Soccer Nation’s Q&A with FC Heat Elite’s Steve Yorke

Steve Yorke, FC Heat Elite’s Director of Coaching and Director of Communications, is keen on providing opportunities. Whether it be on the field for aspiring young soccer players, or off the pitch through programs that help grow the sport locally, Yorke is eager to help and inspire. In an exclusive interview with SoccerNation.com’s Cesar Hernandez, […]
U.S. Women’s National Team to play China PR in Glendale, Arizona on December 13

The U.S. Women’s National Team will face China PR on Dec. 13 in Glendale, Ariz., as the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup champions will play their second-to-last match of the Victory Tour at University of Phoenix Stadium. Kickoff is 5 p.m. MT and the match will be shown on ESPN2 and WatchESPN. The event will […]
There and Back Again: Escondido FC Heat Edition

A few months ago we brought you word that a team of boys from FC Heat were planning a trip to the “soccer city” of Dalian, China. At the time there were a variety of obstacles that these young men needed to overcome in order to make this dream a reality. Fast forward three months, throw […]
Top 5 soccer games in Rose Bowl history

Saturday’s CONCACAF Cup showdown between the U.S. and Mexico at the Rose Bowl is the soccer game of the year in Southern California, and represents an opportunity for another iconic moment in the history of soccer in the region. We won’t know if it will be one of the best ever games until it’s played, […]
FC Heat Team News and Club Updates from September

Competitive League Season We are currently about five weeks into our competitive league season with many Heat teams sitting in the top 3 positions in their division. This is something that we work very hard towards every season, where games are played every weekend at home and away against many teams we have not yet […]
USWNT beats China and advances to semifinal

The United States played against China in the quarterfinal of the 2015 Women’s World Cup this Friday and beat them 1-0 with a goal from midfielder Carli Lloyd, who was voted Player of the Match. The goal came in the second half, but the U.S. was clearly the better team throughout the match. After a […]
WWC2015: U.S. vs China Preview of the quarterfinal

The USWNT is a few hours away from taking on China for the quarterfinals, after they beat Colombia by 2-0, and China beat Cameroon by 1-0. China is a team with a very similar style as the United States. They are very organized and played really well defensively. However, Chinese players are much younger with an […]
Who is going to replace Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Holiday?

The next match for the U.S. against China on Friday will be a very interesting one filled of tough decisions to make for coach Jill Ellis. Californian native and midfielder Megan Rapinoe and also midfielder Lauren Holiday received their second yellow cards of the tournament last game against Colombia and will be out of this […]
FC Heat Trip To China

The story of how a youth soccer team from Escondido, California was granted an opportunity to travel to China to play soccer against Chinese youth soccer players began some time ago. Brazilian coach Roger Romin de Moura along with Steve Yorke, were coaching an Escondido Heat FC team containing 2 kids of Chinese descent, and […]