The Calvert Soccer Association (CSA) is pleased to announce southern Maryland’s first international soccer tournament.  This inaugural event will feature the U18 and U19 Trinidad and Tobago Southern National boys team and our own 2006 Maryland State Champion U17 CSA Hornet girls team.  The tournament will be held Friday August 1 thru Sunday August 3, 2008.  Click here to go the tournament website for more information.

Monday technical skills clinic with Coach Garnes for the rest of the summer ill be on HPP field 10:

6-7PM  U11 and younger

7-8PM  U12 - U14

8-9PM  U15 and older

Coaches, please arrive 1/2 hour before the session to receive instructions for your age group.

Introducing four weeks of Calvert Soccer School Summer Camps this summer.  

June 30 – July 3 Northern High School

July 14 – July 18 Calvert Middle School

July 21 – July 25 Northern High School

July 28 – Aug 1 Calvert Middle School

These camps are geared towards helping players to improve their technical and tactical abilities for better performance on the soccer field. Camps are challenging, yet fun, and once completed, you would have taken a big step in your player development. Prior to the first day of camp, set a mission, set goals, and let us help you to improve your game.

Download the camp brochure,

Myron Garnes

CSA Select Technical Director

 

 

Jlloyd Samuel spent an unforgettable evening with CSA last Thursday. Recreational and select soccer players, their parents, and coaches all joined together as a unified club to provide a warm welcome for one of England’s best. Jlloyd was greeted by two club officers, CSA President Chris Prather and Secretary Jenny Barrett who presented Jlloyd with a commemorative ball, a bag, and a ball cap all proudly displaying the CSA logo. CSA Technical Director Coach Myron Garnes organized a series of small-sided games where players had an opportunity to have a fun-filled evening of "street soccer" where players of all ages got a chance to test their skills against each other. Jlloyd spent over two hours with the club, giving every child a chance to find out about his life as a professional soccer player in one of the most competitive leagues in the world, the English Premier League.

1. An Adidas MLS Match Ball to any U12 or younger player that can juggle a ball 200 times and to any U13 or older player that can juggle a ball 500 times (juggling with feet only - no thighs, chest, head, etc, and must be demonstrated during Monday clinics to Coach Garnes)

2. Four free dinner awards available: $25 gift certificates to Mama Lucias will be awarded to the most improved player during Monday skills training. Players will be selected by Coach Garnes

 

"VELOCITY SPEED SCHOOL" a brand new company under the ownership of World Gym Prince Frederick and World Gym Owings will sponsor 5 weeks of speed and agility training during our Monday evening soccer clinics and Hallowing Point Park Field 11 starting 28 April 2008.

During our weekly skills and agility circuit training tonight, CSA received an equipment grant of $6,500.00 from Mr. Wagener of the Soccer ’94 organization. Accepting the grant was Jenny Barrett, CSA Secretary, Steve Kern, CSA Select Commissioner and Coach Myron Garnes, CSA Select Technical Director. Jenny Barrett presented to Mr. Wagener a CSA mini-ball on a stand to show our appreciation to Soccer ’94 organization for their generosity. The grant will be used to purchase equipment for the weekly training sessions including pinnies, balls, cones, agility and speed equipment, bounce backs, a soccer wall for set plays and other necessities. Thank you to all the teams that participated and proudly wore the club’s colors!

Last Thursday Coach Garnes, CSA Technical Director, provided an interactive lecture on strategies for playing 1v1, 2v2, 4v4, 5v5, 8v8(and 7v7) and 11v11 soccer. Part of the lecture was timely advice to the CSA select coaches after watching numerous futsal games, practices, and a few tournament games. A system-of-play and a style-of-play were recommended for 4v4 and 8v8(7v7). Also, the popular systems-of-play were dicsussed for 11v11 with a focus on how to exploit the strengths of CSA players and weaknesses of opposing teams. The time together went so quickly, that we plan to hold additional sessions in the future to continue the dialogue.