Oklahoma 10/22-23

I hope everyone is ready for this weekend.

I'm sorry for the late game tomorrow. Hopefully we will score some karma points for letting them move the time. The weather should be nearly perfect, but cool. Probably a good idea to bring the warm up kit.

Saturday 10/22 at 7:00 pm
vs. TSC Hurricane
wear GREEN
Field #15

Sunday 10/23 at 10:00 am
vs. Blitz United
wear NAVY
Field #9


Both games are at:

Edmond Soccer Club Field 15
1502 W. Danforth
Edmond, OK 73003

San Marcos video

This weekend wasn't our best showing, that's for sure. And unfortunately, these were the games we videoed. Hopefully there are some highlights in here. Have a look and copy them to your google drive or your PC if you want them - they'll only be up for a couple weeks. 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2pMs9s-Fz32MkFUZ2JSeVBQb1k?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2pMs9s-Fz32WmotNHdfdm1NVU0?usp=sharing

SRPL October 8-9

It's back to San Marcos for two more games this weekend, at the same facility as last time.

4440 S. Old Stagecoach Road
San Marcos, TX

Saturday we play at 4:00 PM on field #8 against the OK Celtics. Wear NAVY.
Sunday we play at noon again on #8 against OK FC. Wear GREEN/WHITE.

Disney Travel and more

I've got some scoop on the Disney trip. But first, a reminder to encourage your daughter to work on her fitness and conditioning this weekend. They need to be able to play a full 90 minutes! The weather is perfect...a moderate jog with some sprints thrown in should be a minimum. By now, they should have an idea of what constitutes a good workout. If they need some suggestions or ideas on how to structure their self-guided training, email or text me.

On to Disney...

I have to admit, I hate this part of the manager job. Working with these travel agents is frustrating to say the least. They never secure enough rooms. Earlier this week and last there were literally no hotels in Orlando (through Anthony travel) that had ANY availability. Every Friday, they drop the rooms that teams haven't claimed and put them back in the pool. I called this Friday and after sitting on hold for 30 minutes, I got us all they had left - 8 rooms at the Courtyard South in Orlando.

I realize that we will likely need more than 8 rooms. I also know that many of us enjoyed the Hilton Bonnet Creek last time. Next Friday at 8:00, I'll be calling to secure us more rooms and hopefully move to a better spot.

In the meantime, we need to book these rooms. The good news is that if rooms open up at the Hilton (or somewhere else), then Anthony Travel can switch all of our reservations over in one shot. Go to this link and plug in your info to claim a room. It's the same system we've used with the Disney Event in the past.

Anthony Travel 

Reservation Number: 3127343
Access Code: FA645B2A

If 8 isn't enough, and we fill all these up before you're able to claim a room, don't despair, I'll get us more rooms next Friday.

A big thanks to Kerry for helping coordinate all of this.

Next weekend we have games in San Marcos on Saturday at 4:00pm and Sunday at noon. I haven't set up any hotel arrangements for that. 

College info - important!

Please have your daughters fill out this form and email it to Vedad and Colin by Thursday.

vedad@houstonx.org
colinchesters@gmail.com

SRPL - Sept 10-11

Games this weekend:

We have two SRPL games this weekend in San Marcos. The games will be played at Five Mile Dam Park.

4440 S. Old Stagecoach Rd.
Kyle, TX 78640

Saturday, September 10, we play the Great Western Warcats on field #9 at 6:00 PM. Wear GREEN.

Sunday, September 11, we play the Austin Texans on field #3 at noon. Wear NAVY.

D’Feeters Thanksgiving Showcase

Mark your calendars. November 25-27 in the Dallas area. Hotel info coming soon.

Disney ESPN Showcase

Mark your calendars for this one too! December 31 – January 3 in Orlando. We had such a good experience with that Hilton, I think I’ll get us a block of rooms there. But there will be other options too. Stay tuned.

Lots to report - Please read

I've got quite a few things to share with you.

1. We have NPL games this weekend. I'm sorry for the late notice. I didn't realize these were happening so soon. It looks like both games are at 5:30pm at McGovern. You can see the NPL schedule here. Please let me know if you CAN'T make these games.

2. In September, we should be moving to our normal training schedule. This means T-Th are our dedicated training times. We will have a speed/agility/strength/conditioning session as well. And then the girls are always welcome to train with the 00's on the M-W sessions. (Just as they have the option to train with us on T-Th).

3. Our SRPL schedule is still a little bit of a mess. Right now it shows us with no games over Labor Day Weekend, and unassigned games the weekend after that. Supposedly there will be an update later tonight. I'm not sure what will happen to the game from Saturday that got rained out.

4. Since we don't have anything scheduled for Labor Day now, I'm seeing if I can squeeze us in to the Plano tournament. So, tentatively keep that open if you can. I'll let you know as soon as I hear something.

5. On training and weather - Vedad really hates missing practices because of rain. We've been using the Strake facility, and sometimes Adrian reserves the courts at The Zone for futsal. So even in foul weather, plan on some type of training. However, there is a cost associated with this. The Strake fields and The Zone aren't free, but we share the costs with the 00s or in last week's case the DA boys. Depending on how many times we get rained out, this will add to our team's expenses. It's something like $8-10/player/session. If you have any objections, let me know.

6. Vedad would like to have a brief team meeting after the game on Sunday, so please plan on staying a little after. 

Plano game cancelled

I think y'all saw the groupme, but just in case you're checking here, the game in Plano on August 20 has been CANCELLED. 

Plan on a scrimmage on Sunday. I'll let you know as soon as I know more. 

SRPL Game - August 20

Ahoy!

We have our first SRPL game this Saturday, August 20th, in Plano. The game time got moved to 12:30pm because of a conflict with Vedad's other team.

The game will be played at Russell Creek Park on Field L.

3500 McDermott Road
Plano, TX 75025

Field Map

We should wear green, but please bring navy just in case.

It's about a 4 hour drive with no traffic from this part of town, so please plan accordingly. I know y'all know this, but nutrition and warm-up will really matter. Plan your morning by reverse engineering a meal time that will work with your daughter's needs. Also, I believe a more robust warm-up is needed after sitting in the car for 4+ hours. Let's try to have them fed, hydrated, and ready to go at 11:30.

In other news, I'll need medical releases from our new players, y'all know who you are.
Here's a link to the release. Can you please fill this out and get it back to me? Email is fine or a hard copy at practice or the game is ok too. For returning players, if anything has changed, please update and send to me.

I also have to make our new player cards. I want to do some high quality photos of the girls, but given the weather and that a few of you are still out, I'll probably have to do that next week. Again, if you're new to the team, please email or text me a picture of your daughter that I can use for the players cards.

Training Starts Tuesday

Just a few things as we jump into this coming season.

• Training starts this week! Tuesday and Thursday 8:10 - 9:30 at South Campus on L-2. 
• We will add a third session at some point. 
• SRPL games start Aug 20-21in Plano.
• We will likely have some scrimmages the weekend before (Aug 13-14).
• We will try to play a local tournament Aug 27-28 to get some extra games under our belts.
• Please keep Thanksgiving weekend and New Year's open on your calendar. 
• We should get more details on our SRPL schedule by this Monday.
• We should find out about National League on Tuesday.

Questions? Comments? Complaints? Let me know how I can help.