The U14 McMahon Ford Stauder team recently captured the 2013 Missouri State Soccer Cup. The Summer Missouri State Cup for U.S. Youth Soccer, which took place last month at the Lake Country Soccer Complex in Springfield, featured strong competition from across the state. The McMahon Ford team advanced to the Regional Midwest Championship Series in Des Moines, Iowa, for the country’s most prestigious national youth soccer tournament. Representing Missouri in the boys’ U14 soccer bracket, the boys recorded a tie and two losses there. Team members pictured are: Liam Gray, Jackson; Colin Hilpert, Fenton; Luke Stauder, Fenton); Matthew Ahr, Fenton; Connor Range, Oakville; Sam Russell, Kirkwood; Josh Scholl, Jackson; Dennys Vazquez, St. Louis; Dylan Jannin, Perryville; Matt Lockwood, Eureka; Patrick McLaughlin, Kirkwood; Adam Voorhees, Fenton; Jonathon Ackfeld, Fenton; Teddy Bacon, Kirkwood; Zach Layton, Barnhart; Drew Travis, Kirkwood; Zach Ellis, Oakville; and Garret Butz, Fenton. Not pictured: Michael Spence, Fenton, and Sean Gordon, Crestwood. Coaches are Jeff Stauder and Marc Hilpert.