Resolution congratulating Florida Premier U16 national champions

41:43Okay, so we are on to the um agenda.

41:49And I have some quills here. I no I brought a quasi-judicial.

41:55Okay. We will go on to our resolution so then we will do.

42:01Go ahead.

42:02Resolution number 25299. Gentlemen, if you would please stand for the Premier League, if you would come and join up at the podium. And let me, before I go any further, apologize for any mispronunciation of names in the next few minutes. Okay. A resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County Florida congratulating the 2009 Florida Premier FC Boys team on winning a national championship. Whereas

42:33the West Pasco Soccer Association was formed in 1979 as a neighborhood soccer program and since then has grown into Florida Premier, a national powerhouse recognized as one of the top youth clubs in the country. And whereas in 2020, Florida Premier was accepted into the Elite Club's National League, EC.

42:58The top youth soccer league in the United States with over 165 clubs that compete throughout the season for one of 64 playoff spots. And whereas, after qualifying for playoffs held in Seattle, Washington, Florida Premier was able to win and advance to the Suite 16, where they faced uh past national champion, San Diego Surve, eventually advancing to the Elite Eight. And whereas, after a 10-month grueling

43:28season, the 2009 Florida Premier Boys traveled to Richmond, Virginia and started out with a tough match against Solar, winning 4-2. In the Final Four, Florida Premier faced North Carolina FC and came out with a 2-0 win to secure their spot in the first ever national championship game for the club. And whereas in the final, Florida Premier FC Boys faced Predators from Southern California and dominated the game

43:58with a 3-0 win, making them the 2025 U-16 ECNL national champions. And whereas the 2009 Florida Premier Boys roster is comprised of players Ibrahim Abdel Salam, Sebastian Aguilera, David Baugh, Daniel Barros, Taylor Bennett, Arturo Cron Nabo, Bobo Day, Drew Delaney, Tomas Garcia, Gabriel

44:29Gautier, Alton Morati, William Scheipe, Solomon Nakitia, Evan Serrano, Zachary Singer, Dylan Starkey, Futios Vasakas, Uh Khalil Simon. Sayani Albardo, Paul Queen, Abel, Carcel. Brian Cruz Hernandez and Enzio Martino. And whereas the 2009 Florida Premier FC

45:00ECNL Boys team is staffed by Eddie. Hab a bow, As the uh head coach, Andre and uh Arango as the assistant coach, Novi Marsik. M Markick, I'm sorry, as Chief Executive Officer, Nathan Bender as the Director of Soccer, Denise Stoffer as Director of Operations, and Billy Bennett as the team admin. And whereas this marks the first time in Florida history

45:30that any Boys or Girls Elite Club's National League team has won the national championship, as well as the first. National Championship in Florida Premier History. Now therefore be resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, the said board hereby congratulates the 2009 Florida Premier FC Boys team on winning the U 16 ECNL National Championship. Done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present voting this fifth

46:00day of August 2025.

46:03Move approval.

46:04Second. All in

46:04favor?

46:05Aye.

46:23Do you want to say a few words? You want you wanna say any words to the team? Yeah, we'll start

46:29there and go that way. Great job, guys. I mean How'd you do it? Lots

46:37of hard work.

46:37I'm sure you did a lot of work, a lot of exercise and a lot of joy in winning games. Uh what was your record? Did you win every game you had the entire year? I know you've won a lot of 'em. Come

46:51on up to the podium. You can come up to the podium.

46:53Who's the speaker?

46:54Who's the

46:54speaker? Novi and Novi

46:59There you go. He's coming forward.

47:03All right, good morning guys. Uh first of all, guys, I would like to thank our amazing county commissioners who've been supporting youth sports in Pasco County all these years. Uh also our Parks and Rec department, Keith Wiley, Brian Taylor. Without them, guys, we do not have facilities to plan on. So they played a huge part uh in this national champion. Championship, Florida Sports Coast, Adam Thomas, Consuelo Sanchez, amazing partners.

47:33I always say you need a great team to win and great teamwork, and without all of you guys' support, none of this is possible. Looking back five years ago. I mean, we never dreamt of being here, but like we tell the boys, and this is a message to you guys, guys, with a lot of hard work and persistence, everything in life is possible, and don't let anyone tell you it's not possible. To me, what I'm most proud of that

48:03the first ever championship in Florida is coming back to Pasco County, not Miami, not Orlando. So we're super proud. I always say we're Pasco proud and it's gonna continue. This is just the beginning. And super proud of the boys and again thanks to all you guys and Go

48:28Thank you.

48:30Thank you for everyone. Thank you for all your hard work. Uh thank Commissioner Starkey said it the best one day on a on a chat I saw We need more fills. And we do, and we've been working to have more and and Keith and his team are doing a great job, but this board's supporting more and more fills coming into Pasco to to make it where everybody can play a sport here in Pasco. All right.

48:57Thank you. Yeah. It was The phone started ringing, getting text, pictures started coming in real time, at least to my phone, as y'all are winning. Watching Watching you guys however you did those slides it didn't blow an ACL or an MCL and you guys You guys clinch victory was was pretty awesome pretty awesome to watch. And you know, the the history of your program of Florida Premier with Novi and Bosho now second generation taking the helm.

49:27in in growing the program in the league to what it is today and the dedication of not just you all but your parents. Thank your parents, without your parents, you all wouldn't be able to have these opportunities to play and feel what it's like to have such a victory. and to to to know what it's like to bring such a trophy back to your home county and what you represent. You're our future, you represent not just your sport, but all the youth in youth sport and here in Pasco County and you represent this board and

49:58the legacy that we have here on this Florida Sports Coast. So it was pretty awesome to see Sports Coast name, Florida Sports Coast on your jerseys and uh just couldn't be more proud and happy for you all and your families and I tell you what a great way to kick off a new school year. So congrats guys. Commissioner Yeager.

50:21Well congratulations and Hard work pays off, boys. Um, you guys all are a special group of boys. You you are truly you're athletic, um, you have probably bonded over this experience, right? Like you guys can't get any closer as a team and and friendships. and um just your athleticism and this is gonna stay with you forever, right? And I just wanna share with you a quick story. My son's team at 8U, they

50:51won the International World Series, right, at 8U. Well that group of boys, almost every single one of them is playing sports in college. So You guys keep working hard and keep pushing, keep practicing, keep challenging yourself to do better. Set goals, and I bet you almost all of you will play sports in college. So congratulations, and I think it's Pasco Proud is perfectly said. So congratulations guys. Great job.

51:25Commission Mariano.

51:26Yeah, congratulations guys. What a what a phenomenal accomplishment. Um and I think Commissioner Yeager hit says it just right. You guys are gonna be friends forever now. You're gonna have something common that was a just a great achievement. Um And It it's gonna lead to great things in the future. The more you succeed, whether it's school, uh sports, it all ties in to to make a better life of yourself. And as one of them one of our representatives, Representative Steele, he likes to say, and I heard him say this publicly once, it was really good. The harder you work now, the easier life gets as

51:56you go on in in life. And I think what you're gonna do is you're gonna be able to reap these benefits to know what it's like to win, how important it is, what a great feeling and that's like the last game must have been something else. Going up one nothing, then two, then three, knowing you're pretty well were locked in. Gotta be a just a awesome feeling you could treasure as you go through that thing instead of a last second victory just like being able to cherish the moment, the travel, the dream all the way through. So congratulations with it and Novi. Thank you for what you're doing, these young men. You are leading uh leaders in the future. Um

52:27I'm a big believer in sports. The less the more sports you play the less trouble you get otherwise, right? And just the the li life lessons you are teaching these young men and all your all your teams, thank you so much for what you do. You make Pasco a great place, a premier place. So congratulations.

52:43So uh We're gonna have to have a discussion because I didn't get any live update texts. I'm probably the only licensed U eight software sitting up here. Um But um to to my fellow commissioners' point, um, you know, hard work pays off. My daughter Uh Lindsay went to River Ridge and was fifth ranked in the state and ended up playing soccer at the Air Force Academy. She could have played either at the

53:13Naval Academy or the Air Force Academy. She went and played soccer at the Air Force Academy and her now husband was also uh playing soccer at the Air Force Academy. And he was on the U eighteen national team, so Um soccer's very much ingrained in our family as many other sports, but certainly we have a love for soccer and I'm I'm just so proud of you guys and and the organization and it's just first class and um we're just I don't know, I can't even say it. We're just so proud of you and I put

53:43a little note here. You need to have a float in the upcoming parade. So that's something you're that that your your league needs to think about is decorating a float and making sure that you have a banner and all these boys are on it down Newport Ritchie, right? Right? The uh Chasco. Okay, so um board members you wanna stay up here or you wanna go down? Yeah. Come on down. We're gonna take a photo. And I have something for all the guys. These are

54:11called challenge

54:12points

54:12and they're really lovely things.

54:45Yeah.

54:52I saw this course on now, but I didn't know.

55:18I don't think.

55:22They are not independent.

55:23Okay, what about the?

55:45Is that the

55:48How can I go? Sure. gonna go

55:50into uh yeah no no no. Uh Disho Plot House or Spider Pop Spider Club.

55:58All right. We're gonna take a picture with the players and then the pairs can come up after them.

56:04Can you do this off? Alright, well you can. Trying, yes. I think I can.

56:13Alright, everyone look at me.

56:24Now our parents

56:25one more paper. Thank you. Uh huh.

56:35Okay. Jeff is here. Anyone else that wants to come out and try to pair some pictures?

56:41They'll send you pictures. One more pictures.

56:45Any other pairs?

56:47I'm sorry, my picture didn't go through.

56:48Oh no.

56:51Sorry.

56:55Wait,

57:25To change the one.

57:58Oh, thank you. Good

58:00seeing you.