The Blue Lightning played at the Hempfield tournament and took second place in the "A" division. The girls had a terrific weekend of soccer losing in penalty shots in the championship game. While the girls didn't take home the championship they certainly continued their growth through the season. The addition of Staci Wilson and Kelly Rowland as trainers paid huge dividends for the team. Not only did the team have another great weekend of soccer, they also had a great time just hanging out together as you can see from the picture from the FC Amity hair salon before the game.

The Blue Lightning and the Atlantic Soccer Factory have joined forces for what will be the most exciting summer yet for the team. Below are the details of what's in store. Click the tab up top for more info. about Matt Driver and the Atlantic Soccer Factory.

This unique program has been specifically designed to optimize the most experienced and qualified coaching staff ever to be assembled within one organization.

With the emphasis on Player Development and Education, each player will have the opportunity to maximize their true potential both as an individual and within the team concept. Each team will have its own coach as well as having access to our world class speed and agility coaches and several specialist coaching staff members through our Position Specific Training days.

Boasting a coaching staff of 15 of the most experienced qualified staff and headed up by Matt Driver, a former MLS and WPS coach, United will field teams from the rising U11's through our college showcase age groups at U18's for both boys and girls. All teams will participate in 3 - 4 premier tournaments from June to August.

This program will surely set the standard that all other programs will be measured on; below you can find what we have scheduled for the summer months:

• 10 week player Development Training Program beginning the week of May 17^th and ending August 1^st
• Each team will have its own specific Head Coach. ASF coaches are a minimum Level Two or National USSF Licensed A and B Level Coaches
• Training 2 times per week - 1.5hr each session
• A 2 day training mini-camp to be scheduled before first tournament In June
• 3 - 4 Tournaments during the summer
• 3 Position Specific Training Weekends - GK / Defense / Midfield / Striker. Each position will have a 1.5 hr session in addition to 30 minutes of Speed and Agility
• All uniforms and training kit to be included in cost
• Player Operations Manual
• Access to a Speed and Agility Specialist through our Xcelerate program
• Individual Goal Keeping coach will work with the GK's

The Blue Lightning split their team into 3 to complete at the Quaketown Indoor 3 V 3 tournament. They were the FCA Shooting Stars (Alayna, Darian, Peyton, and Paige), FCA Sparks (Jiilian, Kyle, Sammy, and Rhiannon), and FCA Fantastic 4 (Kasey, Alyssa, Taylor, and Brianna). All three teams played very hard all day. The Sparks and the Fantastic 4 both went undefeated in their brackets. While the Sparks didn't advance because of tie break rules the Fantastic 4 did and took advantage to win the tournament. Congratulations to all the girls for a great day of soccer.

FC Amity Blue Lightning player Kyle Graver was selected to the ODP (Olympic Development Program) for the U12 age group. Below is an explanation of the program.

The Blue Lightning and all of their friends would like to congratulate Kyle.

ODP provides supplemental training and competitive opportunities for players with the goal of advancement to US Youth Soccer Region 1 teams and ultimately, national team selections. Through training and regional competition, ODP also provides players with exposure to college coaches. Eastern Pennsylvania ODP has been highly successful at the national level winning several US Youth Soccer ODP Championships. Most of our players successfully transition to college play and several have developed into professional players and have represented the United States in the Olympics and World Cup.

The Blue Lightning won the U12 top division at the Western Lehigh 09 Tournament. The girls played in the "A" division with Rose Tree Rockets, Whitpain Pumas, Massapequa Pride (from New York), Upper Dublin Shooting Stars, Council Rock Elite 97, and Greater Chester Valley Cosmos. The Lightning played strong from start to finish and never trailed during the tournament with wins of 2-0, 1-0, 2-1 and 1-0.

The Blue Lightning girls teams and the Blue Thunder parent team played at the Sarah Parvin Tournament. This is the second year that the girls and parents have played the tournament. While the girls played some amazing soccer, this tournament is always about so much more. The tournaments in honor of Sarah Parvin who pasted away to cancer a few years ago. This is more about making new friends and helping raise money for the Sarah Parvin Foundation. The girls won the spirit award for their division. This was voted on by the other teams for the group that demonstrated the best sportsmanship in the division. For more information about Sarah please go to www.sarahsoccer.com . To see more pictures of the teams at the event take a look at the photo gallery.