One of the highlights for Ballistic United of every year is the announcement of the winners for the Erik Lemoine Scholarship winners. Our two winners this year – Coleson Franklin and Henry Beatty. The two will be presented with their scholarship checks Thursday night following the Ballistic Golf event at the Callippe Preserve Golf Course.…
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The Ballistic United Soccer Club, in keeping with its commitment build for the future while embracing its past has announced the 2025 Hall of Fame class. Mike Nieto and Tony Chavarria are the two players being inducted and will join the Chuck Lemoine Family as the first family inducted into the HOF. The inductions will…
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By Dennis Miller Playing soccer in Pleasanton from your time as a youth, up into adulthood, was pretty much a rite of passage. You played for Ballistic United or the Pleasanton Girls’ Soccer Association (now the Rage) to begin with, then moved on the leagues in your 20’s with college soccer a viable possibility. Then…
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The National Soccer Hall of Fame released the names of the semifinalists on the Veteran and Builder ballots for the Class of 2025, which will be inducted May 3 in Frisco. The Player Ballot, which considers players who have been retired for at least three years but no more than 10 years, is in the…
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By Dennis Miller The first time Eric Nilius met with Ballistic United was back in 2018 when Nilius was in California from Colorado to get his “C” coaching license. Nilius met with Ballistic executive director Kevin Crow about possibly joining Ballistic in 2019, but Nilius decided to return to Colorado where he would be the…
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By Dennis Miller I didn’t know Austin Daniels very well, having only had the pleasure of talking over the phone with him a few times regarding Ballistic United or about an award Daniels had earned. But the one constant I can say about Daniels is that each time I spoke with him, he made me…
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By Dennis Miller Earlier this year, the Ballistic United Soccer Club established a program to further enhance doing business with the club, whether it is as a sponsor or a parent that has a son playing in the club. “The Ballistic United Business Community Group is our latest attempt to connect with our families by…
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The PASS (Pleasanton Adult Soccer League) will be having Mixers during the off season throughout July. The league is coed and anyone 21 and up can play during the off season. This is a great opportunity to meet players on other teams and to stay in shape. If you are new to the league, it…
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By Dennis Miller When Ballistic United Soccer Club Executive Director Kevin Crow was 13 years old, he travelled to England as part of a local district all-star team. It was a great experience and provided some context for Crow as he looked at his possible playing career. “It really whet my appetite,” said Crow. “It…
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By Dennis Miller Confidence breeds success. Look no further than the Ballistic United Soccer Club’s 09 Premier team. Last fall, playing as U-15 team, the side coached by Luis Orellana captured the title of the NorCal Gold Fall title. That brought a promotion to the NorCal State Premier Spring league. A jump of that usually…
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