Tweet Josh over at ThroughBall has started up a new feature called Foto Friday. Following is the first entry in a feature I intend to run each Friday, called “ThroughBall.com Foto Friday."? It’s pretty simple: I’m going to find a picture that I believe illustrates the beauty of the beautiful game. Very cool idea. Be […]
Entries for October, 2006
Taking Our U10’s To The Rec State Cup – Advice?
Tweet Our U10 Recreation team is having a pretty good season, so we’ve decided to take them to the North Carolina Recreation State Cup. We figure it’ll give them a chance to see some new teams, plus they’ve worked really hard all season so this will be a cool end of season adventure, win or […]
You Know Fall Has Arrived…
Tweet When your kids head out to play an 8:30AM soccer match in sub 50 degree weather while it’s raining. Fun! Of course we had more U8 teams reschedule than U5/U6 teams because it was ‘cold and raining’. Wonder why that is? I think we still sold five gallons of coffee even though half our […]
IRS Nightmare for Soccer leagues
Many youth soccer leagues could be in trouble with the IRS. BIG trouble, if they don’t properly classify their officials and paid coaches.
QOTW: Pre-Game Warmups – What Do You Do?
Tweet This weeks question is a fairly simple one. Before every match, teams warm up with some kind of drills and hopefully stretching. Assuming all teams stretch (you DO stretch right?), what do you do for pre-game warm-ups? I’ve seen teams do a number of things including: Shots on goal (stationary or moving balls) Passing […]
Referral and Sponsor Shout Out for September 2006
Tweet As we do every month at On The Pitch, here’s a shout out to some of the sites that linked here and sent traffic our way this month. Be sure to pay them a visit and return the favor! Here are the Top 5 referrers for September 2006: Down East Soccer Triangle Soccer Fanatics […]
USMNT Coaching Candidate Profiles
Tweet Josh over at ThroughBall recently ran a poll asking folks who they thought would get the USMNT head coaching job. Now he is posting individual profiles for each candidate along with ‘absurdly unofficial odds’ that a given candidate will get the job. His first profile is up for Frank Yallop (1000 to 1). Give […]
You Need to Read Soccerhead, Right Now!
Tweet It doesn’t matter if you are a fan, parent, coach, or administrator. It doesn’t matter if all you’ve ever known was MLS and pro ball and haven’t ever seen a youth soccer match. It doesn’t matter if you’ve only become a soccer fan since you caught that one World Cup match by accident in […]
I Really Shouldn’t, But…
Tweet I can’t help myself. Referees endure abuse for minimal pay every week. Parents (and coaches) need to stop berating them from the sidelines or we’ll find nobody wants to officiate our games anymore. But if you write a blog about soccer, you can hardly kick yourself for wanting to bust their chops a little […]
