Spring Registration Remains Open
U5-U10 Returning players should have received a pre-printed paper mail-in form. A blank paper form is available here. New players should register at the electronic site. Full information is available here. Please sign up ASAP to ensure that you get in before we do team formation!
U11-U14 Your $50 deposit was due by mail by Feb 1. The remainder is due by before practice starts. A blank form is available here if you do not have your preprinted form.
Volunteer to help out with winter tournaments
Please help the club by volunteering some time for one or more of our tournament weekends in February and March. These tournaments provide great winter playing opportunities and are also important fund-raisers to keep our fees as low as possible. Click here to see the current schedule and sign up to help.
Indoor (Winter) Toyota Championship Tournament Series Information: Entry now available
In conjunction with Iowa Soccer Association, we offer four weekends of 7-on-7 indoor soccer tournaments for (1) U9-U14 recreational and classic teams; (2) U11-U16 boys/coed teams; (3) U11-U16 girls teams; (4) U17 through adult teams. Visit the appropriate pages to get full information and entry forms! All tournaments are sold out except the U17-adults on Feb 20-22.
Country Inns and Suites and AmericInn are our 2010 Hotel Partners
We're pleased that the Ames Country Inns and Suites and AmericInn will again be our recommended hotels for tournaments and other club activities in 2010. Please contact one or both of them if you're looking for a place to stay for our events!
U5-U10 team names - Top European and American Leagues
Click here for an explanation of where the U5-U10 team names come from!
Welcome and Thanks to Shelly Lynch!
Please say a big Thank You to Shelly Lynch, who joined the board of the club as our new director of volunteers.
Gary Eyles Named AHS Girls Varsity Coach
The Ames Soccer Club is pleased to announce that Ames High School has named Gary Eyles to be its new Varsity Girls soccer coach. Gary will remain as Director of Coaching and Player Development with ASC as before, but will be restricted from directly coaching high school aged girls during the school year. Congratulations to Gary and AHS!
Used Uniform Market (all ages)
Duck Worth Wearing is our new spot for used uniform exchange (all ages). Have jerseys or shorts that are too small? Need a larger jersey? Check out Duck Worth Wearing. It's a consignment shop, where they will sell the item for 50-60% of the retail price and the previous owner gets 40% of the sale price. Bring your used items in anytime throughout the year. Duck Worth Wearing is located at 233 Main Street in Ames and they have more information about store hours and so on at their web site. Their phone number is 233-4901.
Country Inns and Suites and AmericInn are Hotel Partners
We're pleased that the Ames Country Inns and Suites and AmericInn will again be our recommended hotels for tournaments and other club activities in 2009. Please contact one or both of them if you're looking for a place to stay for our events!
Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau
The ACVB is generously supporting the tournaments of the Ames Soccer Club this year. If you are coming to Ames, please visit their web site for info on Stuff To Do in Ames!
U5-U10 League has its own web site: Central Iowa Soccer League
Our local U5-U10 games are played in a local league we administer, the Central Iowa Soccer League (CISL, pronounced "sizzle"). Game schedules, rules, directions to other fields, and all that stuff are posted on the league web site: www.cisleague.org.
Great Tournament results
There are so many! Click on a team name link to see the team photo.
- U11 Navy Girls Runners up at Johnston (on penalty kicks)
- U11 Navy Boys Win in Cedar Rapids
- U11 Gold Boys Runners up at Johnston
- U13 Boys Runners up at Johnston
- U13 Girls Runners up at Johnston
- U14 Boys Runners up at Johnston
- U14 Girls Winners at Gateway City Fall Cup in Sioux City
Inaugural "Joe Merchant Volunteer of the Year" Award
We are pleased to announce that the board of directors has established a new Volunteer of the Year award, named in honor of its first recipient, Joe Merchant. Joe has served as a parent coach for several years. He has served as the club's president and as its representative to the HYSC board. Other members of the board will testify that Joe was always there "keeping us honest". Joe also led the effort to bring in our current Director of Coaching, Gary Eyles. As Joe retires from the board (finally!), we thought this was the best way we knew to honor his efforts. Congratulations, Joe!
Coach Licensing Policy
ASC has, for many years, supported coach training. Our goal is that 100% of our coaches (parent and staff) will have appropriate USSF coaching certificates/licenses by the beginning of their second year with the club. This includes coaches for every age group from U5-U19. Toward that end, the club increased its coach training budget, to ensure that we can provide this training free of charge to parent-coaches and staff, and we have committed to holding the courses in Ames quite regularly. Click here or visit the Policy page to read the full policy.
Spiritwear!
We have a new order form for club spiritwear. Visit the Spiritwear page for pictures and to order.
New Bylaws Approved
At the December 2009 annual corporate and board meeting, a new set of bylaws was approved. The only essential change was to change the fiscal year to begin on July 1, rather than January 1.