Club Soccer News
FALL 2021, September 7
What's inside
  • DOC View
  • Club Goals Status
  • Soccerfest Summary
  • Rosters
  • Mums and Picture Day
  • Sports Engine Attendance
  • Picture of the Week
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We made the best of Soccerfest and now we move on in preparation of league play. Welcome to the first weekly newsletter. We will be providing up to date information on our goals, training, matches and other club news.

As we begin league play, our focus is on setting training standards that we will follow for the season. We have added a third day of training for all players and the coaches are working together to coach the standards. You may have started to hear your player share the coaches expectations that we communicate with them. We are setting the ground for standards that will improve our club training environment. The standards come from information already presented in the countdown newsletters and the Player Affiliation Manual only they are in greater detail. More to come. Let's get this season started.

_______Jose Skrobot_________________Declan Lynch_______
Important Dates
  • 9/6 Labor Day, No Training
  • 9/11-12 League Play begins
  • 9/18 Mums Pickup
  • 9/18 Picture Day
  • 10/11 Columbus Day, No Training

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Club Goals Status

We work on all club goals simultaneously. You will find weekly updates in this newsletter.
Communication: We hope you find these newsletters informative. This weekly newsletter is the newest addition to communication improvement. Content comes from actions we are taking to improve the club and questions you ask.
SCU Culture: As mentioned previously, part of our culture is in our training environment; our behavior, our preparation, our work rate, our respect for others. Please take time to discuss the culture of the training environment with your player.
Player Development: We are redefining our approach to player improvement at the individual and team levels. Coaches are working to document the next 10 weeks of training for you players team. This newsletter and communications from your coach will highlight what the kids are learning.
Soccerfest may have be cut short by weather, however, it was nice to bring the tournament back after we were forced to cancel the whole tournament last year. All teams had a good balance of ups and downs. Congrats to the teams that made their group finals.

9U Boys ------- 13U Girls
11U Boys ------ 14U Girls
13U Boys

I'd like to make special mention to the volunteers and players from our IPA that helped us out. Finally, our board member leadership is the backbone to every annual Soccerfest event. Nothing happens without them. Thank you to all board members!
Roster Status

Many have asked questions about rosters, specifically the roster size. I attended most of the team parent meetings to discuss the matter with parents. I'd like to summarize in case you were not present.

We had the option of accepting more players into the club to fill spots. This would definitely solve the roster number issue, however, it would cause other issues. To avoid other issues, we decided to stick to minimum standards by age to play in the club. We will fill rosters from two sources, our club members at younger ages and players from our Illinois Premier (IP) affiliates.

We had a very good experience with the IP players that helped us for the Soccerfest tourney. Players from our younger teams that will play up will contribute and benefit from the challenge. It will be a win-win.

Keep in mind that these players are making similar sacrifices to attend every match as your player is. This means they deserve play time as well. The coach will manage all play time. Together, they will play UNITED!
MUMS PICK UP & PICTURE DAY
On September 18, we will be distributing the mums you sold and taking team pictures at the SAA House. Please be sure to be on time for both. The mums will fill up the parking lot and need to be picked up as there is no where to store them. As for pictures, two teams have matches on that day after 3pm so there are no conflicts in the morning. More details to come.
Sports Engine: Attendance
We are glad to see that families have adapted to using the Sports Engine app. One of the biggest values in the app is the ability to state your attendance to training and matches. I have noticed that parents are stating if their child is in or out in the team chat. Please be sure you are clicking the ✅ or ❌in the Schedule section of the app for any event. This gives the coach a consolidated list with more detail. It can be difficult going through the chat to understand who will be present. This will be very important for match events. Thank you for your understanding
Picture of the Week
Our Picture of the Week is a great example of keeper form. Jaxon, U10 Boys, makes himself big as he cuts off the shooters angle to the goal. Coach Brad and Coach Jordan are proud of you.

Each week, we will select a picture to feature here. Please post pictures to your team chat in Sports Engine and maybe your picture will be selected. At the very least, we will be selecting other pictures to highlight on our social media.
#WeAreUNITED