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Page 4 January 2012 TOUCHLINE YOUTH NEWS GEORGE ALLAN SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED The George Allan Scholarship is an annual award from PA West Soccer to a high school senior who will be pursuing a collegiate education. The $1000.00 award is given to recognize the outstanding contributions to the game, community, and school and is open to any high school senior who is registered with PA West Soccer as a player, referee, or coach. The scholarship is named in honor of PA West Soccer’s first referee to earn a national badge. George Allan’s many contributions to the game helped the association grow and helped many young players and referees develop a love and respect for the game. The deadline to apply for the scholarship is March 31, 2012. The application is available on the Forms Page of the PA West Soccer web site. Applications can be mailed to PA West Soccer, 111 Whitehead Lane, Suite 200, Monroeville, PA 15146 Attn: George Allan Scholarship. OPEN TOURNAMENT Don’t miss the 2012 Open Tournament! Every travel team that plays in a spring travel league is eligible. Please note some of the age groups and genders have switched weekends. June 15-17, 2012 ◆ U-10 Girls ◆ U-11 Boys - Div. 4, 5, 6 ◆ U-12 Boys - Div. 4, 5, 6 ◆ U-13 Girls and older - Div. 4, 5, 6 June 22-24, 2012 ◆ U-10 Boys ◆ U-11 Girls - Div. 4, 5, 6 ◆ U-12 Girls - Div. 4, 5, 6 ◆ U-13 Boys and older - Div. 4, 5, 6 For questions you can email Patty Plaisted at patty.plaisted@gmail.com. WWW.PITTKEEPERS.COM 8 Week Winter Goalkeeper Clinic Jan. 29-Mar. 25, 2012. 7:30-9:00pm NO SESSION SUPERBOWL SUNDAY, FEB. 5 COST: $ 159 00 • Location: "Club for Life" - Monroeville, PA Ages 9-18 • Minimum 10 keepers and Max 25 keepers Must register by Jan. 25, 2012 412-651-0362 or www.pittkeepers.com Keepers trained by keepers SUBMISSION TIME FOR PROPOSED YOUTH DIVISION RULES CHANGES The PA West Soccer Youth Board reviews the rules and procedures for the Youth Division at their monthly meetings between March and May. The review and approval of the rules during that time period establishes the playing rules and accompanying procedures for the upcoming playing season. Any member may submit a proposed rule change to the Youth Board for consideration. All proposals for the 2012-2013 season must be received by February 1, 2012. Proposed rules should be submitted using the proper format on the rule change submission form. Rule change proposals should list the current rule with strike marks through the portions being removed/changed (if necessary) followed by the proposed rule with all new portions underlined. Lastly the proposed change should include the rationale for the proposed change. Anyone with questions should contact Tim McCoy at the State Office by calling 412-856-8011 or emailing tim@pawest-soccer.org. TRANSFER WINDOW OPEN - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN Players and their parents occasionally find a need to switch classic clubs mid-year. The reasons are many, like no longer being able to regularly attend their current club’s practice because of moving to a new home, the burden of too much tournament travel, or discovering the player is not a good fit with the team’s style of play. For that reason a transfer window was created to help fix those situations. The PA West Soccer Classic Division Transfer Window is open until January 31, 2012. That means players currently rostered to a classic division team can make a request to begin the process of leaving their current team. To start the process, the player’s parent(s) should make a written request for a transfer by the deadline. The letter should be mailed to the PA West Soccer office with a copy mailed to the Classic Division Director Kelly Genard. The letter should indicate which team the player is seeking to leave along with the reason. Incomplete letters or improperly applied requests will not be considered. Once the letter is received, the Classic Division will undertake evaluating the request to determine whether it should be granted. Should the request be granted, a player will then be free to contact other teams to seek other openings and schedule tryouts. Players seeking a transfer are not free to contact other teams until after the transfer has been granted. Any coach having contact with a player whose National Championship Series declaration is still tied to another team’s roster can be charged with illegal recruiting per the Classic Division Rules, this includes discussions about possible positions, attendance of his team’s training, and attending a tryout. A finding of guilt could result in the coach receiving a one year suspension from all PA West Soccer activity. Once a new team has been identified by the player, that player will be moved from their original team’s roster to their new team’s roster by utilizing the player-team status form. If you would like more information about the classic division transfer process please contact Tim McCoy at the state office.
January 2012 Page 5 TOUCHLINE YOUTH NEWS WANTED A NATIONAL CHAMPION - 2012 STATE CUP NEARS The quest to find a national champion starts here in PA West Soccer. Over 10,000 teams with approximately 185,000 players, the 2012 US Youth Soccer National Championship Series begins in early May and the PA West Soccer State Cup is part of it. The PA West Soccer State Cup is open to any PA West Soccer registered team competing in a PA West Soccer or Region 1 sanctioned league. The competition is held to determine our top U12-U19 boys and girls teams. But once our state champs are crowned the journey is just beginning because those teams represent PA West Soccer at the Region 1 Championships from June 28 to July 3 in Lancaster, PA. Deadline for entry for all U12-U18 teams is March 1, 2012; U19 teams’ deadline for entry is May 2, 2012. Applications must be completed online; club checks must be postmarked by the deadline or hand-delivered to the State Office by 4:00 PM the day of the deadline. Please note: All teams entering the State Cup must be declared for the spring playing session by March 1, 2012. YOUTH BOARD NOTES October 10, 2011 - Approved the appointment of Patty Plaisted as the Open Tournament Chair - Confirmed email votes approving Parts 1-5 of Youth Division Procedures/Regulations November 21, 2011 - Rejected the 2012 State Cup Rules and Budget. - Approved the 2012 Open Tournament Rules. January 9, 2012 - Approved recognizing the changes made to the National Championship Series - Suspended sanctioning of the Lake Erie Youth Soccer League until the league is ready to begin play. - Approved creation of the Awards Committee, Indoor Committee, and Mediation Committee - Approved the 2012 State Cup Rules - Approved the application for Membership from Millcreek Soccer Academy - Approved the transition of operation of LC United to the New Castle YMCA NEW YORK WEST TO HOST NATIONAL Y COURSE The New York State West Youth Soccer Association is very pleased to announce that we will be hosting a National Youth License (NYL) course on May 11-13 and 19-20 at the Webster Soccer Association Indoor Soccer Complex in Webster, NY. The NYL is a national licensing course and is available to anyone who is at least 18 years of age and possesses a current USSF D License. This five-day course is designed to provide the knowledge to successfully structure soccer environments for children between the ages of four and 12. The course is often regarded as the most beneficial and important of the national-level courses. The course costs is 650.00 but if paid in full by February 1, 2012 it’s only 590.00. A deposit of 150.00 is due at time of application. Registration is limited and will close on April 13, 2012. Tuition must be paid in full by April 13, 2012. For more information contact Chris Hershey, NYWYSA Director of Coaching Education, by email at chershey@nyswysa.org. NEW FORMAT FOR THE 2012 STATE CUP The 2012 PA West Soccer State Cup will have a new look this spring giving each game more importance. The Cup format has been revised to a single elimination format; similar to that used for the NCAA soccer and basketball tournaments. Previous years’ tournaments had utilized single elimination in the first, third and fourth rounds, the switch from round robin to single elimination in the second round was the result of committee discussion about options to deal with annual postponements due to weather and field conditions. “The discussion didn’t begin with making a format change. But after looking at a number of options this was the one that made most sense,” said Cup Chair Tim McCoy. The change reduces the total number of games allowing greater flexibility in scheduling and re-scheduling should weather again play its part in this year’s competition. Based on previous years’ results, the absence of the round robin shouldn’t dramatically affect the outcome of the competition; most previous champions had won all of their games en route to the state title and those picking up a loss in round robin play usually did so after securing a spot in the semi-finals. The change is a dramatic departure from how the top teams in PA West Soccer were determined but the change is in line with many Region 1 state associations. “It means teams have to bring their top effort to every game,” said McCoy; “This change eliminates the meaningless game…the third game of group play between an undefeated team and a winless team or two winless teams. Often in those instances neither team wanted to play because the game had little effect on the Cup and the committee would have to make sure the match was played.” The State Cup will continue to utilize site play to maintain the ‘tournament’ atmosphere. The reduced number of games will allow for fewer sites eliminating the need for multiple sites on the same day. That’s good news to parents and coaches involved with more than one team/club. Youth Board President Thilo Boensch see Executive Board Youth Board Secretary Lindsay Keene 12 Railroad St. PO Box 62 Allenport, PA 15412 724-938-8485 Hearing and Appeals Randall A. Lowden 5059 Windriver Drive McKees Rocks, PA 15136 412-720-7904 Division 3A Director (Boys and Girls) Brigid Polliard 321 Carriage Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15239 412-400-8765 bpolliard@inventionhome.com State Cup Chair Tim McCoy 111 Whitehead Lane Suite 200 Monroeville, PA 15146 412-856-8011 tim@pawest-soccer.org YOUTH BOARD PA West Soccer Open Tournament Chairperson Patty Plaisted 162 Seneca School Rd. Harmony, PA 16037 Recreation Director Chuck Bauer 36 Westfield Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15229 412-931-0694 East District Director Bruce Wiancko 2661 Farm Spur Road N. Huntingdon, PA 15642 412-607-5229 bruce@wiancko.com Lake District Director Alan Wise 10495 Mohawk Road Conneaut Lake, PA 16316 814-213-0089 alanpeggy@zoominternet.net North District Director Ron Hitchens 115 Colonial Drive Sewickley, PA 15143 412-741-4796 northdistdir@comcast.net Mountain District Director Keith Lair 167 Jodon Avenue Bellefonte, PA 16823 814-359-3450 klair@mtnittany.org West District Director Mike Burger 724-524-0078 South District Director Walt Kivala 2985 Amy Dr. South Park, PA 15129 412-805-4443 kivala@comcast.net Classic Director (Div. 1, 2 and 3A) Kelly Genard 16 S. 8th Street Youngwood, PA 15697 724-925-1606 pawestclassic@aol.com
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