Park City Soccer Club team goes to Barcelona, gets promoted

BARCELONA, Spain — With a home 5-0 victory on May 17 over Aggies FC, Park City Soccer Club‘s (PCSC) Girls, 15 year olds, Red team clinched the Utah Youth Soccer Association’s Premier 2 title, earning a promotion to Premier 1 Division for next year.

Coached by Anthony DiCicco, this team has had an incredible run since their Club season began at the conclusion of Fall high school girls’ play. In November the girls finished as Champions in the Phoenix Rush Tournament. 

They then participated in a training trip to the TOVO Academy in Spain, and finished their spring season 6-2-0.

“The core of this resilient team has played together for years and are well deserving of this latest accomplishment.” PCSC Executive Director Shelley Gillwald told TownLift. 

This is the first time in recent memory that a PCSC has had a P1 team.

Wendy Rodriguez and Mallory Carter were two of the athletes who are on the team and made the trip to Spain. It was both of their’s first time to travel to Europe. They have been with the club for approximately a decade. 

“It was really cool, the architecture, the food, the people, it was all so different and so awesome,” Rodriguez told TownLift. “The whole experience of learning about different cultures was great.” Carter added. “And getting the opportunity to go there to play soccer made it like ten times more special.” 

They then gave advice to their athlete counterparts saying that if they ever are presented with the chance to travel away from your home country with a bunch of your best friends, “Take it.”