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Welcome to the our monthly Bethesda Soccer Club
Newsletter. We encourage your participation by submitting
suggestions for its content by contacting sockarate3@earthlink.net.
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News
From the Board
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Club Works to Acquire Quality Fields
The Board of Directors with the assistance of many
members of the club has investigated more than 300 potential field
sites since our last annual meeting in September 2008. These
investigations have included financial analysis, zoning &
permitting research, review of hundreds of aerial photos &
topographic maps, meetings with permitting agencies, meetings with
property & facility owners, meetings with contractors, and a ton
of site visits.
The club's efforts over the past 15 years has set aside
substantial funding and has enabled the current Board to feverishly
pursue one of the key goals of the club; which is to provide the best
training & game facilities for our players and coaches at a very affordable
level. Three of the main objectives of our field acquisition
committee have been to: 1) consolidate the multiple training sites
currently utilized by teams in order to facilitate a stronger club
atmosphere & sense of home, 2) provide these fields in an area
proximate to our membership with easy access, and 3) provide these
fields in a manner that is sustainable and renewable into the future
(i.e. we need to be able to continue to fund the use of these fields
long into the future).
As the club is investigating many other opportunities;
such as becoming a member of the Boy's Academy league & Girl's
Red-Bull league, and partnering with other prestigious soccer groups
in the area, we have also focused on acquiring extremely high quality
training facilities in both up-county and down-county areas.
Many of the club's teams have gone above & beyond to
help facilitate a long term contract with the Maryland Soccer
Foundation which has essentially created a BSC "home field"
at the Soccer-Plex. These efforts will go a long way toward
meeting the up-county portion of our goals and will help facilitate a
strong sense of club camaraderie as we all train in a central
location. We are also working to consummate a long term deal at
a very well located down-county facility to help round out our field
needs. We believe club members will be very excited about this
opportunity. More will follow on this in the upcoming months as
the details are finalized.
But we are not done. We continue to search for
beneficial partnerships and field opportunities. Continuing to
consolidate training sites with better, more centrally located
facilities at a more affordable price is a goal that will require a
club wide effort. Thank you to all those who have helped so far.
If you have any fund-raising ideas, field opportunities, or would
like to volunteer to help with these objectives, please don't
hesitate to e-mail our Field Acquisitions Coordinator, Bruce Pitts,
at bpitts@bethesdasoccer.org.
Volunteers
Needed
We are looking for someone from each Age
Group and Gender to help form a committee to raise funds for the
Club. Currently, projects under consideration are:
A Gala
Golf tournament
Club-wide Car Raffle
Could each team please send a name, number,
e-mail to Carolyn Ferrari at sockarate3@earthlink.net.
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Coaches
Game!!!!!!
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HOLD THE DATE:
** Bethesda's Battle of the Coaches **
Girls' Coaches v. Boys' Coaches
March 7, 2009 at 12:00 noon
Bretton Woods' Soccer Field
15700 River Road, Germantown MD 20874
They can coach, but can they play? Imagine the
thrill to watch Ellis Pierre deek out the Colton twins. Can
Devon Payton squeeze one by Washington Freedom's goalie, Kati Jo
Spisak? Can GW's Tanya Vogel, U of MD's Jon Morgan, and
Georgetown's Dave Nolan come together on the same team to play
against formidable rivals Trevor Martin, Emile Mbouh, and Matthew
Ney? For which side of the aisle will Kert Mease and Festus
George play? CATCH THE ACTION....... March 7th.... Let's rock
the BLUE & GREEN
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Team News
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Bethesda U12's have Great Weekend
Saturday, March 14th the GU12 FSV won the Good Council
Futsal tournament.
Monday, March 16th the GU12 FSV and the GU12 Eintracht
met in the finals of the Washington Freedom President's Day Cup at
Soccerplex - making it an all Bethesda Final. Both Teams are
pictured below
Two
Bethesda Players Selected for National Teams
Congratulations to Nicko Corriveau (Bethesda AC U14) on
being selected to the U.S. Under-14 Boy's National Team for their
upcoming Camp from May 2-9 in Carson, Calif., at the Home Deport
Center for a Domestic Training Camp.
Congratulations to Jalen Robinson (Bethesda Arsenal U16)
on being selected to the U.S. Under-15 Boy's National Team that will
gather at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. from Feb. 15-22 for an
eight-day training camp led by head coach Jim Barlow. All 36 players
in attendance for the team's first camp of 2009, were born in 1994
and are therefore eligible for both the 2009 and 2011 FIFA Under-17
World Cups.
We are very proud and wish them both the best of luck during the
experience and know they will represent the club well!
Many of your
teams are participating in post and pre season tournaments - PLEASE
submit that information to the newsletter so we can post it. I
am sure the kids would love to see their team names in print. So, if
you have any team news, please submit it to
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Supporting the
Washington Freedom
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Hello Parents/Players,
My name is Joanna DeWolfe and I am currently on the Board of the
Bethesda Soccer Club as the Older Girls Coordinator. I am not
sure if you are aware, but we ALL have a tremendous opportunity to
support, promote, and further Women's Soccer -- the game in which our
daughters are so passionate. Although we have made tremendous
strides, we still have a ways to go!! When we look out at the
soccer landscape, we now see girls/women who have great enthusiasm
for the game, who have equal opportunity to play, who have dedicated,
qualified coaches who choose to work with them, AND now, who have the
opportunity to play at ALL levels..... from youth recreational and
travel to high school to college to olympic and now to
professional!! Yes, the Washington Freedom have returned to the
professional limelight and they are in our backyard!!!
The BSC Board views their comeback as a real opportunity for all of
us to give to our daughters, our granddaughters, and to that
"unknown" female athlete who has dedicated her time and
talent -- the opportunity to pursue her passion at the highest
level. The Bethesda board feels that as an elite club
with a very strong girl's program, we all should truly strive to
support the Washington Freedom -- their presence completes our continuum.
Moreover, as some of you may be aware - we have a former BETHESDA
player, Joanna Lohman and several coaches in our club (Emily Janss,
Kati Jo Spisak) that are currently rostered to the team.
The Board encourages each of you who are able, to purchase season
tickets or a Freedom membership. Also, we ask that you
encourage other soccer fans you know to support the team too!
Details about season tickets, memberships, and other ticket packages
can be found in the attached documents and on their website (www.washingtonfreedom.com). The
season tickets are reasonable and for 7 games, played at the soon to
be renovated Maryland SoccerPlex, run as low as $105 ($15 per
ticket). For businesses, the Freedom has arranged for season
tickets to be donated to DC Scores, so you can receive a tax write
off all the while getting a bigger bang for your charitable
buck! If you or your friends decide to support the Freedom by
purchasing season tickets or memberships, PLEASE INDICATE THAT YOU
ARE FROM BETHESDA AND INDICATE YOUR TEAM NAME. I know this is a
lot of information, so please feel free to call 202.547.KICK (5425)
and a Freedom Rep. can help explain the different options, answer any
questions and even take your order over the phone.
Also, if you have already purchased a season ticket or membership,
please email me directly at jazawolfe@yahoo.com Although
no formal arrangement has been made, the board is investigating the
possibility of a mutually supportive alliance.
Thank you,
On behalf of the BSC Board
Joanna DeWolfe
VP of Older
Girls
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Youth Development Program
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Scrimmage Play Day for YDP
is Here
The YDP is hosting a play day for the U11-U12 teams on
March 8th from 11-5 at Muldoons Farm. Teams will be playing
both up and down age groups as well as boys vs girls. Your
coaches will have information to give you about the scrimmage Fest
soon.
U06-U07
Spring Clinic 2009
This spring we will be offering an 8 week training clinic for our
U06-U07 players on Monday evenings at Tilden Center from 5-6pm.
The clinic will begin on April 6th and run through June 1st (no
session on Memorial Day, Monday May 25th). The cost will be
$175 and will include a BSC size 2 training ball in the fee.
Registration form for U6-U7
Clinic
If you have any question about the Youth Development
Program, please check out our page on the BSC website and feel free
to contact Jonathon Colton and Ellis Pierre
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BSC Spirit Shop
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The Spirit shop is open for business. All proceeds
from the Spirit Shop will go the the BSC Scholarship Fund
The Spirit Shop items will be selling items at both the coaches game
on March 7th and at the YDP scrimmages on March 8th. Please
stop by the Spirit Shop table.
If you would like to purchase items....All Spirit Shop items can be
found on the link below. Please take a look and stop by to
shop. Great gifts! Support the Scholarship Fund!
Spirit Shop
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Bethesda
Scholarship Fund
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Scholarships - there is still time
Families interested in applying for a scholarship with the Bethesda
Soccer Club should download the application form on the link
below. The Applications must be faxed or postmarked by 1 March
2009 for the Spring/Summer season.
Scholarship Application
Scholarship Donations - Your Donations Greatly Needed &
Appreciated.
While an initial amount has been allocated by the Board from existing
BSC funds, the club will need to begin fundraising efforts to expand
the fund in order to provide adequate support for our
players. We would like to ask that individuals and
companies who are in a position to make charitable contributions
consider donating to the Bethesda Scholarship Player Fund. All
donations are tax deductible and will be used exclusively for need-based
scholarships.
The donation form is available on the link below.
Donation Form
A receipt for your generous contribution will be emailed to you.
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