June Newsletter 2026
Don’t forget to get registered for the Rec or Juniors program!
ou still have time to get your players registered for our Juniors or Recreational program! The World Cup can inspire so many young players to get on the pitch.
Registration for Rec will close on July 17th, make sure you get your spot!
These are great programs for those that are just starting their soccer journey, and it is nothing short of fun. Sign up for the fall season now!
Rec All Stars
We hosted our first Rec All Stars event which aimed to highlight our recreational players, and it was a hit! Around 90 players came and played a friendly against their peers and were given awards for all their hard work during the rec season. It was amazing to see the rec community show up for their teams and we hope everyone had as much fun as we did!
If you got a little bit of FOMO, why not sign up for our rec program?
Click here to check out the video recap of Rec All Stars!
Tryouts have wrapped up
All tryouts have concluded, and oh man, we were impressed with all the people that showed up and showed out! Special shoutout to all the admin, volunteers, coaches, and our DOCs who spent most of their time on the fields.
We can’t wait to see what the fall season has in store for all the new and old Kings Hammer teams.
Check out week one and two’s video recaps: Week 1 & Week 2
If you missed all of tryouts and are still interested in joining the Kings Hammer Family, reach out to us at info@kingshammer.com
World Cup Watch Party
We brought the World Cup to the Fountains for the USA vs Paraguay game! There were around 300 people that came to watch, and we also had a few raffle winners.
Special thanks to everyone who came out and brought the energy throughout the game!
Nothing beats bringing the community together to watch team USA play and win!
GA Aspire teams in California!
As the season comes to a close, we want to congratulate all of our GA Aspire teams on an incredible first season in the league! Representing Kings Hammer on the national stage was a tremendous accomplishment, and we are proud of everything these players and coaches achieved throughout this inaugural GA Aspire season. Congratulations to the ‘07/08s, ‘09s, and ‘10s for such an impressive season!
Before heading to California for the National Playoffs, we caught up with Izzy, Emmie, and Sophia from our ’07/08, ’09, and ’10 GA Aspire teams to hear what they were most looking forward to accomplishing on the national stage.
Click here to see what they have to say!
Elite players, get ready!
New and old elite players get ready for preseason training coming up July 28th – 30th .
During training you will focus on advanced technical execution, tactical awareness, speed of play, and decision-making under pressure, so you are prepared for the fall season ahead.
Click here to get signed up now so you can get prepped for the amazing season in store!
Summer Camps
It has been a blast this month hosting so many fun camps! We are so sad to see that camps are coming to an end, but we hope the campers had just as much fun as we did. Check out camps recap here:
All we do is win, win, win, no matter what!
Nothing is better than a month full of wins. Here are all the wins the club has seen so far:
After becoming finalists in the Presidents Cup regional final our 07/08 Elite girls team earned a bid to Nationals in Kansas! Congratulations ladies!
Spring 2026 All-Tournament Team player recognitions:
GC Division:
- Dereck Alonso, 14U KHA
NCS Division:
- Noelle Seybold, 16U KH Elite team
- Grace Kuhlmann, 16U KH Elite team
PCUP Division:
- Jason Mehany, 14U KHA Aris
- Lucy Loiler, 15U KHA Aris team
- Shelbi Crayton, 17U KH Elite
- Emily Martinz, 19U KH Elite
- Cali Banks, 19U KH Elite team
So many teams and players represented Kings Hammer, congratulations to the teams and players who were recognized!
Elite Boys Summer Play Days
Summer = time to chill and hang with your teammates!
Over 80 of our U13-19 Elite boys came out for a Play Day! We love to see teams come together for a fun day.
It’s the perfect time to bring everyone together this summer, so be sure to keep on playing throughout the summer so that you are prepared for the fall season!
From The National Technical Desk: When the Moment Gets Loud
Monday night I watched something happen that I want every one of you to understand, because it is not really about soccer. It is about pressure, and what pressure reveals.
Germany and Paraguay went to penalties in the round of 32. You know the setup. Sudden death, lights, a packed stadium, German fans loud behind the goal, the whole weight of the tournament sitting on one ball and one moment. Paraguay was the underdog. Ranked 34th in the world, walking into a shootout against a four-time World Cup champion that had won six straight shootouts in major tournaments. By every measure, the moment belonged to Germany.
And then the moment got too big for them.
Watch the last two German kicks if you have not already. You can see it before the ball is even struck. The walk to the spot gets quicker. The setup gets shorter. There is no breath, no pause, just get it over with. One shot sailed over the bar. That is not a technical failure. That is a player whose mind got there before his body did. Pressure does that. It speeds everything up when what you actually need is to slow everything down.
Then Paraguay’s José Canale stepped up for sudden death. A guy who had not even started the previous two matches. No reputation riding on this kick, nothing earned yet, nothing to fall back on except himself in that moment. And he did the opposite of what we had just watched. He took his time. Big breath. Set the ball exactly where he wanted it. And buried it, ice cold, with an entire stadium of German fans screaming behind that goal.
That is the difference. Not talent. Not even experience, since this kid barely had any at this level. The difference was what each player did with the half-second before contact. One group let the moment speed them up. One young man slowed the moment down.
Why this matters for development, not just performance
I want to connect this to something I believe deeply about why youth soccer, played the right way, builds people for the long run. This game puts you in pressure spots over and over, in front of people, with a result attached, starting when you are eight or nine years old. A missed penalty in a U10 game does not end a career. But it teaches a nervous system how to handle a moment when something is on the line. It teaches a kid what it feels like to fail in public and walk back to the line anyway. By the time that same kid is grown and standing over a penalty with the world watching, or sitting across a table negotiating a job, or making a decision under real pressure in any field, the body already knows what to do with that feeling. It has practiced it a hundred times in cleats on a Saturday morning.
That is the long-term gift of this sport. We are not just building better players. We are building people who have learned, early and often, how to breathe through pressure instead of being run over by it.
What it means to be Kings Hammer
This connects directly to Relentless Action. Relentless Action is not just sprinting back on defense or winning second balls. It is staying present when the moment gets loud. It is the discipline to slow yourself down when everything around you is speeding up. Canale did not out-talent Germany last night. He out-composed them. That is a skill. It is trainable. And it is exactly the kind of decision-making and mental toughness we are building into every player who comes through our program.
So here is what I want you to take from this. Pressure is not your enemy. It is the thing that will eventually tell you who you are. The work we do here, every training session, every tough rep, every moment we ask you to perform when it is uncomfortable, is preparing your mind for the night when the ball is on the spot and everyone is watching. When that moment comes for you, I want you to be the person taking the deep breath. Not the person rushing to get it over with.
Bring the Relentless Action.
– Bronson Gambale, KH National Technical Director
GK Union Save of the Month
May closed out with some great saves as Allie and Rowan from KH Cincinnati kept the opponent out of the net with two brilliant stops!
Did you make an incredible save or a game-saving block? We want to see them! Post your best saves in the Kings Hammer GK Union Facebook group. Be sure to share throughout the upcoming season and YOU could be selected for our Kings Hammer Save of the Month! GK Save of the Month winners will be announced the Friday of the first full week of the following month.
Monthly winners will be posted on the Kings Hammer social pages and on the GK Union page.
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