Elizabeth Youth Soccer

The purpose of the teams and the season is to play the game of Soccer. The game promotes player self-esteem, teamwork, responsibility, athleticism, conditioning, self-reliance and character. Auditions: each team has a coach, an assistant coach, and sometimes a trainer. The teams select a manger, who administers the team calendar, fields, maps, uniforms, registration and club information. Practices: the teams practice two hours, two to three times per week. Practices include coaching and drills regarding strategy, foot-skills, running, defense, closing and teamwork. Tournaments: tournaments allow the teams to use the skills they have honed during practices. Teams from nj, ny, pa & ct typically enter the tournaments which typically last 2 4 days. The tournaments season runs from september through july. Regular season: the regular Soccer season, is broken into fall and spring season. Fall runs from september to november. Spring runs from march to june. Each season consists of 10 scheduled games against other clubs in new jersey, which are administered by mid-new jersey Soccer association or an equivalent league. State cups: the state cups, which are administered by the mid-new jersey Soccer association, provide the culmination of the years efforts. Teams vie for first place in their age bracket beginning in september to november for age groups u 11 to u14, april/may to june for age groups u15 to u18. Actual fund raising: the club obtains support through the solicitation of interest in Youth sports, competition, Soccer excellence, physical fitness, and positive social values. The funds come from relatives of participating children as well as individuals, businesses and organizations that are interested in advancing Youth Soccer. Contributions in the support of the clubs activities are promoted through the use of mailings, the clubs website, and word-of-mouth. Planned fund raising: the club typically will have two to three fundraising events a year. The selling of chocolates by each player member is conducted once a year. Typically there are one to two dinner events to raise funds for additional tournament costs. Upon scheduling the event, each player members as well as family members are invited to participate in such event. When family members accept to attend and participate in the event, a percentage of the revenue received from the chocolates sale and well as dinner event will be credited to an account maintained for the benefit of the club.