This electronic newsletter is designed to provide important communication to club administrators, coaches and parents regarding all the latest news from MYSA. This includes calendar reminders, rule changes, special announcements and other updates.

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Effective Thursday, November 20, the online club directory listing on the MYSA website will be revised to include the following structural changes:

1. Addition of the “Treasurer” position
2. Renaming “Promotions Contact” to “Fundraising Coordinator”
3. Elimination of “Other Contact”
4. Addition of two “Open” positions that each club will be able to rename

Each club must list a minimum of three people as club contacts, with the positions of President and Treasurer being mandatory. MYSA bylaws and rules require all affiliate member clubs to maintain corporate status and remain in good standing with the state of Minnesota. Because Minnesota statues require corporations in good standing to have an acting president and an acting treasurer, MYSA requires member clubs to maintain the contact information for each of these individuals through the MYSA online directory as a matter of transparency.

Complete and accurate contact information for all of the positions is necessary to ensure that the appropriate people receive important communications from the MYSA in a timely manner. Each club’s President and Registrar has the login procedure to update this information accordingly as it changes.

Recently, US Youth Soccer made the decision to expand U16 rosters from 18 to 22 players. As a result, the MYSA Board of Directors voted at its November 1, 2008 meeting to expand MYSA U16 rosters from 18 to 22 players to ensure compliance with US Youth Soccer rules. Please keep in mind though that only 18 players may check in and participate in any one match.

At the November 1, 2008 Annual General Meeting, the membership approved an organization restructuring proposal. As a result, each District may now elect up to four individuals to represent them—one Member Representative (MYSA board position), two Competitive Representatives and one Recreation Representative. The following District positions are currently open:

East District – Member Representative and Recreation Representative
North District – all positions filled
Northwest District – Girls Competitive Representative and Recreation Representative
South District – Boys Competitive Representative and Girls Competitive Representative
Southwest District – Recreation Representative
West District – Girls Competitive Representative and Recreation Representative

If you would like more information about any of these positions, please contact Candace Daley at candacedaley@mnyouthsoccer.org or 952-252-1687.

Applications for sanctioning of National and International invitational tournaments are due at the MYSA office by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 21. Festival, Jamboree and MYSA-only tournament applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 1. If you have questions, please contact Norine Olson at norineolson@mnyouthsoccer.org.

Sanctioned invitational tournament listings will be posted on the MYSA website in early January 2009.

If you would like to submit an article for consideration (street date: 1/07/09), please send it to the attention of Sue Gjerset at suegjerset@mnyouthsoccer.org no later than Wednesday, November 26, 2008.

REMINDER: The state office will be closed November 27–28 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Normal hours of operation will resume Monday, December 1.

Competitive Committee (formerly the District Operating Committee) meetings are open to the MYSA membership. Meetings are generally held the second Saturday of every month, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon at the MYSA office. If you would like to attend, you may notify your Competitive Representative or the MYSA office in advance, or just stop by. If you are presenting on behalf of a team or club, you are encouraged to give advance notification to your Competitive Representative or the MYSA Competitive Director, Michael Sherrill. Presentations are conducted at the beginning of the meeting and each presenter is given five minutes.

The 22nd-ranked University of Minnesota women’s soccer team, which advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever with a dominant 2-0 victory over South Dakota State Sunday, will battle the region’s top-seeded squad, No. 1 Notre Dame, on Friday, Nov. 21, at Alumni Field in South Bend, Ind., at 6:30 p.m. (CST).

Friday’s contest between the 22nd-ranked Golden Gophers and top-ranked Irish will be the first between the two programs.  The winner will advance to the quarterfinals and face either Boston College or Florida State on Nov. 28, 29 or 30 at a site to be determined. Minnesota (22-3-0), the 2008 Big Ten regular season co-champion, is in the midst of its sixth appearance in the NCAA Tournament and its first since 1999.

Wyoming Youth Soccer, a proud member of US Youth Soccer, has hired the first female director of coaching (DOC) for a State Association. Anne B. Moore recently joined the paid staff at Wyoming Youth Soccer. All 55 US Youth Soccer State Associations have DOCs on staff. In most states, this is a paid position. DOC positions are charged with education and development of players and coaches within the state. The first female state DOC was Sharon O'Connor in Oklahoma. O'Connor was a volunteer for Oklahoma Soccer Association.
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The U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y., announced the candidates selected for the Hall of Fame Builder ballot. Builder candidates were selected by the Builder's screening committee. Candidates include former U.S. Men's National Team Head Coach Bruce Arena, former U.S. Soccer President Bob Contiguglia, former U.S. Women's National Team and current U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team Head Coach Tony DiCicco and MLS commissioner Don Garber. A full list is available at www.soccerhall.org.

U.S. MNT ROSTER SET FOR NOV. 19 MATCH AGAINST GUATEMALA: U.S. Men's National Team Head Coach Bob Bradley has named a roster of 20 players to train in advance of the FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Guatemala on Nov. 19 in Commerce City, Colo. Kickoff at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park for the USA’s first-ever World Cup qualifier in the state of Colorado is set for 7 p.m. CST and the match will be shown live on ESPN Classic and Galavision with a replay at 9 p.m. on ESPN2. Fans can also follow the match live on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker. The U.S. has locked up first place in Group 1 of the Semifinal Round of FIFA World Cup qualifying, holding 12 points from five matches.

U.S. U-17 WNT FALL TO KOREA DPR, FINISH SECOND AT FIFA U-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP: The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team fell in the championship game of the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, losing to Korea DPR in overtime by a 2-1 score in front of a crowd of 16,162 at North Harbour Stadium. The U.S. picked up several individual tournament awards with Vicki DiMartino winning the Silver Boot as the tournament’s second-leading scorer with five total goals, behind only Germany’s Dzsenifer Marozsan who had six. DiMartino also became the first player in U.S. soccer history to score in five consecutive games in a World Cup. Kristie Mewis won the Bronze Ball as the tournament’s third-best player behind Marozsan and Japan’s Mana Iwabuchi. Taylor Vancil, who played every minute for the USA in nets, was awarded Golden Glove Award as the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Courtney Verloo, who tied Jon Myong Hwa for third in scoring in the tournament with four goals and one assist each, just missed out on the Bronze Boot as she played two more minutes than Jon over the course of the tournament which was the tie-breaker for the award.

U.S. U-20 WNT ARRIVES IN CHILE, WILL FACE FRANCE WEDNESDAY: The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team has arrived in Chillán, Chile, ahead of the 2008 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup. The U.S. U-20 Women will kick off their participation in the tournament against France at 3 p.m. local time (1 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, Nov. 19, live on ESPN2. Following the France match, the U.S. will take on Argentina on Nov. 22 and China PR on Nov. 26. Fans will be able follow the U.S. matches on ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker.

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