By Paul Giovanopoulos Are our kids playing enough pickup ball? There have been countless articles written about this. While we all agree that this is nothappening enough, many of us just sit back and hope it starts to happen somehow on its own. We hope that somehow they start playing at the schoolyard at recess, […]
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What They're Saying
“The club does have insurance which may cover a portion of the theft and the former treasurer has offered to make restitution. While this means we are struggling financially we will work throughthis and the club is planning to put on summer soccer camps and fall soccer program for the kids.” — Tim Bressler, president […]
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You know you're watching beginners soccer when …
By Donna Olmstead You know you’re watching beginners soccer when … * You can’t tell if the players actually have knees. * Two playersstop to chat in the middle of the game. * One player keeps wandering toward his mom on the sidelines. * A lot of the siblings are still in strollers. *Parents yell […]
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Police probe cyber bulling link to suicide of soccer star
[AROUND THE NET] A Long Island youth star headed to college on a soccer scholarship committed suicide, prompting police to investigate dozens of offensivecomments posted on social networking sites directed at the girl before and after her death. Alexis Pilkington starred for West Islip High School insoccer and lacrosse and was headed to Division II […]
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Sting girls go perfect in regular season
[ECNL] The Dallas Sting clinched the first-year ECNL’s U-15 Challenge A regular-season title with a 9-0-0 record. With one weekend of play to go,the Sting is the only team to secure its place at the top of the standings. The only other team that is unbeaten and untied is Mustang Soccer at 6-0-0 in the […]
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National showcase all-event teams
[ECNL] Mustang Soccer led all teams with four players selected on the All-Event team consisting of 11 players in each of the U-15, U-16 and U-17 age groupspicked at the conclusion of the recent ECNL national showcase, held in conjunction with the Las Vegas Showcase. For all the selections … The selections were based upon […]
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GSA and So Cal Blues book return trips
[NATIONAL LEAGUE] The U-17 boys GSA Phoenix Red and U-17 girls So Cal Blues won their respective groups in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League and will makereturn trips to the 2010 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships July 20-25 in Overland Park, Kan. 2010 U.S. Youth Soccer National LeagueUnder-15 Boys: 1. Albion White, 2. Lemont […]
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USA settles for third despite 38-0 goal margin
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA defeated host Costa Rica, 6-0, to finish the 2010 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship with a goaldifference of 38-0, but that earned the Americans no better than third place. The USA, which allowed only seven shots on goal in five games, failed to qualify for the 2010 U-17Women’s World Cup […]
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Stealing from children — and how to prevent it
By Mike Woitalla A youth soccer league’s fees are raised, piquing the curiosity of a parent, who decides to investigate. She researches refereeing and field rentalfees, and finds significant gaps between what was charged and what was paid for those services. Subsequently, the league treasurer resigns amid accusations of financial wrongdoing. Butit’s too late for […]
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Rick Davis resigns as national executive director
[AYSO] Rick Davis, the former U.S. national team star, has announced his resignation as national executive director ofAmerican Youth Soccer Organization, effective May 11. Davis, who was one of the first young American players signed by the New York Cosmos during their heyday, was the Director ofPrograms when he was named acting national executive director […]