"Amobi Okugo Signs"
Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer

 Amobi Okugo, member of the San Juan Lightning 91 has signed with Major League Soccer as part of its Generation Adidas Program (GA).   Players who join MLS as part of the Program receive unprecedented opportunities to develop their game and hone their skills at the professional level in Major League Soccer.  In addition to training and playing with one of Major League Soccer's 16 professional clubs, GA players receive educational grants to further their college education.

Amobi, co-captain of the Lightning 91 team last year, was instrumental in helping the team reach top national top ranking as they won numerous premier level tournaments under coaches Derek Evans and Ruben Mora.  As a freshman at UCLA, he started in all 20 games for UCLA in 2009.  Amobi earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors and was a consensus All-Freshman selection nationally.  Amobi is also an active member of the Under 20 US Mens National Team. 

San Juan Soccer Club Wishes Amobi a successful season with the Philadelphia Union and a successful professional career! 
Follow Amobi at http://philadelphiaunion.com

(Posted: 2/16/2010) Chris Wright, former soccer standout at Jesuit and the University of New Mexico signed a professional contract with FC Energie Cottbus in Germany on January 28th.  Energie Cottubus plays in the 2nd Budesliga.  The contract is for the rest of this season with an option to extend for 2 years.
Chris graduated summa cum laude from New Mexico in December with a 3.95 GPA.  He majored in Portuguese, minored in Biology and was in the University’s Honors program.  He was named to ESPN the Magazine’s Academic All-American team on three occasions (2006, 2007 and 2008) and was named to the NSCAA Scholar Athlete All-American team for the 2007 season.  Chris was also named to the NSCAA All-West Region Scholar Athlete first team for 2008 and was a three time Academic All-MPSF team member (2006, 2007 and 2008). 
Chris finished his career with the Lobos ranked 5th all-time in career goals with 26 and 7th all-time in career points with 62 (26 goals and 10 assists).  He was named to the all-league (MPSF) team 3 times (2006, 2007 and 2008), was named MPSF Player of the Week 5 times during his career and was the MPSF Player of the Year for the 2007 season.  The Lobos won the MPSF title 3 times during Chris’ 4 year career and finished 2nd in the Country during his freshman year (2005) losing to the University of Maryland 2-1 in the NCAA finals.  New Mexico’s record during Chris’ four-year career was 55 wins, 17 losses and 10 ties.

(Posted: 1/23/2010) Congratulations to San Juan Lightning '98 for finishing their season with a championship at the Mustang Winter Turf Invitational tournament.  San Juan Lightning ’98 began the premier,  elite  tournament with an early, foggy game against Mustang Barcelona.  After defeating Mustang on their home turf 1:0, Lightning ’98 moved on to outplay the MFC Flames 3:1.  Sunday morning began with a well-matched game against Santa Barbara that ended in a 1:1 tie, sending San Juan into the championship against the SMFC Aztec Warriors.  Lightning ’98 continued to play outstanding soccer, and battled to a 1:0 victory.  Congratulations Coach Ron Preble and Lightning ’98!

(Posted: 1/26/2010) "I moved here in the summer of 2007 from Dallas, Texas where I played for the Dallas Texans Soccer Club. My parents and I decided the best fit would be the San Juan Club and to play on Billy Wiskel’s ‘92 team because they would continue to develop and prepare me for the next level. Coach Wiskel has taught me many things and gave me valuable guidance achieving my scholarship to Creighton University. I would like to give a big thanks to Billy for everything he has done for me.  I loved playing for the San Juan club and the Coaches. I am thankful for the many people that it brought into my life."

	Cat Walker- San Diego State- Mountain West Player of the Year and Conference tournament MVP			Alicia Jenkins - Stanford-( All Pac 10 Team)
	Katie Riley - Stanford University			Dea Cook - UCLA (All Pac 10)
	Aly Gleason - Stanford University			Liz Harkin - Arizona State- ( All Pac 10 Team)
	Lindsay Johns- Arizona State			Victoria Thomas- UC Santa Barbara
	Brittany Prieto- Southeastern Louisiana  ( All Conference)			Mariam Azimi - CAL Berkley