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 Bethesda Soccer
Club Newsletter
January 2009
Happy New Year
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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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Boys U14-15 Teams Pre-Academy Program
The Bethesda Soccer club has been selected to
participate in the US Club Soccer Pre-Academy League. Tony
Lepore, Director of Scouting for the U.S. Soccer Development Academy
said : "I am very excited about the newly-formed U-14 and U-15
Northeast Pre-Academy League as an age-appropriate modification to
the U.S. Soccer Development Academy model setup. It will enhance
these younger-age players' development by applying U.S. Soccer's
'Best Practices,' which emphasizes player development ahead of
results and includes a healthier calendar, a better training-to-game
ratio and more meaningful games throughout the season.
"The league also provides U.S. Soccer with an
opportunity to scout and identify players for U-14 and U-15 national
pools and will serve as a great format for USSF scouts and technical
advisors to observe and provide ongoing feedback to clubs regarding
their approach to developing players at these crucial pre-academy
age groups," Lepore added. "The league will also help future academy
players - and their parents - to better understand and prepare for
all aspects of the 15/16 and 17/18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy
league."
The 12-team Northeast Pre-Academy League
features well-known member clubs in seven states, all but one of
which are current members of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy.
Participating clubs include: Albertson SC (N.Y.), Bethesda SC (Md.),
Blau Weiss Gottschee (N.Y.), FC Greater Boston Bolts (Mass.), FC
Westchester (N.Y.), Match Fit Academy (N.J.), Metropolitan Oval
(N.Y.), Oakwood SC (Conn.), PDA (N.J.), PA Classics, Seacoast United
(N.H.) and Red Bull (N.Y.). Each club will support a team in
both the U-14 and U-15 age groups.
Congratulations!!!
For more information:
Northeast Pre-Academy League
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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Bethesda
Scholarship Fund
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Scholarships
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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Real Maryland Bethesda Night
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Real Maryland is sponsoring a BSC Night on June 13th at Richard
Montgomery High School. Real Maryland will be playing the
Richmond Kickers, a close rival. Please mark your calendars
and go out and support the Monarchs!
For More information about about this team, please go to:
Real Maryland
Real Maryland is looking for host families to house their
international players in need of local housing this upcoming season.
If you are interested in being a host family and would like more
information please contact Anthony Hudson at:
Anthony
Hudson
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Team News
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Bethesda Teams do well in League Play
Congratulations
to our Teams
The Fall season has concluded and a number of our teams had successful
seasons. The Bethesda Soccer Club congratulates the following
BSC teams for winning or finishing second in their respective league
divisions for the FALL 2008 season:
NCSL:
U13 D1 Champion - Fire
U14 D1 Champion - AC Bethesda
WAGS:
U11 DM Champion - Freedom 97
U12 D0 Champion - Eintracht
U13 D5T Runner-up - Legacy
U14 D3 Champion - Storm
OBSL:
U10 Girls Division Red Champion - Academy Green
U10 Girls Division White Champion - Academy White
U10 Girls Division White Runner Up - Academy Blue
U9 Boys Division Runner Up - Academy Blue
U10 Boys Division Champion - Gunners
U10 Boys Division Runner Up - Boca
U16
Renegades to Play in US Youth Soccer Presidents Cup
MSYSA has determined that the NCSL and WAGS Division 3 Fall Champions
from the U14-U17 age groups will be the representatives from the
state of Maryland at the US Youth Soccer President's Cup.
The US Youth Soccer President's Cup is a National
Championship tournament designed to create a mid-level competition
against similar abilities for a national championship title.
Each State Association will compete with the other three teams
within their group to determine a group winner. The location
and format of the group playoffs will be determined later; however,
the other State Associations in your group are Delaware, Eastern
Pennsylvania and Virginia. The winners of the sub-regional
groups will determine the Region I representative to the President's
Cup Championship currently scheduled for July 17-19.
Congratulations Renegades!!
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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Youth Development Program
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BSC Summer Camp Schedule is
HERE
Day Camps 9am-3pm:
June 15-19 - Whitman High School
June 22-26 - tentative location Bretton Woods
Deep Creek Overnight Camps:
June 21-24 - Boys U13-U17
July 12-17 - Girls
July 19-24 - Boys U9-U12
Evening Camps 5pm-8pm (tentative location Walter Johnson HS):
Aug 10-14 - U6-U12
Aug 17-21 - U13-U17 (All proceeds will go towards the
Scholarship Fund)
Registration Information will be posted on the website shortly.
BSC Winter Training Program
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 were brought to the Developmental clinics at
B'Nai and Soccerplex this week. We are hoping to bring
the items to group practice locations throughout the Winter season.
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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