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Fair Grove Spring Classic Soccer Tournament Set For April 8-10

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Fair Grove Spring ClassicThe Fair Grove Soccer Academy is pleased to announce we will be hosting the 2nd Annual Fair Grove Spring Classic on April 8-10 in Fair Grove, Mo.

The tournament is geared toward intermediate level teams, and it is fully sanctioned by Soccer Association for Youth and open to all teams registered under the USSF umbrella (MYSA, SAY, etc.).

Last year’s tournament was a huge success, with Harrison (Ark.) Storm winning the lone U13/U14 Boys division. This year we hope to expand the field to include a U11/U12 Boys division (8v8) and a U13/U14 Girls Division (11v11)

As expected with any tournament, the Spring Classic will feature USSF certified referee crews, awards for the winning teams, and at $200 for U11/U12 teams and $250 for U13/U14 teams, it will cost your organization nearly half as much as similar tournaments!

Registration is due by Sunday, March 20 and spaces are limited. To download an application and see the rules of play for the tournament, please visit www.fairgrovesoccer.com/wp/spring-classic

If you have any questions, please contact tournament director, Logan Hoffman, at 303-921-1726 or by e-mail at lhoffman@fairgrovesoccer.com.

Fair Grove Soccer Academy Spring 2011 Registration Now Open

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Fair Grove Soccer AcademyFAIR GROVE, MO – The Fair Grove Soccer Academy is pleased to announce that registration for their 2011 Spring Recreational Soccer Academy is now open.

Registration for the spring league, which is open to all girls and boys age 3-18, will run through Sunday, March 6, with practices and games starting the week of March 20 and running through May 7. All practices and games will take place in Fair Grove District Park.

Registration forms can be picked up at Fair Grove City Hall, or registration can be completed online at www.fairgrovesoccer.com. The league costs $25 to register, and all players are guaranteed 6 games, 6 practices with the FGSA coaching staff, and end-ofseason awards. Scholarships are available to those who qualify.

This spring also marks the Fair Grove Soccer Academy’s fifth year of operation, and the club is excited to celebrate the growth it has seen. Established in 2007 as a project of the Fair Grove Park Board, The FGSA takes a unique approach to teaching the game by bringing in coaches and players from Drury University to coach the players in an academy setting where they are exposed to the game’s core fundamentals in a highly personalized setting. What started as 65 kids playing soccer in a hay field in 2007 has now become the only club serving Northern Green County and all of Dallas County to be recognized by the Missouri Youth Soccer Association (MYSA), with over 140 kids playing in the recreational academy and another 30 playing for the FGSA’s competitive travel teams.

Along the way a lot of memories have been made. 2008 saw the renovation of Fair Grove District Park and the construction of the first fullsized soccer ever to be built in the town. 2009, the FGSA U11 Boys Premier become the club’s first competitive team, and in the U14 boys were the first team to ever represent Fair Grove Middle School in the Lake Country Middle School League. The clubs motto for 2011: Continue to provide the best environment for our players to learn and succeed.

For more information, please visit www.fairgrovesoccer.com, or contact Logan Hoffman at 303-921-1726 or lhoffman@fairgrovesoccer.com.

HappyFeet Has Paid Coaching Positions Available in Springfield/Nixa/Ozark

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HappyFeet logoAre you energetic, imaginative, and animated? Are you looking for part-time, enjoyable employment with good pay? Like working with young children and love soccer? Come coach for HappyFeet, Inc.!

HappyFeet, Inc., which teaches 30-minute soccer classes at preschools and daycares using our proven “Story time with a soccer ball” curriculum, is currently looking for instructors in the Springfield/Nixa/Ozark area. Positions to start immediately.

This is a great job for college students looking for part time work or those looking to break into the coaching ranks.

Pay is $15/hour with the possibility of growth into full-time employment. Additional income opportunities are also available through the Fair Grove Soccer Academy and FC Springfield. Must be available either mornings (9-11:30 a.m.) OR afternoons (2-5 p.m.). Must be a legal resident of the United States and must be able to pass a KidSafe background check.

If interested, please send a resume and cover letter to Logan Hoffman, Regional Director, at logan@happysoccerfeet.com.

Check us out at http://springfield.happysoccerfeet.com.

FC Springfield, Fair Grove Soccer Academy Enter “Sister Club” Partnership

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SWMO United logoAgreement forms SWMO United, begins annual Friendship Cup

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Springfield, MO – A new partnership between two local soccer clubs will offer Southwest Missouri youth a unique new opportunity to develop as players and experience elite competition.

FC Springfield and the Fair Grove Soccer Academy have entered into a sister club agreement that will offer their players additional playing opportunities and give both clubs’ elite players the opportunity to experience top-notch competition.

Under the partnership, both clubs will field separate teams, just as they do now, that will play league and tournament play as determined by each team.

However, every year the FGSA and FC Springfield will play in various tournaments around the state under the joint banner of SWMO United. Players will be selected for the SWMO United team based on commitment and ability, giving the best players from both clubs a chance to experience a higher level of competition.

“Hopefully this will allow our best players the opportunity to play against really challenging competition without feeling like they have to go someplace else, leaving their friends and teammates to get that experience,” Cliff Nurnberg, FC Springfield Director of Coaching, said.

The two club’s independent teams will also compete in a series of inter-club friendlies each season between age-compatible teams in a Friendship Cup format. The winner of the most games in this series will take home the Friendship Cup until the following season.

“I think this is a great opportunity for both clubs to continue to grow and offer our players better and better opportunities,” FGSA’s Director of Coaching Logan Hoffman said. “Both clubs have very similar coaching philosophies and beliefs about player development. This will give our players a chance to experience more within the game of soccer than they ever have before.”

Play competitive soccer with the Fair Grove Soccer Academy

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Fair Grove Soccer Academy Logo 150The Fair Grove Soccer Academy is currently forming boy’s competitive teams in the U-9 and U-10 age groups (3rd and 4th graders) to practice in Fair Grove and compete at Lake Country this coming fall.

If you live in Fair Grove or the surrounding communities (Strafford, Buffalo, Pleasant Hope, or even Springfield) and your son would like to play for the FGSA, please contact Logan Hoffman, Director of Coaching and Program Development, at 303-921-1726 or lhoffman@fairgrovesoccer.com.

The FGSA also offers a fall recreational league, with registration beginning August 1. For more information about the FGSA and its programs, go to www.fairgrovesoccer.com.

Fair Grove MO Soccer Academy Spring Registration Opens

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REGISTER NOW FOR SPRING 2009 SOCCER!
Play Starts on March 31
Registration Due March 14

To register, go online to www.fairgrovesoccer.com or pick up a registration form at Fair Grove City Hall.

Who: All players ages 3-18
When: March 31-May 9,
Practices Tuesdays 6-7:30 p.m.,
Games on Saturday afternoons
Where: Fair Grove City Park
Cost: $25

Spring Registration Flyer

Why Play for the FGSA? It’s affordable. It’s local. It’s active. It’s FUN!

For more information contact Logan Hoffman, program director, at logan@fairgrovesoccer.com or 303-921-1726