NELSA

A big thank you goes out to all of those players who attended the NFC U9/U10 Academy evaluations and the U11-U13 LCSL team tryouts. And thank you to those parents who took their time to get these players to the complex!

The Louisiana Soccer Association mandates when their clubs can release invitations to its players. The earliest any club can release its team rosters for U11-U13 teams is May 30th. NELSA will release their team selections as soon as possible after that date. All team selections will be posted to this website as soon as they are decided upon. Players selected will be named by their number specified on their shirt given at tryouts.

Parents,

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NELSA

Congratulations to the U12G NELSA Flame team for competing hard and making it as C4 Finalists in the All-State Sugar Bowl Cup. Kudos to the players, coaches and parents!

U12G NFC Flame

PLEASE NOTE THAT PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!

Click on the below link for dates and required information for anyone interested in being evaluated for the NELSA Futbol Club Academy teams or trying out for a LCSL (Competitive) team. Academy teams are restricted to the U9-U10 age groups while LCSL is for anyone aged U11 and older. You must attend the sessions for your current age group.

Academy and LCSL

Below please find the links for both the Academy evaluations and the LCSL tryouts. Click on the appropriate link for your child. There is a $10 fee associated with both. This fee includes a t-shirt that will be handed out at their first session attended and must be worn each time the player attends a session listed on the above flyer.

Academy Evaluation Registration

LCSL Team Tryout Registration

NELSA would like to thank everyone involved for making this past weekend’s tournament such a success! Without the help of coaches, players, parents and NELSA staff this event could not have been done!

Congratulations to the following teams for 1st place finishes for NELSA’s 2013 Centurylink Springfest:

NELSA Ninjas U11-U12G REC Springfest Champions

Shreveport United Nitro U11-U12G Comp Springfest Champions

Please email me if you would like to sign up for developmental again. It was a great experience in the all and we would like to have many more registrations for the spring! We are opening the program to U8, U9, and U10 boys and girls. This season the program will be on Sundays. It will begin Sunday February 24,2013 and run for 6 weeks. U8 will be at 2:00, U9 will be at 3:00 and U10 at 4:00. Please email me at krista.faubert@nelsa.org for more info or to sign up! Thanks!!!

Congratulations to the St Frederick Warriors girls team and the Lee Tigers boys team for taking home 1st place wins for their schools this past weekend after defeating the girls Lee Tigers and boys Ouachita Lions teams in the finals.

NELSA would like to thank the schools, players and parents for supporting their tournament this year!

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Please find the revised link below for the tournament schedule for this Saturday’s Jr High Tournament. Please note that the field numbers correlate to NELSA’s Orange 1, Orange 2 and Orange 3 fields.

Revised Nelsa Jr High Tournament Schedule

Additionally, please review the Tournament Information form for additional information regarding this tournament.

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Several of NELSA’s competitive teams took on Mother Nature and won this weekend in the Crossroads Sweep the Swamp Tournament in Alexandria. Even though Sunday’s games were rained out, tournament winners and finalists were determined from Saturday’s game play. Finishing in first place were the U14B NFC Legacy team, as well as, the U15G NFC Warning team. The U14B NFC Legacy won both games Saturday, allowing no goals to be scored on them. The U15G NFC Warning, competing in the U16G bracket, went undefeated Saturday to win first place thanks to best goal differential.

Congratulations to these great teams!

U15G NFC Warning U16G Champions

The U11B NFC Force ’02 team brought home some bling in Shreveport placing as a Finalist in the Cabosa Cup. Tied at 2-2 at the end of regulation time and no goals scored in double overtime this hard-working team fell in the finals to the Shreveport United team 3-2 after PK’s. NELSA is very proud of these boys and their accomplishment at their first tournament!

Team Members are: Ely McPherson, Will Ellender, William Read, Allen Smith, Jamal Davis, Connor Day, Ethan Lancaster, Sterling Turner, Harrison Rhymes, Luke Stagg, Elliott Brunini, Andrew Judd, Jadon Roy, Patrick Garrett, Alex Sanchez and Grant Davis

Team pictured from left to right – back row: Coach Jonathan Walsh, Brockman Brunini, Victor Ayala, Jake Christiansen, Noah Santiago, Harrison Travis, Auger Little, Corbin Caldwell, Brennan White. left to right – front row: Jack Wier, Gage Carlson, Cole Landry, Vaughn Parent, Lincoln Sanders, and Garrett May.

The NFC Legacy U14B team won the Lafayette Cajun Cup Tournament this past weekend with 4 straight wins and only allowed 3 goals all weekend! Way to go boys!

Congratulations to our U18G NFC Storm for winning the 2012 Cabosa Cup in Shreveport this past weekend. Great job ladies! Pictured above are:

Front Row (Left to Right)……Megan North, Annalee Heckford, Mallory Moore, Danielle Deel, Adriane Meggs, Kaylan Perkins, and Brianna Castaldi
Back Row (Left to Right)…..Amber Danna, Abby Anyan, Alyssa Stephany, Avery Newsom, Audrey Nolan, Anna Christiansen, Alex Dixson, Maya Turner, Courtney Phillips, Allie Lee, and Ashley Day
Not Pictured are Arielle Dison, Samantha Thurman, and Sarah Aydelott

Head Coach: Joey Meggs

The complex is closed until further notice!

The NELSA complex is open for games.