National Soccer Coaches Association of America

Teresa Noyola (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Corben Bone (Plano, Texas) have been named the NSCAA/adidas Youth National Players of the Year for 2006.

Both members of the U.S. National Team for their respective age groups, they will receive their honors at the NSCAA/adidas All-America Luncheon, to be held Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention in Indianapolis.

2006 NSCAA/adidas Youth National Players of the Year

Teresa Noyola, Palo Alto, Calif.
A member of the MVLA Mercury, Noyola has led her side to three consecutive USYS Cal North titles, the last two as captain of the team. She has competed overseas as part of the U.S. Women’s U-16 and U-17 National Teams and has been in the national team pool beginning with the U-14 squad. She is a two-time NSCAA/adidas Youth All-America. In addition, she earned first-team honors from the San Jose Mercury News while competing for Pal Alto High School, where was named Best Sophomore Player of the Santa Clara Valley League and earned first-team honors.

Corben Bone, Plano, Texas
A member of the U.S. Men’s U-18 and U-20 National Teams, Bone is a veteran of international play in Portugal and Mexico. As co-captain of his Solar Soccer Club team since 2001, he won a number of championships, including the 2006 Dallas Cup, four State Cup titles, three US Youth Soccer Region III crowns and appearances in the last three US Youth Soccer National finals. School Sports Magazine named him the top player in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for 2006.