USC National Champion JJ Johnson (Santa Margarita), and TCU’s Jackie Torda (Nolan).