Hawaii Rush News
Created on Friday, 01 July 2011 19:51
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Off-Season Training Schedule 010412
Off-Season training resumes January 9, 2012, 4:30-6pm, on field 19 with Coach Steve Whitehouse.
Thanksgiving Tournament Results 112711
Congratulations to the following Rush teams that placed in the 2011 Thanksgiving Tournament... 
Thank you to all the teams that entered... We look forward to seeing you again next year!
NAN, INC & HAWAII RUSH 102611
For the love of the game
Nan, Inc. and Hawaii Rush have a unique partnership and are both committed to serving our local communities and providing children with the best opportunities possible.Nan, Inc. not only donates a generous sum to the clubs general fund every year but also sponsors specific program such as the Financial Aid program that helps families in financial need as well as the Adult Program which has 7 teams of more than 120 members between the ages of 20-60. Nan, Inc. founder, Patrick Shin, is a member of Rush Latin, our men’s first team as well as the over 35 and over 45 men’s teams. At age 47, he is an inspiring individual that has a lot of passion and love for the game of soccer. Patrick graduated from Bowling Green University and played there for four years. He has been playing and supporting soccer in Hawaii for more than 20 years and does not look like he is going to slow down soon.Hawaii Rush is proud to have this partnership as it provides us with much needed resources to provide the best and safest learning environment for our keiki.
Nan, Inc. and Hawaii Rush have a unique partnership and are both committed to serving our local communities and providing children with the best opportunities possible.Nan, Inc. not only donates a generous sum to the clubs general fund every year but also sponsors specific program such as the Financial Aid program that helps families in financial need as well as the Adult Program which has 7 teams of more than 120 members between the ages of 20-60. Nan, Inc. founder, Patrick Shin, is a member of Rush Latin, our men’s first team as well as the over 35 and over 45 men’s teams. At age 47, he is an inspiring individual that has a lot of passion and love for the game of soccer. Patrick graduated from Bowling Green University and played there for four years. He has been playing and supporting soccer in Hawaii for more than 20 years and does not look like he is going to slow down soon.Hawaii Rush is proud to have this partnership as it provides us with much needed resources to provide the best and safest learning environment for our keiki.
MISO JR League Update 102311
Congratulations to the following Rush teams for placing in their divisions...
Girls
Rush 98 Nike - U14 Gold Champion
Rush 99 Nike - U14 Silver 2nd Place
Rush 00 Nike - U12 Gold Champion
Rush 00 Swoosh - U12 Silver Champion
Boys
Rush 96 Nike - U16 2nd Place
Rush 98 Nike - U14 Gold 2nd Place
Rush 99 Nike - U14 Gold Champion
Rush 00 Nike - U12 Gold Champion
Top Scorers
Rush 98G Nike - Kari Adams - 8 goals
Rush 99B Nike - Chay Mattos - 5 goals
Rush 99B Nike - Randi Macadangdang - 5 goals
Rush 00B Nike - Michael Ramos - 14 goals
Rush 00G Nike - Randi Macadangdang - 6 goals
Teams are still playing... Please check back for updates!
Fall Future Stars Begins Friday April 22nd 101411
October 21 - December 2 Fridays
4:15pm - 5:00pm
$60
2011 Thanksgiving Soccer Tournament (U8 to U14) 092711
Hawaii Rush is now accepting team and referee applications for our 18th Annual Hawaii Thanksgiving Soccer Tournament. We look forward to hearing from you!
Date: November 25 to 27, 2011
Registration Deadline: November 1, 2011
Cost: $425
Early Registration Deadline: October 24, 2011
Early Registration Cost: $400
Date: November 25 to 27, 2011
Registration Deadline: November 1, 2011
Cost: $425
Early Registration Deadline: October 24, 2011
Early Registration Cost: $400
Please check back later for tournament t-shirt design.
For any questions or follow ups please email us at
ANNUAL RUSH PICNIC & RUSH NIGHT 091211
RUSH famililes gathered for a day to celebrate being part of the largest soccer club in Hawaii!
This year, the Rush Picnic and Rush Night activities were combined and was held on Sunday, August 28th at beautiful Haleiwa Alii Beach Park!
Our 2nd annual 3v3 tournament was a huge success with the kids and great entertainment for the parents! All matches were exciting and played with a true desire to win! Congratulations to our winners... Conrad Newfield, Noah Alejado and Adam Akiona for the olders, and Kysen Terukina, Jvon Cunningham, and Manhattan Fukunaga for the youngers.
As normally done at Rush Night, the Rush "Starting Eleven" team was named. Awards were also presented for MVP, Coach of the Year, and Manager of the Year. Winners were selected by the coaches and DOC's based on skill and ability, dedication, and contribution to their teams and to the club.
2011 Starting Eleven
Sunshine Fontes
Aliani Lorenzo
Shandon Hopeau
Shayne Fuller
Brayden Prothero
Yoshinori Tamukai
Jeron Cunningham
Jahna Tacson
Richard "Kalei" Gallarde
Douglas Curren
Jonathan Finucane
MVP
Ikaika Matas
Coach of the Year
Tamie Richardson
Manager of the Year
Chris Amii
Congratulations to all award winners listed above . We are all very proud of you and your achievements.
Photo of Coach of the Year Tamie Richardson and First Eleven players present at the picnic
L to R: Shandon Hopeau, Tamie Richardson, Aliani Lorenzo, Sunshine Fontes, Richard "Kalei" Gallarde, Shayne Fuller, Brayden Prothero, Jahna Tacson.
A big mahalo to all our ohana for coming together and contributing all the local favorites for the biggest and most delicious potluck! See you all again next year!
HAWAII RUSH SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED 080911
CONGRATULATIONS CHRISTINA ARMSTRONG!
Submitted by Robin Kakugawa
Each year, Hawaii Rush awards one or two outstanding high school seniors with scholarship money to apply toward their continued education.
This year’s recipient is Christina Armstrong, a 2011 graduate from Hanalani School. Coach Sean Richardson, along with Coach Arian, presented Christina with a $750 check in front of about 50 Rush players practicing at Waipio.
Christina has been with Rush since its inception in 2005, playing on our 92G and Women’s teams. She will be attending California Baptist University in Riverside, California. Christina will be part of the Lancers Women’s Soccer team while working towards a degree in Intercultural Studies.
October 2011 will bring Christina back to Hawaii along with her Cal Baptist team to play against Chaminade (October 15), Hawaii Pacific (October 17), BYU-Hawaii (October 19), and UH-Hilo (October 22).
When asked for some words of advice to our younger players, Christina shared, “Work hard and do your best with anything you’re given whether at sports, school, or home.”
Hawaii Rush is proud of Christina and we look forward to hearing about her success in her future endeavors!
Christina Armstrong with mom Heidi and Coach Sean
IT’S A MOM’S RUSH… TEAM 072411
Let’s get together… And play soccer!
Soccer is such a fun way to be healthy and to get to know other moms in our club! Rush moms have expressed an interest in forming an over 40 team. This team is open to all that are interested regardless of experience. If you’ve never played soccer (or any sport) before, then this is an amazing opportunity to be part of a team that will learn and develop together. We’re hoping for a good mix from all levels of experience. We’ll have real games and a coach too! Our team will participate in the WISA League, O-40 division, with 90-minute games on Sundays, starting between 9:00am and 3:00pm in the Fall and Spring. All games are played at Waipio Soccer Complex. We know everyone is busy and won’t be able to make every game, so a full roster is desired. Encourage your fellow moms to join with you… It’ll be fun!
We plan on starting up with the Spring season which runs from March through June. Please sign up as soon as possible so that we can get a count of interested players, register, order uniforms, and get some training before the season begins. Incentive to sign up early: You can reserve your favorite jersey number when you sign up!
Jersey Numbers Reserved: 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26
Estimated costs
WISA Player Registration - $25/player
Team Entry Fees - $750/team ($35-$50/player per season/tournament depending on roster size)
New Team Fee - $100/team (divided by # of players on roster, team credited the next year)
Uniform Costs - TBD
Coaching Fees - TBD
Please send an email to
for more information and to sign up. Please provide all of the following information: Full name, birthdate, mailing address, contact number, experience, jersey number request, and the teams that your child(ren) plays on. Please indicate if you want to be added to the roster or if you are just inquiring.
Let's do this!
RUSH TRYOUTS 2011-2012 060111
Come join the Rush
and be part of the biggest club in the world!
Official Rush tryouts begin June 1st, at which time we invite anyone interested in joining the Rush to contact one of our age group directors for a tryout. Our coaches will appropriately place players on U5 to U19 boys and girls teams based on current ability, and desired level of play.
and be part of the biggest club in the world!
Official Rush tryouts begin June 1st, at which time we invite anyone interested in joining the Rush to contact one of our age group directors for a tryout. Our coaches will appropriately place players on U5 to U19 boys and girls teams based on current ability, and desired level of play.
All Rush players will always have a place within our club. Coaches and staff continue to evaluate players throughout the year for placement, consideration for NIKE teams, and options to double roster, to play up or play down. Let your coaches or DOC know what your goals are and what options you're interested in.
New families, please contact one of the Directors of Coaching (DOC) listed below to arrange for your tryout.
Developmental Division U5-U10
Boys/Girls - Aaron Libed 808-352-0854
We encourage our Rush families to share this tryout information with others in the community that may be interested in Hawaii Rush Soccer Club. Let them know it's never too late...
Rush has ongoing tryouts throughout the year!
New DOC Developmental Hired
Hawaii Rush is pleased to announce the hiring of a new DOC. Aaron Libed, who is a long time coach in the club and has been and Age Group Coordinator for the past year for the U8 girls, has just accepted the appointment as the Director of the Developmental Program.
Aaron has 20 years of experience in the recreational, competitive and collegiate level. He is a father of three and is married to Samantha Libed who also coaches in the program. Aaron has an extensive playing experience as a youth and as a pro. He also holds a NSCAA National Diploma. We are looking forward to his contribution on growing and improving our programs and member services for our future players.
Operation Smile event was a great success
Thank you to all that participated at the Juggle-a-Thon event that raised funds for a great cause...Rush For Smiles/Operation Smile.
Mikel Garduque, a member of the 93 Nike team and a senior at Waipahu HS, partnered with the Rush and used the occasion to fulfill his senior project.
The Rush organization has a partnership with Operation Smile. Operation Smile is a charity that performs surgery on children with cleft lip and/or cleft palate. A cleft is an opening in the lip, the roof of the mouth, or the soft tissue in the back of the mouth. It occurs in approximately 1 in every 500-700 births.
Congatulations to Mikel for his hard work and initiative to help a great cause. He was able to raise $1700 with more donations still to be collected.
2011 State Cup Tournament
As always, a great weekend of youth soccer, full of excitement, high emotions, old and new rivalries, spectacular goals, missed opportunities, exhaustion, celebrations and of course some desperation and disappointment.
The highs and lows within the games themselves and throughout the tournament, the warm weather, and why not...some inconsistent refereeing took a toll on almost everyone. Overall, Hawaii Rush had a great showing. Some seasoned teams were able to add to their already great resume while other teams established themselves further as contenders worthy of the title.
The 93 Nike boys showed again their resiliency when it comes to winning the event even though the team suffered significant losses to personnel two weeks prior to the tournament due to injuries. They won their sixth successive title against their archrivals, Bulls.
The 94 Nike boys also had an outstanding tournament. They were able to overcome some unfortunate setbacks due to some abrupt referee decisions and pulled out a 2-1 win against a well coached and skillful Maui team, playing for close to 70 minutes with ten players and for 40 minutes with 9 players. There was just as much excitement on the game against the Bulls as they were playing to earn the age group "wild card" spot. The boys were able to control the game well and won deservedly 3-2.
Both teams will represent the club and Hawaii at the Regional Tournament in Boise.
The 98 Nike boys and girls had a very good tournament and earned second places respectively.
The 98 boys came second to Maui who they actually beat 1-0. Unfortunately the boys suffered a loss earlier to Abunai, and that gave the edge to Maui for the title.
The 98 girls came up short as well, giving up 3 unaswered goals after getting up early on their rivals, Blitz.
The 97 Nike boys lost in a double overtime final game. An unexpected floating ball, managed to deceive even an experienced goalkeeper such as Johny Finucane, dropping behind him for the deciding goal. The boys showed a lot of growth and maturity that they have gained and worked hard for within the last year.
Congratulations to all the teams that were able to represent the club, especially the 93 and 94 boys for their Championships. Good Luck at Regionals!
Rush at the 2011 HYSA Presidents Day Tournament
It was another grueling three days of hard played games, up and down emotions, excitement, disappointment, tears of joy and sadness. In the end, we all are very proud of our young athletes that competed hard and represented themselves, their teams, and the club, exhibiting quality, commitment, and fair play.
It was another grueling three days of hard played games, up and down emotions, excitement, disappointment, tears of joy and sadness. In the end, we all are very proud of our young athletes that competed hard and represented themselves, their teams, and the club, exhibiting quality, commitment, and fair play.
This year Hawaii Rush not only participated with the most number of teams ever (17), but was well represented and had 6 teams make it to the finals. It was a pleasure to see our teams and players compete and establish themselves amongst the elite in the state. It was not long ago when the younger age groups were not able to manage enough wins to make it to the finals but that has changed and the results speak for themselves.
Congratulations to our U9, U10, and U11 Nike girls' teams for playing a great tournament and claming the championships in their respective age groups. Congratulations to the U9, U11 and U12 Nike boys teams for making it to the finals.
Hawaii Rush Soccer Club
98-1264 Kaahumanu St. Ste. 202-B, Pearl City, HI 96782
Tel: (808) 834-RUSH (7874) | Fax: (808) 486-4772
