NASL  NEWSLETTER

August ?? th, 2004
"The rules of soccer are simple. If it moves, kick it.
If it doesn't move, kick it until it does." Peter Woosnam
 

1. Upcoming Soccer Calendar - new dates added.
2. NASL Annual General Membership and Scheduling Meeting
3. USSF Entry Level Course - August 13th-15th
4. NASL Affiliation Fees
5. Special Note for Division III Teams
6. Ball boys and Ball girls needed for local college soccer games
7. Hooters and Just-4-Kicks 2nd Annual 5v5 Invitational Tournament
8. Important Notes for NASL Teams for the Fall Season
9. Alabama Sports Foundation and UAB to host U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Soccer Team
10. Ronaldinho vs. Zidane
11.  
12. North Alabama Soccer League Fee Schedule Fall 2004
13. Whirlpool Soccer Family of the Year 2004
14. Southern Soccer Scene
15. Free Help for Coaches at NASL
16. How to Remove Your Name From this E-mail List.

       The North Alabama Soccer Official's Association (NASOA) will sponsor a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) introductory level referee course in Huntsville on August 13-15, 2004. Location will be First Christian Church, 3209 Whitesburg Dr.
Friday - 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday - 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
      Cost of the course is $70.00 per person for the course and an additional $30.00 for those 18 years and older who wish to receive assignments through NASOA. NASOA waives the $30 fee for those referees under 18 years of age.
      With the change to smaller sided matches, especially in the U9s where 6v6 is to be played and only one referee is to be supplied, an increased burden is being placed on NASOA to cover all requested matches. Since higher age groups have the highest priority in referee assigning, it is extremely important that more referees be added to NASOA so we can cover the lower age groups. Please tell your teams, coaches and managers that more referees are needed.
       If you have any questions contact patdagmar@knology.net  or contact the NASOA Lead Instructor, Daphne Brown at daphne@hiwaay.net.
 

August 5, 2004

I am requesting ballboys/ballgirls for the UAH Women's home games. Please let me know which game(s) that you can help us with ball personnel. As usual the ballgirls/boys will be given free entrance to the games as well as their coach. Below is a list of our home games and the kickoff times.

Friday, August 27th vs Columbus State at 3:00pm
Friday, September 10th vs Eckerd at John Hunt Park at 7:30pm
Monday, September 13th vs Clayton State at 5:00pm
Friday, September 17th vs West Florida at 4:30pm
Sunday, September 26th vs Montevallo at 3:30pm
Friday, October 15th vs Christian Brothers at 1:00pm
Sunday, October 17th vs Central Arkansas at 3:30pm
Friday, October 22nd vs North Alabama at 1:00pm
Friday, October 29th vs Florida Tech at 1:00pm

       It would be great if the ball personnel can arrive at the gate at least 15minutes before kickoff. Please respond by email to ziyengel@uah.edu or call 256-824-5425 if you are interested.

Please respond soon

Thank you

Lincoln Ziyenge
Women's Head Coach - University of Alabama in Huntsville

HOOTERS AND JUST 4 KICKS BRING YOU THE 2nd ANNUAL
5 V 5 INVITATIONAL SOCCER TOURNAMENT
IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.

AUGUST 28th & 29th 2004
AT THE JUST 4 KICKS SOCCER FACILITY

A 5v5 Tournament that combines the fast non-stop action of the Indoor arena with the traditional outdoor experience. Play on a new State=-of-the-Art synthetic surface - so real you will think it is grass.

FOOD AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AVAILABLE FREE!

Cost is $300.00 Per Team.
Special Hotel Rates are available.
Contact Ricky at (256) 534-4939 or  rickydc@mindspring.com

No corner flags, no play.

        Fields MUST have corner flags. It is the responsibility of the home team to provide corner flags. If the home team can not provide them within 15 minutes of the start time of the match, then it is listed as a “no show” match. If flags are secured within the 15 minutes grace time, then the match is played with out a deduction in time.

No passes, No Play.

     NASL matches - If a team shows up without coach or player passes, the offending team (the one without the passes) will pay the entire match's referee fees on the field at that time. If they refuse to pay, then the referees will contact Pat Miller and Mike Costello at NASOA and submit a report. It is the home team’s responsibility to inform the out of town teams of this issue. This is for NASL matches only.  State matches require passes also but referee fees are not paid on the field.

Rule Change - Mandatory Caution for removing shirt

Law change for 2004, it is a mandatory caution if a player raises his/her shirt above the head or takes off the shirt in a celebratory/derogatory manner.

(BIRMINGHAM, AL)… The Alabama Sports Foundation and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Men’s Soccer Program is pleased to announce that the U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Soccer Team will be traveling to Birmingham to play a couple of exhibition matches this month. The nationally-ranked UAB Men’s Soccer Team will play the United States U-17 Team on Friday, August 27 at 8:00 pm at UAB’s West Campus Field. On Sunday, August 29, Auburn University at Montgomery will compete against the U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team at 1:00 pm which will also be hosted at UAB’s West Campus Field.

General admission tickets are available beginning Monday, August 9 through UAB’s Athletic Ticket Office or by calling 975-UAB1. A weekend ticket package is available, which includes a general admission ticket to both matches for just $10. General admission tickets to a single match are $7. UAB’s West Campus Field has limited seating so fans are encouraged to secure their tickets early.

The Alabama Sports Foundation has been a regular host to U.S. Soccer Teams since the 1996 Olympics. “We’re extremely excited to be hosting another quality soccer event in Birmingham and continuing our outstanding relationship with the U.S. Soccer Federation,” said Gene Hallman, Executive Director of the Alabama Sports Foundation. “We are looking forward to working with UAB to provide the soccer community a positive experience,” Hallman added.

“This is a great opportunity for the UAB Men’s Soccer Team to showcase our program to Birmingham and the soccer community,” said Mike Getman, Coach of UAB Men’s Soccer. “The U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team will provide excellent competition and a great test for our team as we prepare for the upcoming season. We anticipate a great deal of interest and participation from the community and encourage fans to purchase their tickets now due to our limited seating,” added Getman.

This is REQUIRED viewing for all young soccer players. It's a movie of soccer stars Ronaldinho vs. Zidane - a comparison of two of the greatest soccer players in the world - both #10s. It is one of the best videos I have seen of dribbling moves and shooting skills. It's a huge (24 meg) file so if you have a slow connection find someone with a dsl or cable connection and get them to burn a copy of it on a cd for you. It's definitely worth viewing and may give you an idea of just how creative you can be with a soccer ball. Click on the link and be patient.

http://pm16ar.free.fr/Polo1006_Zidane_vs_Ronnie.wmv

Thanks to Peter Gamble for the link.

       These fees are for NASL costs only and do NOT include any AYSA State Fees, player card fees or referee fees.

Affiliation Fees:

For U12 and older teams there are three options:

• $135.00 for Division I, II or III Affiliation and ability to schedule ten NASL games.
   
• $75.00 Division I or II Affiliation and ability to schedule five extra games on NASL fields. Note that teams that are not affiliated with NASL can NOT use NASL fields or schedule games or referees through NASL or NASOA.
   
• $50.00 - Division I or II NASL Affiliation Only – includes listing on website and NASL benefits but no additional games (other than ASA state scheduled league games) may be scheduled.

For U11 and younger teams:

• $75.00 for U9, U10, or U11 Division III Teams Rec-Plus Affiliation.
  This $75.00 fee does not include any referee fees. It also does not include a rec-plus tournament as we have done in the past. We were unsure how to work a local Rec-Plus tournament into what apparently will be a shortened season – player cards may not be available until September 2nd and the Governor’s Cup is October 23rd. At the scheduling meeting we will discuss whether the Rec-Plus teams would like to hold a local NASL tournament either after the Governor’s Cup or mid-season. Any fees for referees for that tournament will be paid on the field and are not included in the $75.00 fee.

Field Development Fees are:

      For a complete description of the Field Development fees please visit the league website at http://www.nasl.com
     These Field Development fees will be returned by FOSNA (Friends of Soccer North Alabama) to the local city government via the donating team to be used for local field development purposes.

• $300 for U12 and older Teams
• $240 for U10 & U11 Teams
• $180 for U9 Teams

• A Word Document version of this NASL Fall 2004 Fee Schedule is available for download here.
• The state's AYSA Fee Schedule for 2004-2005 is available here.

Are you interested in winning $20,000 for college, Whirlpool appliances, a year's supply of detergent, or a trip to the MLS Cup 2004? What if you won all those things at one time? Well, you can if you enter the Whirlpool Soccer Family of the Year 2004.
Check out the contest details at the Whirlpool web site below. Deadline is August 31, 2004.

http://www.whirlpool.com/promotions/soccer.htmls

If the above link doesn't work, go to www.whirlpool.com  and look for the link for family soccer.

BECOME THE NEXT WINNING FAMILY!

• 1 GRAND PRIZE WINNING FAMILY
The winning family receives a $20, 000 college contribution to a Upromise® account, a house fully of Whirlpool® appliances, a year's supply of Liquid Tide® HE, and a trip for four to MLS Cup 2004.

• 3 SECOND-PRIZE WINNERS
Winners receive a $1,000 college contribution to a Upromise® account, Duet® washer and dryer pair and a year's supply of Liquid Tide® HE.

• 25 THIRD-PRIZE WINNERS
Winners receive a $100 Upromise® ScholarDollar™ contribution and a Fantastic Soccer Gift Package which includes a backpaper, soccer ball and other great prizes.

• 250 RUNNERS-UP
Winners receive a $10 Upromise® ScholarDollar™ contribution and a Crest® Soccer SpinBrush™.

Thanks to Jo Countess for submitting this.

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      Since January I have been moving thousands of drills, tips, articles and exercises from my old website at DecaturSports.com to the NASL website in an effort to make the NASL website the largest repository of help for soccer coaches on the internet.  The DecaturSports.com website was one of only two website recommended by NSCAA for youth coaches at their annual convention. Since the DecaturSports.com website covered many sports I felt it was important to place this wealth of soccer material on the NASL website which is soccer only.
      There are articles on virtually every topic that ever interested soccer coaches and for coaches from newly drafted dads and moms to USSF "A" Licensed coaches.  Recently added were on-line videos of all the Coerver moves and the Gary Rue's Exercises of the Day.  This is a year long project for me and I still have many, many  more to post so let me know if there is anything in particular you would like to see and I'll get it posted first.
      Stop by http://www.nasl.com/drills.htm and look around and I think you will agree that it is the finest selection of soccer coaching material on the internet.  Ken dsports@hiwaay.net  

NASL NEWSLETTER:

       You may sign up for the NASL e-mail list and also provide changes (including removing your name from the list) to your current e-mail address and phone numbers by using this form at  http://www.nasl.com/Email.htm This is our means of keeping the local soccer community up-to-date on events and items of interest.  If you have something to contribute please e-mail me at dsports@hiwaay.net
All of the above information and more is on-line at http://www.nasl.com

Thanks for being involved in soccer in Alabama. 

Ken Gamble - NASL Secretary
"Next Goal Wins!"

REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS

     This low-tech emailing list is maintained for the benefit of coaches, referees, and parents involved in youth soccer in Alabama. List maintenance is semi-automatic. No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced! 
     If you are no longer in Alabama or wish to be removed from this list for any reason, simply send an e-mail to dsports@hiwaay.net with "Delete", "Remove", "Exclude", "Unsubscribe", "Stop!", No More!, "Cease and Desist!", or something similar in the subject line. Regional dialects, colloquialisms, and various misspellings (e.g., Cut it out!, Delist, Unlist, Disenfranchise, Quit me, Unsuscribe [sic], Unsuscripe [sic], Describe, and Unscribe) are understood.
     "Drop Dead, Pond Scum" works also, although emails with profanity (e.g, Go to He!!) will be filtered out and automatically discarded so that the youth players who volunteer in the NASL office won't see them. Other requests, particularly those that include the word me (e.g., Drop me, Terminate me, Cut me or worse, Cut me off, Take me off, Purge me, Reject me, Take me down, Expunge me, Take me out, and Kill me) are cause for concern but are generally implemented figuratively rather than literally.
     Tense, gender, and grammar (e.g., Please removed us/we/him/her.) are irrelevant. Some requests (e.g., Enscribe and Obscribe) confuse us and may result in additional contact. Manners (e.g., Please, Sorry, and Thank you, anyway.) are optional.
     Explanations (e.g., I visited Huntsville once on the way to the Calaveras Frog Jumping Contest and loved looking at the space museum, but I have never lived in Northern Alabama.) are always interesting and are appreciated.
     Sporting metaphors (e.g., I don't want to play on your team.) help soften the blow. Denials (e.g., There is no one here who plays soccer. or We hate that game.) mean we entered someone's email address incorrectly. We're used to but politely disagree with gender stereotyping (e.g, Real men play pointy football. and Soccer is a man's game, not a game for skirts). Questions (e.g., How did you get my email address?) generally can't be answered because nobody in the NASL office knows the answers to them.
     Your email address and all other alias email addresses that you include in the body of your request will automatically be added to NASL's Exclude List. This will permanently stop delivery of all types of future NASL announcements, including those for upcoming tryouts, coaching or refereeing courses, refereeing opportunities for league and tournament games, and birthday parties. You can also quit yourself from NASL's e-mail page at http://www.nasl.com/Email.htm
      If you need a reply please e-mail me at dsports@hiwaay.net and request a reply.  I'll get back to you as soon as possible unless you're selling adult toys, growth hormones or offering to share the wealth that you and your family were barely able to smuggle out of Nigeria; those messages will not get replies.

NOTE: The wonderful removal instructions listed above were adapted with permission from Michael Lindeburg at San Andreas Youth Soccer Organization, http://www.sayso.org