St Albert Soccer Association
Welcome to St. Albert Soccer Association Tuesday, March 9, 2010  
 
 

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St. Albert Soccer Association
61 Riel Drive     T8N 5B3
Ph:  780.458.8973    Fax:  780.458.8994


Public Office Registration Hours in February
February 19 - March 1  Open Tues - Friday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. (6 p.m Wednesdays)

Public Office Hours after March 1
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday ….. 10:00am – 5:00pm

Wednesdays………….. 11:00am – 6:00pm


Players Wanted
St. Albert Impact Women Div 1 and a second team in Div 2, are currently looking at new players for the Outdoor 2010 Season.  If you are interested in playing at this level, please contact Brian Murphy.  Email: murph17@shaw.ca   


2009-2010 Indoor Mini Fest 
A huge thank you goes out to the City of St. Albert for their major support of this year's event.  In addition we would like to thank Nutrilite Active Start Soccer Fests presented by BMO, for the extra goodies and certificates to hand out, and Tim Hortons for their continued support and yummy timbits for all!		  

NEW for Outdoor 2010 - Equipment Swap!
Do you have old player equipment laying around that's too small or no longer needed?
Join us in helping young families in St. Albert keep costs down this season - bring in your gently used/clean soccer cleats, shin pads, socks, shorts, balls, or team equipment to SASA in February.  We will offer these items, free of charge, to families in April.

Outdoor 2010 Youth Soccer Registrations
Did you miss registrations in February?  Registrations are still being accepted on a wait-list basis.   Should there be room on a team, we will do our best to work you in.

Alberta Summer Games Black-Gold/Yellowhead District
SASA is pleased to be working with Sherwood Park, Battle River, and other Districts supporting the Zone 5 teams for the 2010 Alberta Summer Games
Players and coaches of players are invited to contact ASG coaches directly to register or ask questions about the tryouts for these teams.
Male Team Coaches:   Ken Ashworth & Marcus King 
Female Team Coach:  Brian Murphy  murph17@shaw.ca
Tryout Dates - there will be 3 tryouts plus a meeting after the 3rd.
May 15th in Sherwood Park
May 16th in St. Albert
June 5th in Battle River area 
Specific times and fields will be confirmed on this website as soon as they are available.
There is a one time Tryout Fee of $20 for all players interested in trying out for these teams.  Fee will be collected at the field.

New for Outdoor 2010 - St. Albert Men's Masters League is expanding!
Openings are currently available for 2 new teams to join a great league in St. Albert.  [more]

Did you know . . .
The City of St. Albert awarded us the FCSS Grant in 2009 so we could offer the Respect in Sport program to all of our coaches.
Sheldon Kennedy, the hockey player, started this program to help associations train their coaches and mentors for youth players.   It is a terrific on-line tool that we know will help coaches to have a postivie influence on players and referees.   Thank-you City of St. Albert - without your support we could not offer this program.		  


2010 FIFA World Cup draw.  
Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia
Group E: Netherlands, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark
Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Cost, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland
SASA will be hosting a number of special events during the World Cup next June and July!  Details wil be posted on the website closer to that time.


Soccer....and the H1N1 virus
SASA follows the H1N1 Policy prepared by the Canadian Soccer Association.

Outdoor Soccer Offside Rule
Offside rule explained [video]

History of Soccer
Interested in learning more about soccer?  Check out this fun and informative link [SportsKnowHow.com]

Winners Sharp Shooter Program
Enter now to win great prizes! [more]


GM Making Dreams Possible
SASA would like to thank GM for their generous sponsorship to assist with coach training this year!  With their help we have 37 newly trained coaches making a difference in our program!   Kudos to our dedicated coaches for seeking out the knowledge to offer the best coaching skills possible to our program athletes.

Referee Liasion Program
Every year we train young referees, send them out to their first games, then never see many of them again - largely due to the abuse they sometimes take for making a mistake.  First time on the job?  Of course they'll make mistakes.  Will they get better?  Absolutely. Are we there to help them?  We can't be everywhere at all times, but the answer is yes.  We have a great asset at SASA, Ken Kovacs, Ricky Haxby, and a number of other senior refs in St. Albert work with these young start up refs during tournaments and occasionally on an individual basis as time permits, but we need your help. 
SASA has a Referee Liaison Program in effect for all games.  Details will be posted shortly under the Coaches area - we ask that all parents and coaches take this program to heart.  Please help us by being a part of the solution - don't be the person in this video - http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2009/03/22/how-much-respect-do-you-show-the-referee/


Did you know . . .

~Head Coach, Graham Wood is a National B Licensed coach!
Graham, originally from England, with semi-professional playing background has over 30 years of coaching experience at the National, Provincial and College levels. He works directly with our coaches and players, and helps develop programs and training brochures for all our members. We are fortunate to have him. 

~SASA has it all!   Licensed Club Soccer and Staff Coaches play a critical roll in the development of all our Club Soccer Players as well as those Community players wishing to advance their skills through camps.  We are proud to have the assistance and support of Paul Kelly, Les Hodges, Jamie Rochat, Randy Herlein, Jeff Paulus, Les Duxbury and Greg MacIntosh, all with Provincial B licenses.  Also . . . Rick Haxby, National B, and Norman Odinga, National B and former National Team player.   Impact players - we hope you enjoy learning from such an experienced and talented group of coaches!
 
~SASA offers professional Youth Staff Coaches to help with training programs!
Have you tried any of our camps or development programs?   Join the excitement as High School and University soccer players from the highest levels of soccer join our professional coaches in bringing the best of the game to our grassroots & club soccer programs, sharing with local players their enthusiasm for the game and proper techniques at a far younger age than ever before.  

More did you know . . .

Help us celebrate our players and members success in soccer and in other areas too!  Do you have an accolade you'd like to share?  Send  it to exdir@stalbertsoccer.com


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