The Clarkston Impact ?97 White, Boys soccer team, capped off another successful season in October 2006 they claimed the Michigan Youth Soccer League (MYSL) Under 10 Boys Division 2 championship for the fall outdoor season with a record of 8 wins, 0 losses and one tie (first place out of ten teams). This marks the second straight undefeated championship season for the local youngsters from Clarkston, having taken the 2006 spring outdoor title in the MYSL U9 Division 3 while completing a perfect 10-0 record.
The team holds a nearly 13-month undefeated streak in outdoor league play and will be promoted to the top U10 division of seven in the MYSL for the U10 spring 2007 outdoor season.
The Clarkston Impact ?97 White team is comprised of 10 players, all attending Clarkston elementary schools. It has been together since the team was first formed in June 2005.
Their outdoor MYSL league record is 26-2-1, while recording two first-place finishes and a third place result in their first full season together in the fall of 2005. The team has also won indoor championships as well, and begins their indoor season in November. This includes participation in the National Indoor Soccer Championships regional qualifier in early December.
These 9-year-olds are quite enjoyable to watch, playing a brand of soccer that focuses on speed, teamwork, and quality soccer skills. These exciting pint-sized footballers train about nine months out of the year and sport such colorful nicknames as: ‘the Bullet,? ‘Boomer?, ‘the Ice Man?, ‘Golden Boot?, ‘the Glove?, ‘G-Money?, ‘Hank-Meister?, ‘shoeless Joe?, ‘the A-train? and ‘Rock Star?.
The team is coached by Curtis Payment, a former four-year starter in goal for Michigan State University, and Tony Posawatz. MaryAnn McCracken serves as the team’s manager.
The team members are as follows: Joey Alli, Joe DeFinis, Grant Gotaas, Hank Grogan, Alex Kessman, Isaac Mansour, David Posawatz, Brandon Renkiewicz, Ben Snider and Jimmy Todd.