Field Status: -- location: Ellsworth - McAfee -- status: OPEN -- last updated: September 5, 2008

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September 5, 2008    
Northborough Youth Soccer is organized for children from ages 5-17 of the town of Northborough. It is an all volunteer organization dedicated to creating a fun environment for children to advance soccer skills and teach the life lessons of teamwork and determination.    Read about our programs...

Opening Day Weather Update:    We will walk the fields on Saturday morning , make a determination on the field status, and then we will update the Field Hotline by 7:00 AM. As always, if our fields are open, then the games are on. We will do our best to get all games in so if you get questions from other towns/coaches the NYSA goal is to play all scheduled games on Saturday.

  



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Opening Day: The Fall 2008 season begins on September 6 for ages U6 through U14. High school age 8v8 play begins on September 14. Both seasons end on November 2,and there is no league play on Columbus Day Weekend. Have a great season!!!

Fall 2008 Clinics Now Online: NYSA is proud to make available PDO (Player Development Officer) led skill building clinics.   Clinics are available on a first come first serve basis and are for NYSA families only. In an effort to allow maximum participation (and minimize 'no-shows'), we are allowing signup in advance by one week only! To sign up for clinics further in the future, please come back to this site when the desired clinic is within the week. IMPORTANT: If you sign up for a clinic, but don't show up and haven't cancelled within 24 hours, you will NOT be allowed to sign up for additional clinics.   Signup Now!!!!

MYSA Coach G-Course: MYSA will be offering the 4 hour G course at Teamworks in Northborough on September 20, 2008 from 12pm - 4pm. The fee is paid for by NYSA and is open to coaches and assistants. Please send Jeff Foster a note to reserve a position in the class. Course Details

NYSA Night @ The New England Revolution:    Join friends and family for a night of fun at NYSA night at the New England Revolution on Saturday, September 27 at 7:30 vs. Columbus Crew.   Cat II seating will be available for a discount for all NYSA families and friends. .   If you have questions please contact Carolyn Harrington.   To order tickets contact Kevin Barney at 508-384-9213.   Hope to see you at the Revs game, and don't forget to show your NYSA pride by wearing your soccer shirt!    Details...

Dramatic Rise in ACL Injuries in Teen Girls:   Some of it is a lack of a warm up and some of it seems to be physical - the recovery is brutal.      Studies have shown that a female soccer player's risk of sustaining an ACL injury is substantially greater than her male counterpart. Subsequent studies have shown that injury rates can be reduced with specific warm-ups.

NYSA is committed to raising awareness of this issue -- especially with girls' coaches.    More info is contained in the following links:
15 minute warm-up that Johnson & Johnson is focusing on getting all coaches of teen girls to use.
Sports Medicine ACL Injury Prevention Warm Up
The Uneven Playing Field – one players experience
A Big-Time Injury Striking Little Players’ Knees


Open NYSA Board Position : Field of Dreams Coordinator. Responsibilites include stocking the "snack shack" ; assigning volunteers to work different shifts and ensuring the equipment is operational. Please contact John OReilly at 508-393-0892 if interested in discussing this position further.

27th Annual Columbus Day Tournament: The Natick Soccer Club is proud to announce its 27th Annual Columbus Day Soccer Tournament that will be held over Columbus Day Weekend, October 11th, 12th and 13th, 2008. Over the years, this has been a very successful tournament, and we expect to again have over 250 teams from the greater New England area. Official Information Site

20th Annual Newton Girls Soccer Columbus Day tournament: Newton Girls Soccer would like to invite teams from your organization to our 20th annual Columbus Day tournament. Last year's tournament was a great success with 68 teams in attendance from all over New England and Newton is planning to make this this year's tournament even better. Official Information Site

NYSA Safety Reminder: NYSA strongly recommends escorting players to the fields for practices or games and remaining with the child until a coach arrives. Please do not drop off a child unless the coach or assistant coach is present. Immediately following a practice or a game, parents should walk on to the field and collect their children. A Coach or assistant coach must remain with players until they are all accounted for.


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