LI Youth Soccer Spring 2014

I can only (once again) beg forgiveness for ignoring you all for so long!  Fall season became winter soccer which became Spring and Cup season.  Alas, I have a few minutes and needed to come by, clear the cobwebs, and see if we have gotten off to a good season!

Yes, the season was delayed due to the snow.  Then many Opening Weekend games were cancelled due to the rain.  Some of us were lucky (?) enough to have games scheduled on turf fields and got to start our season in the pouring rain.  I am just grateful that while I now need to help my calendar accomodat the rescheduling of the 4 games cancelled for my son’s teams, my team got our game played.

Spring is a busy soccer season in Long Island Youth Soccer and I hope everyone is keeping up.  If your child’s youth soccer team is registered in LI Junior Soccer League- they have played their first LI Cup game.  If their team won- CONGRATS!!- you move to the next round and your game is probably scheduled to play the weekend of the 12th/13th.  YES!  THAT weekend- the start (for most) of Spring Break when many parents have scheduled vacations for their young soccer players.  Is this an issue for your team?  I am fortunate that it is not an issue (that I am aware of) for my team, but I am aware it is affecting some teams.  If your team did not win the 1st LI Cup game, condolences and you are done with LI Cup games until next Spring.  The good news is that you can now focus on your league games that should have started this past weekend and if not will begin this weekend.  Due to delaying the start of LI Cup, the first week of LIJ league games has been moved to the weekend after the season was scheduled to end.  Your coaches will have the updated schedules by this time.

If your youth soccer player’s team plays for NY Club Soccer and was in the NY Cup last Fall, your season started last weekend (or if rained out) begins this weekend.  If your team advanced out of the NY Cup last Fall- you have played at least 1 Cup game this Spring.

Intramural training and games start (for most Clubs) this week.  Intramural soccer is the time for your child to get to know the sport and decide if they have the love for soccer to dedicate themselves (and their parents time and money) into the competitiveness of Travel Soccer.  Enjoy the time you and your child have in Long Island Youth Intramural Soccer.

I wish everyone luck this season and in the weeks to come will be discussing the planning of team travel to out of state tournaments (Have you planned your Team Fun Night for Saturday of Memorial Weekend yet? Lasertag, Pizza Night, and Bowling are popular!) and I am also interested in everyone’s thoughts on when it is the right time to have a young athlete decide which 1 sport they want to commit their time to playing.