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RYSL Board Makes Changes for Fall Season
At the June 2010 Redding Youth Soccer League Board of Director’s Meeting, the Board implemented two changes for the upcoming Fall soccer season. Both changes are directly aimed at improving the soccer experience for our youth players.
First up, the Board has modified the number of players on the field and on a roster in the Under 8 and Under 10 age groups. This change brings RYSL into line with the current policies and practices encouraged by the US Youth Soccer Association and in use by most of the states. Starting this Fall the Under 8’s will play with 6 players on the field. Formerly RYSL played with 7 players. In keeping with this change the roster size was also reduced by one player. Similarly, the number players on the field for the Under 10’s was reduced to 8 (with the corresponding elimination of one player on the roster). This change will allow each player to touch the ball more times during the game and allow them to be more involved.
The other change was to make all age groups within RYSL gender pure (although girls may still request to play on boy’s teams). It has been proven that at the younger age groups, it is crucial for the development of the players that they be involved and maximize their touches on the ball. With the girls and boys mixed, many girls shy away from the more aggressive boys and don’t ever touch the ball. However, when a team of all girls play, everyone is involved.
Board of Director meetings are held the first Monday of each month. See the calendar at left for the next meeting date and time.
Renegades U19 Girls Finish Off Longtime Title Pursuit
By Leland Gordon, Redding Record Searchlight
The terrible taste of defeat from last year’s Association Cup final loss made this year’s victory taste that much sweeter for the Redding MissFit Renegades U19 girls’ club soccer team.
The local squad won what can be considered a state title Sunday, posting a 2-0 victory over the Petaluma Red Devils to win the championship tournament. The 2009 edition came up just short, losing in the title match, but behind a pair of goals from U-Prep star Kimmy Micheletti, the Renegades won it all at this year at Redding Soccer Park.
“They’re going to remember the shared friendships and the shared bond. They are truly a team of sisters and they will remember that the most,” said coach Keith Stewart. “They’ve been playing together since before high school. To be able to bring that home was not only for themselves but for the players before them.”
The U16 boys team from Redding also made the title match, but fell 5-0 to the Shamrock Rovers of Santa Rosa. Coach Brian Crane said a bad start doomed his squad, but it was a historic accomplishment for his team to make it to the championship, also at RSP. (more…)
Fall Registration Now Open – Sign-Up Today!
The Redding Youth Soccer League has begun registration for the Fall 2010 season. RYSL will hold three in-person registrations this year. The first will be Saturday, May 8th from 9am-2pm at the Redding Soccer Park. An evening registration will follow on May 12th from 6-7pm at the Mt Shasta Mall Food Court Entrance. Our last in-person registration will be Saturday, May 22nd from 9am-12 Noon at the Redding Soccer Park.
In addition to the in-person registration, RYSL now offers online registration with pay by credit card! While you will still need to mail some paperwork in, this option allows you to register at your convenience and to pay by credit card – something that many have been asking about and all your information is saved for next year! Please note that your registration is not complete until you register online AND mail in the information requested at the end of the process. RYSL will have a box at the in-person registrations for you to drop your registration into without having to wait in line as well! To register online, please click this link.
Don’t want to register online? Looking for the downloadable form? You can find it here. Complete and print this form and bring it to one of our in-person registrations along with the picture and birth document (if necessary).
Players on Division 3 teams are instructed to NOT register separately. The player’s coach will handle all registration for the Division 3 Traveling Team.