Happy Tuesday

YTS Families,

I hope this post finds you all doing well and staying cool in the very hot temperatures.  Good news is there is a lot of soccer on TV right now with the European teams playing there pre-season games and the Olympic Games starting.  No real excuse not to be watching soccer on TV.

Below you will see the YTS coaching assignments for the coming season.  While I know you all have been waiting patiently for this information I must take this opportunity to remind you about our focus for the coming year.  While we do have teams the focus is truly on the development of individual players vs developing a team.  Yes the players need to work in the team environment and understand better the idea of working with team mates....  We are not concerned with how many games our teams win or lose.. the priority is to help the players become as technically proficient as possible.  There is nothing quite like playing on a team and seeing the kids competing in game situations.  We are not trying to win trophies... we are trying to develop players that can control a ball consistently, pass a ball accurately and feel comfortable in 1v1, 2v1 and 2v2 situations.  Please keep this in mind for the duration of our season and the year we will spend together.  I will continually send out reminders about this.

With that said below is the coaching assignments for the upcoming season:

U9 Boys

Barcelona                       Bryan Farnsworth
Real Madrid                   Jonathan Knaus
Athletico Madrid            Phil Southerland
Valencia                         Austen King
Real Sociedad                Drew Mckinney

Malaga                           Nick Cerrullo


U9 Girls

Montpeiller                    Mike Walters
Lyon                             Lindsay Vera
Marseille                       Courtney Crandell
PSG                              Whitney Haase

U10 Boys

CASL White                  Tim Evans
CASL Black                  Michael Hoy
Chelsea                          Andrew Scheck
Arsenal                           Eric Debrah
Newcastle United           Drew Mckinney

U10 Girls

CASL Black                  Steve Castro
Inter Milan                     Jill Bradford
Juventus                         Nambiri Bastos
Lazio                              Jaclyn Hanson


We are all looking forward to the start of another soccer season and hope you are too.  It is essential we all work together to benefit the players.   As a staff we ask for your support during the course of the year.  Should you have any concerns please don't hesitate to contact me at anytime.   As a staff our goal is to create a special, safe and fun environment for your child!