I Am Now The Law!

After a 16 hour session spread over 3 days, I am now officially licensed as a Grade 8 Soccer Referee.
Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect for the class. I was a licensed high school referee in New Hampshire back in the early 1990’s. A lot has changed since then.
I am excited to begin reffing a [...]

USYSA Region 1 Coming To West Virginia

The official announcement was made today in Barboursville that the US Youth Soccer’s Region 1 championships is coming to West Virginia in 2009 and 2010.
Honestly, I am soooo excited about this event. It’s gonna be a lot of work, but so well worth it. The economic impact is in the $12 million dollar area per [...]

Registration Numbers Are Down

As President of my club, I’m overjoyed that my club’s membership has grown 22% in the last year…especially when membership has decreased at most of the other clubs in the Charleston area.
I’m not happy that these other clubs are having number issues. I want everyone’s memberships to go up. If membership is up everywhere….that means more kids [...]

New Season Is Coming

I am so excited that a new season is almost here.
My club just finished up an excellent week-long “summer tune-up” camp for our members with Renee Balconi and Ashleigh Woods. Registration for rec soccer has just finished up. And, my teams (yes, I said teams…one U7 and one U8) are ready to begin practices in [...]

Renee Balconi & Ashleigh Woods

My soccer club is hosting a summer soccer camp this week under the direction of Balconi Skillz N Thrillz….Renee Balconi & Ashleigh Woods.
I am so excited to have these two women as the directors of this camp. I really think Renee & Ashleigh are a well kept secret in the Charleston area. They have been [...]