The Annual Corporate Meeting of the Ames Soccer Club is June 26 at 7:00 pm at Ames City Hall
In addition to being a bunch of great guys and gals, your soccer club is a 501c3 corporation. Its annual meeting will be at City Hall at 7:00 on June 26. The principal agenda item is to elect a new board of directors.
Are you interested in being a member of the board? Please contact Alan Constant at alcon@iastate.edu!
Tryout information for Fall 2012 U11-U18 teams
Tryouts are held each spring to place all our players on appropriate Fall U11-U18 teams. This year, the tryouts will be from June 7-14. Current U10 players (mostly 4th grade) will have their first tryouts this cycle to join the U11 teams, but please let them know the experience is basically the same as going to a well coached practice. Current U9 players interested in playing U11 next year also need to attend the tryouts. Download the registration form for detailed times and dates for each age group.
An informational meeting for players moving into the U11 age group was held recently. The handout can be downloaded here.
Download the tryout registration form here.
Summer Camp Information available
Each summer, Gary Eyles offers week long soccer camps several times for various age groups and interests. Click here to download this year's schedule and detailed information.
Congrats to new licensed coaches
Over the weekend of March 23-25th, three club coaches recently attended a youth coaching license course and attained their E license certification through Iowa Soccer Association (ISA). Thank you to the following individuals who are taking the time to further their soccer coaching education which will greatly benefit our youth soccer players: Darby Wesley, U10 Girls, Chicago Fire; Kati Murphy, U6 Girls, Portsmouth; Nick Borisenko, Skills Coach U8.
These courses are offered before each season and the club covers the cost of the E license for any of its coaches. Be in touch with Gary Eyles to find out more details about it.
Kohls Cup (June 9-10) Registration Now Open
Visit our Kohl's Cup page for full details about this great tournament!
Ames High School Boys wants Ball-Persons for Games
Ball-boys/girls get free admission plus a snack at halftime, plus free admission for a parent. Click here to see dates and times and sign up.
Amazon Affiliate Program - Give painlessly to ASC
ASC encourages everyone to take advantage our Amazon Affiliate program. It's like ANTI-sales tax! A fraction of your purchase (the exact amount depends on the item and frequency, but it's 4-10%) goes to us without affecting your cost.
- Start your shopping using the search Widget on the right side of this page
- Perhaps best: Click through using our link and then BOOKMARK that page, and use that bookmark to do your Amazon.com shopping from now on.
Find us on Facebook
We have a Facebook page! Visit us and "like" us to see soccer and club news come on your feed. Visit the page and leave some suggestions, post some of your own game photos, etc!
Welcome and Thanks to NAI
We are pleased to announce that NAI of Ames returns for 2012 as a sponsor of the Ames Soccer Club. NAI is a full service, employee-owned electrical contracting service in Ames, IA, with over 100 employees.
Congratulations!
...to this year's 10-season coach award winners: Brian Cassaidy, Rod Donavon, Rob Holm, Lance Schmitt, Tom Sailer, and Chris Strawhacker. Our club is very appreciate of the volunteer hours that our parent coaches give to the club in helping our youth players develop as both good soccer players and good citizens. In turn the club supports its coaches through ongoing training opportunities, coach education and providing age-appropriate curriculum. Interested in coaching your child's tam? Contact Gary or indicate your interest when you register.
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...to Coach Tom Sailer, winner of ISA's Alliance 4 All Sportsmanship Award. Ames Soccer Club got in on the ground floor with the Alliance4All program advocating sportsmanship on the part of players, parents, referees, and coaches. We are proud of Tom for being named to receive this important award recognizing the way he handles his team and games. Shelly Lynch named recipient of "Joe Merchant Volunteer of the Year" award
Ames Soccer Club is proud to name Shelly Lynch its recipient of the Joe Merchant Volunteer of the Year award. She put in countless hours in her role as Director of Volunteers and a member of the board of directors, particularly during the months of February and March with out winter indoor tournaments. She was a critical person in ensuring the success of these events by securing the volunteer so them run them. She was also quite active herself as field marshall, on site coordinator, and working the concession area. She does it all! Shelly is a very active member of our club who balances her club commitments with a very busy family life. We are extremely fortunate to have someone as dedicated and detail oriented as Shelly working with us.
Alliance 4 All Sportsmanship Program
Ames Soccer Club is participating as a Pilot Club for the new ISA sportsmanship program tying together sportsmanship for players, coaches, referees, and fans. Get full information on our new A4A page.
U5-U10 team names - Top European and American Leagues
Click here for an explanation of where the U5-U10 team names come from!
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.
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.