Fire FC Fall Newsletter
2016 U15 Premier Girls Photo by Jennifer Stephens
Fire FC Fall Newsletter Fall 2016
Transitioning from summer to winter Part of Fire FC’s vision is to “provide outstanding soccer opportunities that help all kids to reach their soccer goals and that help to grow the sport and the soccer culture in our community.” This past summer, Fire FC has grown its summer programs to help accomplish just that, providing a safe and fun atmosphere that allows kids to improve their skills year round. To accomplish this, two new summer programs were added to their existing programs, allowing kids the chance to train all summer long. The two new summer training programs added are the Competitive Summer Technical Program and the Rec Summer Technical Program. These two programs gave both competitive and rec players the opportunity to learn and improve on their skills while improving and maintaining their fitness. Along with these two new programs, the club continued to provide its 3v3 League and the Fall Kick Off Camp. These Summer Programs set up several of our teams for success going into their fall tournaments and seasons.
Did You Know? Did you know that if a penalty kick (PK) is awarded to a team, the taker of the kick hits the post, and then the same kicker follows up and finishes the shot, then it does not count? Someone other than the PK taker must touch the ball after it hits the post first before the PK taker is live and aloud to touch the ball.
Tournaments Fire FC attended three tournaments this fall, the Park City Extreme Cup in the beginning of August, Trebol’s Colorado Shootout, and the CSA Cup held here in Grand Junction. Of our 14 teams that attended Park City Extreme Cup, two teams medaled and five teams made it out of their bracket and into the semi finals. Our U17 girls, coached by Luke McClyman, came first in their division. Our U18 girls, coached by Stephen Latta, came in second place in their division. Not only did this tournament show the great lengths that our club has grown in the last five years, it was also a great start to our season, and it allowed the players to get back into soccer mode before school starts. Trebol’s Colorado Shootout is a tournament that our cub regularly attends. This tournament is set up for teams that are U14 and under. We had ten teams attend, and of those ten we had two first place medalists, Shaun Howe’s U14 girls and Danny’s U13 girls. In the CSA Cup, we had several teams play very well. Our U10 girls PDP Ð Wescott team, and U12 girls United team won first in their bracket, and our U10 girls PDP Ð Kearie team and U10 boys PDP Ð Giddings team finished second in their brackets. Congratulations to all of these teams, and thank you to all of the teams from our club that participated in these tournaments.
CMU wins RMAC CMU men came out of the RMAC tournament in 1st place with a 1-0 win over Regis University. CMU then played Midwestern State University in the NCAA Tournament on November 13th in Wichita Falls, TX. CMU lost 1-0 in the last few minutes of the game. They had a great season this year.
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Coaches’ Education Many of our coaches are participating in getting their USSF D license, showing that our coaching staff is very dedicated to learning and becoming better coaches. This is a two part course, the first half took place the second weekend of November and then a waiting period will occur while the applicants in the course are to practice and implement what they have learned before the second half of the licensing is completed. Each coach will then be evaluated in the second half of the licensing. Once the course is done, there is a one-year wait period for each coach that passed before they can apply for their C licensing course. Several of our coaching staff is also planning on attending this year’s NSCAA Convention. The NSCAA is the world’s larges soccer organization and every year they host a convention to educate and further coaching skills. This year, the convention will be held in Los Angeles, California, January 11-15th.
CMU soccer teams support our Player Development Program Both the women’s and men’s soccer programs from CMU have shown their support in the importance of player development at a young age. Several players have taken their time to come out and help run training sessions for our boys and girls Player Development Programs (PDP) at the U9-U10 age at the club. Not only have they shown their interest in the young players, but they have also invited several of our club’s teams to walk our before the game with the teams and even on occasion allowing the players to play at half time for the fans. This has been great for our young athletes, giving them more interest and love for the game.
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From fall to winter trainings As fall season comes to an end, we can reflect on how much the players and teams have learned and progressed over the season. In many cases the players have come great lengths in such a short period of time. Now it is time for our players to take a few months off and let their skills they have improved on become rusty right? Hold on a second – that does not have to happen. There are several winter training opportunities for our players in the club. All competitive teams will still be training once a week throughout the winter at the indoor field at the soccer office, this will be starting the last week in November. Along with this training, the club provides a Winter Indoor Soccer League (4v4), Soccer Tots (U3-U5), Soccer Stars (U4-U8), Winter Skills (U7U12), Speed and Agility Program, and Fast Footwork Program. To learn more and register for these programs, please visit the club website (www.gjsoccer.org). Remember to sign up as soon as possible as programs will get full quickly.
A Special Thanks to our Sponsors
Fire FC Fall Newsletter Fall 2016
Transitioning from summer to winter Part of Fire FC’s vision is to “provide outstanding soccer opportunities that help all kids to reach their soccer goals and that help to grow the sport and the soccer culture in our community.” This past summer, Fire FC has grown its summer programs to help accomplish just that, providing a safe and fun atmosphere that allows kids to improve their skills year round. To accomplish this, two new summer programs were added to their existing programs, allowing kids the chance to train all summer long. The two new summer training programs added are the Competitive Summer Technical Program and the Rec Summer Technical Program. These two programs gave both competitive and rec players the opportunity to learn and improve on their skills while improving and maintaining their fitness. Along with these two new programs, the club continued to provide its 3v3 League and the Fall Kick Off Camp. These Summer Programs set up several of our teams for success going into their fall tournaments and seasons.
Did You Know? Did you know that if a penalty kick (PK) is awarded to a team, the taker of the kick hits the post, and then the same kicker follows up and finishes the shot, then it does not count? Someone other than the PK taker must touch the ball after it hits the post first before the PK taker is live and aloud to touch the ball.
Tournaments Fire FC attended three tournaments this fall, the Park City Extreme Cup in the beginning of August, Trebol’s Colorado Shootout, and the CSA Cup held here in Grand Junction. Of our 14 teams that attended Park City Extreme Cup, two teams medaled and five teams made it out of their bracket and into the semi finals. Our U17 girls, coached by Luke McClyman, came first in their division. Our U18 girls, coached by Stephen Latta, came in second place in their division. Not only did this tournament show the great lengths that our club has grown in the last five years, it was also a great start to our season, and it allowed the players to get back into soccer mode before school starts. Trebol’s Colorado Shootout is a tournament that our cub regularly attends. This tournament is set up for teams that are U14 and under. We had ten teams attend, and of those ten we had two first place medalists, Shaun Howe’s U14 girls and Danny’s U13 girls. In the CSA Cup, we had several teams play very well. Our U10 girls PDP Ð Wescott team, and U12 girls United team won first in their bracket, and our U10 girls PDP Ð Kearie team and U10 boys PDP Ð Giddings team finished second in their brackets. Congratulations to all of these teams, and thank you to all of the teams from our club that participated in these tournaments.
CMU wins RMAC CMU men came out of the RMAC tournament in 1st place with a 1-0 win over Regis University. CMU then played Midwestern State University in the NCAA Tournament on November 13th in Wichita Falls, TX. CMU lost 1-0 in the last few minutes of the game. They had a great season this year.
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Coaches’ Education Many of our coaches are participating in getting their USSF D license, showing that our coaching staff is very dedicated to learning and becoming better coaches. This is a two part course, the first half took place the second weekend of November and then a waiting period will occur while the applicants in the course are to practice and implement what they have learned before the second half of the licensing is completed. Each coach will then be evaluated in the second half of the licensing. Once the course is done, there is a one-year wait period for each coach that passed before they can apply for their C licensing course. Several of our coaching staff is also planning on attending this year’s NSCAA Convention. The NSCAA is the world’s larges soccer organization and every year they host a convention to educate and further coaching skills. This year, the convention will be held in Los Angeles, California, January 11-15th.
CMU soccer teams support our Player Development Program Both the women’s and men’s soccer programs from CMU have shown their support in the importance of player development at a young age. Several players have taken their time to come out and help run training sessions for our boys and girls Player Development Programs (PDP) at the U9-U10 age at the club. Not only have they shown their interest in the young players, but they have also invited several of our club’s teams to walk our before the game with the teams and even on occasion allowing the players to play at half time for the fans. This has been great for our young athletes, giving them more interest and love for the game.
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From fall to winter trainings As fall season comes to an end, we can reflect on how much the players and teams have learned and progressed over the season. In many cases the players have come great lengths in such a short period of time. Now it is time for our players to take a few months off and let their skills they have improved on become rusty right? Hold on a second – that does not have to happen. There are several winter training opportunities for our players in the club. All competitive teams will still be training once a week throughout the winter at the indoor field at the soccer office, this will be starting the last week in November. Along with this training, the club provides a Winter Indoor Soccer League (4v4), Soccer Tots (U3-U5), Soccer Stars (U4-U8), Winter Skills (U7U12), Speed and Agility Program, and Fast Footwork Program. To learn more and register for these programs, please visit the club website (www.gjsoccer.org). Remember to sign up as soon as possible as programs will get full quickly.
A Special Thanks to our Sponsors
