Makeup Info

Makeup for today's rainout - TBD
Makeup of the EPIC game - 6/10/09 @ Byrnes Ridge, 6:30 PM
Makeup of 2nd Tryout session - 6/11/09 @ Byrnes Ridge, 6:00 PM

Can we go an entire season without ever playing on our alleged HOME FIELD? Stay tuned tomorrow!

Memo from Next Season's Coach

Hi everyone,

I thought with the upcoming tryouts and coaching changes I would send out anote to the current White and Silver teams providing my thoughts on theupcoming tryout season and my background for those who do not know me.From 2007 to present, I have been the coach for the Silver team. I have been a coach in Loudoun Soccer for the last 7 years, including three years as an All-Star coach in the 95G age group. I have a US Soccer D license and will be pursuing additional licensing/training as my scheduleallows. With the focus of the Silver team being player development I have successfully moved a number of players to teams playing in higher/faster divisions of play; from past All-Star teams and the Silver team there is one player on the Red team, there are seven on the Black team and nine on the White team. I understand there has been an enormous amount of frustration regarding all of the player movement in the past season and how that may impact the upcoming tryouts. I can safely say that there is no one more frustrated than I as the coach of the team most affected by the movement. It takes more than an eight week season to get a team of players to come together,understand their roles, and start to show success on the field. The White team experienced a lot of player movement, as well, due to players moving up, attrition and injuries resulting in a need for more players from the Silver team. As a result, new players joined the club in both White and Silver teams. As a coach it is rewarding to see players getting an opportunity to play in a travel setting and we have been fortunate enough to have wonderful kids join the program. So the big question…..player selection and team formation. It should benoted that player evaluation is completed by the age group coaches, and other club coaches as available, and it is that collective evaluation that is used for placement. For the upcoming tryouts what we do not know is how many players will be attending and how many players may leave the club.These two factors, players coming and going, will determine the number of players available from which the age group can create teams. The skill level of the body of players as a whole will determine to which team players will be selected, i.e., Red, Black, White or Silver team. In my opinion, the current teams as structured, for the most part, have the proper players given the relative pace of play in the teams’ divisions. Each player will be evaluated on individual players’ skills and abilities relative to the other players suited for a given team. I ask that all players stay relaxed and focused on their game as we go through the tryout process and work to make each team the best it can be as they represent Loudoun Soccer in their respective division of play.

For those that do not know me my coaching philosophy revolves around individual player development in the context of their team. I focus ongetting the girls to play soccer as a unit with each players’ skills defining their role on the team and in the game. Too many times I’m stillasked “what do you want me to do” or “I don’t know how to play there." Having players understand team offense/team defense in a given situation is my role as a coach. To that end, you will see very little player movement from position to position in a given game or given week. I start theseason with players in their comfort zone and as they master that position they will be moved to the next logical position relative to where they were playing. Some players move quickly while some players do not. There are cases where physical limitations may make certain positions harder for aplayer to master. They will get a chance to experience those roles on the field but likely will not find a home there. Chapters can be written on this topic so if anyone would like to discuss further please reach out.I will be at the remaining White team games so please do not hesitate to ask me any questions, voice any concerns and pass any comments. I lookforward to next season and wish each current player on both White and Silver the best of luck in their tryouts.

More Tryout Info!

Reminder - Rising U14G tryouts June 2nd at Ida Lee Park from 6pm to 8pm. The second tryout will be held June 4th at Lansdowne Park. Players shall not wear any portion of their travel uniforms - that includes socks/backpacks, etc.

Tryout Information

Loudoun Soccer is hosting tryouts for the rising U14 age group on June 2 and June 4. Field assignments are TBD at this time. Check the team website or www.loudounsoccer.com for more information.

Loudoun Soccer hosts open tryouts to fill roster spots on all four teams in the rising U14G age group. The four teams (Red, Black, White, Silver) in the rising U14G group have a long tradition of hard work, leading to success on the field. If that's something you'd like to be a part of, we'll see you at tryouts.

For additional information, please comment on this post, and include your email address for one of our coaches to respond.

Check out the Calendar Link

The new link to the team's Google Calendar is on the right. I'll try to keep up with the ever changing schedule and make this the one-stop shop for game, practice, and social event information.

Ed

ODSL Division Structure for Spring 2009 Season

Straight from the ODSL Website: http://www.odsl.org/Structures/index_E.html

Here's our competition for the upcoming outdoor season. Let's hope this means warm weather is on the way!

U13 Division G1

CULP Comets 95G
CYA Rumble
EPIC 95G Hammers
FRED Royal 95G
LOUD 95G White
PAC Blue Fury
SYC Storm
VIST FC Fury 95

New Webmaster

Hi,

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be stepping in to take over as the team's webmaster. I can be reached at ImEasyEd@aol.com.

I want to thank Tom Kyte for putting the website together and for keeping it up to snuff over the past few years. I'll try to keep that standard of excellence!

Ed Fleming

Saturday Bake Sale

The bake sale is still on for this Sat. April 5th at the Sterling Walmart. We have adjusted the times due to our 10am game. We will begin our bake sale at 1pm and end around 5pm. Due to space restrictions, we need to divide the girls into 2 two hour shifts--1-3pm and 3-5pm.

Please contact Peggy Bokulic or Karen Alexander to let them know when you can supply sales people for the event.

Thanks to Peggy & Karen for keeping on top of this event!

Spring '08 -- Off and Running

95G White competed in the FPYC Liberty Cup to warm up for the Spring ODSL Season. Although the girls didn't get to the finals, we were able to take several positives out of the event.

First, the team had a positive goal differential, scoring 9 and giving up only 5. We've used our limited practice time to work on our pressure/cover/balance defensively, and it showed. The girls gave up more than one goal in only one game during the tournament. Second, the team learned a lot about playing under adversity as two players went down with injuries during day 1 and were unavailable during day 2. Down two players, the girls played the FPYC Strikers to a 1-0 loss, then defeated the CYA Fuego 2-1 in the afternoon.

Erin Windland led the team in goals, closely followed by Annie Bokulic. Both girls earned Captain's bands for next week's ODSL opening game, and both played some of the best soccer in their travel careers.

Even though we missed the finals, I'm very proud of the girls and the way they handled the injuries, poor fields, and crappy weather. We're looking forward to taking this weekend's momentum into our ODSL opener on Saturday, and we're looking forward to getting our injured kids back in one piece.

Game vs Loudoun 95G Silver

Reminder - Please wear your red uniforms for tomorrow's game vs the Silver team.

What I learned being captain - by Megan W

When I was captain I learned that I had to be a leader and responsible for the team. I was captain for the whole Manassas Battlefield Classic Tournament with Katie. Being captain was fun because I got to lead stretches and I had to get the team focused. I got the team focused by telling them the game strategy and the things we needed to work on. The strategy of the game was to focus on getting shots and getting the mids back. At practice, we worked on a 3 person passing drill which I saw during the game! Well from what I saw we played a terrific tournament!

Megan as Captain

2 weeks ago I was a captain. I learned that the captains don't do very much except for to tell our team mates to get back on the field after waterbreaks at practice. I think that when we're captain, we have to be better leaders and find other things to do. Maybe as captains we could tell the coaches what we think that the team needs to work on, and then suggest a drill to do at practice. That's what I learned about being a captain.

Katie & Polly as Captains

This past week we played against the Vienna Lighting team and Polly and I were captains. I think we did great and we all tried our very best! Anyway the game was tied 0 to 0 although we almost had 5 goals in the first half, and a couple more in the second half. And thanks to our goalies Kylie and Cate we were saved with a tie. I really love being captain, it is so much fun! And congratulations to our next 2 captains Megan K. and Janna. Thanks for a great game team, you all did great!!


-Katie

Business in Brambleton

After practice last Thursday night, 9/20, several of the players met at Froots in the Brambleton shopping center for smoothies. After having some fun, laughter, and even some singing at Froots, the girls walked around to several of the eating establishments to hand out sponsorship information to the managers/business owners. Their smiles and charisma were well received in each of the establishments. Hopefully we will soon enjoy the “froots” of their labor. The girls are excited about their next “business” adventure to take place on Saturday, September 29.

Loudoun Soccer 95 G White vs Epic Hammers

Field Reporter: Kylie F

On Sunday September 9th Loudoun Soccer 95 G White (Loudoun Magic) played the Epic Hammers. We played a great game even though we did not win. The score was 2-0 Epic. We played at Sherando park in Stephen City VA. Megan K. and I were goalkeepers. Mairin and I were captains. After the game, we decided that Megan K. should be one of our next captains because she played so hard and had good footskills.

New Season – New Name

With a new season comes a new name for the Loudoun Magic – now the Loudoun Soccer 95G White. The team’s new name is part of Loudoun Soccer’s effort to better unite all the club’s teams under one umbrella. We wish our sister Red, Black, and Silver teams best of luck with their upcoming seasons.

White started their preseason with a solid 2-1 showing at the Dulles National Preseason Tournament in Herndon. The girls defeated the Sterling Tigers and Great Falls Courage before losing to the eventual tournament champion BRYC Axiom. Several of the girls had excellent tournaments. Goalkeepers Cate Coughter and Kylie Fleming finished the tournament unscored upon. Cate and newcomer Katie Alexander had the first goals as members of our team. Carly Melkus joined us as a guest player and did a nice job as a keeper and defender.

It would’ve been nice to get into the finals, but the girls played hard, and did well for their first games together. We got a good idea of what we need to work on, and we’re ready to work hard to have a great ODSL season.

Check out the pictures!

New Season – New Name

With a new season comes a new name for the Loudoun Magic – now the Loudoun Soccer 95G White. The team’s new name is part of Loudoun Soccer’s effort to better unite all the club’s teams under one umbrella. We wish our sister Red, Black, and Silver teams best of luck with their upcoming seasons.

White started their preseason with a solid 2-1 showing at the Dulles National Preseason Tournament in Herndon. The girls defeated the Sterling Tigers and Great Falls Courage before losing to the eventual tournament champion BRYC Axiom. Several of the girls had excellent tournaments. Goalkeepers Cate Coughter and Kylie Fleming finished the tournament unscored upon. Cate and newcomer Katie Alexander had the first goals as members of our team. Carly Melkus joined us as a guest player and did a nice job as a keeper and defender.

It would’ve been nice to get into the finals, but the girls played hard, and did well for their first games together. We got a good idea of what we need to work on, and we’re ready to work hard to have a great ODSL season.

Check out the pictures!

VA Rush Tournament

See all of the pictures from this weekends Memorial day tourney



And check out the results from the tournament here... You can navigate from:
tournaments -> memorial day -> schedules -> U11Gblue results
from that page or click here to go right to the end.

Loudoun Soccer Tryout Information

Loudoun Soccer will be holding open tryouts for rising U12 Girls on May 31, June, 2, and June 3. Tryouts run from 6pm to 8pm and players are encouraged to attend all three tryout sessions.

The current field schedule is:

U12 Girls                May 31  Legacy Large
(born 8/1/95 – 7/31/96)  June 2  Evergreen Mills
                         June 3  Simpson #2

Please check the Loudoun Soccer website (http://www.loudounsoccer.com/LSC/index_E.html) throughout the week as the schedule is subject to change. A little food for thought:

1. We anticipate a fairly large group for tryouts, so arrive at the field no later than 5:45 to register. The players will be given numbered pinnies, which they’ll be expected to return at the end of each session.
2. Loudoun Soccer tryouts are open to anyone in the age group. To help the coaches remain as objective as possible, players are not to wear articles of clothing that identify them with a current travel team. No uniform jerseys, shorts, socks, practice jerseys, or warmups. Also players should not bring their “travel bags” – they should just bring a ball and water.
3. The more we see the players, but better we can do at placing them appropriately, so please attend all three tryouts. If a player is injured or there’s some kind of vacation conflict, please let one of the coaches or volunteers know during the sign-in process.
4. All current players are required to attend tryouts, as all rosters spots on each team are open for competition. Players on current teams may be placed on a higher or lower team based on their ability and performance at tryouts.
5. We anticipate the addition of a D team to the age group, coached by Peter Walther. The addition of a 4th team is contingent upon the number of suitable players we see trying out.
6. Due to Loudoun Soccer policy, we are unable to make player notifications until immediately after our last ODSL game, which is currently scheduled for June 10. (This policy is new since last year.) If this causes a hardship for someone based on vacation plans, etc. please contact your coach to make other arrangements.

Good luck!

Coach Ed & Jeff

Lightning vs Magic May 6th

Sunday’s game-Lightning vs Magic


The score to our last game was 2 to 1. Megan Windland scored our only goal. The team played good but I think we could have beaten them. The other team was beating us to the ball. We also need to take some more shots on goal, but the shots that we did get on goal were very nice shots. I know it was a little bit harder to get a shot off against that team because they had three defenders. We played good in the first half, but in the second half we started to slow down a bit and they were winning most of the loose balls. At the very end of the game we started to pick up the pace a little bit more. Our passing and ball skills were very good. I think the thing we need to work on the most is taking the shot earlier.

By Jessie H