Update masthead
New Year's ballWishing your family a Happy New Year
The Diablo FC board of directors and coaching staff wish all of you a Happy New Year, on and off the soccer field. We look forward to joining you in having a healthy and prosperous 2010 as we begin a new decade. 
Sign up today for 9th annual Winter Soccer Academy
Soccer Academy logoBoys and girls 5-12 years of age are encouraged to sign up for the 9th Diablo FC Winter Soccer Academy which begins Jan. 11 at Willow Pass Park in Concord. Sessions are held from 5-6 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays through Feb. 18. 
Diablo FC players and their siblings can register for just $50. The fee includes a Soccer Academy T-shirt plus a Diablo FC pin and window sticker. This is a wonderful opportunity for players of all levels to improve their basic soccer skills. Players preparing to try out for the Diablo FC 2010 season will especially benefit from the Academy, which runs right through club tryouts Feb. 13-14 and 20-21. 
You can sign up online today and then you can pay online with a credit card, by check in the mail to our P.O. Box or in person at the first session Jan. 11. 
Survey artworkStill time to complete club survey 
In order to provide the board of directors with input about our program during 2009 we emailed the Diablo FC Membership Survey last week.
The survey is confidential and we would appreciate a form filled out for each player in the club (the results are being tabulated by team, so if you have more than one player in your family playing in Diablo FC we'd like to get input on each team. If you have more than one player in any of the groupings shown below you weren't able to respond twice through the previous email sent to you. Please use the link here to complete the survey for your other team).
You can include your email address at the end of the survey if you would like someone from the club to respond to any questions or comments you provide. Otherwise, the surveys are automatically tabulated on line and the board only sees the results and comments.
If you didn't get the email or you had any technical problems in completing it you can provide your input to the club now:
Thanks for taking just a couple minutes to complete the survey. Make your opinion heard!  
Save these 2010 dates
Beginning in January, Diablo FC's calendar begins to get busy again. You might want to mark your new 2010 calendar with these dates: 
  • Jan. 9-10     CYSA Association Cup U13-U14 1st Round
  • Jan. 11        Winter Soccer Academy begins, Willow Pass Park, Concord
  • Jan. 23-24   CYSA State Cup U13 1st Round
  • Jan. 25        Diablo FC Annual General Meeting & Board Elections, CCWD Concord
  • Feb. 1, 4, 8, 11 Free Tryout Clinics U9-U14 players, Willow Pass Park, Concord
  • Feb. 12        Annual Crab Feed, Centre Concord
  • Feb. 13-14, 20-21 Tryouts, U9-U14 players for 2010 season, Concord
  • Mar. 9            Parent Information Meeting U9-U14 teams
  • Mar. 13-14  11th annual Diablo Cup
  • May 15-16   Concord Cup XVII
  • June 12       USA-England World Cup opening game