Missouri State Cup 2012 – Live Draw Monday!

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The 2012 Missouri State Cup Draw will take place on Monday, April 9th, 2012 at 7:00 PM. The draw will take place at the MYSA Office, but will also be available online via webcast. Click on the link to view the webcast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/soccercup After each bracket is drawn, the completed brackets will be posted on [...]

Is Your Team Competing In State Cup or the Presidents Cup?

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The two state-wide competitions have registration deadlines quickly approaching. Last year one Girls team (Missouri Elite FC U14 Girls) competed along with two Boys programs – Springfield SC and Total Demize in State Cup. Will your team compete? The alternate choice is the President’s Cup which offers a lower tier of competition but the result [...]

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

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The 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 [...]

Fair Grove Soccer Academy Spring 2011 Registration Now Open

Fair Grove Soccer Academy

FAIR 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 [...]

Missouri Youth Soccer Association General Meeting Is March 5th

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The 2011 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Columbia, MO on March 5, 2011. Brunch will be served in the Grand Ballroom from 9:00am – 10:00am. The AGM will officially begin thereafter at 10:00am. The 2011 Agenda will include the presentation of Awards, Elections and New Business. The [...]

Kurt Waterman Scores Goal Of The Year in MYSA

Kurt Waterman, Glendale Falcons (2011)

The 2011 AGM Award Winners have been selected! Please join me in congratulating the following individuals! Coach of the Year (Boys Competitive) John Moore – Paul Klover Soccer Association Coach of the Year (Boys Recreational) Orville Birdsong – SCCYSA Coach of the Year (Girls Competitive) Jim Wipke – J B Marine SC Goal of the [...]

Coaching License Clinic Available At Lake Country Soccer

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Lake Country Soccer, in conjunction with Missouri Youth Soccer Association, is providing a USSF D License course in early February. UPDATE – the class has been canceled due to lack of registration The USSF ‘D’ Certificate This course is geared for those who coach U13 and up players. The purpose is to further develop the [...]

MYSA High School Tryout Update

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I’ve received several tryout notices recently that I haven’t posted. Here’s why: For the 2010-2011 season, tryouts actually were opened state-wide on June 15th, 2010. I know that most competitive HS boys tryouts have already taken place. Clubs can have additional tryouts throughout the year as long as they are not violating the MYSA recruiting [...]

Missouri Youth Soccer Association F Level Coaching Clinic – Tuesday August 17th

F License Coaching Class at Lake Country Soccer, 2005

Lake Country soccer will host its fall Missouri Youth Soccer “F” level coaching certification clinic on Tuesday, August 17th from 6:00pm – 9:00pm. This clinic covers the most basic fundamentals of coaching soccer for our youngest participants. It is an entertaining and interactive clinic instructed by Denny Vaninger, who serves as the Director of Coaching [...]

Missouri 1993 ODP Boys Team Competes Against Springfield SC

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The weather had no impact today on the young men who gathered at Plaster Stadium on the Missouri State campus to play a pair of friendlies. Missouri 1993 ODP Coach John Rosslein, and his assistant/son Jason, gathered a large group of players born in 1993 who are working to develop their game and move onto [...]

Missouri State Cup Wraps Up With 3 Girls Title Games

U15 Girls Title game, 11am St Louis SG Green – St Louis SG United – U16 Girls Title Game, 1:30 pm JB Marine Nilica – St Louis SG Green – U17 Girls Title Game, 4:00 pm JB Marine Costello – St Louis SG United – I’m going to try and get out to the two [...]

Youth Soccer Training In Rolla Saturday – U7 and U8 Boys and Girls

The Rolla Knights Soccer Club and the Rolla Area Youth Soccer League (RAYSL), with the approval of the Optimist Soccer League, will conduct a soccer skills clinic for U7 and U8 players (those born during the period Aug. 1,2000 through July 31, 2002). The clinic is slated for 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 23 at the [...]

MYSA to adopt US Youth Soccer’s guidelines for small sided play

PRESS RELEASE At its May 31st state board meeting, the Missouri Youth Soccer Association approved a resolution to adopt US Youth Soccer’s guidelines for small sided play for Under-12 and younger teams. The mandate is effective with the start of the fall, 2008 playing season. Teams, clubs and leagues were asked to submit a written [...]

2008 Missouri State Cup Winners

The Missouri State Cup tournament wrapped up last weekend with the U18 and U19 age groups. It’s not the same tournament it was when I moved here in 2002 and a week later spent a week in Columbia with almost 200 teams competing to represent the state. Unfortunately MYSA has chosen to narrow the field, [...]

There’s A New Sheriff In Town News

Final week of the regular season and you know what that means, eh folks. That’s right… Waynesville visits Catholic on Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 pm. The Varsity play first and we’ll have a chance to see the two teams that have beaten Kickapoo and Glendale this season. It will also be one of your last [...]