Women Lakers 2010!

Well it has been quite a whirlwind the past couple months! Recruiting for the 2010 Women’s team has taken the coaches to IA, MN, SD, NE and IL already with plans to travel to GA, TX, AR, KS. It’s been a very exciting time looking forward to the upcoming season and making plans for the girls to get applied and move in.

We have now 5 women (soon to be 6 in the spring) that are attending ILCC currently and are getting a head start on training for next year. We just partnered up with the YMCA and purchased memberships for both teams, which will be an exciting start to the off-season lifting program. We also plan to get the women involved with the indoor soccer facility to build their speed of play on the quick indoor surface. The women already here have been amazing, attending and helping out with all the home games, traveling to most games away for the men’s team. They have been a tremendous support for them, which has really created and developed the family atmosphere in the ILCC soccer program.

It’s really hard to wait for the inaugural season for the Women with the jerseys, warm-ups, backpacks, and coats already here waiting for players to wear them, but we get excited with each day getting closer to our 2010 season!

Catch updates, pictures, recruiting schedules on our Facebook Women’s Fanpage!

Become a Fan!

Here is a highlight video of our Iowa Lakers taking on Indian Hills Community College! If you like what you see you can become a personal fan of Manuel "The Magician" Martinez on facebook by searching: venado 19 manuel martinez. Also make sure to add the Assistant Men's Soccer coach by searching: Jacob Vallette

I hope that you enjoy the video!

Purchase Your Iowa Lakes Soccer Gear....

You can now purchase your Iowa Lakes Soccer Gear online at http://www.iowalakessoccer.com/

Off to a Wonderful Start...

We are off to a wonderful start in more ways than one! First, we are off to a great start this morning as the "Early Bird's" Kiwanis club fed us a wonderful breakfast this morning. Pancakes, eggs, toast, juice, fruit....the whole nine yards! It was great to see the student-athletes interact with the community members.

We are also off to a wonderful start on the season. After 3 games, we are off to a 3-0-0 beginning...so undefeated after three matches. That is very exciting for a new program.

But, the tough competition begins tomorrow as we host NIACC (North Iowa Area Community College) before moving on to take on the number 7 team in the country, Marshalltown Community College.

Things are going well and we are having a lot of fun beginning what could be a really dynamic soccer program.

It's All Coming Along...Pics on blog soon!

Everything is beginning to come together! We will soon be able to post some pictures to show everyone what is happening. Here is a picture of the game field prior to yesterday's scrimmage. More details to follow!

Camp, Community Service In Progress...

It has been a very long time since I have updated the Iowa Lakes Soccer Blog and I sincerely apologize for that...it has simply been a crazy time of the year! Pre-Season training camp is in progress and it has been quite the ride so far. It is definitely getting to me my time of the year.

We have a great group of student-athletes here and it should make for a funfilled season.

This week we have been running a youth soccer camp in Spirit Lake, Iowa at the YMCA. It has been a fantastic time and great to see the college players working with the young soccer players. I look forward to posting some pictures on this blog next week.

After YMCA Youth Soccer Camp today we depart for Camp Foster at Okoboji Lake to take part in a 4-day team building camp! It should be a great experience for all the student-athletes. I'm sure we will have pictures of that as well. During this time we should be able to complete the first annual Iowa Lakes Soccer Idol Contest...always a hoot!

Check next week for lots of fun updates!

So Much Going On...

Summer is approaching and the lakes are beginning to fill with boats upon boats. It is a beautiful sight! But, even better than that is all the positive things that are happening with Iowa Lakes Soccer and myself.
To begin, Saturday was a very special time in my life, as many of you know...as I walked across the stage and was hooded with my Master's Degree! A very special time and a very special time for my family. Many of my family and friends were saddened that they couldn't be in attendance...but, you were all there with me in spirit and it was a special time. Thanks to everyone that made it a memory that I will forever cherish.
On the soccer front...I'm not sure that I can list all of the good things that are happening. We have had some very big signings which even included some Spencer players, Alex Toay and Peter Walvatne! We are very excited about that! The women's team is really coming around too and Letters of Intent will be going out this week.
In other soccer news, we now have an official soccer fan wall at the Goalkick sporting goods store! Iowa Lakes Soccer hoodies, sweat pants, t-shirts, etc. may be purchased there! In addition to being able to go to the Goalkick to purchase Iowa Lakes Soccer items...we will soon have them online for all the family and friends in Texas, Alaska, Michigan, Africa, Iowa...where ever you need to purchase them from. Very exciting times!
Until next time...enjoy the sunshine!