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Youth Soccer Emphasizes Safety for 2008 South Carolina Youth Soccer has been doing criminal background checks on everyone who is in direct contact with our children. That includes administrators, coaches and now even referees. This background check has led South Carolina Youth Soccer to ask several individuals to not participate in any way with youth soccer. This is one way we can help protect your children from predators. Another way to help protect our children is to let us know who you think is a risk. No system is full-proof, but with your help we can do everything humanly possible to keep your children safe. Soccer
tournaments are a lot of fun for everyone. Take a little extra
time to talk to your children and have guidelines in place.
Have a buddy system in place for your children when they are
away from you at the field or the hotel. Make sure they check
in with you at least every hour if not more often. Make sure
they don’t hang out in dark unlit halls. Don’t leave the door
ajar so anyone can just come in at any time. A little common
sense goes a long way when it comes to protecting our children. SC Youth Soccer History Founded in 1977, last year marked the thirtieth anniversary of SC Youth Soccer. In the relative scheme of the sport, soccer in South Carolina is a new game, with little record of the game prior to the 20th Century. While it’s a debatable question how the very first soccer ball landed in South Carolina, there’s no doubt that the fair state was late in the world to adopt the beautiful game. History
of the Sport
The United States Hall of Fame, located in Oneonta, New York, suggests that the real thrust of the modern game as we know it came from numerous emigrants arriving on the shores of the United States during the late 1800s. The earliest recorded game occurred between Rutgers and Princeton on November 6, 1876 in New Brunswick, NJ. In 1885 the U.S. and Canada played a game against each other, representing the first “international” soccer game to take place outside of the British Isles. From then on, it wasn’t until 1913 that the U.S. was granted provisional membership by FIFA. However, soccer remained primarily a “Yankee sport” until the 1970s when soccer began infiltrating the younger ranks of players. Soccer
in South Carolina President's Corner As we begin a new year and a new season, I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to the many volunteers that make SC Youth Soccer so successful. The vast majority of our organizations are managed and supervised by parent volunteers who spend countless hours working for their clubs and teams. Doing everything from serving on the Board of Directors to being the “team mom”, these hard working volunteers are the backbone of their organizations. And what makes them so remarkable is they enjoy what they are doing and want to help, not just doing something because they must. >>MORE  ODP
Invites More Players to ParticipateThe Olympic Development Program was formed to identify a pool of players in each age group from which a National Team will be selected for international competition; to provide high-level training to benefit and enhance the development of players at all levels; and, through the use of carefully selected, licensed coaches, develop a mechanism for the exchange of ideas and curriculum to improve all levels of coaching. >>MORE Mid-State
District News
Thanks to Columbia United Football Club and to all of the volunteers that worked so hard at the Fall State Cups. The fields, the parking, the refreshments, and the games were handled very professionally, and made for a great display of the talent in the Mid-State District. All clubs and Leagues are reminded that the deadline for submission of Young Referees of the Year and Adult Referee of the Year is January 12, 2008. Send these to the State Office at 121 Executive Center Drive, Suite 140, Columbia, SC 29210. >>MORE Coastal District Net-works Throughout this past seasonal year, I have learned that many of our coaches and members may be somewhat confused about the Academy Division level of play. I would like to address this division as follows: >>MORE CESA
will host '09 Region III President's Cup
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