The United FC B94 Black (U17) and B98 Gold (U13) teams have been invited, and will be attending the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup XXXIII tournament April 1st - 8th.
The longest running soccer tournament in the United States, boys ages 12-19 participate in seven age groups. Dallas Cup entertains on average more than 160,000 spectators during the week, watching teams from all over the world participate in an extremely intense, explosive and competitive tournament where only the best return home champions. The field of teams consists of approximately 40% international teams, 40% state-side teams and 20%Dallasarea teams.
The United FC teams, both of which have been ranked #1 nationally in the last six months, will be joining teams from the likes of Everton FC, Tigres, Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester United, Paris Saint Germain, Boca Juniors and others.
Please be sure to follow the United FC Twitter feed for daily updates on the progress of the teams.
Beezer's dad Mike coached at United last season, his sister Sarah girls U17's and younger brother Charlie boys U13's are current players at United. In the past 6 years Beezer has reached incredible heights as the youngest player at age 17 he led his UFC boys U19 Premier team to national recognition.
United had faced TFA on Saturday and had won 2-1. They knew that it would be a struggle to turn around and beat them twice in 24 hours, but the girls were up to the challenge. UFC, changed their formation from the previous day from a 4-4-2 to a 4-3-3 in order to put more pressure on the opponents defense. This change worked and from the start United controlled the run of play, grabbing 12 shots in the first half and hitting the cross bar twice. However the Midwestern grit of Ohio held strong and the opponents endured the onslaught until about 2 minutes before halftime. United earned a free-kick just outside the 18 yard box on the right side. Once again, Mikayla Casey stepped up and hit a left footed free-kick to the far post. Danielle Tilton came flying in and headed the ball into the back of the net, to give the team a 1-0 lead going into halftime.
Defender Frankie Bastone has always excelled at United. He came over to United at age 15 from the Irvine Strikers soccer club and quickly earned a starting position. Over the years, Bastone has helped the current U18, who became the Coast Soccer League 2010 U19 Premier champs. The team then moved up to the number #1 team in the nation slot. Bastone has amazing physical speed, he is excellent in one versus one duels, and a great passer and crosser of the ball. United FC has benefited a great deal by having Bastone as a member.
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Washington University has landed one of UFC’s most prized possessions in Eric Bishop. I have been fortunate enough to have worked with over 400 student athletes and I have never come across a player who excelled as much on the soccer field as well as off of it. 
United FC outstanding forward Mario Soto has chosen Arizona Western to further his playing career and education. Soto has followed in the long and unending list of players who continue to use soccer as a vehicle to transport them to the next level. 
