Keys found

 Hello soccer families!

We found a set of keys after today's games. Are they yours? Please email us at goalssoccerleague@gmail.com to claim and coordinate. 

Various information for game week and more

 Hello Goals soccer families! 

We have a few bits of information to share as we head into the game season: 

1. From now until the end of the season, all practices will be on Thursdays from 5:30-7:30pm. No more Mondays! There has been some confusion because back in June we accidentally had incorrect information on the website. Our apologies! 

It will be getting dark earlier and our coaches can decide to end practice when they feel that it's too dark to practice as the season continues. 

2. Games start this Saturday, the 19th, at 9am. Please have your kiddos wear their jerseys, cleats and shin guards and bring water. 

The high schoolers will be on a rotating schedule of double headers. We will have this schedule released soon. 

3. If you cannot attend a practice or game, please let your coach know ahead of time. 

4. Pictures will continue this Thursday at practice. Please wear your jersey and be ready. 

5. There will be a Team Parent meeting this Thursday at 6:00 at the registration table in front of the playground. 

6. There will be a Referee training directly following practice. This will be led by Coach Weedon. 

7. There will be a Line Judge training on Thursday at 5:30. This schedule will be released soon as we finalize the game schedule. 

8. There will be a leadership opening starting next season. If this is something you are interested in, please see or email Jennifer Williams or Janice Nelson to discuss. 

Air Quality - but practice is on!

 Hi everyone!

We are acknowledging that we know the air quality isn't good today. Each of us on leadership has looked at their local levels, as well as the levels at Hubbard and have made the decision to continue with the first day of practice. AQI in Hubbard is about 52 and not forecasted to get more than a number or two higher for the rest of the evening. 

You are welcome to make the decision to keep your family at home today. We will still have registration on Saturday as well. 

Stephanie Delano

Jennifer Williams

Janice Nelson

First Soccer Practice is TODAY!!

 

Today is our first day of soccer!!

August 31st, 5:30-7:30 at Barendse Park in Hubbard (NOT Clark Park)

 

-Bring to every practice:  water bottle, cleats, shin guards, soccer ball, jersey

 

-If you need cleats and shin guards, The OC Locker Room is a great resource. They have a great selection and everything is free. They are open Wednesday and Saturday mornings – check the website for more info! Theoclockerroom.org

 

-These are our age groups this year: 4-5, 6-8, 8-10, 10-11, 12-13, 13-18. There will be 2 teams at each age bracket, except for the oldest group, which will be separated into 3 teams. (Once the season begins, there may be situations where a child needs to move to a different age bracket, and we’ll address those on a case by case basis.)

 

-At the first practice, we will have a registration table set up near the playground. You’ll check in with us and get name tags, jerseys (if needed), and find out which field your children are playing on. Practice starts at 5:30 on August 31st, and we will be there to register kids as early as 5:15.

NOTE: If you know of anyone who is interested in being a referee, we are still looking for a few refs for ages 10+. If you are a parent, it would fulfill your volunteer job for the league. If you are not a parent, the league will give a stipend for being a referee. Contact us if you know of someone who might be interested in refereeing.

As a reminder, here is our upcoming schedule:

 

August 31st (Monday) First Practice 5:30pm-7:30pm - Check in at the registration table!

August 31st 6pm Field Painting training

September 5th (Saturday) - 9am-11am Practice

September 7th (Monday) - 5:30pm-7:30pm Practice

 September 12th (Saturday) - 9am-11am Practice

Starting September 17th, PRACTICES continue every Thursday, 5:30pm-7:30pm.

Starting September 19th, GAMES continue every Saturday morning (game time TBD)

 

September 17th 5:30pm Line Judge training

September 17th 6pm Team Parent meeting

September 19th First Game

October 29th Final Practice

October 31st Final Game

 

If you have any questions or concerns please contact

Jennifer 304-972-4003, Steph 607-742-5567 or Janice 503-999-9957

GoalsSoccerLeague@gmail.com

 Hello Goals Community,

Registration has closed and we are working on creating our rosters and assigning our coaches and team parents.

We are a little short on coaches and very short on team parents. The 4-5 year old team needs two coach volunteers and we are short a lot of team parents!

Please consider if this is something that you can do. We can move team parents around, so it’s not definitive which teams need assistance. Please email us at goalssoccerleague@gmail.com if you are willing to take on either of these roles.

If you’re unsure what being a team parent entails, we will provide information on what is the description of this job and answer any questions you may have as they come up. Overall, it includes team communication, making sure photos of the players gets taken (but you can ask for someone else on the team to do this as well) that their scrapbook page gets made (and you can ask for help with this from other parents on the team), and planning a small party for the kids at the end of the season.

In addition, our field coordinator, Ryan Weedon, is asking for help to measure and mark the fields at this new location. Teens and adults are welcome to assist with this. This is planned for August 29^th around 9am. Please email us if you are able to come and assist with this so we know how many are planning to come.

Thank you for considering. As always, we can’t do this without you!

Stephanie Delano

Janice Nelson

Jennifer Williams

Field Update

Hello Goals Soccer Families,

We are very happy to announce we have reserved the fields at Barendse Park in Hubbard and received permission to paint the fields and leave our goals at the park.  This is fantastic news!  

Here is the link for our season schedule:  https://molallahomeschoolsoccer.blogspot.com/p/practice-schedule.html?m=1

We will have a map of the park and locations of each field once we have those details ironed out.  The map will be available to you on our website and at registration on August 31st, our first practice.  

Please note, due to prior park reservations, we are not able to use Barendse Park for the first two Thursday practices; those first 2 practices have been moved to Monday 8/31 and 9/7.  Thursday practices will resume on 9/17 and will continue for the remainder of the season.

Coach's meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 27th at 5:00 at Barendse Park near the playground.  

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.  

Pax,

Goals Leadership 

Jennifer, Stephanie and Janice

Field location issues - Clark Park is not available

Hello Goals Soccer Families, 

    We need to make you aware of a big change for this year’s Goals Soccer season. We were made aware of this problem in early July and have spent the month contacting area cities, schools and a church. We found that Barendse Park in Hubbard is the only option. Apparently, Molalla Middle School is rebuilding their school, which has caused the problem with us using Clark Park at our usual times. We considered changing the time of practice to Wednesdays and games to Saturday evenings at Clark Park but they won’t allow us to paint the fields or leave our goals. We cannot play without lines and goals. 

    Fortunately, Barendse Park is available on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, except the first 2 Thursdays. We have asked if they will allow us to paint and leave our goals and we will let you know once we have those details. A lot of you will be very familiar with Barendse Park, as it’s the same one used for Homerun Baseball.  We fully understand this will cause unacceptable complications and we are very sorry. For those of you who have already registered and would like a refund, simply let us know. Everything else should be the same as every other season. We know this season will be different and a little more challenging, but at least we will have a season. If we don’t switch to Barendse Park, we would not have a season at all. 

Stay tuned for further details. We will keep you posted as details come in.

Meanwhile, please register and get ready for another great season! 

                                                                                           Thank you! 

                                                                                          Jennifer, Stephanie and Janice