EFC Well Represented on HS All League Teams

Congratulations to our EFC boys who earned All League Honors playing HS Soccer!  If there are players missed, please let us know!

Nathan King - Issaquah HS (4A Kingco), First Team
Nick Goelz – Mercer Island HS (3A Kingco), First Team
Alex Shane, Issaquah HS (4A Kingco) - First Team
Jordan Morris, Mercer Island HS (3A Kingco) - First Team
Davis Karaica, Mount Si HS (3A Kingco) - First Team
Taylor Berg, Sammamish HS (3A Kingco) - First Team
Stuart Ellsworth, Sammamish HS (3A Kingco) - First Team
Jared Fulller, Kentwood HS (4A SPSL North) - First Team
Michael Roberts, Issaquah HS (4A Kingco) - First Team
Kyle Savette, Newport HS (4A Kingco) - First Team

Spencer Spears, Eastside Catholic (3A Metro) - Second Team
Colin Floyd, Eastside Catholic (3A Metro) - Second Team
Beau Blanchard, Sammamish HS (3A Kingco) - Second Team
Giovanni Sanchez, Sammamish HS (3A Kingco) - Second Team
Alex Censullo, Mount Si HS (3A Kingco) - Second Team
Kody Clearman, Mount Si HS (3A Kingco) - Second Team
Ryan Harber, Bellevue HS (3A Kingco) - Second Team
Chad Shepard, Interlake HS (2A Kingco) - Second Team
Joe Mancini, Eastside Catholic (3A Metro) - Second Team
Dane Aldrich, Mount Si HS (3A Kingco) - Second Team
Perry Nunes, Newport HS (4A Kingco) - Second Team

Garrett deCillia, Eastside Catholic (3A Metro) - Honorable Mention
Daniel Smith, Newport HS (4A Kingco) - Honorable Mention
Justin Li, Inglemoor HS (3A Kingco) - Honorable Mention
Matthew McNamara, Mercer Island HS (3A Kingco) - Honorable Mention
Matt Grohnke, Mercer Island HS (3A Kingco) - Honorable Mention
Cody Orendorff, Ellensburg HS - Honorable Mention Defense
Evan Peterson, Roosevelt HS (4A Kingco) - Honorable Mention
Sean Bradley, Newport HS (4A Kingco) - Honorable Mention

GU12 Blue Skagit River Cup Silver Champions

Coach Dan Bubar's U12 Girls started off the new season winning the championship trophy at the Skagit River Cup U12 Silver Division!  They came out strong in game one, with a 4-1 victory over Crossfire. Games two and three each ended 2-0 against NW United and NWN.  A win in the semi's sent them to the finals!   In the final game, the girls earned a 1-0 victory against a tough TSSA team.  Great performance overall with 11 goals scored and only 1 against!! Great work girls! Congratulations!

The Girls U12 White team also had success in the Gold Bracket at the Skagit River Cup.  They earned a place in the finals losing a close game 0-1.  Keep up the great work EFC!

Chance's Video Picks: Oops....

Sergio Ramos, defender for Spain’s Real Madrid, shows why he is not a basketball player or goalkeeper. While celebrating the Copa del Rey Championship they had just won by beating Barcelona, Sergio mishandles the 33 pound trophy on top of the team bus……watch what happens next…..Ouch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXxSuzRpTps&feature=player_detailpage

Eastside FC Uniform Sizing Night

Bring your new Eastside FC player to try-on uniform samples!


Eastside FC Uniform Sizing Night

Thursday, May 12th - 5:00-9:00

Newport High School
Commons Area - 1st Floor
4333 Factoria Blvd. SE
Bellevue, WA 98006

Representatives from Eastside FC and Eurosport, the Club's online retailer will be on hand to answer your questions!

Suzi Kuenster
Eastside FC Uniforms
uniforms@eastsidefc.org

EFC Family Conference

Eastside FC’s Annual Family Gathering

Sunday, June 5, from 4:00p - 7:00p. Mercer Island Community Center. The address is 8236 SE 24th St, Mercer Island, WA 98040

This year’s event is formatted a little differently than in years past. We’re using the model of a industry conference wherein there are different topic seminars....

As always, we’ll celebrate this year’s championships and introduce new coaches.

Here’s an overview of the seminars we’ll be offering. Please see the attached schedule.

A Mastery Approach to Parenting in Sports. Dr. Frank Smoll, the leading researcher in empirical studies focused on the most effective communication strategies for coaches and parents of competitive young athletes. Learn how you as a parent can foster successful athletes and “get on the same page” with your coach to the benefit of the athlete. The primary focus is on providing a mastery motivational climate that emphasizes a definition of success as self-improvement, maximum effort, and enjoying the intrinsic process of achieving sports mastery. A major theme is emphasized: What young athletes learn in sports carries over into their everyday lives. The program also discusses the most successful parent behavior as it relates to the young athlete as well as relations with coaches.

Best Practices for Team Managers. Renee Prendergast, an experienced and successful team manager at Eastside FC. Are you a team manager? Want to be effective? Enjoy the experience? Work well with your coach and the team? This track is for you. Renee Prendergast leads a discussion of best practices, pitfalls to avoid, and overall how to be the most effective team manager possible. Renee and other managers and staff in the club have compiled a team manager’s manual that serves as a roadmap for successful team managers.

Best Practices for Team Treasurers. Jeff Sullivan, Treasurer of Eastside FC. Jeff leads this track focused on effective management of team budgets and checking accounts. He’ll cover coaching expense reimbursement policy, collections,

Team Fundraising. Eastside FC Girls 93 Red Team. The parents and players from the G93R team have been phenomenally successful at raising funds for team travel. Learn about the mechanisms they used to become the most effective fundraising team in the club.

Navigating the Youth Soccer Landscape. Mike Racine, Executive Director of Eastside FC. Have you ever wondered how the world of soccer and particularly how youth soccer fits together? Want to know the difference between US Youth Soccer and US Club Soccer? Ever heard of CONCACAF? FIFA? USYS? UEFA? La Liga? CONMEBOL? USSF? AYSO? English Premier League? There are more acronyms in soccer than the US military. Come and get a landscape overview of the world of soccer starting with FIFA, the world sanctioning body. In particular, we’ll drive down into the world of youth soccer in the US and Washington state.

Effective Team Communications Using Korrio. Korrio Staff. This topic will introduce Korrio as a communication/notification/team support platform. Learn the key things you should do as a coach, team manager, parent, or player to stay in the loop with regard to the team schedule, any urgent notifications and late-breaking schedule changes.

Preparing for the College Scholarship Process – A Panel Discussion. Led by Coach Frank Gallo with a supporting cast of Coach Dan Strom and G93R team parents & players who successfully secured college soccer scholarships. Every year, Eastside FC graduates a significant number of players who go on to collegiate soccer careers on scholarship.  Get an overview of the process involved in reaching out to colleges for scholarship support and the keys to success.

Referee in Pool Program. Ken Robertson, Commissioner of the East King County Referee Association and EFC’s referee coordinator. Ken describes the club’s referee-in-pool program and how you can become a referee. Focused on ages 13 thru adult, this track focuses on how the program works and how to become a referee. You can learn how to earn $XXX dollars for your team by serving as a ref-in-pool. If you’re a parent or athlete aged 13 or over, learn how to get started as a referee and earn money officiatingat games – it’s a great summer job and there’s a shortage of qualified referees. This is a great opportunity to earn $$, learn the Laws of the Game, and support the soccer community in a critically important role.

Sounders FC Academy Program Overview. Head Coach Dick McCormick of the Sounders FC Academy. Coach McCormick provides an overview of the Sounders FC Academy. This year, Eastside FC advanced 5 young men into this program that serves as an entry point to the national teams and professional ranks. Learn what the program is all about and what Sounders FC Academy is looking for.

Wall Workout Demonstrations. Coach Tom Bialek. If there is one thing a soccer athlete should do to develop a fine first touch, it’s practice against a wall. Coach Tom Bialek will demonstrate a series of wall workouts to improve your touch on the ball. Do these workouts consistently and you WILL improve your first touch - significantly.
Eurosport/adidas & Team Tables. Our uniform fulfilment vendor Eurosport and our uniform manufacturer adidas will have a table. There are a limited number of tables available for teams to sell fundraising items. Contact Rich Nardi, rich@nardi.net if interested.

Save the date!!

Keep It Positive

Coach Ryan Dortch noticed this blog post on the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) website and forwarded it.  Kudos to the Mount Laurel United Soccer Association for the original authorship.  Thought it was worth re-printing here...

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The following is a list of points of emphasis from a handout given to parents with children in the Mount Laurel (N.J.) United Soccer Association. This handout is designed to minimize and eliminate sideline coaching from parents. We hope that you can adapt some or all of these guidelines in this form or another to your coaching situation.


1. Be positive. Be supportive. Cheer for the team. Encourage all of the players. Keep negative comments to yourself, especially those directed at another parent’s child. Remember that the players are doing the best that they can and that playing good soccer is more difficult than it looks.

2. Do not coach. Let the coaches make adjustments as they see the need. Many times the instruction from a spectator is exactly the opposite of the instruction given by the coach. Allow the players the freedom to make their own decisions and learn from their mistakes. Spectator statements like “Stay Wide,” Clear It,” “Pass The Ball,” “Get Rid of It,” “Move Up,” “Move Back,” etc., tend to undermine the need for players to communicate with each other.

3. Never address players on the other team, except to encourage.

4. Treat the officials with respect. All officials make mistakes. All humans make mistakes. Let the officials be human. Let the coaches approach the officials if they feel the need. The referee may be wrong, but not as often as you are? Have you ever seen a referee change his mind because a parent shouted at him or her?

5. Do not engage is game-related discussions with parents from the opposing team. We will be playing these teams for many years to come. We want to be known in the soccer community as an organization that has class whether we win, lose or draw. The game score will not be remembered. The argument or inappropriate remarks will be.

6. Leave the game on the field. When the game is over, no amount of comment, question or discussion with the players, officials or coaches can change the outcome. Regardless of the outcome, the coaches will evaluate the performance, reinforce the good things and work to correct the things needing improvement.

7. Keep the game fun. Winning is more fun than losing, but each player shuld enjoy playing because they love the game. Avoid offering bribes or “pumping up” your child. Allow them to become self-motivated. Make sure that you take time to enjoy the game yourself. I have heard comments from some of the team that they dread it when their parents start shouting at the referee. It is noticeable that when some parents get more and more agitated, their child gets more and more withdrawn during the game.

Think about your own job. If you have someone who you knew was going to shout at you every time you made a mistake, wouldn’t you stop putting yourself in the position to make thie mistake? That is what happens with some of the players on the team. they would rather not have the ball than risk having it and making a mistake!

EFC Crowns 4 More Champions!

Congratulations to EFC's Girls U14 White, Girls U12 White, Boys U14 White and Boys U12 White Teams. All of these teams were crowned 2011 Challenge Cup Champions.  The Girls U14 White team earned a repeat championship!  Congratulations to the coaches and players for a job well done!

The Boys 96 White, Coached by Stuart Lee after their championship win against the Sun City Strikers.   This team cruised through bracket play, scoring 15 goals with no goals against.    The quarterfinal game ended 3-2 against MVP.  They earned a 1-0 victory against MIFC United in the semifinals.  The final score in the championship game was 2-0.  Great work boys! 

The Girls 96 White, coached by Emily Cole, also showed their dominance in bracket play by shutting out each opponent and scoring 10 goals.  The quarterfinals continued to show their talent with a 3-0 win against Snohomish.  Things tightened up in the semifinals, but the girls pulled out a 1-0 win against Alliance FC.  In the finals they faced a tough WPFC. Once again they pulled out a 1-0 victory to earn a repeat championship!  Keep up the great work girls!

The Boys 98 White, coached by Kei Kinoshita advanced 2nd out of bracket play after applying the tie breaker rules.  They sailed through the elimination round of 16 and beat FC Alliance 2-1 in the quarterfinals.  The semifinal round was a tough game against the EFC U12 Blue team (see the photo below of both EFC teams).  The Blue vs. White game advanced to overtime before the white team secured a victory.  The final game against Sun City earned them a hard fought championship!  Congratulations!

The Girls 98 White team, coached by Kelli Smith, moved through bracket play undefeated, shutting out each opponent.  They continued strong through the playoff rounds beating Crossfire and MRFC 2-0 in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.  The final victory against Federal Way secured the championship for the Girls 98 White team!  Way to go girls!

Adidas Footwear Promotion - Updated Code

Folks, the grassroots marketing program at Eurosport is offering Eastside FC members a discount program on adidas footwear.  Use the updated code 16ADICLA to receive 15% off any Adidas footwear ordered from SOCCER.COM  

Goal Club members can combine this offer with the 10% discount associated with your Goal Club membership for an effective discount rate of 25% off.

The offer is good until June 30, 2011.

U12-U14 State Cup - EFC has 7 Teams in the Finals!

Let's get out to Starfire on this sunny Sunday to cheer on our Eastside teams!  There is a great day of soccer ahead! 

Championship Cup:
Boys 98 Red (U12) - Game 9:15 am, Field 5
Girls 96 Red (U14) - Game 11:00 am, Field 1 **

Challenge Cup:
Boys 96 White (U14) - Game 1:00 pm, Field 1
Boys 98 White (U12) - Game 11:45 am, Field 3
Girls 96 White (U14) - Game 3:00 pm, Field 1 **
Girls 97 White (U13) - Game 4:30 pm, Field 2 **
Girls 98 White (U12) - Game 3:15 pm, Field 3

** These 3 EFC teams are fighting to repeat their title!

For a full schedule, see the WYSA website. Good luck EFC - let's bring home the trophies!