The current winter session will end on Thursday, March 24 as that will be the last “winter” training session for this soccer year. Many of our teams will still have league games during the weekend of March 26-27, so please keep in touch with your team managers to ensure your child participates in the final weekend of games.

We will continue to train at PSA until the Cleveland United outdoor fields are ready for use, which is always contingent upon the weather we receive in late March and early April.

We will hold our annual Spring Pre-Season Camp the week of March 29 – 31 at PSA.

We may host some friendly matches against Canton United on the weekend of April 1-2 and those details will be sent out shortly.

The following week of April 4 will begin the actual spring training sessions. Those training sessions will most likely be at PSA unless our outdoor fields are ready for use. Historically, we transition to the Cleveland United fields by the week of April 11 (this year).

All teams will follow a revised training schedule very similar to our current indoor training days and times while at PSA for spring training sessions. Early spring training information will be made available within the next two weeks.

When: Tuesday, March 29 – Thursday, March 31
Where: Premier Soccer Academies Field House aka “PSA”
Ages: U8-U13 Boys and Girls 6:00-7:30PM
U14-U17 Boys and Girls 7:30-9:00PM

The Spring Pre-Season Camp is geared with the outdoor game in mind. Our staff will work with players on team formations and strategies as well as positional functions related to the 6v6, 8v8, and 11v11 game formats. Players will be put through fitness and agility training on one of the three nights and will receive information on proper nutrition, muscle recovery, and injury prevention that will help them get through the demanding season ahead.

Cost for the camp:

$60.00 for U9-U14
$65.00 for U15-U17 (includes college soccer seminar)

U15-U17 age groups will also get a college recruitment seminar on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 with Coach Dan Palmer at 6:00PM inside of the PSA Field House. Coach Palmer is the Head Men’s Soccer Coach at Case Western University and his seminar will provide insight on college recruitment and what it means to be a student-athlete at the collegiate level as well as scholarships and financial aid. The seminar will end with a Q and A session.

All participants are required to submit a camp registration form along with their payment.

The form can be downloaded at: http://clevelandunited.org/Public/Events/Camps.aspx

Registration will be handled at the lobby area of the Field House 45 minutes prior to the start of the first night of camp. Players will receive their club gear at the time of registration.

Players are to bring their own soccer balls, shin guards, and water/sports drink.

All club training sessions will begin the week of April 11, 2011 at the Cleveland United Outdoor Fields (weather permitting).

Each Team Manager will be sending out a team wide email asking for each individual’s nightly preferences for training. We will then choose the best two nights for our team training sessions and will assign those two nights for the spring season. The Head Coach has final say on the final training nights for the team.

Teams participating in the Midwest Regional League will have three team training sessions per week and one night of club technical training.

The club footskill/technical session and goal keeper training will take place on Friday evenings from 6:00-7:00PM throughout the season starting on Friday, April 15.

All of our club teams will participate in the Cleveland Alliance Soccer Association’s League otherwise known as the CASA league. The CASA league plays its games from the Lodi Soccer Complex in Lodi, OH. Games may also be scheduled as Home games for our teams at the Cleveland United Outdoor Fields in North Ridgeville, OH.

U9-U14 teams will play games on Saturdays
U15-U18 teams will play games on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays

The CASA league will hold a club scheduling meeting where all games will be scheduled. This will take place sometime in early March. After the meeting occurs and all clubs submit their proposed schedules to the field and referee assignor, we will receive confirmations for all of the games with assigned field numbers / letters for the Lodi Complex and other locations.

Please let your team manager know if you may have a conflicting date that may cause a large amount of the team to miss a game and we will work around that conflict. An example would be a younger team (U9-U14) missing players for a travel team game or tournament.

Midwest Regional League teams (Boys U16, Girls U14, Girls U15 Blue, Girls U15 White, and Girls U17) have their schedules already posted at www.midwestregionalleague.com

ALL of our teams will compete in the Northern Ohio Cup taking place at the Lodi Complex:

- April 16-17, 2011 Northern Ohio Cup – (Lodi, OH) BOYS U9-U17 Teams
- April 30-May 1, 2011 Northern Ohio Cup – (Lodi, OH) GIRLS U9-U17 Teams

There is no additional fee for the Northern Ohio Cup as it is included in the spring session costs.

- We will be sending out more information to each individual team on any additional tournaments that the team will be placed into. These additional tournaments will have an extra per player fee associated to them. Players that participate are required to make their tournament fee payment prior to the start of the actual event.

Here is a short list of additional tournaments that our club teams will be attending this spring (each team has information on the tournaments that pertain to their specific team):

- Adidas Blue Chips Showcase (U15 Girls WHITE)
- Blast FC Showcase (U9-U14 Teams)
- Crossroads of America Showcase (U16 Boys, U15 Girls Blue, U15 Girls White, and U17 Girls)
- OYSAN State Cup (Most U10-U17 teams)
- AC Milan Continental Cup (Boys U9-U17 / Girls U12-U17)

TIn order to begin formulating our team rosters and provide our league with our team commitments for the upcoming season, we ask that ALL families notify their specific Team Manager of their commitments for the spring season as soon as possible. All commitments must be into the team managers by no later than Monday, March 7, 2011.

Please feel free to ask your team manager any and all questions that may help you make your final decision

Cleveland United SC will hold our annual tryouts for the 2011 fall season. This is only for current ages U8-U13 (or to be U9-U14) in the fall season. All players registered for this spring season with Cleveland United are required to tryout in June in order to be eligible for the fall team rosters.

Boys Dates: Tuesday, May 31 and Thursday, June 2 from 6-8PM

Girls Dates: Wednesday, June 1 and Friday, June 3 from 6-8PM

All tryouts are located at the Cleveland United outdoor fields.

ALL players will be required to submit a tryout participant form, which will be made available on the club’s website, www.clevelandunited.org and through each team manager in the month of May.

Registration will begin at 5:30PM daily.

This is a friendly reminder on how our chain of communication will operate at Cleveland United SC:

- All issues on finances and club policies are to be directed to the Club Director (Marko Raduka) at (440) 503-1718 or soccer@clevelandunited.org

- All issues pertaining to the team and individual players are to be directed to the Head Coach of the team.

- All issues on team information (schedules, emails, conflicts, etc…) are to be directed to the Team Manager of the team.

Thank you for taking your time to read through this material and we look forward to a great spring season at Cleveland United Soccer Club.