Bluegrass Pics: August 2010

Personalized Group Page is Ready - COAST FA HURRICANES We have a block of rooms at the Hampton Inn Jacksonville -9A & Baymeadows. The room rate is $79/night. (With tax, the two night amount will be $178.54) This hotel is about 9-10 miles from the fields.

You can call the hotel directly at (904) 363-7150 and specifically ask for the Coast FA Hurricanes Rate, or you can use the web page they set-up for our block. E-mail me for the special reservation link.

Hotel webpage: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=JAXBYHX
19 reviews on Trip Advisor give it either 4 or 5 stars, and 100% of the reviewers recommend this hotel:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60805-d656530-Reviews-Hampton_Inn_Jacksonville_9A_Baymeadows-Jacksonville_Florida.html

Reservations are available until Aug 27 or until the block is filled up. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Sunday, August 08, 2010

U17 CoastFA 93 Hurricanes Fall Schedule

Here is the basic information on the fall schedule.

8/21: OFF (League Regular Season begins today)
8/28: OFF
9/4: First Coast Labor Day Shootout - Jacksonville, Fl (Sat/Sun)
9/11: 1PM SCUFC Palmetto I (@Columbia)
       5PM SCUFC Palmetto II (@Columbia)
9/18: OFF
9/25: OFF
10/2: 1PM SCUFC MP '93 Elite (Home)
     5PM DISA Sting (Home)
10/9: Virginia Beach Columbus Day Tournament, Virginia Beach, VA (Sat/Sun) [SAT test date]
10/16: 11AM DSC 93 Green (@Rock Hill)
       3PM CFC 93 (@Rock Hill)
       Sunday 10/17: 3PM Summerville Soccer Club (Home)
10/23: 3PM SCUFC 93 Boys Elite (@Mt. Pleasant)
       Sunday 10/24: 3PM FSA Force (field location TBD)
10/30: 1PM CESA 93 B Challenge (@Columbia)
       5PM CASA 93 Orange (@Lexington)
11/6: Peachbelt Tournament College Showcase, Aiken, SC (Sat/Sun) [SAT test date]
11/13: OFF (League Regular Season ends)
11/20: OFF
11/27: OFF (Thanksgiving weekend)
12/4: SCSCL play-in weekend / [SAT test date]
12/11: SCSCL State Championships / Manchester Meadows in Rock Hill.

In about a week, the league games will be added to our team page on the SCYSA website. I'll pass that link along then. The league page will not include our tournament details.

Opponent team info:
SCUFC - South Carolina United Football Club
SCUFC-MP 93 Elite - Mt. Pleasant team
SCUFC 93 Boys Elite - the Columbia United (former) Premier team
SCUFC 93 Boys Palmetto I - old Columbia United Palmetto I
SCUFC 93 Boys Palmetto II - old Columbia United Palmetto I

CASA 93 Orange - Clemson Area Soccer Association
CESA 93 Challenge - Carolina Elite Soccer Academy - Greenville, SC
CFC 93 - Carolina Football Club - Spartanburg, SC
DISA Sting - Daniel Island Soccer Association - Daniel Island (Charleston), SC
DSC 93 Green - Discoveries Soccer Club - Rock Hill/Ft. Mill, SC
FSA Force - Florence Soccer Association

Sunday, August 01, 2010

U17 Hurricane tournament update

Below find some updated season/tournament info from Joel, along with updated ranking status for our team.

-------- Original Message --------

From:	joelbanta@aol.com

Parents and Players,

These are the current tournaments that the U17 players will be attending. Gregg will be attaching some information that you may want to follow through with. This is the season where coaches really view players at these events(junior/senior year's) and that is why we are taking this team to better events than last year. In the event that college coaches watch us play, it would be an excellent opportunity to give them information on your son. Please take the time to do this it is important to have(resume).Formal training will start on August 16th at 7pm. For that week and the next we will train four nights in a row (Mon-Thurs). We will also be scrimmaging the U18's every week. During those first two weeks, we will scrimmage them on a Saturday mornings (TBA). When school starts we will be going back to Mon, Wed and Thursday nights (7-8:30). Also remember I am running a fitness and technique camp for the next two weeks(mon-thurs 6pm-7:30) cost is 5 dollars each night. See you soon.

Joel

1) First Coast Labor Day Shootout
9/4/2010 - 9/6/2010
Jacksonville, Florida

http://www.soccerincollege.com/TTIntro3.aspx?tid=TRN207

2) Virginia Beach Columbus Day Tournament
October 9-10, 2010 (Sat & Sun)

http://www.beachfc.com/columbusday.html

3) Peachbelt Tournament - November 6-7
This event is U17 and 18 only and is held during the Peach-Belt Conference tournament. There will be many college coaches on hand and we will get an oppurtunity to view college soccer this weekend.

Below is a link to the soccer team's in the peach belt.

http://www.peachbeltconference.org/sports/msoc/2010-11/standings

We are now ranked higher than we have every been ranked before!! (link)

http://www.soccerincollege.com/sicteam.aspx?id=SCM94032&club=SC005
Coast Futbol Alliance

National Competition

USYS 2010 South Carolina State Finalist

Silver Level Team

sincRank

National

#38

Region III

#28

South Carolina

Player Resume Info

It has been suggested to have these available at tournaments for college coaches for any player wishing to provide one. We can have one parent volunteer to coordinate this (collect resumes, make copies, distribute), or we can simply to the "do it yourself" approach.

Do-it-yourself method: complete a resume for your son. Provide me with multiple copies prior to each tournament. I'll group them together and have them available for tournament officials/college coaches, etc. (We don't really have club funds to pay for the copies, printouts, etc. so this method spreads the work and expense among the parents/players who are interested.) No obligation, no deadline. Opt-in or opt-out throughout the season as desired.

Contact me if you need a copy of the resume template.