Thursday, Aug. 28th from 5 - 7pm

Friday, Aug. 29th from 6 -8pm

Saturday, Aug. 30th from 10am - 12pm ]]> http://www.loraincitysoccer.org/2008/08/26/registration-info/feed/ http://www.loraincitysoccer.org/2008/08/26/soccer-school-canceled/ http://www.loraincitysoccer.org/2008/08/26/soccer-school-canceled/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:39:18 +0000 Steven Heider From the President Soccer School http://www.loraincitysoccer.org/2008/08/26/soccer-school-canceled/ Due to negative feedback and unpopularity, the LCSA will no longer support this format.  The LCSA will revert to the previously used League format with teams formed and playing in the Peanut (U5 & U6) and Buckeye (U7 & U8) divisions. 

Registration opens today, so start building your teams now! 

Tuesday, Sept. 2nd will be the last day to turn in registrations.

Forms are available at the Lorain Parks & Rec Dept. during regular business hours.  More information to follow, important points of contact:

Steven Heider,  sheider@loraincitysoccer.org

Christine Shuster, christineshuster@centurytel.net ]]> http://www.loraincitysoccer.org/2008/08/26/soccer-school-canceled/feed/ http://www.loraincitysoccer.org/2007/08/21/lorain-city-soccer-school/ http://www.loraincitysoccer.org/2007/08/21/lorain-city-soccer-school/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:53:29 +0000 Steven Heider Coaches Practices From the President Soccer School http://www.loraincitysoccer.org/2007/08/21/lorain-city-soccer-school/ We have setup a new website for information regarding the soccer school:

http://www.loraincitysoccer.org/school

Orientation & Final Registration for the Soccer School will be on Thursday, Aug. 23th at 6pm.

The season will begin on Monday, Aug. 27th with our first Training Session at 6pm.

All events and training will be held at Longfellow Park.

Please don’t park on Michigan Ave. use the school parking lot!!

In attendance:
Shawn Endicott Michelle Hilko Christine Shuster
Robert Garcia John Jovanovski Steve Heider
Scott Wood Calvin Jones Mark Ambrosio
Johnna Wood Robert Sanchez Tammy Dull

Treasurer’s Report
- Copies of report distributed by Robert
- Anyone needing reimbursement has to fill out request for funds form themselves
- Contact Robert G. for form

Report from County Rep

LCSL July Meeting Update
The Constitution and Rules were approved as posted, with the addition that
checking player passes by the referee is mandatory.

Bruce Buchanan of Vermilion has agreed to serve remaining 1 year of the 2
year term as LCSL President.

Kathy Dziat of Firelands will serve as Secretary, and Thomas Cadenhead of
Oberlin will serve as Sportsmanship Director.

The office of Vice President remains open.

The Fall Season dates were set:

7/18 - Scheduler assigns divisions, sends to LCSL Reps for review.

8/1 - Preliminary schedules posted here on LCSL website, Coaches may work
out change requests.

8/13 - Deadline for change requests.

8/20 - Final schedule posted and sent to referee scheduler.

8/25 - First Saturday of games.

10/13 - Last Saturday of games.

Report from AASL Rep.

2007 AASL CALENDAR

JULY 30 MEETING—FINAL SCHEDULING

JULY 22 12:01 AM REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR PARTICIPATION IN FIRST AASL GAME

JULY 30 REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER FEE: $20.00 PER MEMBER STARTS

AUG 1 PLAYERS/COACHES OFFICIALLY REGISTERED FOR 2007/08 PROVIDING ALL FEES
ARE PAID AND DATA HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO THE eREG SYSTEM

AUG 19 FALL SEASON BEGINS

SEPT 10 MEETING—GENERAL

SEPT 17 12:01 AM REGISTRATION IS CLOSED UNTIL FEBRUARY 2008
- Per John, proof of age no longer required for this league
- AASL is increasing the cost for players and coaches by $1.00
- OYSAN will now require coaches and board members to complete a risk management form yearly at a cost of $5.00 per person
- In order to avoid this fee, for this year only, Lorain City Soccer is asking all of its coaches and board members to complete this form before 9/1/07

Report from NOGSL Rep.
-Rep. not present
- Per Robert G., fees due any day
- Calvin and Frank should contact Robert G. regarding this payment

Registrar’s Report
-Chrisitine only has all of the required information from approximately half of the coaches in the U9 and higher category.
- We will start getting charged $5 per day per team in late fees
- Last year this cost our league approximately $500
- These late fees will not be paid any longer
- The registration process started on May 17th
- Any coach, that coaches a U9-U14 county team, must have all of their registrations, pictures, players passes, and payments into Christine by midnight this Friday, July 27th or their team will not play
- Motion made by Robert G.
- 2nd by John Jovanovski
- If coaches add players to their teams after Christine has driven the registrations to the county registrar, that coach will have to drive the information to North Ridgeville themselves.

Old Business
- Small sided games in Fall
- Steve’s plan for U5-U8 for Fall. Will e-mail draft. Status?
- U5/U6 will be called Peanuts. Will play 3V3. Probably on Saturday mornings.
- These kids will wear yellow t-shirts
- U7/U8 will be called Buckeyes. Will play 4V4. U8 will not play in county league starting this fall. They will remain inhouse.
- Will probably play on Sunday afternoons.
- These kids will wear blue t-shirts
- Soccer School will be Mon-Thurs at Longfellow. Parents may choose the day that is most convenient for them. Players may attend 2 days per week or all 4.
- Will need coaches, currently coaching at any level, to commit to dates on calendar to assist these players.
- Steve will contact all coaches at this age level to set up schedule
- Some players want to ensure they have same coaches, there will not be teams
- Kids will practice on days that are convenient for their parents and will be put on “teams” to play, but if one “team” is short players, kids will be switched around.
- Steve to set start date for inhouse players and post on www.loraincitysoccer.org
- Maximum per family is $100.00 on registration form will be changed next season
- coach and assistant coach rate good for more than one team, if the coach or assistant is also coaching more than one team
- There can only be a maximum of one coach and two assistants per team
- Stocker Foundation received 120 applications for grant money
- Lorain City Soccer was turned down
- New fields on hold again, unless someone knows how we can get $8,500.00
- Lions Club meeting this Thursday, July 26
- No one at meeting was able to attend

New Business
- Field striping for fall
- ways to save on this cost were discussed
- 3 people have agreed to stripe which will get us started for the season
- Watering of U13/U14 field at Longfellow, Scott can get hose for anyone able to water
- Fundraising, no discussion regarding this
- Field configurations/goals, John J. and Calvin will measure fields on Thursday evening or John J. and Mark A. will measure on Saturday am
- Scott to get wheel for John
- Nominations being accepted for the following positions starting at the August meeting: Vice President Standard (U11 & up), Secretary, Registrar, Uniform Manager, field manager (vacated)
- Vote to take place at our monthly meeting the second Thursday in November
- Need someone to start answering the phone line ASAP
- Anyone interested should contact Johnna

Future Meetings
Thursday, August 16th at 6:00pm at Longfellow in the parking lot by the tree

-motion to adjourn made by Shawn E.
- 2nd by John J.

In Attendance
Shawn Endicott & his wife Calvin Jones
Laura Fries Dave Kallas
Perry Canter Robert Garcia
Angie Sanchez Missy Folley
Dustin Cruzado Mike Folley
Milton Velazquez AJ Torres
Chris Gonzalez Robert Sanchez
Christine Shuster Steve Heider
Johnna Wood

**First had a debriefing, given by AJ Torres and Mike Folley, regarding laws and general safety pertaining to transporting children.

Motion to accept last month’s minutes by Calvin.
2nd by Rob G.
All in favor.

Treasurer’s Report
- Rob redid Feb-May report to match statements
- Has since made 3 deposits, and written 2 checks
- Additional registration checks given to him by Christine
- Will destroy documents older than 7 years old
- Switch to Chase bank
- Assistant coaches to pay ½ price
- Motion to accept report by Calvin
- 2nd by Robert S.
- All in favor

Report from County Rep
- Next meeting July11 @ Oberlin depot across from McDonalds on Rt. 58
- Open positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Sportsmanship manager
- Nominations for these positions due County VP by 6/30
- Nominations from Lorain City Soccer may be e-mailed to Dave Kallas @ kallasgrp@yahoo.com and he will forward to VP
- Dave running for sportsmanship manager
- Dave spoke about & passed out info regarding roster sizes and field dimensions, this info on county web-site
- County mostly concerned with roster sizes at this point
- Any questions or concerns regarding County soccer, call or e-mail Dave Kallas

Report from AASL Rep.
- Not present
- Per Steve, currently playing high school summer league
- Commitment deadline June 25th

Report from NOGSL Rep.
- Not present
- Deadline for rosters is July 31
- Calvin holding tryouts for U12 girls team mid-July, more info. to follow
- Much discussion took place regarding fees charged for Lorain City Soccer players who double roster for county teams and AASL or NOGSL teams
- It was decided to charge players $60 for recreational (county level team), and additional $70 to roster for a AASL or NOGSL travel team when rostering for both leagues
- Family cap will be $100 for inhouse and recreational (county level) players only.
- Motion made by Johnna to accept
- 2nd by Angie
- Rob G. abstained

Registrar’s Report
- Deadline to get all information to county is Aug 1
- Team commitments due county by July 1
- She needs to know how many teams to commit and has only heard from 7 coaches.
- Deadline for Lorain City Soccer coaches to return registration packets to Christine is June 23rd. Not complying with this date could cause registrations to be refused.
- This date will allow Christine time to do her paperwork for the county.
- Christine needs players passes back from all county level coaches
- Also needs pictures for all players at the U9 or higher level, players passes must be redone this year
- All coaches/volunteers for this league must complete an OYSAN Risk Management Form online every year.
- Please complete ASAP.

Old Business
- Small sided games in Fall
- Steve’s plan for U5-U8 for Fall. Will e-mail draft.
- U5/U6 will be called Peanuts. Will play 3V3
- U7/U8 will be called Buckeyes. Will play 4V4. U8 will not play in county league starting this fall. They will remain inhouse.
- Soccer School will be Mon-Thurs at Longfellow. Parents may choose the day that is most convenient for them. Players may attend 2 days per week or all 4.
- Will need coaches, currently coaching at any level, to commit to dates on calendar to assist these players.
- Coaches could be team managers or a parent could be team manager. Would communicate with parents on team, be at games, check for shin guards, etc.
- Will manage teams of 6 to 8 players.
- Games will be played on Saturdays and Sundays
- Possible open registration again this summer specifically for U5-U8 Soccer School
- Christine will set the date and determine exact date Soccer School will start.

New Business

- Stocker Foundation Grant
- Applying for $8500.00 grant to help get fields started on Colorado Ave.
- Scott gathering info for community development department
- Steve will assist

Future Meetings
- Tues, July 24th @ 7pm at the Lorain Coast Guard Station

Treasurer’s Report
- Discussed bank transfer. Moving account to Chase.
- Motion by David to accept report as read
- 2nd by Frank

Report from County Rep
- John not present
- David interested in joining board. Interested in becoming LCS county rep
- Discussed changes in small sided games

Report from AASL Rep.
- John not present
- No activity
- Registration same as county

Report from NOGSL Rep.
- Frank working on registration packets
- No referees
- Recommend to check with high school and middle schools

Registrar’s Report
- Deadline to get all information to county is Aug 1
- Team commitments due county by July 7
- Deadline for Lorain City Soccer coaches to return registration packets to Christine is June 23rd. Not complying with this date could cause registrations to be refused.
- This date will allow Christine time to do her paperwork for the county.

Old Business
- Coaches should provide parents with their name, contact information, game & practice schedules, and directions to away game fields, in writing, at the start of each season.
- Spring Team Pics will be May 17th at 5pm in the Longfellow School Gym. PrimoShots will mail team packages to the Coaches.
- Small sided games in Fall
- Volunteers needed for open registration. Here’s what I have so far:
Tues. May 29th Wed. May 30th Thurs. May 31st
6-8pm 6-8pm 6-8pm
Christine S. Johnna Tanya Garcia
Angie Sanchez Chris Gonzalez

- Steve discussed getting transportation on June 24, 2007 from Cleveland Airport Terminal to Oberlin for 150 kids for the PSA Soccer Camps. Return trip back will also be arranged. Steve is handling this anyone wishing to volunteer with this endeavor should contact Steve Heider.
- PSA and LCSA will provide $125 “Presidential Scholarships” to this summers “PSA Boy/Girl ID Camp” for Lorain players U11 – U14.

New Business

- Steve’s plan for U5-U8 for Fall. Will e-mail draft.
- U5/U6 will be called Peanuts. Will play 3V3
- U7/U8 will be called Buckeyes. Will play 4V4. U8 will not play in county league starting this fall. They will remain inhouse.
- Soccer School will be Mon-Thurs at Longfellow. Parents may choose the day that is most convenient for them. Players may attend 2 days per week or all 4.
- Will need 4 or more coaches to run Soccer School
- Games will be played on Saturdays and Sundays
- Team Managers will communicate with parents, etc.
- P.S.A. tournament 5V5. Need volunteers to work. Complete volunteer form online at www.goPSA.com
- In need of kids at the U7 level for Tony and Chris Dore soccer camp. Cost is $80. Call Frank.

Future Meetings
- June 19th @ 8pm at the Lorain Coast Guard Station
- Registration packets may be turned in by coaches at this location

Meeting Minutes for 4/17/07