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Registration Open
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Arundel Soccer Spring registration is now open online. Current and new members can get details and register here. Walk-up registration will be held on the following dates:
Saturday, 10 Jan, 10Am till Noon, Waugh Chapel Elementary School
Tuesday, 20 Jan, 6PM to 7:30, TBD
Thursday, 29 Jan, 6PM to 7:30, Chick-Fil-A Waugh Chapel
Saturday, 7 Feb, 10AM toll noon, Waugh Chapel Elementary
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Spring Team Tryouts and Evals
Details here
The following select teams are seeking players
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WAGS
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| BU9 United Lightning |
GU12 Magic Premier
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| BU10 Xpress Boys |
GU12 Magic Classic
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BU14 United
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GU14 Blue Devils |
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BU16 Elite FC Premier
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BU16 United Premier
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BU17 United
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CMSSL
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GU10 Royalty
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BU10 Dragons (Torres) |
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GU12 Magic Select
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| AAYSL (County) |
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| BU8 ASA Thunder Premier |
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| BU8 ASA Thunder Classic |
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| GU11 ASA Freedom |
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Coaches wishing to add to this list, please email here with details
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25th Anniversary
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ASA celebrates its 25th Aniversary in 2009 and we will be celebrating the occasion with a number of events throughout the year. Several of the events in the works are:
- Hosting DC United Summer Soccer Seriers
- Homecoming Weekend in Sept 2009 (all teams playing home games at a single location)
- Reunion and Bull Roast on Homecoming Weekend
For the reunion, we are looking for former board memebers, club staff, and coaches and players from teams of past years. Many former players have had much success and are still involved with soccer. If you are interested in attending the reunion or know ASA alumni who could, please contact the Anniversary committeer at ASA25@ArundelSoccer.com.
From an original grroup of just several teams, in 25 years ASA has dveveloped into a large and always growing soccer club of approaching 100 teams, from 3 year old development play to nationally ranked teams at elite levels. Join us in celebrating our first 25 years, maybe volunteer to help, and prepare in style for the next 25.
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Coaches Needed!
More kids... More teams... More soccer
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Arundel Soccer is growing again - adding programs and more soccer players each season. If you have an interest in soccer and would like to learn more about working as a coach or assistant coach, please contact coaching@ArundelSoccer.com. If you've played soccer as a youth or as an adult or both, please consider giving back a little to the game and to the kids from age 3 on up who are ready to learn. Training for coaches is provided or paid for by the club. See the coaching section on the homepage for details.
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Playing Versus Competing
Full article
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This article is from the November/December issue of the NSCAA Soccer Journal and is written by Editor, Dr. Jay Martin.
In early September, there was a Division I game between two Top Ten teams, one from the West Coast and one from the East Coast. It was an early season special. Two big time programs went at each other; each hoping to make a statement for the 2008 collegiate season. It was a beautiful day and the stadium was full. After observing the game for the first half, it was clear that the West Coast team had better soccer players. Pound for pound they were more technical than the home team. The West Coast team lost 3-0 - and it could have been more. Good soccer players; who played good soccer but didn’t compete. They PLAYED the game; they did not COMPETE the game.
There is too much playing in American soccer and not enough competing. Playing permeates all levels of the game from U5 to the MLS and the National teams. We are confusing ability for talent. As Allen Fox, author of The Winners Mind suggests, “Most people mistake speed and skill for talent. Real talent STARTS with energy, drive, work ethic and the will to win. Without these attributes, a player can never be great.” In this country we have focused so much on playing, that we have not taught our players to compete - to fight - to work hard or to have the will to win. As a soccer culture, we have always had an inferiority complex. So, we emphasize playing, technical ability and skills. Our youth players play a lot of soccer, but few compete.
Why do some players when confronted with failure give up and others who are no more skilled continue to compete and learn? Carol Dweck of Stanford University and author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success suggests that the answer lays in people’s beliefs about why they failed. Although very complicated, it seems that those of us who are praised for our ability/intelligence etc. when things are easy have trouble changing gears and working hard when things get tough. Children who are taught to focus on effort and getting better and not the outcome learn to work hard and solve the problem. Soccer players who change clubs never learn to solve the problem(s) that others face because they never face them! The key, says Dweck, isn’t ability; it’s whether you look at ability as something inherent that needs to be demonstrated or as something that can be developed. She further suggests that many young athletes who are led to believe that talent is more important than effort become uncoachable!
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ASA Player Accomplishments
Team, Player, and Coach honors
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Congratulations to several players from ASA Illusion girls team for the committments to play in college: Megan Frost, 2009, GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY, NC and Jessica Kile, 2009, GREENSBORO COLLEGE, NC.
Also, congratulations to coach Scott Schrier and the girls of ASA Spirit GU9 and Coaches Joe Love and Mario Carniero and the ASA Xpress Boys BU10 for their tournament wins at the Crofton Shootout on August 16 and 17.
For all accomplishments, click here...
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Volunteer Match!
What we do, How we live.
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Arundel Soccer works with VolunteerMatch, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. Its award-winning online service, available at www.volunteermatch.org, makes it easy to find local volunteer opportunities by ZIP code, interest area, and/or keyword. The VolunteerMatch network regularly welcomes more than 115,000 visitors each week and has become the preferred volunteer recruiting service for tens of thousands of participating nonprofits across the country.
As a non-profit dedicated towards working with kids, ASA encourages you to use your talents in whatever time or capacity you can do to help others. We need your help, and so do others. Even a little helps - volunteer today.
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See the video ad
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Arundel Soccer Association began operations in 1984 and over the years has helped thousands of young players learn about and enjoy soccer while promoting the traditional goals of amateur sports. ASA is affiliated with the Maryland State Youth Soccer Association (MSYSA), US Youth Soccer and FIFA. ASA is the largest soccer club in Anne Arundel County and runs recreational, county and competitive travel programs, and fields select teams in all the regional competitive leagues, including BBSL, CMSSL, WAGS, NCSL and the Colonial League.
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Arundel Soccer Association
P.O. Box 242
Gambrills, MD 21054 |
| info@arundelsoccer.com |
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