Program Notes for the Week of 4/25/2011:
Player Updates:
From time to time we like to mention noteworthy accomplishments by our team members. This week we would like recognize two players who will be going to the Regional ODP camp this summer. Those players are freshman Emily O'Connor and incoming freshman Sarah Nasr. The Olympic Development Program (ODP) was established in 1977 as a nationwide process dedicated to the identification and training of players for state, regional, and national teams. The United States is divided into 4 regions and youth soccer in this area is part of the Ohio North association which is a part of Region II. This region is comprised of 14 states in the Midwest and encompasses 850,000 soccer players.
Emily O'Connor is a member of the 1995 age group State team for Ohio which consists of 18 players and Sarah Nasr is a member of the 1997 age group State team which consists of 35 players. These State team members are then invited each summer to a Regional ODP camp in DeKalb, Ill. where they train and compete for a spot on the Regional team. So, you can see that it is quite an honor to make the State team and be invited to the Regional camp as only a small pct. of all the girls playing are selected for these teams.
Congrats to Emily & Sarah!!
Shorepals Meeting:
The next Shorepals meeting will be held on Thursday May 12th at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Firehouse at the corner of Lake Rd. & Rt. 83. We will be discussing our preparations for Father's Day along with the Alumni picnic and the Teambuilding outing plus many other activities.
Soccer Site of the Week:
This week we will highlight the site that was part of the College Recruiting presentation last week at ALHS:
http://www.dynamitesports.com/
Once there, they have a recruiting handbook available for purchase and have a newsletter that you can subscribe to also along with some other recruiting tools.
Everyone have a safe and enjoyable Spring Break!!!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
News for the Week of April 18,2011
Program Notes for the Week of 4/18/2011:
Coaching News:
We are pleased to announce that Jessica Roberts has been officially approved and hired as part of the Avon Lake coaching staff for next season. It looks as if she will be the head coach for the Freshman team. Jessica comes to us with an impressive list of credentials. She played her high school soccer at Strongsville High where she played on a State Championship team in 2002 and reached the finals again in 2003 where Strongsville ended up as State Runners-up. Along the way she collected numerous awards for her play in the midfield including being named the first High School All American in Strongsville girls soccer history. During her senior year of 2003, she was also named All-Region, All-State - 1st team, All-Greater Cleveland Player of the Year and also was a 1st team selection, and was the MVP of the old Pioneer Conference. WOW!!!
After graduation, she attended The Ohio State University where she played on the Varsity for two seasons and was named Academic All-Big 10 and received the OSU Scholar Athlete award.
Jessica currently serves as the Intervention Specialist at Troy Intermediate school. We are very excited about the knowledge that Jessica can bring to our program and also the positive role model she will be for the girls.
In other coaching news, Cait Bodzioney will not be returning to the sidelines this Fall as she is moving on to some bigger things in her life. She is recently engaged and will be planning her upcoming wedding. I know the girls enjoyed her presence during the last season and she was part of the first conference championship in program history. Best Wishes to "Bodz"!!!
Recruiting Night:
One last reminder that ALHS is putting on a program entitled "The Student-Athlete and College Recruiting" on Monday April 18th at 7:00 p.m. in the ALHS Performing Arts Center. This is another resource for people to get more information about scholarships and playing sports in college.
Strongsville Showcase:
As a reminder to Junior & Senior to be parents - if your daughter is interested in playing college soccer then you will want to sign them up for the Junior/Senior showcase games during the Strongsville Showcase weekend. An e-mail has been sent out with details on this.
Soccer Site of the Week:
We continue one final week with our soccer recruitment theme. This week's featured site is:
http://collegesocceradvantage.net/
This site features a free newsletter with soccer recruitment tips along with other services.
Coaching News:
We are pleased to announce that Jessica Roberts has been officially approved and hired as part of the Avon Lake coaching staff for next season. It looks as if she will be the head coach for the Freshman team. Jessica comes to us with an impressive list of credentials. She played her high school soccer at Strongsville High where she played on a State Championship team in 2002 and reached the finals again in 2003 where Strongsville ended up as State Runners-up. Along the way she collected numerous awards for her play in the midfield including being named the first High School All American in Strongsville girls soccer history. During her senior year of 2003, she was also named All-Region, All-State - 1st team, All-Greater Cleveland Player of the Year and also was a 1st team selection, and was the MVP of the old Pioneer Conference. WOW!!!
After graduation, she attended The Ohio State University where she played on the Varsity for two seasons and was named Academic All-Big 10 and received the OSU Scholar Athlete award.
Jessica currently serves as the Intervention Specialist at Troy Intermediate school. We are very excited about the knowledge that Jessica can bring to our program and also the positive role model she will be for the girls.
In other coaching news, Cait Bodzioney will not be returning to the sidelines this Fall as she is moving on to some bigger things in her life. She is recently engaged and will be planning her upcoming wedding. I know the girls enjoyed her presence during the last season and she was part of the first conference championship in program history. Best Wishes to "Bodz"!!!
Recruiting Night:
One last reminder that ALHS is putting on a program entitled "The Student-Athlete and College Recruiting" on Monday April 18th at 7:00 p.m. in the ALHS Performing Arts Center. This is another resource for people to get more information about scholarships and playing sports in college.
Strongsville Showcase:
As a reminder to Junior & Senior to be parents - if your daughter is interested in playing college soccer then you will want to sign them up for the Junior/Senior showcase games during the Strongsville Showcase weekend. An e-mail has been sent out with details on this.
Soccer Site of the Week:
We continue one final week with our soccer recruitment theme. This week's featured site is:
http://collegesocceradvantage.net/
This site features a free newsletter with soccer recruitment tips along with other services.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
News for the Week of April 11, 2011
Program Notes for the Week of 4/11/11:
Meeting Updates:
There are some meetings coming up in the next week or so to remind everyone about:
Monday April 11th - Summer calendar meeting at 6:30 p.m. in room 114 at ALHS. General info. will be passed along from the coaches along with signups for various summer events.
Thursday April 14th - Shorepals Meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Firehouse which is located at the corner of Lake Rd. and RT. 83. At the meeting, we will be reviewing our programming for the 2011 season and planning the various fundraisers needed to support those events.
Monday April 18th - ALHS is putting on a seminar entitled "The Student-Athlete and College Recruiting" at 7:00 p.m. in the ALHS Performing Arts Center. This is another resource for people to get more information about scholarships and playing sports in college.
Strongsville Showcase:
As a reminder to Junior & Senior to be parents - if your daughter is interested in playing college soccer then you will want to sign them up for the Junior/Senior showcase games during the Strongsville Showcase weekend. An e-mail has been sent out with details on this.
Soccer Site of the Week:
We will continue on with our college recruiting theme and this week's featured site is:
http://www.ncaa.org/
This is where to get recruiting and eligibility rules for all Division 1,2,& 3 programs. When you enter the website, hit the Eligibility Center tab and follow the directions from there. Be sure to look at or print out the Guide for the College Bound Student Athlete. This summarizes pretty much eveything you need to know about the college recruiting process. Remember that you cannot play Division 1 or Division 2 athletics without being registered with the Eligibility Center, so it is important that you understand what will be required.
Meeting Updates:
There are some meetings coming up in the next week or so to remind everyone about:
Monday April 11th - Summer calendar meeting at 6:30 p.m. in room 114 at ALHS. General info. will be passed along from the coaches along with signups for various summer events.
Thursday April 14th - Shorepals Meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Firehouse which is located at the corner of Lake Rd. and RT. 83. At the meeting, we will be reviewing our programming for the 2011 season and planning the various fundraisers needed to support those events.
Monday April 18th - ALHS is putting on a seminar entitled "The Student-Athlete and College Recruiting" at 7:00 p.m. in the ALHS Performing Arts Center. This is another resource for people to get more information about scholarships and playing sports in college.
Strongsville Showcase:
As a reminder to Junior & Senior to be parents - if your daughter is interested in playing college soccer then you will want to sign them up for the Junior/Senior showcase games during the Strongsville Showcase weekend. An e-mail has been sent out with details on this.
Soccer Site of the Week:
We will continue on with our college recruiting theme and this week's featured site is:
http://www.ncaa.org/
This is where to get recruiting and eligibility rules for all Division 1,2,& 3 programs. When you enter the website, hit the Eligibility Center tab and follow the directions from there. Be sure to look at or print out the Guide for the College Bound Student Athlete. This summarizes pretty much eveything you need to know about the college recruiting process. Remember that you cannot play Division 1 or Division 2 athletics without being registered with the Eligibility Center, so it is important that you understand what will be required.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
News for the Week of April 4, 2011
Program Notes for the Week of 4/4/2011:
Schedule Update:
The 16th game has now been added and it will be against Sylvania Northview on Sat. Oct. 15th. The complete schedule for the Fall will now look as follows:
8/24 - at Berea
8/27 - Avon
8/31 - Westlake
9/7 - at Amherst
9/12 - Valley Forge
9/14 - at Midpark
9/19 - at Hathaway Brown
9/21 - Olmsted Falls
9/24 - Lake Catholic
9/26 - Rocky River
9/28 - at North Olmsted
10/3 - at Strongsville
10/5 - Brecksville (Senior Night)
10/8 - Magnificat
10/10 - Solon
10/15 - at Sylvania Northview
A few comments about the schedule - this schedule will be the most difficult in the history of the program. On this year's schedule we have a State runner-up in Hathaway Brown, a Regional champion in Strongsville, one District champion (Westlake), and 3 District Finalsits (Rocky River, Solon, & Sylvania Northview). Nine of the teams won 11 games or more last season and the total winning percentage of all the teams combined on the schedule is 61% - WOW! It says a lot about how far this program has come that we now have the talent that can compete against a high level of competition.
Shorepal Meeting:
The next meeting for the Shorepals has been scheduled for Thursday April 14th at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Firehouse which is located at the corner of Lake Rd. and RT. 83. At the meeting, we will be reviewing our programming for the 2011 season.
Recruiting Night:
Once again, I would like to remind everyone of the program that ALHS is putting on entitled "The Student-Athlete and College Recruiting" on Monday April 18th at 7:00 p.m. in the ALHS Performing Arts Center. This is another resource for people to get more information about scholarships and playing sports in college.
Soccer Site of the Week:
We will stick with the recruiting theme again this week and the featured site is:
http://www.thesportsource.com/
This site helps to match players to colleges which meet criteria preferred by the player. It features 3 different tools which are called MatchFit, E-Learning Lab, and My Locker Room.
Schedule Update:
The 16th game has now been added and it will be against Sylvania Northview on Sat. Oct. 15th. The complete schedule for the Fall will now look as follows:
8/24 - at Berea
8/27 - Avon
8/31 - Westlake
9/7 - at Amherst
9/12 - Valley Forge
9/14 - at Midpark
9/19 - at Hathaway Brown
9/21 - Olmsted Falls
9/24 - Lake Catholic
9/26 - Rocky River
9/28 - at North Olmsted
10/3 - at Strongsville
10/5 - Brecksville (Senior Night)
10/8 - Magnificat
10/10 - Solon
10/15 - at Sylvania Northview
A few comments about the schedule - this schedule will be the most difficult in the history of the program. On this year's schedule we have a State runner-up in Hathaway Brown, a Regional champion in Strongsville, one District champion (Westlake), and 3 District Finalsits (Rocky River, Solon, & Sylvania Northview). Nine of the teams won 11 games or more last season and the total winning percentage of all the teams combined on the schedule is 61% - WOW! It says a lot about how far this program has come that we now have the talent that can compete against a high level of competition.
Shorepal Meeting:
The next meeting for the Shorepals has been scheduled for Thursday April 14th at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Firehouse which is located at the corner of Lake Rd. and RT. 83. At the meeting, we will be reviewing our programming for the 2011 season.
Recruiting Night:
Once again, I would like to remind everyone of the program that ALHS is putting on entitled "The Student-Athlete and College Recruiting" on Monday April 18th at 7:00 p.m. in the ALHS Performing Arts Center. This is another resource for people to get more information about scholarships and playing sports in college.
Soccer Site of the Week:
We will stick with the recruiting theme again this week and the featured site is:
http://www.thesportsource.com/
This site helps to match players to colleges which meet criteria preferred by the player. It features 3 different tools which are called MatchFit, E-Learning Lab, and My Locker Room.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
News for the Week of March 28, 2011
Program Notes for the Week of 3/28/2011:
Soccer meetings have been held with the players over the past few weeks and I would encourage you to follow up with your daughters on what the coaches communicated at those meetings and what areas were identified for improvement. You want to be able to put your daughter in the best possible position to earn a spot on one of the teams this fall.
Last week everyone should have been e-mailed the college prep guide and we are going to continue along the college recruitment theme over the next few weeks. Once again, I would like to remind everyone of the program that ALHS is putting on entitled "The Student-Athlete and College Recruiting" on Monday April 18th at 7:00 p.m. in the ALHS Performing Arts Center. This is another resource for people to get more information about scholarships and playing sports in college.
I am also going to reprint below the part of our College Prep guide that has to do with College soccer summer camps:
The College soccer camp is a tremendous opportunity for your daughter to display her soccer skills in front of prospective coaches. These camps are a win-win situation for the athlete and the school. Because of severely limited recruiting budgets for women’s soccer, it is nearly impossible for coaches to see a large pool of candidates. This is a major reason why they run summer camps – to bring the recruits to them. Remember also, that they are limited in when they can contact a player and the number of contacts they can have with a player. Generally, college coaches cannot have contact with prospective players until the summer before their Senior year and then the contacts are of a limited number based on NCAA rules.
However, the player can have unlimited contact with coaches at any time starting in their Freshman year as long as they initiate the contact through such methods as filling out the specific sport questionnaire for each college, sending the coach results from their season, informing them of upcoming tournaments they will be playing in, making college visits and by attending summer camps. The advantage to the players is that they get to display their skills to coaches over an 8-12 hour period over the course of 3-5 days plus personal contact. This is much more beneficial than having a coach come to one or two 80 min. games against possibly suspect competition where you are being substituted for frequently. In addition, the girls are hopefully improving their skill set at these camps by playing against higher level competition and learning college level techniques. If you are expecting college coaches to wander into Memorial stadium to see your daughter, this is not realistic. You have to put yourself in front of the college coaches and be very persistent at it. You have to make college coaches want to recruit you, not wait on them to recruit you.
Like everything else in the recruitment process, you need to focus in on the schools where you believe you have a realistic opportunity to play and then attend their summer camp. Now, which colleges run these summer camps? The following is a list of the schools in Ohio which are hosting camps this summer for high school aged players:
Miami Univ. Div. 1
The Ohio State Univ. Div. 1
Univ. of Cincinnati Div. 1
Univ. of Dayton Div. 1
University of Akron Div. 1
Kent State Univ. Div. 1
Youngstown State Div. 1
Ohio Univ. Div. 1
Capital Univ. Div. 3
The College of Wooster Div. 3
Hiram College Div. 3
Ohio Northern Univ. Div. 3
Wittenberg Univ. Div. 3
John Carroll Univ. Div. 3
Cedarville Univ. NAIA
Ursuline College NAIA
In addition, all Big Ten schools have soccer camps along with major schools such as Notre Dame, Marquette, and Pitt. In fact, every major conference D-1 school has a camp and you can access information on any camp through the college’s website.
You need to start making your summer plans now as these camps fill up quickly. Also if you select a camp, be sure to fill out the school’s soccer questionnaire and express your interest in playing at “ABC” college so they are aware of you when you come to camp.
A new development that has sprung up this year at many colleges is something known as the “College ID camp”. These are one day clinics held at the particular college in which the girls receive a day of college level soccer training and the coaches have the opportunity to initiate the recruiting process. Girls that they “ID” would certainly be invited to attend their summer soccer camp and the coaches will keep certain girls on their “watch” list. These ID clinics are held in the Winter/Spring and some colleges have already held theirs. So, if you are interested in a particular college, check their website and be sure to get an early start on this next year.
Soccer Site of the Week:
In keeping with the recruiting theme, this week's featured site is:
http://www.recruitingrealities.com/
This is the site of popular recruiting expert Jack Renkens, who appeared in the Plain Dealer on a regular basis last year. It has tips, links and publications for purchase.
Soccer meetings have been held with the players over the past few weeks and I would encourage you to follow up with your daughters on what the coaches communicated at those meetings and what areas were identified for improvement. You want to be able to put your daughter in the best possible position to earn a spot on one of the teams this fall.
Last week everyone should have been e-mailed the college prep guide and we are going to continue along the college recruitment theme over the next few weeks. Once again, I would like to remind everyone of the program that ALHS is putting on entitled "The Student-Athlete and College Recruiting" on Monday April 18th at 7:00 p.m. in the ALHS Performing Arts Center. This is another resource for people to get more information about scholarships and playing sports in college.
I am also going to reprint below the part of our College Prep guide that has to do with College soccer summer camps:
The College soccer camp is a tremendous opportunity for your daughter to display her soccer skills in front of prospective coaches. These camps are a win-win situation for the athlete and the school. Because of severely limited recruiting budgets for women’s soccer, it is nearly impossible for coaches to see a large pool of candidates. This is a major reason why they run summer camps – to bring the recruits to them. Remember also, that they are limited in when they can contact a player and the number of contacts they can have with a player. Generally, college coaches cannot have contact with prospective players until the summer before their Senior year and then the contacts are of a limited number based on NCAA rules.
However, the player can have unlimited contact with coaches at any time starting in their Freshman year as long as they initiate the contact through such methods as filling out the specific sport questionnaire for each college, sending the coach results from their season, informing them of upcoming tournaments they will be playing in, making college visits and by attending summer camps. The advantage to the players is that they get to display their skills to coaches over an 8-12 hour period over the course of 3-5 days plus personal contact. This is much more beneficial than having a coach come to one or two 80 min. games against possibly suspect competition where you are being substituted for frequently. In addition, the girls are hopefully improving their skill set at these camps by playing against higher level competition and learning college level techniques. If you are expecting college coaches to wander into Memorial stadium to see your daughter, this is not realistic. You have to put yourself in front of the college coaches and be very persistent at it. You have to make college coaches want to recruit you, not wait on them to recruit you.
Like everything else in the recruitment process, you need to focus in on the schools where you believe you have a realistic opportunity to play and then attend their summer camp. Now, which colleges run these summer camps? The following is a list of the schools in Ohio which are hosting camps this summer for high school aged players:
Miami Univ. Div. 1
The Ohio State Univ. Div. 1
Univ. of Cincinnati Div. 1
Univ. of Dayton Div. 1
University of Akron Div. 1
Kent State Univ. Div. 1
Youngstown State Div. 1
Ohio Univ. Div. 1
Capital Univ. Div. 3
The College of Wooster Div. 3
Hiram College Div. 3
Ohio Northern Univ. Div. 3
Wittenberg Univ. Div. 3
John Carroll Univ. Div. 3
Cedarville Univ. NAIA
Ursuline College NAIA
In addition, all Big Ten schools have soccer camps along with major schools such as Notre Dame, Marquette, and Pitt. In fact, every major conference D-1 school has a camp and you can access information on any camp through the college’s website.
You need to start making your summer plans now as these camps fill up quickly. Also if you select a camp, be sure to fill out the school’s soccer questionnaire and express your interest in playing at “ABC” college so they are aware of you when you come to camp.
A new development that has sprung up this year at many colleges is something known as the “College ID camp”. These are one day clinics held at the particular college in which the girls receive a day of college level soccer training and the coaches have the opportunity to initiate the recruiting process. Girls that they “ID” would certainly be invited to attend their summer soccer camp and the coaches will keep certain girls on their “watch” list. These ID clinics are held in the Winter/Spring and some colleges have already held theirs. So, if you are interested in a particular college, check their website and be sure to get an early start on this next year.
Soccer Site of the Week:
In keeping with the recruiting theme, this week's featured site is:
http://www.recruitingrealities.com/
This is the site of popular recruiting expert Jack Renkens, who appeared in the Plain Dealer on a regular basis last year. It has tips, links and publications for purchase.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
News for the Week of March 21, 2011
Program Notes for the Week of 3/21/11:
Shorepal Meeting:
The next meeting for the Shorepals has been scheduled for Thursday April 14th at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Firehouse which is located at the corner of Lake Rd. and RT. 83. At the meeting, we will be reviewing our programming for the 2011 season. The following is a list of the areas where we will need parental help:
1) Concession stand – we need both someone to coordinate the stand during the season and someone to purchase the food items.
2) Father’s Day Tournament – the FD wil be held this year on June 18-19th. We will be working Troy both days and probably Walker on one of the days. We need one or more parents to coordinate the weekend.
Ken & Suzanne Krause have volunteered for this job.
3) Duct Tape Festival – the festival will be held on June 17-19th. We work the 3 days of the festival manning a booth where we sell duct tape and other promotional items. We will need someone to coordinate our volunteers. Paul & Amy Kress have volunteered for this event.
4) Alumni Game & Picnic – we need someone to coordinate this event which is becoming more popular every year. Projected date is July 10th.
5) Teambuilding Weekend – we will need parent drivers and chaperones for the weekend. Projected date is Aug. 6-7th.
6) Team Dinners – we will need a coordinator to schedule the dinners and for general oversight.
7) End of season party – need someone to host this event. We like to end our season on a positive note no matter what our results.
8) Pictures – We will need a volunteer to help us with both our Shoregal Yearbook and a season highlight disk.
9) Shoregal Yearbook – we would like to continue this tradition for its 5th year. This is a very high quality representation of Girls soccer at ALHS. We also sell ads to make it both self-sustaining and a fundraiser. We will need a lead coordinator and team leaders for each grade.
10) Scouting – John Kenny would like to share this task with someone.
11) Stat Keeper – John Kenny will handle this job again and I will need someone to assist also.
We need lots of help to support this soccer program, so please look these jobs over and let me know where you can help out. I can provide more detail on any job that you may be interested in.
Soccer Site of the Week:
We are going to go in a little different direction this week with the subject matter of our highlighted site which is:
http://www.miamisoccer.com/
This is the Miami University Women's soccer website and when you vist this site go to the "Redhawk Parents" tab. There you will find an interesting perspective on the role of parents in their daughter's soccer career. The opinions expressed on the Maimi site are not necessarily my opinion or the opinion of the coaching staff, but it is thought provoking and tries to get parents to put some perspective on their daughters soccer endeavors. In that respect it is worth reading and it gives some insight on how youth soccer is viewed on the collegiate level.
Shorepal Meeting:
The next meeting for the Shorepals has been scheduled for Thursday April 14th at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Firehouse which is located at the corner of Lake Rd. and RT. 83. At the meeting, we will be reviewing our programming for the 2011 season. The following is a list of the areas where we will need parental help:
1) Concession stand – we need both someone to coordinate the stand during the season and someone to purchase the food items.
2) Father’s Day Tournament – the FD wil be held this year on June 18-19th. We will be working Troy both days and probably Walker on one of the days. We need one or more parents to coordinate the weekend.
Ken & Suzanne Krause have volunteered for this job.
3) Duct Tape Festival – the festival will be held on June 17-19th. We work the 3 days of the festival manning a booth where we sell duct tape and other promotional items. We will need someone to coordinate our volunteers. Paul & Amy Kress have volunteered for this event.
4) Alumni Game & Picnic – we need someone to coordinate this event which is becoming more popular every year. Projected date is July 10th.
5) Teambuilding Weekend – we will need parent drivers and chaperones for the weekend. Projected date is Aug. 6-7th.
6) Team Dinners – we will need a coordinator to schedule the dinners and for general oversight.
7) End of season party – need someone to host this event. We like to end our season on a positive note no matter what our results.
8) Pictures – We will need a volunteer to help us with both our Shoregal Yearbook and a season highlight disk.
9) Shoregal Yearbook – we would like to continue this tradition for its 5th year. This is a very high quality representation of Girls soccer at ALHS. We also sell ads to make it both self-sustaining and a fundraiser. We will need a lead coordinator and team leaders for each grade.
10) Scouting – John Kenny would like to share this task with someone.
11) Stat Keeper – John Kenny will handle this job again and I will need someone to assist also.
We need lots of help to support this soccer program, so please look these jobs over and let me know where you can help out. I can provide more detail on any job that you may be interested in.
Soccer Site of the Week:
We are going to go in a little different direction this week with the subject matter of our highlighted site which is:
http://www.miamisoccer.com/
This is the Miami University Women's soccer website and when you vist this site go to the "Redhawk Parents" tab. There you will find an interesting perspective on the role of parents in their daughter's soccer career. The opinions expressed on the Maimi site are not necessarily my opinion or the opinion of the coaching staff, but it is thought provoking and tries to get parents to put some perspective on their daughters soccer endeavors. In that respect it is worth reading and it gives some insight on how youth soccer is viewed on the collegiate level.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
News for the Week of March 14, 2011
Program Notes for the Week of 3/14/11:
Soccer Camp Info.
From time to time I will post info. regarding soccer camps that girls may be interested in attending. The Unviversity of Akron has a player ID coming up as follows:
The Women's Soccer coaching staff will put on a 1 day camp that is open to 8th graders and High School girl soccer players who have an interest in playing collegiate soccer. This is a great way to get advanced training, meet the coaching staff and see the facilities.
The camp will be held March 27, 2011 in the Stiles Athletic Field House from 8:30am to 12Noon. All The University coaching staff will be there to run the camp. The Cost is $45. To sign up and see more information go to http://www.ladyzipssoccer.com/
MLS season begins:
The MLS season opens up on Tuesday March 15th with a 9:30 p.m. game which pits the Los Angeles Galaxy vs. the Seattle Sounders. The Galaxy feature Landon Donovan and David Beckham. Seattle has probably the best crowd atmosphere in the MLS and features Steve Zakuani who is a former University of Akron player. Should be a great game to kick off the season.
Soccer Site of the Week:
Well, you knew it would only be a matter of time....
This week's featured site is:
http://www.kikosoccer.com/
Of course, this is Kiko Lopez' dribbling school site. There you will find pretty much what you would expect including a bio of Kiko with some stuff that you probably didn't know about him.
Lastly, A Happy St. Patrick's Day to all!!!!
Soccer Camp Info.
From time to time I will post info. regarding soccer camps that girls may be interested in attending. The Unviversity of Akron has a player ID coming up as follows:
The Women's Soccer coaching staff will put on a 1 day camp that is open to 8th graders and High School girl soccer players who have an interest in playing collegiate soccer. This is a great way to get advanced training, meet the coaching staff and see the facilities.
The camp will be held March 27, 2011 in the Stiles Athletic Field House from 8:30am to 12Noon. All The University coaching staff will be there to run the camp. The Cost is $45. To sign up and see more information go to http://www.ladyzipssoccer.com/
MLS season begins:
The MLS season opens up on Tuesday March 15th with a 9:30 p.m. game which pits the Los Angeles Galaxy vs. the Seattle Sounders. The Galaxy feature Landon Donovan and David Beckham. Seattle has probably the best crowd atmosphere in the MLS and features Steve Zakuani who is a former University of Akron player. Should be a great game to kick off the season.
Soccer Site of the Week:
Well, you knew it would only be a matter of time....
This week's featured site is:
http://www.kikosoccer.com/
Of course, this is Kiko Lopez' dribbling school site. There you will find pretty much what you would expect including a bio of Kiko with some stuff that you probably didn't know about him.
Lastly, A Happy St. Patrick's Day to all!!!!
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