We Want You!

We are looking for a sideline photographer, or any interested volunteer to create a slideshow of club soccer pictures for the EFC family night!
We need someone to collect photos from EFC photographers and put pictures to music for a slideshow presentation at EFC Family Night to be held on May 21st.

Please contact Wendi Racine at wracine@centurytel.net

COME ONE COME ALL TO….

EFC FAMILY NIGHT MAY 21ST 7PM-9PM

Welcome Families to EFC Family Night. An evening for all to meet and greet and hear about the club and celebrate our successes.  You will be introduced to the Board of Directors, Coaches, State Champions, Club Sponsors…..

Special guest speakers…..

PETER FEWING

ADIDAS/EUROSPORT Reps

Play It Forward Program

• Also available for purchase will be EFC t-shirts, hats, cinch sacks, bumper stickers and many other items

• Sign up for volunteer positions

See you on May 21st at the Pacific Cascade Campus in Issaquah

Driving Directions below…

Pacific Cascade Middle School
24635 SE Issaquah Fall City Road
Issaquah, Washington 98029

Driving directions

From I-90 Eastbound

• Take Exit #17 and go left under the freeway on East Lake Sammamish Parkway

• Turn right onto Issaquah-Fall City Road at the first stoplight by the Union 76 station

• Continue up the hill to the 2nd stoplight

• Go straight through the 2nd stop light at the top of the hill and continue on Issaquah-Fall City Road approximately .6 miles

• Turn right at 247th Place SE

Weekend State Cup Results!

Congratulations to our Girls U16-U18 teams for a great weekend of soccer!

Girls 93 White (Cole) - Challenge Cup Champion

Girls 94 White (Redwine) - Challenge Cup Finalist

Girls 92 White (Redwine) - Challenge Cup Champion

Girls 93 Red (Strom) - Championship Cup Finalist

Girls 91 Red (Bialek) - Championship Cup Finalist

Challenge Cup Champions!

Congratulations to Emily Cole's U16 Girls White Team and Dan Redwine's U17 Girls White teams for winning the State Challenge Cup Tournament! Great work EFC!

Emily Cole's G93 White Team - Challenge Cup Champs!

Dan Redwine's U17 White Team - Challenge Cup Champion!

Ken Robertson - EFC's New Referee Coordinator

Please give a warm welcome to Ken Robertson, our new volunteer Referee Coordinator.  Here's a rundown on Ken's background....

• Referee for 4 Years
• Referee Assignor for 4 Years
• Mercer Island Referee Coordinator for 4 Years
• EYSA VP of Referees for 1.5 Years
• Never played soccer, but my wife has coached all 3 kid’s soccer teams, and plays on 2 women’s teams.

Personal:

• Wife – Betsy; Daughters - Kaya and Paige; Son - Blake
• Born and raised in Washington. Live on Mercer Island.
• Moved to Seattle area in 1976
• MS in Computer Science from University of Washington in 1981
• Retired from Microsoft in 2004
• My moto: Always do more than is expected of you.

The club's referee coordinator is a big job.  Largely unseen.  Ken - thanks for stepping up!

Thanks....

... to Mary Ruth Johnson and her team of volunteers for running a great U10 - U12 tryout beginning last Friday evening and ending Monday evening.  We received a number of compliments on how well-organized the process was.  Thanks also to John Sercu for the loan of his trailer.  Very helpful to have onsite storage.

Our numbers were up significantly from last year.  Hopefully that is an indicator that values matter.  To learn more about Eastside FC's values visit our website and click on About Us.

As we all know, tryouts can be pretty stressful, so anything we do to ensure a smooth process is appreciated by all.   For all who helped out over the weekend, volunteers and coaches, a big THANK YOU!

U10 - U12 Tryout Results!

Thank you for attending the Dev (U10) - U12 Tryouts. We have completed all tryout sessions and are finalizing our teams. As our coaches finalize their selections, you will receive an email with a list of the numbers selected for each team. You can also check the Tryout Results Page.

If you do not make one of our EFC teams, be sure to check out the EYSA select teams in your area. There are several great clubs for you to choose from.  Details listed at http://www.eysa.org/

Be sure to read through the Dev Program Overview or the U11 Overview and our Player Movement Guidelines. Good luck to all tryout participants. Have fun!

Volunteers Needed for US Youth Soccer Washington State Cup

Volunteer sign-ups for the US Youth Soccer Washington State Cup semi-finals and finals on the weekends of April 24-25 and May 1-2 have been posted to the Washington Youth Soccer website.  You can read about the various kinds of volunteer opportunities on the Volunteer Corps page.

We need volunteers for:

Girls U15-U18 Challenge Cup and Washington State Championships April 24 & 25

Boys & Girls U12-U14 State Championships May 1 & 2

We encourage you to sign-up.  Our state cup events cannot run without amazing and dedicated volunteers!

If you have questions, please contact:
Elizabeth Flannery
Marketing & Events Coordinator
Washington Youth Soccer
Tel: 253.476.2237 Ext. 112
Toll Free: 1-877-424-4318

Exercise and the brain.

Kate Jacobsen sent this notice of a discussion about the benefits of exercise and how exercise improves brain function.

Eastside FC Teams Challenge Cup Champs!

Congratulations to EFC's Girls 12 White and U13 White Teams for winining the Challenge Cup Gold Bracket! The U12 Girls are coached by Tom Turner and the U13 Coach is Emily Cole.

Girls U12 Champs! They scored 22 goals in the tournament and had 0 scored against them.....What an impressive tournament! Way to go girls!

Coach Emily Cole's U13's also had an amazing tournament with a record of 7-0-0, 30 goals scored and 0 scored against them!

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Additional Success in The Challenge Cup Tournament!
EFC had amazing success in the Challenge Cup this season, with almost all of our teams advancing out of bracket into the elimination rounds. Great work EFC! Congratulations to all our teams for a great season!
B98 Red - D1 Gold Finalist (lost in OT), Coach An Nuon

B98 White - D1 Silver Semi-Finalist, Coach Ryan Dortch

B98 Blue - D2 Silver Quarter-Finalist, Coach Fernando Barros

B98 Grey - D2 Silver Elimination Round, Coach Karsten Hoffmann

B99 Dev - D2 Gold Quarter-Finalist, Coach Dan Strom

B97 White - Silver Finalist (lost in pk's), Coach Ryan Dortch

B97 Blue - Silver Quarter-Finalist, Coach An Nuon

B96 White - Gold Finalist, Coach Danny Huet

B96 Blue - Silver Quarter-Finalist, Coach Mark Kovats

B95 White - Gold Semi-Finalist, Coach Fernando Barros

G98 Red - D1 Gold Semi-Finalist, Coach Michelle French

G98 White - D1 Gold Quarter-Finalist (lost to EFC's 98 Red), Coach Kelli Smith

G98 Blue - D2 Gold Elimination Round, Coach Allison Tenney

G98 Grey - D2 Gold Elimination Round, Coach Kevin VanGaver

G99 Dev - D2 Gold Quarter-Finalist, Coach Danny Jackson

G97 White - Gold Champion, Coach Tom Turner

G97 Blue - Gold Elimination Round, Coach Dan Bubar

G96 White - Gold Champion, Coach Emily Cole

G96 Blue - Gold Elimination Round, Coach Kevin VanGaver

G95 White - Gold Finalist (lost in pk's), Coach Ryan Dortch

Letter Back Home

Hi Eastside!  I'm on the Brooklyn Bridge here!!!

This is the uniform gallery at MLS offices.  Wearing home team colors of course!  :)

Maryann Boddy played soccer at Eastside FC from U11 through U18.  She assisted Tom Bialek with our G95R team for several years.  She went on to play for the Redhawks at Seattle University and the Women Sounders.  After graduating from SU, she took a position with Sounders FC in their marketing department.  Recently she was awarded an internship with the MLS in New York City.  We asked her to write and let us know how things are going.....

Here's Maryann's letter home from the Big Apple....

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Hey EFC!!

Life here has been a blast so far, filled with adventures and definitely some ups and downs, but mostly ups.

An extremely great couple took me in for the first month and a half and I've been living in their guest bedroom in the upper west side. Mark is a UW alum from SNOQUALMIE who manages a hedge fund out here and was in a fraternity with my uncle David. He and his wife Nicole have two boys under the age of 3 whom I love and tuck in for bed every night I'm home in time. They are great people and have made the transition smooth for me as I've been spoiled with my own bedroom, bathroom and Sunday family dinners.

As for the MLS, I've been learning a ton and am super excited to delve more into some PR projects out here. I'm responsible for managing and updating our Twitter account, actively engaging MLS fans and encouraging involvement from MLS clubs and soccer experts. I also help monitor all the major soccer blogs, whether a worldwide, MLS or US Soccer approach, we keep our ears peeled for any and all PR opportunities. Pretty soon here we'll be delving into some World Cup PR so I'm looking forward to that.

I've also been really lucky to help in the press box for the new Red Bull Arena opener in Harrison, NJ against the Brazilian club Santos as well as the inaugural home game for the expansion Philadelphia Union last weekend. They drafted Sebastian Le Toux from the Sounders this year who was a buddy of mine from a few yrs ago and he scored all 3 goals in the 3-2 win! Very exciting for him and brought a little comfort of home.

Aside from that I'm just enjoying all the sights, sounds and tastes of the city. I was going to play for the NY Magic and signed all the paperwork but the first weekend I got here I tore some cartilage in my knee and could hardly walk on it for a couple weeks. So, I joined a gym instead and have settled into the retirement life :-) I am still working out hard though so that when I come back I can keep up with the girls!

I have gotten robbed a couple times already, first my lock was cut at Bally's and all my belongings stolen, and second my wallet was picked from my backpack. So I've had to deal with all the good and the bad of the Big City but I'm definitely learning and taking it all in stride. Unfortunately it's all part of the experience!

I am moving into a 5 bedroom apartment this weekend and really looking forward to some adventures with my new roommates in Greenwich Village. With work and play it's going to be a great spring/summer.

Talk soon!!

Maryann

Handball! More Information

In a prior post entitled Handball! , we discussed the Laws of the Game around handling the ball.  We recently received an email from our friend Tom Hill, a board member at Issaquah Soccer Club, highlighting the US Soccer Federation's "Advice to Referees on the Laws of the Game 2009/2010".  This publication by the USSF’s National Referee Development Program is specifically intended to give USSF referees, assistant referees and fourth officials a reliable compilation of the Interpretation of the Laws of the Game and Guidelines for Referees which are provided as part of the Laws of the Game. 

It is not a replacement for the Laws of the Game, nor is it a "how to" book on refereeing: It is an official statement of Federation interpretations of the Laws.

For those interested in learning more about what is (and perhaps more importantly, what is NOT) a 'handball', read on.....

12.9 DELIBERATE HANDLING

The offense known as "handling the ball" involves deliberate contact with the ball by a player's hand or arm (including fingertips, upper arm, or outer shoulder - see diagram below).

"Deliberate contact" means

• that the player could have avoided the touch but chose not to,
• that the player's arms were not in a normal playing position at the time,
• or that the player deliberately continued an initially accidental contact for the purpose of gaining an unfair advantage.

Moving hands or arms instinctively to protect the body when suddenly faced with a fast approaching ball does not constitute deliberate contact unless there is subsequent action to direct the ball once contact is made. Likewise, placing hands or arms to protect the body at a free kick or similar restart is not likely to produce an infringement unless there is subsequent action to direct or control the ball.

The fact that a player may benefit from the ball contacting the hand does not transform the otherwise accidental event into an infringement. A player infringes the Law regarding handling the ball even if direct contact is avoided by holding something in the hand (clothing, shinguard, etc.).

NOTE: In most cases in the Laws of the Game, the words "touch," "play," and "make contact with" mean the same thing. This is not true in the case of deliberate handling, where the touch, play, or contact by the offending player must be planned and deliberate.

12.10 RULE OF THUMB FOR "HANDLING"

The rule of thumb for referees is that it is handling if the player plays the ball, but not handling if the ball plays the player. The referee should punish only deliberate handling of the ball, meaning only those actions when the player (and not the goalkeeper within the ‘keeper’s own penalty area) strikes or propels the ball with the hand or arm (shoulder to tip of fingers).

12.11 USE OF THE SHOULDER

For purposes of determining deliberate handling of the ball, the "hand" is considered to be any part of the arm-hand from fingertip to shoulder. Using the top of the shoulder is not considered as using the hand. (A diagram showing the area of “the hand” is shown below.)

 

Challenge Cup Results - A Message from Chance Fry

Congratulations to all our teams who were in the Challenge Cup Finals weekend. We went into the semi’s with 9 teams and 6 advanced to finals.  In those 6 finals today, we won 2 championships - Tom Turner’s GU12’s and Emily Cole’s GU13’s both won 1-0.

Great job to all the teams and coaches for a fantastic year.  There were a lot of very close games, some went to PK’s and the only difference sometimes is one kick of the ball.

The BU11 final, coached by An Nuon, was one of the most entertaining soccer games, at any age, I have ever seen. It was a back and forth affair with An’s boys losing in OT……7-5! A barnburner as they say.

It was great to see coaches, parents and players from many different teams supporting our EFC Challenge Cup teams….that is what a club is all about….having pride and interest in one another’s challenges.

Chance

SAVE THE DATE!

PARENT NIGHT at GARAGE BILLIARDS

Mark your calendars for the 1st ever EFC adult only night

WHEN: Sunday, June 27th 5:00-9:00PM

WHERE: Garage Billiards on Broadway

WHO: Parents in the club

WHAT: An evening of mingling, games and FUN

EFC at the Challenge Cup - 9 Teams in Semi-Finals!

Congratulations to the following teams in the Washington Challenge Cup Semi-Final Round!

Girls 98 Red, Coach Michelle French - U11 Gold, Starfire Field #9, 4:00 pm

Girls 97 White, Coach Tom Turner - U12 Gold, Starfire Field #1, 12:00 pm

Girls 96 White, Coach Emily Cole - U13 Gold, Starfire Field #1, 6:00 pm

Girls 95 White, Coach Ryan Dortch - U14 Gold, Starfire Field #3, 10:00 am

Boys 98 Red, Coach An Nuon - U11 Gold, Starfire Field #10, 9:00 am

Boys 98 White, Coach Danny Huet - U11 Silver, Starfire Field #4, 10:30 am

Boys 97 White, Coach Ryan Dortch - U12 Silver, Starfire Field #1, 8:00 am

Boys 96 White, Coach Danny Huet - U13 Gold, Starfire Field #11, 4:00 pm

Boys 95 White, Coach Fernando Barros - U14 Gold, Starfire Field #11, 10:00 am

Community Health Classes From Swedish Hospital

Our good friends at Swedish will be hosting community health classes this spring.  You can register at www.swedish.org/classes



A Guide to Swedish’s Eastside Community Education Programs

Swedish Community Health Education Programs are free unless otherwise indicated, but registration is required for all classes and screenings. Classes are held at the Swedish/Issaquah Campus in the Medical Imaging Waiting Area unless otherwise noted.

Swedish/Issaquah Campus:  2005 N.W. Sammamish Road

To register, visit www.swedish.org/classes or call 206-386-2502. Classes, locations and times are subject to change. Please call to confirm the information listed here.

Here are the classes....

Growing Up Female/Growing Up Male

This class provides a perfect opportunity to build a bridge between you and your 9 to 12-year-old to demystify puberty and the changes that occur during this somewhat-awkward time. The focus of this class is to enhance communication between parents and preteens, as well as facilitate learning about the physical and emotional changes of puberty. Fee: $25 per family (fee includes two adults and one child; there is a $5 fee for each additional child or adult in the same family).

Growing Up Female - Swedish/Issaquah - Medical Imaging Waiting Area - Thurs, April 8 - 6:30-9:00p
Growing Up Male - Swedish/Issaquah - Medical Imaging Waiting Area - Tues, June 15 - 6:30-9:00p

Safe Sitter®

Safe Sitter is a medically accurate program that teaches boys and girls how to be good babysitters. The class covers basic lifesaving techniques, safety precautions, how and when to summon help, tips on basic child care and child development, and responsibilities of safe babysitting. Also taught are age-appropriate entertainment ideas and the basics of starting a babysitting business. This class is recommended for ages 11-13. The Safe Sitter program is recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Visit http://www.safesitter.org/
for more information. Fee: $40 (scholarships are available on a limited basis).

Swedish/Issaquah - Medical Imaging Waiting Area - Saturday, May 15 - 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Talk with Your Doc — Issaquah

Talk with Your Doc is a new free education series with classes and events for parents and youth caregivers. We invite you to join us for one class or the whole series to learn about different health topics and have your questions answered by our clinicians.  Here's the current slate of offerings:

Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite: Sleep Problems in Infants, Children and Adolescents

Bring your questions to this presentation, conducted by Swedish pediatric sleep specialist Preetam Bandla, M.D. Here’s your chance to learn about snoring and sleep apnea, how to get your child screened for a sleep problem, sleep deprivation mimicking ADHD, the connection between childhood obesity and sleep, and when to seek behavioral therapy for sleep issues.

Swedish/Issaquah - Medical Imaging Waiting Area - Weds, May 19 - 6-8 p.m.
Pediatric Sports Injuries: What to Do?

Approximately 30 million school-age children participate in organized sports every year. It is important to know how to prevent and treat their injuries. Join Leslianne Yen, M.D., who specializes in pediatric sports medicine, for a discussion about how to prevent common pediatric sports injuries, when your child needs to see a doctor after an injury, and how children’s injuries can differ from those of adults.

Swedish/Issaquah - Medical Imaging Waiting Area - Weds, June 9 - 6-8 p.m.
Sneezes and Sniffles and Runny Eyes, Oh My!

Join allergist Marlene Peng, M.D., as she discusses tips to help your kids ward off the effects of seasonal allergies. Find out how to identify common indoor and outdoor allergens, how to determine if seasonal allergy medication is safe for your child, and how to know when to see an allergist.
Swedish/Issaquah - Medical Imaging Waiting Area - Weds, April 14 - 6-8 p.m.

What's "Advantage" Mean?

Ever hear a ref call "Play On!" or "Advantage!"  Here's what it means.....

Laws of the Game:  Law 5 - The Referee, articulates the authority, powers, duties, and decision-making scope of the referee.

Under the Powers and Duties section of Law 5, one clause states the following: 

"[The referee] allows play to continue when the team against which an offence has been committed will benefit from such an advantage and penalises the original offence if the anticipated advantage does not ensue at that time."

This clause gives the ref discretion to allow play to continue even after a foul has been committed if stopping play would unfairly punish the fouled team.  The idea is that the team which committed the foul should not benefit from the foul.

An example of a situation in which the ref could call "Play On" or "Advantage" might be if the fouled team had a breakaway & might score even after having been fouled.  In this case the ref might call "Play On" to allow the breakaway to succeed.  If it does not, the ref has discretion to halt play and call the penalty on the original offense.

Pic of the Week

Sarah Dieker, GU11G (Coach Kevin VanGaver), takes a shot on goal in the Elimination Round of the Challenge Cup.  Julia Gottlieb is cheering her on.