**ALWAYS CHECK THE FIRST SCROLLING ARTICLE ON THE HOME PAGE OF THE WEBSITE PRIOR TO HEADING OUT TO ANY LVU EVENT FOR ANY UPDATES AND/OR WEATHER RELATED CANCELATIONS**
2011-2012 LVU SELECT PROGRAM
Dear LVU Select Participants,
Congratulations on your selection to the LVU Winter Select Program scheduled to begin training
on Saturday, December 3. Please watch the website (
http://lehighvalleyunited.com/Select/index_E.html) for any updates not communicated by e-mail. With crazy winter weather, please especially check the first scrolling article of the website for weather related updates prior to heading out to training or other LVU events (http://www.lehighvalleyunited.com/index.html).
To kick off the program, LVU is offering several programs you might be interested in:
- TURFF F.C. is Turff Club’s indoor soccer league’s house teams. Teams are made up of players looking to play on an indoor soccer team during the winter months. There is no training with these teams, just games. Cost is the cost of the league divided by the number of players on the team and runs approximately $100 for the winter season. Coaches are parent volunteers. Age groups served are U7/8 coed, U9 Boys, U9 Girls, U10 Boys, U10 Girls and up. More information about Turff Club and league information can be found at www.turffclub.com. To register for this program, please e-mail player name, birthdate, e-mail address and t-shirt size to turff@ptd.net.
- ICY Series 3v3- Thanksgiving Gobblefest is coming up Saturday, November 26. All select players are expected to participate in a least one Icy Series Event. You may get your own team (with players from your current team OR the Select program). Players wishing to play in this event and looking for a team may e-mail info@lehighvalleyunited.com to be placed on a team. Cost will be approximately $25, again depending on the number of players.
- LVU Winter Academy- LVU offers training programs for all players looking for additional focused training. Information is available on our website: http://www.lehighvalleyunited.com/Academies_Camps/Winter/index_E.html.
Thank you,
Gina Keys and Molly Brown
IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW- PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR UPDATES.
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2011-2012 LVU SELECT TRYOUT RESULTS
DATES: Saturdays, Dec. 3, 10, 17, Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 25, March: TBA
3v3 TOURNAMENT DATES: Nov 26, Dec. 27 Boys, Dec. 28 Girls, Jan. 16, Feb. 20
LOCATION: Turff Club: 1206 North Sherman St. Allentown
TRAINING TIMES:
U7 & U8 Boys: 4:00-5:15pm, U9 Boys: 5:15-6:30pm U10 Boys: 6:30-7:45pm
U7 & U8 Girls: 5:15-6:30pm, U9 Girls: 6:30-7:45pm, U10 Girls: 4:00-5:15pm
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The LVU Select Program provides Players in the Lehigh Valley a high quality youth soccer development training program
FREE OF COST. The focus of the program is on developing INDIVIDUAL skills and technique as well as to showcase Lehigh Valley United’s exceptional coaching staff and teaching methods during the Golden Years of growth and development in younger players. 2011-2012 LVU Select is for players U7-U10 Boys and Girls,
Certain players participating in LVU Select may be identified to participate in future YSC UNION JUNIORS** Identification Sessions. Philadelphia Union has named YSC Academy as its Official Youth Development Partner. YSC Academy and Philadelphia Union are offering YSC Union Juniors as a FREE OF COST training program for both boys and girls. Numerous players from previous LVU Select Programs are currently participating in YSC Union Juniors Select & Development Pools, Union Juniors Academy and Union Academy. (www.yscsports.com)
PROGRAM DETAILS:
· The program is led by Greg Ramos, LVU’s Executive Director of Operations. Greg Ramos is one of the top certified coaches in the region with an UEFA "A" License and USSF "A" License. According to Ramos, “MLS soccer coming to Eastern Pennsylvania makes it realistic for those young soccer players in the Lehigh Valley, who dream of playing professional soccer, to do so. Lehigh Valley United’s relationship with the YSC Union Juniors will help youth players in the Lehigh Valley along the path to realizing that dream.”
· LVU Select is a FREE of cost Training Program.
· LVU Select will train once per week at the Turff Club beginning in November and ending in March.
· Players selected will train with the best players at their own age group.
· LVU Select participants will have the opportunity to be identified for future YSC Union Juniors through the LVU Select Program.
· LVU will provide highly qualified staff to run each LVU Select session.
· Each participant must wear the LVU Select issued training kit to each session.
· Competition Opportunity: Upon selection for the LVU Select program, each player has the opportunity to compete on specially created teams at the four Turff Club Icy Series tournaments at special discount pricing (see Icy Tournament Information and Registration for dates and costs).
TRYOUT DATES: Players should attend both dates. Rain Date: Sunday, October 2
- U7 & U8: LCSF Field #5 4:45-5:45pm Sunday, September 18
- U9 & U10: LCSF Field #5 6:15-7:15pm Sunday, September 18
- U7 & U8: LCSF Field #6 4:00-5:00pm Sunday, September 25
- U9 & U10: LCSF Field #6 5:30-6:30pm Sunday, September 25
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AGE GROUP/BIRTHDATES
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TRYOUT LOCATION
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DATES- players should attend both dates. Rain Date: Sunday, October 2
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U7 8/1/04-7/31/05
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LCSF Field # 5
LCSF Field #6
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4:45-5:45pm
4:00-5:00pm
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Sunday, September 18
Sunday, September 25
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U8 8/1/03-7/31/04
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LCSF Field # 5
LCSF Field #6
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4:45-5:45pm
4:00-5:00pm
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Sunday, September 18
Sunday, September 25
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U9 8/1/02-7/31/03 &
U10 8/1/01-7/31/02
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LCSF Field #5
LCSF Field #6
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6:15-7:15pm
5:30-6:30pm
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Sunday, September 18
Sunday, September 25
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TRYOUT PROCESS:
1. Complete the attached LVU Select Registration Form and return to LVU no later than MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12.
2. Attend tryouts for your age group. Attending both is recommended. ***CHECK-IN WILL BE DONE AT THE COUNTY FIELDS PAVILION HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THE TRYOUT START TIME.
3. Final selectees or Callbacks if necessary will be posted on the LVU website the Wednesday after the final tryout.
If you have any questions about the LVU Select Program or Tryout Process contact info@lehighvalleyunited.com
or call LVU at 610-462-7606
**ABOUT YSC UNION JUNIORS: Philadelphia’s new Major League Soccer (MLS) team, Philadelphia Union has named YSC Academy as its Official Youth Development Partner. YSC Academy and Philadelphia Union are offering YSC Union Juniors as a FREE OF COST training program for both boys and girls born in the following birth years: 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997. Philadelphia Union have partnered with YSC to provide a high-level youth development program modeled after professional youth academies abroad. The objective is to identify and nurture talented young players in the region and provide them high-level, supplemental, training designed to complement and support the efforts of their club teams and coaches. For more information on YSC and the Union Juniors Program please see www.yscsports.com.
