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About the Team: Working with the core of the U/23 North Texas Women's State Select Team, the Dallas Premier kicked off it's inaugural season in 2009 with high expectations. The Club's emphasis on hard work and a competitive environment will give our players the unique opportunity to be better at their next level of play and allow the Dallas Premier to take on the WPSL with only one goal in mind, being the best. - After meeting those high expectations with a U/23 USASA National Championship, the Premier traveled to Long Island, NY for the WPSL Final Four and suffered their only loss of the season to eventual WPSL National Champs Long Island Fury for a third place finish. - A renewed dedication from Owner/GM Paul Marshall to being the best in the WPSL in 2010 has led to upgrades in their venue and coaching staff. During the offseason the Premier announced the signing of University of Texas at Dallas stadium field as its new home field along with the additional signing of Brian Flanagan as its new Head Coach. Brians first move was to name his brother Brad as his Assistant Coach along with Wil Searls as GK Coach and highly qualifed Steve Parker as Team Trainer. The WPSL rewarded the Premier by naming them hosts for the WPSL 2010 Final Four. These signings give the Premier even higher expectations for 2010. Players include top high school and college players, International Players and Aspiring Professional Players. About the Coaching: Brian Brian Flanagan brings a storied career as a university-level soccer player and nearly 25 years of broad-based soccer coaching expertise to the Dallas Premier Women's Soccer Club. He began as a boys youth coach in 1989 for Solar Soccer Club, which competed at the highest level in the Lake Highlands Classic League. After Brian finished his playing career at Midwestern State University in 1996, during which time he was named to two All Region Teams, he then continued his career by becoming an MSU women's program assistant coach, where he helped lead the team to the championship game in its first appearance at the Regional NCAA Div II Tournament. In 1998, he returned to Dallas to the Solar Soccer Club to continue his love of youth coaching in addition to becoming a head coach in the North Texas State ODP program. After coaching several successful Division 1 boys and girls teams through the U14 - U19 age group years for Solar, in 2004 Brian moved to the most prestigious all girls club in the United States, the Sting Soccer Club. He began his career at Sting with an U19 girls team and was able to guide more than half of the girls on that team in obtaining college scholarships to continue their playing careers. After graduating that team, in 2005, he re-started his career at the Academy level and began building teams for the future for Sting. He began with the 97's and built a Top 5 Division 1 team that competes in the Lake Highlands Girls Classic League and has been to the State Cup Semi-Finals the last two years. He also developed a '99 team in 2006 that has been one of the Top 2 teams in Dallas for the past three years. Brian has built a reputation of coaching nationally recognized teams, while mentoring individual players to play and be successful at all stages of their careers. Brian believes that the key to a good coach is commitment, leadership, and communication. A good coach must be looked upon as a leader to his team and be able to communicate a player's responsibilities within different systems of play in order to have the ability to adjust to opponents strategies to get the highest performance from his players in order to achieve the required result. He believes in challenging his players individually and as a group to strive for greatness through their persistent efforts and their commitment to the team. Brian graduated from MSU in 1996 and has a degree in Exercise Sports Science. He and his wife, Marsha, and their two children, live in Murphy, Texas. Brad Flanagan, Brian's brother, has been coaching soccer for the past 14 years. To compliment his coaching experience he has also had an outstanding playing career. Playing at Midwestern State University from 1993-1997 he was a two time All American ('95,'96), Team Captain '95, '96 and WF Classic MVP '95. Brad has 7 years professional playing experience, playing for the Dallas Sidekicks, Monterey Fury (Mexico), and San Diego Sockers. He was USISL Champion in '97 with the Albuquerque Geckos (KC Wizards farm team); PSA Champion in '98 with the Dallas Sidekicks; WISL Champion in '01 with the Dallas Sidekicks. He has been coaching with Sting Soccer for the past three years and coached STING '89 White from 2005-2007; STING '92 White from 2005-Present; STING '90 Royal from 2006-Present; STING '91 Blue 2007-Present. He holds a USSF 'A' License.
Type of Players: Competitive and Dedicated High school ladies looking to improve skills before heading to the collegiate ranks, current college players looking to better themselves before heading into the season, and highly skilled players who still wish to compete at a high level. Current rostered players include top college players, International Players and Aspiring Professional Players.
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Player Tryouts: Players who are interested in trying out for the Dallas Premier's 2010 roster will be able to do so on the following dates: April 17-18, 2010 May 15-16, 2010 May 22-23, 2010 There are no age restrictions to tryout. Players will be required to pay a $25 registration fee and will receive an official Dallas Premier T Shirt. Players are to have shin guards and wear black shorts and white socks. Players are suggested to signup on the Members link of the Dallas Premier official website www.dallaspremiersc.com in order to receive updated info on times, location and any changes in dates. For more information on Dallas Premier Women's S.C., visit their official website at http://www.dallaspremiersc.com. You can also contact DPWSC General Manager Paul Marshall via e-mail at media@dallaspremiersc.com or phone at (888) 673-7473. |
