Brilliant coach is inducted into the hall before more than 1,000 soccer fans at the annual banquet.
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Dave Lange is an accomplished sports writer who began with the Suburban Journals and the old St. Louis Globe-Democrat and retired recently as an executive at Anheuser-Busch. His passion is covering the game of soccer. He penned a lengthy piece honoring St. Joseph Academy's coach Maureen McVey who became the first female to be inducted into the prestigious St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame. With permission, here is the report by Dave Lange on his blog, Soccer Made in St. Louis. Look for Dave Lange's new soccer book: Soccer Made in St. Louis, published by Reedy Press. To find this book, go to this website. After 41 years and 841 inductees, the times have caught up with the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame. The local soccer shrine, which started in…
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Last championship came a decade ago in 2002.
The last time St. Joseph’s Academy 15-6-1) won the state soccer tournament, the year was 2002. Coming up on 10 years, Coach Maureen McVey and her team are hopeful this will be their year. In 2002, assistant coach Courtney Hulcer was a member of the championship squad that beat Lee’s Summit North 4-0 for the title. Lee’s Summit North (23-3) will be the opponent once again in the semifinals, Friday, 6 p.m. on the Blue Spring South artificial turf field. In 2001, the Angels defeated Rockwood Summit 2-1 for the title. The win over Summit was particularly exciting. Both goals came in time stoppage situations. In the other Class 3 semifinal game in Kansas City, Cor Jesu Academy (21-2) takes on Springfield Glendale (19-5) at 4 p.m. “We feel good …
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