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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

THREE CYSA TEAMS HEADED TO
US YOUTH SOCCER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

LANCASTER, Calif (June 21st, 2009) - California Youth Soccer association proudly announces two Regional Champions.  Under 18 Girls Pleasanton Rage and Under 14 Girls Mustang Blast were crowned US Youth Soccer Regional IV Champions and have earned a berth to the US Youth Soccer National Championships July 21st - 26th, 2009 in Lancaster, Mass., at Citizens Bank Fields at Progin Park.  Along with the Rage and Blast the runner up Under 16 Girls De Anza Force 92 Blue will represent Region IV at the National Championships as the Region IV Champion So Cal Blues had qualified for National earlier in the year by taking the second place seat in the US Youth Soccer National League.

Under 14 Girls Region IV Champions - Mustang BlastSeven CYSA teams competed in Championship matches producing some nail-biting action.  In the Under 12 Girls match the Mustang Mavericks Hailey Balma posted a 48th minute goal sending the game into overtime but it was not enough to hold up as the Mavericks lost 2-1 to Cal South's Arsenal FC.  CYSA's Redwood Juventus CRS Elite Under 12 Boys earned their way to the finals without a loss but fell to the So Cal team Legend FC by a 4-1 deficit.  The Elite's goal was scored by Benjamin Hiltbrand Consoli in the 40th minute.  The defending Region IV Champions, Under 13 Girls Mustang Fury, took a tough 2-0 loss to West Coast FC (CA-S) after giving up only one goal and scoring 15 during match play in preliminary rounds, quarter and semi finals.  Facing the defending Region IV champions, Cal South's West Coast FC, after 5 wins to take them to the finals, the Under 13 Boys Santa Clara Sporting 95 was unable to add to their 32 goal total and they had to settle for runner-up.  

Under 16 Girls Region IV Runner Up - De Anza Force 92 BlueIn another match against a defending Regional Champion (So Cal Blues), the Mustang Blast's Reilly Parker booted a 27th minute shot tying the Under 14 Girls championship match at 1-1.  The score remained tied throughout regulation and overtime.  Using the Kicks From the Mark tie-breaker, the Blast prevailed by netting 4 while the Blues were only able to score 3.  The Under 16 Girls So Cal Blues and De Anza Force 92 Blue game started out with a 5th minute Blues goal.  De Anza's Alesha Blair countered in the 25th minute and for the tie, and the Blues regained the lead in the 35th minute.  Although the Blues won the game 2-1, the punched their ticket to the National Championships earlier in the year by taking the second place slot in the US Youth Soccer National League.  This allows the Force to advance and represent Region IV in the National Championships.   

Under 18 Girls Region IV Champions - Pleasanton RageIn what proved to be an impressive performance the Under 18 Girls age group brought together the 2007 Regional Champion, Pleasanton Rage and the So Cal Blues.  The Blues' defense held off Pleasanton's dominating offense until the 43rd minute when Madelyn Payne shot one past the keeper and Ahsha Smith followed suit in the 54th minute.  Olivia Klei added another Pleasanton goal in the 76th minute and Payne chipped in her second in the 87th minute for the 4-0 victory over the Blues.

 Champions in the Under 14 through Under 19 age groups will advance to the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster Massachusetts in mid July.  Be sure to follow the CYSA teams' game results on the CYSA and US Youth Soccer web sites.

  2009 Far West Regional Results for CYSA teams

2009 US Youth Soccer National Championships - Lancaster, Massachusetts


District III ODP Tryouts

District III Youth Referee Administrator, Tim Kirk, congratulates 2009 US Youth Soccer Region IV Young Female Referee, Christine Walden

California Youth Soccer Association's Female Youth Referee of the Year has been named as the 2009 US Youth Soccer Region IV Young Female Referee.

 

Christine Walden is an 18 year old high school senior from Danville, CA.  With major accomplishments in music, food drive volunteer work, and a 4.0 GPA, Christine has kept herself busy and successful on fields of play that differ greatly from her demonstrated success as a soccer official.  She is a highly ranked goalkeeper in the CYSA Division 1 league, and is an accomplished saxophone player in her high school band.  Her work as a sports medicine intern is a prelude to her career goal of becoming a nurse practitioner.  As a Grade 7 soccer official Christine is comfortable at every level of youth soccer, working nearly 100 games a season.  While she happens to possess a black belt in Karate, she finds her greatest asset in difficult moments and the occasional on field confrontation is her sense of humor.

 

CYSA is extremely proud of Christine's accomplishments and we congratulate her on being selected to represent the State Association and Region IV.  Christine's name will be added to the list of extraordinary young women who have been honored with this award in the past and who have gone on to achieve great things.

 


  CONGRATULATIONS

TO THE 2009 CYSA STATE CUP CHAMPIONS AND FINALIST

 

 

Under 14 Girls Champions - Mustang Blast

 

Under 15 Girls Champions - Mustang Rampage

 

Under 17 Boys Champions - Mustang Ajax

 

Under 18 Girls Champions - Pleasanton Rage Premier

 

Under 18 Girls Finalist - Mustang Mavericks

 

Under 19 Boys Finalist - Newark Argonauts

 


CAL-NORTH 92 BOYS ODP TEAM WINS!

 

The Cal-North 92 Boys ODP Team won the 92 Boys Age Group at the US Youth Soccer Region IV ODP Regional Championships on Monday, January 20, 2009. Held in Phoenix, they earned the right to represent Region IV at the US Youth Soccer National ODP Championships to be held in March 20-22, 2009 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX.

With a combined roster of 92’s and 93’s, Cal North went undefeated scoring 10 goals while giving up only 3 with 3 shutouts.

They progressed thru bracket play with victories over Nevada (3-1), Colorado (3-2) and Arizona (3-0). The scores do not reflect the level of competition each game presented. In fact, Cal-North had to come from behind against Colorado game scoring two goals in the last 7 minutes to win.

With a win in the Semi’s against Utah (3-0), the stage was set for the perennial powers of Region IV to play each other: Cal-North vs. Cal-South.

Much of the Region IV ODP Coaching Staff was on hand to watch including a large contingent of College Coaches. Both teams fought hard to gain superiority providing a number of potential game-breaking opportunities. The game was tied 0-0 until the final few minutes when Cal-North scored. The game ended 1-0 with Cal-North advancing to the US Youth Soccer National ODP Championships.

Congratulations to the Coaches Godwin Odyie and Kelly Coffey and Team Manager Alberto Ruiz. And most important, a job well done to the players of Cal North ODP.

US Youth Soccer ODP is known as the premier identification and development program for the nation's youth seeking the opportunity to compete at the national, professional and collegiate levels of play.

US Youth Soccer ODP, designed to identify and develop a pool of players from which U.S. National Teams may be selected, is the original ODP program. US Youth Soccer ODP is the only elite player development program that can claim members of Major League Soccer and the former Women's United Soccer Association, as well as a majority of current and past national and youth team members, as alumni.

 

1992 Boys Roster
Head Coach Godwin Odiye  
Asst Coach Kelly Coffey  
Administrator Alberto Ruiz  
Austin  Bravo  
Eric Bryant  
Jacob Feener  
Cyrus Ghaffari  
Christian Gonzalez  
Kyle Henderson   
Eric Johanson  
Geoffrey Kocher  
Miguel Murillo District III - Mustang SL
Richard Osborne  
Ajaya Rana District III - Mustang SL
Bengy Ruiz  
Kristopher Schultz  
Matthew Taylor   
Jorge Valadas  
Jacob Valadez  
Alex Vivona  
Jeremy Williams  

 

Sideline Behavior


2008 Karl's Komments

  • Posted: 08/08/2008 Soccer California August 2008

  • Posted: 05/15/2008 Soccer California May 2008

  • Posted: 05/05/2008 Accepting applications for coaches, assistant coaches and team administrators Send application to District III ODP Coordinator Kamal Della at: soccertrainer@aol.com

  • Posted: 05/05/2008: All District III Division 1 Head Coaches are invited to evaluate their players at tryouts.  Please contact or check with the ODP Head Coach of your age group at the tryouts.

  • Referees are a precious and rare resource. It is widely know that we are desperately short of adult referees in every league. Only YOU can help improve the situation. Contact your league referee coordinator today to check out becoming a referee. (added 10/13/06)

    • Treat referees appropriately: professional and like the humans they are. Thank you for setting a positive coaching example for your kids. District III has a Zero Tolerance Policy which each league takes seriously. Read it. Live it.

  • Hall of Fame of those we remember in our District.

District III strongly supports the Positive Coaching Alliance. Leagues are partnered with the program and live its message of positive coaching.

Zero Tolerance for Abuse of Referees and Expected Behavior of Coaches on the Field has been a policy in District III since September 10, 2001 and is enforced.


The Sidelines… And the Behavior Really Stinks!

 

The Sidelines... And the Behavior Really Stinks!

 

By Nandor Krause

Ballistic United Soccer Club President, Referee and Parent

 

“And just when I thought we were safely out of the woods, referee-harassing spectators reared their ugly heads…”

 

For those of you who haven’t noticed, I have recently added yet another soccer related responsibility as part of this soccer club – refereeing.  My wonderful wife asked why, with all of time and effort I put into running this soccer club would I then want to spend what little free time I have taking verbal abuse from coaches, spectators and at times, players, while standing in the middle of a soccer field during a game.  Wasn’t I content to simply watch our boys play soccer?  Couldn’t I just do my job as President and leave it at that?  No…  I wanted to get MORE involved in the game of soccer.

 

So, I went to the referee class, got my Grade 8 referee badge and headed out to the Pleasanton Sports Park to referee some soccer games.  And you know what, it is a blast!  It really is, despite the fact that can be difficult times managing spectators and coaches, especially during hotly contested games with cross-town rivals.  But overall, I am really enjoying myself and I am getting to experience the game from a totally different perspective.

 

I think what gave me solace in signing up to referee games here in town, both recreational and competitive alike, was knowing that we have been successful as a soccer club in getting the message across to our membership and coaches – that being that at no time will we tolerate harassing, negative or abusive comments to be directed at any game officials.  Period!

 

Unfortunately, my son and I was the subject of abuse from a visiting coach during a competitive match.  I normally can laugh off comments and criticism from these individuals, mainly because I know rules of the game and as a life-long player can recognize rule violations.  But this past Sunday, I had to listen to this coach moan and whine, and complain about what a horrible job my son and I were doing.  He didn’t know the young boy running the line on the other side of the field was my son, but I don’t think it would have mattered even if he had known.  Now mind you, there hadn’t been any rough play, no goal scoring opportunities denied, no missed handballs in the penalty box and no calls made or missed that would have changed the outcome of the game.  Yet, the way the abuse poured out of his mouth, one would have thought I had just prevented his team from qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.

 

Up until last weekend, I was proud to say that I have witnessed or heard practically no abusive sideline conduct from our club membership.  In fact, I was prepared to stick my chest out and boldly say at the monthly District III meeting in front of all the League & Club Presidents and District officials that Ballistic United Soccer Club did not have a problem this year with sideline behavior.  Well, good thing I sat quietly and simply listened to the discussion about why there have been so many red cards and coach send offs this season for other leagues in the District.

 

This past weekend, some parents from one of our Division 1 teams thought it was acceptable to loudly question a referees call, and then to suggest that the referee was more suitable to officiating a baseball game rather then a soccer game (an unfair slight on baseball to boot).  One parent even attempted to show of the playback of video to an assistant referee of an attacking play that the parent thought was clearly off side and that the referee missed, long after the play had ended mind you.  Why???  Like the referee would say, “oh, ok, do over.”  What was the purpose of such an act, other then to berate the referee?  Folks, in case you do not know, none of these actions is acceptable behavior!

 

Now that I have been on the receiving end of spectator and coach abuse, I got to tell you… it isn’t fun.  Oh, I have pretty thick skin and can ignore it, but why does it have to happen in the first place?  It amazes me how little spectators, and might I dare to say coaches, know about the rules of soccer and how they are applied to the game.  Oh, they think they know, but they really don’t.  When the comments start to flow, and the negativity comes raining down on the field like grenades, you got to ask yourself, why?  Why all the hostility?  Why is there such an expectation that game officials be perfect?  They’re not!  It amazes me that players, who constantly make various mistakes throughout a game, will often be the first to criticize a referee for what they perceive to a mistaken call.  And that parent yelling at the referee about the terrible job he or she is doing.  I suppose that individual has never made a mistake while engaged in any type of sporting event or recreational activity in his or her life, right?

 

The message I would like to impart in this article is as follows: Go to the game, sit down, relax and watch your favorite player or team play soccer.  That’s it.  Cheer when something good happens, and shut the mouth when something bad purportedly happens.  It is that simple.

 

The next time you hear or see verbal abuse of any kind being directed toward a referee by a player, coach or spectator, please kindly remind the person that such behavior is simply uncalled for.  If the abuse continues, please inform a League or Club Official of the unwarranted conduct so that appropriate action can be taken.  We don’t want to have to ban parents from watching a game, or relieving coaches of their coaching responsibilities, but we will if it comes to that.  Of course, all of this can be avoided if we all simply ask ourselves while we are out at the soccer field, “What kind of example am I as the spectator or coach setting?”  After all, the children who witness this conduct will most likely grow up and repeat these mistakes as adults because the behavior will have been learned and tolerated.  I know these notions never crossed the mind of the coach who abused my son and me – if they had; he would have probably acted differently.  Let’s see if we can set an example here at Ballistic United Soccer Club and eliminate any future need for such a discussion of this topic.  I would much rather tell you how much fun I am having blowing my whistle!

 

Are Parents and Coaches Immune from this Problem?

 

I personally witnesses more egregious behavior today, Saturday October 18th, 2008.  This morning, Dublin Under-11 boys played Ballistic White in a Division 3 game at the Pleasanton Sports Park.  Within the first five minutes of the game, the center referee had to warn the Dublin parents to stop berating him.  I can't count the number of times I heard, "oh come on referee that is ridiculous!"  He later had to tell the Dublin head coach to tell the parents that if they didn't quiet down he was going to stop the game.  One parent after the game wanted to know where to send pictures and videotape of his poor performance. Unbelievable!

 

Then in the afternoon, our Under-12 Division 1 Ballistic boy’s team played in Livermore.  Feeling that the center referee there was not on top of his game, the Livermore parents and head coach started getting on him.  Even on their own referee mind you!  At one point, the center had to tell the coach to stop haranguing him.  After the game, I witness the referee and assistant referee defending themselves from further harassment being thrown at them.

 

Folks, it is getting worse!  It has to stop!  I am convinced that the increase in red cards this year is due to the parents and coaches on the sidelines.  Parents need to cheer positively and coaches simply need to coach.  Nothing more…  The message must be made by each League and Club.

 

I am thinking about creating a “Hall of Shame” for the Ballistic United Soccer Club web site, where we will identify either a team or individual spectators or coaches who are not conducting themselves properly on the sideline.  Other then being more vigilant about policing this behavior, asking board members to be at the fields and addressing any immediate problems, I don't know what else to do.  At the very least, please get the word out to your league and club membership and coaches and be active in stopping this sideline behavior.  It is ruining the game for everyone, especially the kids.


District III Commissioner:

Donna Kerger

District3Commissioner@cysanorth.org

925.838.9272

District III Committee meetings are the second Monday of each month.

 

Questions or feedback?

Email District3Commissioner@cysanorth.org

or

CYSA-North District III, PO Box 1492, Pleasanton, CA 94566-1492

     

[This page was last updated: Monday, June 22, 2009 ]

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