Recent content by jmoulins

Does anyone know if Bob Birarda also coaches or coached boys teams with Coastal FC?

In nine years of coaching winter soccer, this is the closest we've come to making it through a season without missing games to snow and ice. We miss games and practices every year, and we pretend it's unusual. Our last game of the season was cancelled and we've had to cancel 2 friendlies and...

Yep, they asked and were told there would be tournaments up and down the coast. The travel team fee was higher than the registration fee, and the parents felt pressured to pay up, lest their kid fall behind his teammates. One of these kids is now 14 years old, has quit club soccer completely...

I At least two kids I’ve coached have signed agreements that they wouldn’t play other sports, including school sports. One of those kids had to quit playing 6 aside spring soccer with his friends when his HPL coaches found out. I’ve also talked to angry Metro parents who’ve paid hefty...

This sounds positive. Now they should move the season to any other time of year than Nov-Feb.

I agree with half of this. 13,14 year olds are way better off playing gold level with their friends than sitting on the end of a bench and/or having the fun and creativity drilled out of them on an “elite” soccer team. It’s beyond ridiculous that 13 year olds are made to sign contracts barring...

I've been coaching gold teams in Vancouver for six seasons. I've never had an HPL or metro coach identify himself or ask about any of our players. I have, on several occasions, fielded calls from parents of players who were offered places on HPL and metro clubs when they clearly didn't play at...

Wrong Cup. I'm looking for the Provincial B Cup Games

I think there's altogether too much emphasis on tiering of players and using scores as a measuring stick in the development of young players. Our team finished at the top of their Gold 2 division last season. We had to choose between Silver or Gold this season as there is no Gold 2. We...

My U16 team played its first provincial cup qualifying game last weekend, and I'd like to follow the results. Does anyone know where those might be posted online?

Thanks.

And ....after searching for a couple of hours, I found the information I was looking for 2 minutes after posting here. This is from 2011. http://www.canadasoccer.com/files/CSA_2011AR_EN.pdf Has anyone seen anything more current?

Can anyone point me to a recent breakdown of the number youth and adult soccer players in each province? The more detailed the better.

Do Vancouver Island youth teams play the same sept-March schedule as on the lower mainland?

Where would the team practice?