NELSA

Greetings Coaches and Parents.  The spring season will start on Saturday, February 14th.

Schedules are in the process of being prepared right now.  They will be available around a week prior to the start of the season.

New spring players are being assigned to teams by the League Reps.  Coaches should be contacted by their League Reps this week with the names of the new players, if any.

Players from the fall do not need to register for the spring season.  The are still on the same team as in the fall.  Coaches from the fall remain the same.  Teams can start practicing at any time.  Uniforms will remain the same.

Dr. Bret Sanders (coach of NELSA Force – U12 Girls Premier team) and Bruce Deaton (assistant coach/trainer of NELSA Extreme – U17 Girls Division 1 team) recently completed and successfully obtained their United States Soccer Federation (USSF) National Youth Licenses.

The National Youth License focuses upon the nature of children and the adjustments adults must make to coach them. The course curriculum covers the ages of 4-12 year olds. Each day of the course, the focus is upon one of the traditional soccer age groups of U-6, U-8, U-10 or U-12. The course combines both classroom (theory) and field (practical) sessions and concludes with written, oral and practical examinations.

Congratulations Bret and Bruce!

Congratulations to Lauren Africa, Cecilia Acosta, Morgan McCoy, Maya Turner, Lauren Barkimer, Hannah Wied, Brooke Breard, Spencer Perkins, Kurt Barkimer, Seth Whiteman and Jarrett Albritton for making the 2009 Olympic Development Program pool teams.  Lauren and Cecilia made the 92 Girls pool team, Morgan made the 95 Girls pool team, Maya made the 96 Girls pool team, Lauren, Hannah and Brooke made the 97 Girls pool team, Spencer and Kurt made the 95 Boys pool team and Seth and Jarrett made the 92 Boys pool team.  Way to go kids! We are proud of you all!

NELSA will continue to update this post as it is made aware of players who made their ODP teams.