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Coach's Corner by Aleks Mihailovic |
The rule is: You have numbers up when defending, numbers down in the attack and numbers up or even in midfield. If you are playing out of a 4-4-2 system, you would line up with 4 back players against 2 attacking players, 4v.4 in midfield, and 2v.4 upfront. Read More. | |
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Take The USASA Survey And Enter To Win Prizes! |
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Deadline is fast approaching! That's right, you have until August 16th to take the USASA Soccer Survey and the chance to win prizes including a soccer ball, U.S. Soccer scarves, jerseys and hats. Data collected will be used to help generate discussion points at USASA's Strategic Planning Summit this fall.
Thank you in advance for providing us with your feedback. We look forward to hearing from you!
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| Coed Cup Early Bird Registration Deadline To End Soon |
 Early Bird registration deadline for the National Coed Cup ends August 15th. This is your chance to participate in the only national tournament available to coed teams in the country!
The 2009 Coed Cup is set to kick off at Russell Creek Park on October 23-25, 2009 in Dallas, Texas. There will be an Open (no age restriction), Over 30, and, if there is enough interest, an Over 40 competition.
Why should your team go to this event?
·To participate in the only national competition for USASA affiliated coed teams
·Low entry fee if you sign up early ($350 - a bargain)
·Three games minimum
·To play against different teams (in league play and local events you play the same teams over and over again)
·To see how well you stand up to the competition in other coed leagues
·To visit a new place and get away for just one weekend (airfare to Dallas is inexpensive)
For additional reasons, hotel information, and registration form, Read More. | |
| Juventus Named Recharge Team of the Month! |
 Congratulations to Juventus of the Liberal Adult Soccer League from Kansas for winning the July Recharge Team of the Month Award! Juventus was chosen for their fundraising efforts and for their willingness to help others.
Earlier this year, Juventus helped set up and participate in a charity tournament with the sole purpose of raising money for a young lady (daughter of the league president's friend and friend to many players on the team) who was diagnosed with cancer. Along with themselves, Juventus invited the top three teams in their league to participate in a four-team tournament.
They asked the best teams hoping that the high-level of soccer would draw more fans to the event, thus more money could be raised for their friend. On top of the money that was raised from the, Read More. |
| USASA Hall of Fame 2009 Spotlight |
 Every month, USASA features detailed Bios on two inductees at a time. Here are this month's inductees:
Edward Murphy, originally from Scotland, was an outstanding forward with the U.S. National Team from 1955 to 1969. During that period, a few international games were played where Ed participated in 16 full internationals including a game against England in Los Angeles scoring the only goal in an 8-1 loss. Murphy was also a member of the bronze medal Pan American Games' team of 1959 where he played ten games in total. He scored a hat trick against Brazil in Chicago in a game the U.S. won 5-3. During the entire competition he, Read More.
 Blaz Pesorda of Wellington, Ohio, has over 50 years of experience as an official, assessor, assignor and instructor, as well as an administrator, organizer, and proponent of the game. Upon his arrival in the United States in 1969, Mr. Pesorda started his affiliation with the local soccer community. He founded the Ohio Soccer Referees Association and served as its President for ten years. He has officiated games at the professional level for the German, Polish and Israeli National Teams. He has also been an officer for teams in Croatia, Serbia and the USA Olympic Team. Throughout his association with the game, Blaz has continued to instructing new candidates at referee clinics, and assessing new experienced officials during, Read More.
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| Attention State & League Administrators: Please Provide Us With Your Insight In Our Registration/Online Registration Survey |
The USASA Technology Task Force invites you to participate in our registration survey. The task force was asked to review the contract with our online registration vendor as well as make recommendations on changes or enhancements to our current product. In order to accomplish this, the task force decided that we need to develop a better grasp of the registration process at the state and league levels, Read More.
Please take a little time to fill out this survey whether you are a current online registration user or not. You may complete the survey that best matches your affiliation with USASA. State Associations/National Affiliates
http://tinyurl.com/State-Associations-National-Af
Leagues within a State Association
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| USASA Midyear Meeting Registration |
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Registration for the 2009 USASA Planning Summit and Midyear Meeting should be available online early next week. There will also be a link that will let you book your hotel rooms online under the USASA room block and at the discounted rate.
Organizational Member Responsibilities - Due Dates Fast Approaching; as the USASA seasonal year starts to wind down, many administrative items will be due to the national office before not too long. Please take a look at the organizational membership checklist below to see which deadlines are close. Affiliation fees, player databases, and league and team information are all due on September 15th. 2009-2010 Organizational Member Checklist
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| Visit The Grand Canyon With USASA! |
 If you have a day before or after the Midyear Meeting and would like to visit the Grand Canyon, let us handle the driving while you sit back and take in the scenery.
A typical day trip to the Grand Canyon lasts approximately 14 hours with 8 to 10 hours driving and 4 to 6 hours sightseeing at the Canyon. USASA would help subsidize some of the trip, but there would be an individual cost on top of the Midyear Meeting registration fee for those interested. The exact costs are not finalized, but we will let you know as soon as possible. If you plan to go on the trip, you will be able to sign up while registering for the Midyear Meeting. As of now, we are planning on offering a trip on Wednesday, Oct. 7th and Monday, Oct. 12th, but this is subject to change depending on interest levels. Please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in, Read More.
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| Registration For Coaches of USASA Affiliated Teams Available September 1 |
Starting September 1st in conjunction with the start of the 09-10 seasonal year, coaches of USASA affiliated teams will be able to register directly with USASA.
The cost will be $15, just as it is for the players. Coaches who regularly suit up and actively participate in practices and scrimmages with their playerswill now be covered under our insurance program. As we continue to build up our Coaching Education program, registered coaches will also receive added benefits such as discounts on online courses and tips from the USASA national team coaches. Registration for the first year will be available online and also, Read More. |
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