The Santa Clara Youth Soccer League is holding its annual AGM Meeting on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 starting at 7:30pm at the Santa Clara Sporting Office at 282 Brokaw Road in Santa Clara.  Elections are held for officer positions and each team has the right to attend and cast one vote. In addition to voting-in officers, Board Members will vote on proposed changes to the SCYSL By-Laws. You can view the proposed changes by downloading them here.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

On February 20th from 1:30-4:00 pm SCYSL will be hosting an an all referee field clinic, “How & When To Break With Play.” This clinic is somewhat different in orientation from many of the clinics that have been previously offered, in that it is oriented more toward AR mechanics and thought processes. We are expecting that this will be an enjoyable experience and a chance to learn from some very well-qualified referees.

The Santa Clara Sporting Club is proud to announce that the club raised $20,000 last October during their 2009 Goals-for-a-Cure Campaign. Special recognition goes out to the Santa Clara Sporting ’93 Girls White Team led by Jim Goularte and Cynthia Bates-Brown which

 Registration for the 2010 CYSA Spring League and Spring District II Cup for all competitive teams is now open. Registration deadline for both league and District Cup is February 27th. Visit the CYSA website for more information or to register your team.

Every season, we highlight the importance of education within our soccer community, and celebrate the success of our student athletes off the field through the SCYSL Scholar Athlete Award. Improving one’s soccer game is fun and rewarding, but of more importance is the need to have a strong academic foundation. Our league

Six SCYSL Referees received 2009 Referee of the Year Awards from the SJSRA on December 1, 2009. Awardees include: Jorge Valverde, Elizabeth Zigon, Carlos Hernandez, Angelica Morales-Barajas, Jackie Algas-Sasaki and John Antonicic. The awardees were presented plaques and had the opportunity to meet National Referees Philippe Dor and Peter Fletcher and FIFA referee Jennifer Bennett. Congratulations to all the SCYSL Referees!

Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting ’99 Boys Green Team for winning the 2009-10 CYSA Cal-North State Cup Championship last weekend on December 20th. The team finished the last event of the 2009 Season winning the Boys U10 CYSA State Cup in Livermoore. The team went undefeated

 Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting ’99 Girls Green Team for finishing 2nd overall as Finalists in the Girls U10 2009-10 CYSA Cal-North State Cup Tournament last weekend on December 20th. The girls went undefeated during bracket play...

Not heavy rain, nor muddy field conditions could stop the Santa Clara Elite U12 Girls Team from taking the field on December 12th and 13th to compete in the CYSA Founders’ Cup.  Santa Clara Elite, led by coaches Ernie DeFrenchi and John Teixeira went undefeated during their regular season and was the only Santa Clara Youth Soccer League Team present at Founders’ Cup.  The SC Elite Team finished third in their preliminary round. Congratulations to the players, coaches and parents!

 Looking for that perfect gift for the soccer fan(s) in your life?  Santa Clara Youth Soccer League and Santa Clara Sporting has worked out a special deal with the San Jose Earthquakes this off-season to provide eight months of entertainment for the entire family or coworkers for an outstanding rate during this World Cup year.  Join former Santa Clara University standouts Joe Cannon and Jamil Roberts for the 2010 campaign at SCU’s Buck Shaw Stadium.

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Thanks very much for participating in the Fall Season!

On Sunday, October 25th, SCYSL hosted our first U8 play day for all U7 and U8 boys and girls.  SCYSL soccer players were invited to play a series of FUN 3v3 games on small fields.  Referee/Mentors from the Santa Clara Sporting 93 Girls White Team came to support the league and helped supervise the games.

The Santa Clara Mud Dogs soccer team won the chance to escort the New York Red Bulls onto the field last Saturday night (10/3) at the San Jose Earthquakes home game at BuckShaw Stadium. The Mud Dogs purchased 50 tickets and brought their families to the Earthquakes final home season game. Other SCYSL and Santa Clara Sporting teams participated in the pre-game parade.

Futsal Kingz are providing local community Futsal programs in partnership with the City of Santa Clara at the Youth Activity Center (YAC). Futsal is a fun, fast-paced soccer game, played indoors within the lines of a basketball court (no walls), using a small, size 3, low-bounce ball. The Game consists of two teams of four players and a goalkeeper with unlimited substitutions and quick restarts.

Futsal Kingz programs have age-specific curriculum, innovative class formats and qualified professional coaching staff enabling every player to develop their skills and have a great experience, whether they’re the next Beckham or trying Futsal for the first time!

Players register through the City of Santa Clara. For more information about the program please go to www.futsalkingz.com or email us at info@futsalkingz.com.

Santa Clara University Soccer is booking teams for Ball Kid Assignments & for halftime mini-games for their 2009 home games held at Buck Shaw Stadium, on the SCU Campus.  SCYSL teams have the opportunity to serve as "Ball kids" and watch the game on the sideline, shag balls that are kicked off the field, and also get to play a fun half-time mini-game in the stadium. It’s a real thrill to watch the game from the sideline and play on the field in front of all the soccer fans!

Youth soccer parents are often chastised by their over involvement in the children’s game.  But they’re given few guidelines on how to help their youngsters develop a healthy attitude toward sports...

Fall and Winter season is right around the corner, so we want to remind everyone about the league’s rain-out policy. The following rules apply to all grass fields except for the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park . Practices at Soccer Park are only allowed on the all-weather turf field, so it is the coaches’ discretion if they want to hold practices in the rain. If there is thunder and lightning present, then practices must immediately stop.

Fall soccer season is almost over and if your kids are still interested in playing soccer during the winter, there are a few very popular programs to check-out. SCYSL does not offer indoor soccer or endorse any of these programs, but many competitive teams compete in these indoor leagues to stay fit.