Dave was a very skillfull left footed soccer player who played in numerous Utah Youth State Cup Championships and many other prestitious Youth Soccer Tournaments as a member of the Sparta United Soccer Club as a youth, along with his twin brother Ben. 

 Sparta Girls '96 Premier win Disney College Showcase and Sparta Girls '95 Premier take third.

6 Sparta Teams participated in tournaments throughout San Diego over the Thanksgiving Weekend, including Nomads, Surf and the November Nights Showcase.  All teams showed well competing against some of the top teams in the Region. Of these teams 1 team advanced to the Quarterfinal and another team advanced to the final.  A great showing in some extremely tough tournaments. 

10 Sparta teams participated in Las Vegas over the weekend.  5 of them participated in the Thanksgiving Classic Tournament and the other 5 participated in Western Collegiate Development Association (WCDA) league games.  Overall it was a big success for the club.  Of the 5 WCDA teams, all came away without a losing record and combined finished their games with an overall record of 11 wins and 6 losses.  On the tournament side we had 2 teams reach the semifinals and 1 of those teams reach the final.

We would like to congratulate our 5 Finalists in Boys State Cup this year.  U14 Justus Koelliker, U15 Patrick Rennie, U16 Justus Koelliker, U17 Marco deRuiter and U18 Patrick Rennie.  2 of 8 teams in finals win State Cup.  U14 Justus Koelliker and U16 Justus Koelliker.

 Sparta teams have had a fantastic year at summer tournaments.  Bringing home 30 Championships and Finalists in 6 of these tournaments.  This has been a great year for our teams.  Most importantly Sparta teams either won or were finalists in 14 of 25 flights in the Sparta Cup.