AYSO Region 13

The twenty games which were not completed for various reasons will all be replayed in their entirety on November 22. The new schedule is now on the website. Even if your team was not affected by weather, your scheduled opponent for Saturday might have been, and quite possibly not only your opponent but also your game time will have changed as a result. EVERYONE should check to be sure.

Highlights of the new schedule include:

-- U6, U7, U8 and GU14 are unchanged from the original schedule.
-- Two teams, GU10:18 Haupt and GU10:04 Blaisdell, had two games rained out and therefore play twice on the 22nd. In each case both games are on the same field, with 2 1/2 hours rest time between games.

Referees continue to obey the same scheduling rules regardless of whether the games are practice. Coaches and referees are reminded that referee credits and sportsmanship points count for practice games just the same as for regular games.

Here is the complete schedule for U10, U12 and U14. Games denoted "PRACTICE" are the same as in the original schedule. Games denoted "CHANGED" are also practice games.

08:30 BrkSd 2      BU10:17 Rodriguez    vs BU10:05 Gaines       PRACTICE
09:45 BrkSd 2      GU10:27 Rios         vs GU10:09 Stepanian    PRACTICE
11:00 BrkSd 2      GU10:18 Haupt        vs GU10:23 Deems        MAKEUP GAME
12:15 BrkSd 2      BU10:14 Crane        vs BU10:02 Chong        PRACTICE
01:30 BrkSd 2      GU10:11 Guzman       vs GU10:16 Ragusa       MAKEUP GAME
02:45 BrkSd 2      GU10:18 Haupt        vs GU10:17 Wright       MAKEUP GAME
08:30 BrkSd 3      GU10:26 Del Castillo vs GU10:22 Gardina      CHANGED
09:45 BrkSd 3      GU10:08 Tonarely     vs GU10:04 Blaisdell    MAKEUP GAME
11:00 BrkSd 3      BU10:25 Estephanian  vs BU10:28 Anderson     CHANGED
12:15 BrkSd 3      BU10:35 Lai          vs BU10:33 Chant        MAKEUP GAME
01:30 BrkSd 3      GU10:04 Blaisdell    vs GU10:03 Greenwood    MAKEUP GAME
08:30 RsBwl 6      GU10:31 Barnes       vs GU10:13 Bagheri      PRACTICE
09:45 RsBwl 6      BU10:32 Cabello      vs BU10:20 Hernandez    PRACTICE
11:00 RsBwl 6      GU10:28 Rivett       vs GU10:10 Sanderson    PRACTICE
12:15 RsBwl 6      BU10:29 Amsbry       vs BU10:13 Kristensson  CHANGED
01:30 RsBwl 6      BU10:07 Datz         vs BU10:10 Barge        PRACTICE
08:30 RsBwl 5      BU10:16 Lauman       vs BU10:04 Schraeder    PRACTICE
09:45 RsBwl 5      BU10:18 Alvarez      vs BU10:06 Caspole      CHANGED
11:00 RsBwl 5      (VIP slot; they play at Glendale)
12:15 RsBwl 5      GU10:02 Burnham      vs GU10:01 Wilson       MAKEUP GAME
01:30 RsBwl 5      BU10:21 Derrick      vs BU10:19 Julian(May)  MAKEUP GAME
08:30 Muir South   BU10:23 Coontz       vs BU10:36 Garcia       CHANGED
09:45 Muir South   BU10:31 Aguilar      vs BU10:15 Morquecho    CHANGED
11:00 Muir South   BU10:09 Galindo      vs BU10:12 Gnaulati     PRACTICE
12:15 Muir South   GU10:15 Weiss        vs GU10:20 Frey         CHANGED
01:30 Muir South   GU10:30 Felgate      vs GU10:12 Baraga       CHANGED
08:30 OakGrv Sch   GU10:24 Kambe        vs GU10:06 Engstrom     PRACTICE
09:45 OakGrv Sch   GU10:32 Bickel       vs GU10:14 Becker       CHANGED
11:00 OakGrv Sch   BU10:34 May          vs BU10:22 Kessler      PRACTICE
12:15 OakGrv Sch   GU10:19 Hawkins      vs GU10:05 Ganguin      CHANGED
01:30 OakGrv Sch   GU10:25 Saenz        vs GU10:07 Hutton       PRACTICE
09:00 LC LDS       BU10:26 Desimone     vs BU10:24 Brown        MAKEUP GAME
10:15 LC LDS       BU10:03 Morgan       vs BU10:01 Yatsko       MAKEUP GAME
11:30 LC LDS       BU10:08 Witt         vs BU10:11 Schaupp      CHANGED
12:45 LC LDS       BU10:27 McConnell    vs BU10:30 Cano         PRACTICE
02:00 LC LDS       GU10:29 Fanelli      vs GU10:05 Ganguin      CHANGED
08:30 RsBwl 1      GU12:06 Loui         vs GU12:09 Robles       CHANGED
09:45 RsBwl 1      BU12:15 Prescott     vs BU12:03 Regalado     CHANGED
11:00 RsBwl 1      BU12:09 Badaruddin   vs BU12:07 Datz         PRACTICE
12:15 RsBwl 1      GU12:18 Tapia        vs GU12:16 Lamb         MAKEUP GAME
01:30 RsBwl 1      GU12:03 O'Leary      vs GU12:01 Callan       MAKEUP GAME
02:45 RsBwl 1      BU12:10 Atamian      vs BU12:08 Kessler      PRACTICE
08:30 RsBwl 2      BU12:01 Shintaku     vs BU12:06 Woods        MAKEUP GAME
09:45 RsBwl 2      GU12:07 Landesman    vs GU12:14 Dyson        CHANGED
11:00 RsBwl 2      GU12:17 Myles        vs GU12:05 Dorse        PRACTICE
12:15 RsBwl 2      BU12:12 Greenwood    vs BU12:13 Brown        MAKEUP GAME
01:30 RsBwl 2      GU12:15 Granadino    vs GU12:13 Del Castillo MAKEUP GAME
02:45 RsBwl 2      GU12:04 Sanderson    vs GU12:02 Menemenlis   MAKEUP GAME
08:30 RsBwl 4      BU12:16 Schroeder    vs BU12:14 Wilson       MAKEUP GAME
09:45 RsBwl 4      BU12:04 Anderson     vs BU12:05 Ku           MAKEUP GAME
11:00 RsBwl 4      GU12:12 MacKenzie    vs GU12:10 Russell      MAKEUP GAME
12:15 RsBwl 4      GU12:08 Adhami       vs GU12:11 Morton       PRACTICE
01:30 RsBwl 4      BU12:11 Daily        vs BU12:02 Aguilar      CHANGED
08:30 RsBwl 7      GU14:07 Yedgarian    vs GU14:06 Weiss        PRACTICE
10:00 RsBwl 7      BU14:09 Wright       vs BU14:10 Wulke        MAKEUP GAME
11:30 RsBwl 7      GU14:03 Garcia       vs GU14:02 Gaines       PRACTICE
01:00 RsBwl 7      BU14:04 Greene       vs BU14:08 Mannucci     PRACTICE
08:30 RsBwl 8      GU14:04 Nazarian     vs GU14:01 Angold       PRACTICE
10:00 RsBwl 8      BU14:02 Arinaga      vs BU14:06 Dawson       PRACTICE
11:30 RsBwl 8      GU14:08 Zwingli      vs GU14:05 O'Callaghan  PRACTICE
01:00 RsBwl 8      BU14:01 Anderson     vs BU14:05 House        CHANGED
02:30 RsBwl 8      BU14:03 Duncan       vs BU14:07 Kubon        PRACTICE

Coaches plaques available at admin tent at Victory Park this Saturday, November 15

Trophies for the U6, U7 & U8 Divisions

                November 18, 2008


Coaches and Team Managers,


All remaining U6, U7 & U8 Trophies (as well as remaining Coach Plaques) will be available for pick up at the Information Tent at Area H (the Rose Bowl) on Saturday, November 22nd.

If you are missing a trophy, or if you need corrections (misspellings, etc.) made for a trophy, please email me or fax me immediately.  Fax number is (626) 792-1402 and email address is ftbigelow@earthlink.net.  All requests should include a current mailing address.

I must have the corrections emailed or faxed to me by December 1st.  Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate any requests received after that date.

To replace the name plate on a trophy, simply use a butter knife to gently lIft off the incorrect plate and replace with the corrected name plate. 



Sincerely,

Frank Bigelow
Awards Co-coordinator
 

Sponsor Plaques will be available for pick up on Saturday, November 22 at the main admin tent located at Area H. Please send a representative from each team to collect your plaque(s).

It is very costly to post the plaques so please make every effort to collect them for distribution to your sponsor(s).

COLUMBUS CREW vs. NY RED BULLS

The MLS Cup is the Super Bowl of soccer in the United States, the most prestigious pro soccer game played in the in the country. The winner receives the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy, and qualifies to represent the U.S. in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. This year the MLS CUP Final Match is being played Sunday, November 23, 12:30PM at the HDC in Carson, a short 30 minute drive from Pasadena. Region 13 has some fantastic reserved seats for the match all grouped together in section 104 in the lower bowl of the stadium, just about all of the seats should be in the shade for this midday match.

Face value of these tickets is $50ea.

YOUR REGION 13 PRICE:

Is only $40ea.

All procceeds go to support AYSO Region 13 programs

Buy tickets for your refs and coach as a great year end gift

OR

Take your whole team for the very best end of the season party!

To order email to stevelesse@aol.com

Thank you,

Steve Lesse

Assistant Coach Administrator

AYSO Region 13

- AYSO REGION 13 -

USED SOCCER GEAR COLLECTION

Our Gear collectlon efforts continue! We are putting together uniform sets to donate to LA Scores, and to youth groups in Haiti, Africa, and Mexico.

We have had great success in collecting gear and getting it into the hands of kids in need. As great as our success has been we find that the need is always greater than the amount of gear we have...As you reach the end of a great AYSO season please consider donating your old uniforms, cleats, balls, shinguards, etc. so that they can help brighten another child's life!

Thank you for your amazing help!

UPDATE:

On October 18 our community gathered together and helped sort, box and ship 34 team sets of uniforms, balls, cleats, and other soccer gear amounting to over 2,200 items to Iraq. The collection effort was covered as the closing "feel good" News story on the KTLA Prime Time News. Yesterday Jake started to receive the first boxes of gear...

We are pleased and honored to be working with the LA Galaxy and the US Soccer Foundation Passback program in support of former Region 13 player Jake Brady, now deployed to Iraq. Jake Brady played in Region 13 from 1987 to 1997 and was also a youth referee.

Jake’s Cavalry Squadron is stationed in the Rashid district of Baghdad. Their mission includes peace keeping and promoting positive interactions between civilians and the Multi National Troops. Jake’s Squadron will distribute our soccer gear to the children of the Baghdad area.

Bring your old gear (jerseys, shorts, socks, cleats (tied together please), shinguards & balls), to donate. Your donations will be used to promote peace and create goodwill. Together we can make a positive difference.
Please tell your soccer teammates, school, friends, and neighbors!
Thank you for your help!
For more information, please contact us:
Marina, Catalina, Michelle, and Steve Lesse
usedsoccergear@aol.com

Over the past few years your generous donations of soccer gear
have been shared with 1,000s of kids in Los Angeles and worldwide.

Region 13 will be offering the AYSO U10 and U12 coaching courses on Sunday, January 11 (tine and place to be announced). With regard to the upcoming '08-'09 post-season, the U10 certification will be required of all U8 Grad Series coaches, while the U12 cert (at a minimum) is required to coach U10 All-Stars. This is also a great opportunity for coaches to get their training requirements for next season taken care of ahead of time, so as not to have to worry about fitting it in over the busy summer. The U10 certification is required to coach regional U10, and the U12 cert is required to coach regional U12/U14 as well as U10 YDP.

Section 1 is offering the AYSO Intermediate (INT) and Advanced (ADV) coaching courses on Fri-Sat-Sun, December 12-13-14 in Riverside (see flyer), and Area 11Q is offering the INT course on January 2-3-4 in Tustin. These are three-day courses starting on Friday evening and continuing through part or all of Sunday. Region 13 will reimburse the cost of the course. Note that INT requires that a coach already have the U12 certification, while ADV requires that a coach already have the INT certification.

Region 13 requires at least the INT certification to coach YDP, All-Stars, and tournaments at the U12 and U14 levels, as well as Upper Division (U16/19), and the ADV certification is preferred to coach sectional All-Stars, as well as Upper Division (U16/U19). If you are interested in coaching advanced play next season, or simply in expanding your coaching capabilities, consider taking the INT or ADV course now instead of waiting for a hot summer weekend.

The 2008 AYSO Region 13 Myles Standish Tournament is scheduled for Fri-Sun, Nov 28-30, at fields outside the Rose Bowl. We will be hosting teams in all divisions from U10 through U19. Interested teams should submit their application information online through our tournament website, accessible from the menu at the top of this page. The system will generate the paper forms that you must then send in with your regional check for the tournament fee and referee deposit. Applications will be accepted in order of receipt of the paper forms and payment, with preference going to teams that submit full referee teams. More details are available on the Team Application Form.

If you have any questions, email Tournament Director Calvin House at td@ayso13.org.

Why Sideline Screaming Can Stifle Your Child’s Game
By Mike Woitalla

Imagine you’re undertaking a fairly difficult task: assembling a piece of furniture with hieroglyphic instructions, filling out IRS Form 4562 on April 14, or standing on the highest rungs of a ladder painting the crown moulding in your living room with 14-foot ceilings. Think it would help if someone yelled at you during the process? Of course not.

Yet when a child tries to control a bouncing ball in a crowd of other kids, adults often believe it’s perfectly acceptable to scream “advice.” The shouting at America’s soccer fields is so epidemic one wonders if adults ever reflect on their behavior. Adults who would never shout at children while they’re enjoying the playground, drawing in a coloring book, or rearranging their dollhouse, loudly instruct from the sidelines without hesitation.

When adults scream from the sidelines they’re not just invading the children’s playtime, they’re preventing children from learning the game of soccer in a natural manner. The shouting is detrimental to the children’s development as soccer players and at worst can turn them off to the sport entirely.

If parents want to help their children become better soccer players, they can offer to kick the ball around with them in the backyard. But sideline instructions deny children a chance to make their own decisions, it stifles their creative instincts, and all too often the instructions are misguided.

When a player has the ball there are generally three options: dribble, pass or shoot. In the long-term, the great players are the ones who choose wisely most of the time. But if, when they’re first learning the sport, that decision is being made for them with a scream from the sideline, how can we expect them to develop the soccer instincts they’ll need to make the split-second decisions that are so much a part of the game?

“We don’t want to turn the children into parrots waiting for someone to tell them what to do,” says John Ouellette, AYSO National Coach. “Soccer is a free-flowing game for children to enjoy and learn from playing. As an organization, we discourage sideline instruction not just from parents but also from coaches.”

During the first stage of soccer development it is essential that the children are allowed to discover the game on their own terms. High-level coaches constantly complain that players come through the ranks dependent on instructions because they’ve been bossed around in the early stages -- being told where to run and when to pass. They also cite a dearth of truly creative players -- the ones with the ability to make the unpredictable moves -- blaming the lack of freedom children are afforded during their early years.

Much of the sideline screaming comes from ignorance about the stages of development. While most parents would know that addition and subtraction must be mastered before algebra is introduced, at the soccer field they often expect children to perform maneuvers they are simply not capable of.

AYSO Hall of Famer Sigi Schmid is a former youth coach who coached UCLA to an NCAA title before entering the MLS ranks and winning a crown with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He stresses that coaches and parents must appreciate how young players learn the game.

Schmid says, “The first thing is, ‘It’s me and the ball.’ The second is, ‘It’s me and the ball and where’s the opponent?’ Then it’s, ‘It’s me and the ball, and where’s the opponent, where’s my teammate?’ He’s taking on more information. That’s how he develops.”

The screams from the sideline interfere with this process -- besides often being misguided and counterproductive. To take a few examples:
     •     “PASS IT! PASS IT!” Discouraging dribbling in the early years is like telling toddlers to shut up when they’re learning to speak. Young players should be encouraged to dribble -- because dribbling is the first step to mastering all ball skills -- and there are far better ways to introduce a passing game when children are ready to comprehend teamwork. The passing game enters soccer at the later stages and one will notice that the children themselves will ask each other for the ball.


     •     SPREAD OUT! Just because the first years of youth soccer look chaotic doesn’t mean the children aren’t learning. In fact, it’s perfectly fine that they all chase the ball in a swarm. Sooner or later they’ll figure out how to take advantage of time and space. They’ll comprehend positioning by exploring the field, not by being treated like chess pieces.


     •     SHOOT! SHOOT! SHOOT! This usually comes from an ear-piercing parent-coach chorus as a child dribbles toward the goal and I have little doubt that were it eliminated from the soccer fields of America we’d see more goals in the youth game.

Even the youngest, most novice player knows they are supposed to shoot the ball to score. And can it possibly help a child perform the difficult task of striking the ball while running as fast as they can by being screamed at during the process?

Moreover, the “shoot” scream encourages players to pull the trigger earlier than they should. How do great players score on breakaways? They usually wait until they get close to the goalkeeper. It’s much harder for the keeper to save a shot from four yards away than from 15. There’s also the option of rounding the keeper, especially when a patient attacker forces the keeper to commit.

Shooting advice I often hear from high-level players is not to rush the shot -- that players often have a little more time than they realize. As young players learn to cope with the high-pressure clear to young players which goal their team is aiming at. But what I’m talking about is the outrage that often greets a smart young player who retreats with the ball to move out of the bunch. Watch a game played by sophisticated players and you’ll find that they’re constantly moving the ball in all directions to find space and time.

Young players taking the ball away from the crowd are the clever ones. Will they sometimes put their team at risk? Maybe. But so what? Giving up a goal in a U-8 game isn’t nearly as important as allowing young players how to figure out how to keep possession.

“ATTACK THE BALL!” or “GO GET HIM!” is apparently meant to encourage a defending player to charge an opponent who has the ball at their feet. But in soccer, the defender wants to jockey into a good position to keep the attacker at bay. He wants to avoid over-committing and instead needs to figure out the right time to get a chance at the ball. It’s a matter of positioning and timing that players master by facing the situation over and over again -- not by taking cues from the sideline.

Perhaps the inclination to scream instructions comes from a well-intentioned desire to help children “learn.” But when does screaming at children help educate them? When a child wanders toward a busy street, moves too close to a hot oven, or starts beating on little brother -- OK, that might warrant a roar.

But does screaming at a child while you’re assisting him with math homework help? Very doubtful. And certainly children should be allowed to play soccer without getting yelled at. Then they’ll be able to pay attention to the best teacher of all: the game itself.

This article is a reminder about how to handle game cards and applies to U10 through U14 coaches and referees, both regular season and YDP.  Your help is greatly appreciated, both filling out the cards and turning them in.

Before the game:  Coaches, please fill out the division (e.g., BU12 or GU10), the team number, the team name and colors, and the names of the coaches.  The players should be listed by uniform number.  Write down all the players' names, even of those who may come late.  Also write down the date, scheduled start time, and field.  Referees, please make sure all this information is present, and write down the numbers of the home and away teams at the bottom of each card.

During the game: Assistant referees, mark with an X the players who are sitting out at the start of each "quarter."  Mark with G or GK the player who starts each quarter in goal.  (This is particularly important in U10, where players are limited to two quarters as keeper.)  Make a tally mark in the appropriate "Goals scored" column each time a player on your team's card scores a goal.  At halftime, write the halftime score on each card.

After the game: Referee teams, write the number of goals scored in the second half at the bottom of each card, and write the final score on each card.  Be sure that the score is correct!  Indicate the sportsmanship for each team on the back of their card, with written comments for any departures from the average.  Print your names, team affiliations, and code letters (A, B or C) on each card.  Then turn in both cards as described below.

At Area H or Victory Park, take the cards to the main tent.  You will find there a black plastic container with a clear lid to receive them.  At other "remote" fields, you will find a white "game card envelope" attached to one of the goal nets; put the cards there.

Game card envelopes may be found in the storage bins for the goals and nets at McKinley, LC FIS, LC LDS, and the Muir fields.  Before the first game of the day, attach an envelope to whichever goal is closer to the entrance to the field.  (The other remote fields --- Blair, LCHS JV, Oak Grove School, and the three Brookside fields --- have no storage bins.  I will put out an envelope in the morning on these fields.)  After the last game of the day, the envelopes, now full, need to be taken to the Clubhouse, where I will pick them up.  In this way all the cards should be in my hands fairly quickly.  I really can't do the standings until I have all the information, and it does take time to track down cards which have gone missing.  With your help, my job is easy.

-- Bill Owen, region 13 statistician