The SYC Red Tiger’s are hosting two weeks of evening camp in August.  The dates are Monday through Thursday August 9-12 and August 23-26 from 5:30 -8:30 each evening.  The camp will be held at George Mason University on Recreation Field #3 located behind the George Mason Baseball Stadium.  Attendance for each week will be limited to 60 players as that is all that can be effectively managed on the field space available.  Coach Dave Roe and professional trainer Boris Manzur will  be running the camps.  The cost is $175/week attended.  Each player must be on a travel team roster for the fall 2010 season.  U-14 and U-16 players may attend. If you are interested in attend one or both weeks of camp, please contact Dave Roe at droe@gmu.edu or Jake McCaslin at mccaslin04@yahoo.com.

U11 – U12 Field Dimensions for HOOES ROAD PARK #2 (LEFT side) and HOOES ROAD PARK #3 (RIGHT side).  They should be identical in length and width.

- width 55 yards

- length 85 yards

- penalty area 14 yards out from each goal post along the end line and 14 yards out from the end line onto the field

- goal area 6 yards out from each goal post along the end line and 6 yards out from the end line onto the field

- penalty spot 10 yards from the end line

- radius for penalty arc-8 yards

- goals-6 ft high and 18 ft wide

Every sideline will have, at a minimum, spectator lines painted on the ground: minimum three yards back from the touchline, where space permits, and if not enough space, 1 or two yards, beginning 18 yards in front of each end line. Spectators must remain behind this line at all times. Coaches, managers, or TSLs are responsible for keeping the touchlines clear of spectators and players.

All portable goals will be properly anchored or weighted.  If a goal cannot be properly anchored or weighted the activity on the field should be abandoned (by the referee).

U9 - U10 Field Dimensions for Key MS #2 and HOOES ROAD PARK #4 (back or rear field):

- width 45 yards

- length 75 yards

- penalty area-14 yards out from each goal post along the end line and 14 yards out from the end line onto the field

- goal area-6 yards out from each goal post along the end line and 6 yards out from the end line onto the field

- penalty spot-10 yards from the end line

- radius for penalty arc-8 yards

- goals- 6 ft high and 18 ft wide

Every sideline will have, at a minimum, spectator lines painted on the ground: minimum three yards back from the touchline, where space permits, and if not enough space, 1 or two yards, beginning 18 yards in front of each end line. Spectators must remain behind this line at all times. Coaches, Managers, or TSLs are responsible for keeping the touchlines clear of spectators and players

All portable goals will be properly anchored or weighted.  If a goal cannot be properly anchored or weighted the activity on the field should be abandoned (by the referee).

Team Fees for NCSL Fall 2010: Team Manager provides team check to SYC by July 2.

U9 & U10 & U11 teams $370 U12 & U13 teams $660 U14 teams $685 U15 & U16 teams $755 U17 teams $845 U19 teams $845

U14G SYC Xtreme Rachel McEntire and Paige Lloyd not only made the Virginia Olympic Development Program (ODP) Pool for the 1995-1996 Age Group, but were also selected to attend an international trip to Spain and Portugal representing not only Springfield/South County Youth Club but the state of Virginia based on their soccer talent.  Three more U14G SYC Xtreme players: Taylor Gaunt, Mary Stewart Pierson, and Kaila Williams also made the Virginia ODP Pool. The club is very proud of their collective achievements so far and the sky is the limit for their future. For background on the ODP program, see the following.

Players will normally play in their own age group. Request for exception to this policy will be considered only by the Travel Commissioner in the following circumstances: 

April 21, 2008 Washington Post Article extract:

The three Carroll brothers Brian age 26, Jeff age 24, and Pat age 22 played at West Springfield High School and for Division I programs before making it to MLS.

The 1968 Springfield Boys’ Club Football and Soccer Combined Yearbook has a letter from Soccer Commissioner John Park: "The 1968 season was the first year of organized soccer for the Springfield Boys’ Club.  In 1967 the pilot program started with about 45 boys.  This year the program attracted 86 boys who were divided into five teams."

In the 1969 Springfield Boys’ Club Football and Soccer Combined Yearbook, Soccer Commissioner John Park indicated: "This was the second full season of soccer and it was a good season.  With the addition of the team from Braddock Road Boys Club to our 100 boys we were able to have a six-team league and a ten game season." (Note:  While this league had both SBC and BRBC teams, it was a recreation level team - not travel.) 

In the 1970 Springfield Boys’ Club Football and Soccer Combined Yearbook, Soccer Commissioner John Park stated: "The Springfield Boys Club soccer program had an encouraging growth this past year from 101 to 135 players.  This permitted us to form leagues divided according to ages.  We had two teams of 8-9 year olds in a league of four with Braddock Road Boys Club and five teams of 10-13 year olds plus one team from Braddock Road to form the intermediate league age.  We also had a team of older boys (Senior Darts) who were unaffiliated in a league though they were able to find plenty of competition."

Fall of 1970 newspaper clippings regarding games that the Senior Darts played against teams from Braddock Road, Lee-Mt. Vernon, and Hayfield. Spring of 1970 newspaper articles reference another team called the Springfield Boys Club Rangers. The best article is a Springfield Independent (the local newspaper dated April 23, 1970 - entitled: "Boys Club Soccer": "The Springfield Boys Club soccer team, the Springfield Rangers, defeated the Braddock Road Boys Club 3-0 on Sunday in their first game of the spring season.  The Rangers are entered in the Juvenile Division (ages 12-14) of the National Soccer League of Washington, along with teams from Braddock Road, Annandale , Hyattsville, and D.C."

So that puts the origin of Springfield Travel Soccer back to 1970 and House Soccer to 1967-1968.

SYC Soccer is continuing the highly successful “Bridge” Soccer program for the Spring 2010 season.  The program seeks to identify rising Under-8 boys and girls in the Fall (current Under-7 boys and girls this past Spring) that have genuine interest/enthusiasm for the game, have acquired/developed a very basic soccer aptitude faster than many of their teammates, classmates and neighbors and would like to play with children of similar outlook on the game.

The program begins with the selection of qualified and interested coaches. Candidates must meet the criterion developed by the SYC Soccer Commissioners. Candidates are selected following submission of an application "package" that includes a soccer resume, sample training plan, have conducted a "basic" youth training session, licensing courses and completed identifiable seminars and conferences.

Reminder, for KIDSAFE purposes, no names embroidered on uniforms, warm-ups, team sweatshirts, or backpacks. For backpacks only, initials are ok or small hanging tags are ok for players to identify their own bag quickly.