Greater Cleveland Athletic Association

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!!
GCAA teams with Challenger Sports
to offer weekly Professional Training for Players

GCAA Soccer is excited to offer a great opportunity for our players this Spring. We have teamed with Challenger Sports to offer a weekly training session with a British Soccer trainer who has a wealth of experience working with kids of all ages and abilities.

We have offered this training for the last 3 seasons at GCAA, and it has been very popular. The kids who have participated have had a great time while improving their soccers skills.

These sessions will be held on the GCAA campus each Friday afternoon for 7 weeks during our regular soccer season starting March 16th. Please be aware that these training sessions will be held at the same time that some teams will have practice which may limit your child's ability to participate in this training.

The sessions will be primarily focused on improving individual ball control skills. The training is $75. Registrations are very limited so sign up soon. Please note that this training is open to Rec AND Travel players. Although all interested players are invited, this training is truly aimed at the more serious players that want to advance their soccer skills.

This training is open to GCAA and non-GCAA players.

Please see the link below for full details and how to register.

Click HERE to view the flyer.

Click HERE to visit the Challenger Sports website and to Register for these training sessions.

Our very popular summer camp from last summer will be offered again this summer. Click here for more details.

Starting in the Spring of 2012 GCAA Rec Soccer will introduce our U04 and U05 Soccer Academy. The U04 Academy will replace the traditional U04 league that we have offered for the past several seasons. The current (very large) U06 league will be split into a U05 Soccer Academy league, and a standard U06 league based on player ages. 

Each Academy session is limited to 24 - 32 players. A paid, professional coach will serve as the Academy Director. The Academy Director, with the assistance of several Volunteer Parent Coaches, will lead the players through several small group sessions of fun games and drills for approximately 30 minutes. Each Academy session will end with about 15 minutes of scrimmage-like games.

Highlights of Academy:
All players receive similar high quality training.
Volunteer Coaches receive weekly training to help improve their coaching skills.
1 day of soccer each week... (no Saturday game day)
Each player receives a shirt and socks.
Size 3 ball provided for new players (those that did not play in the Fall)

Requirements:
Players must not have turned 4 years old (U04 Academy) or 5 years old (U05 Academy) before August 1, 2011.
Players must wear shin guards to every session.
Players must bring their own size 3 soccer ball to every session.

The season will consist of 8 training sessions.... each session will be 45 to 60 minutes in length.... one weeknight each week. 
 

  2012 Spring Rec Soccer 

Click HERE for great offers. Including chances for your child to receive FREE or reduced registrations.

Click here for an explanation/comparison of
the levels of soccer offered at GCAA.

Rec Soccer Important Dates (some dates subject to change):

• February 11 (Saturday) 1:30 PM until done - Field Day (Parents and coaches asked to attend to help get fields ready for games.)
• February 12 (Sunday) - Mandatory Coaches Training
  U08 Coaches: 1 - 1:30 PM
  U10/U12/U15 Coaches: 1:45 - 2:45 PM
  U06 Coaches: 3 - 3:30 PM
• February 18 (Saturday) - First Day of Practice (U06 and up)
• February 20 (Monday) - First Week of Weekday Practice (U06 and up)
• February 25 (Saturday) - Second Saturday Practice (U06 and up)
• March 3 (Saturday) - First Game (U06 and up)
• March 5 - 8 - First Week of Academy (U04/U05)
• March 10 (Saturday) - Picture Day-Team & Individual (U06 and up)
• March 12 - 15 - Picture Day-Academy & Individual (U04/U05)
• April 2 - 8 - Spring Break, No practices or games
• April 28 (Saturday) - Last Game
• May 5 (Saturday) - Make-up game weekend (if necessary)
• May 19 -20 - Optional GCAA Soccer Festival

GCAA Soccer hosts a Spring Soccer Festival each year. This Festival is optional for GCAA teams. The Festival is 2 days of soccer where each team will be scheduled for a minimum of 3 games. We invite all of our U08 and above teams to participate. We also invite teams from other area organizations. All teams must be registered with NCYSA or some other GCAA-approved governing body. Each team will be responsible for paying their own team registration fee. This fee is used to simply cover the full cost of the festival (a not-for-profit festival). More details will be provided as the Festival weekend approaches.

Background Check Info for
Coaches and Volunteers

Attention All Prospective Volunteers for ALL Sports Leagues

GCAA Sports must do a background check on all adults who intend to interact with the children. This includes coach and assistant coach. Other volunteer opportunities may also require the completion of this procedure. If you are interested in volunteering please be proactive and complete this background check NOW by following the below instructions. Thank you.

Direct link to the application:
https://www.youthleaguesusa.com/ncysa/2011/RiskManagement.html

There are two parts to this application. On the first page you enter personal information, on the second part you select GREATER CLEVELAND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (NOT Greater Cleveland County Soccer Association) and that you are a coach. Don't worry about the level of training.

FORWARD to stu_byrd@yahoo.com THE CONFIRMATION E-MAIL THAT YOU GET FROM rachel@ncsoccer.com WITH YOUR NCYSA ID#

Click Here for GCAA
Rec Soccer "Rain-Out" Policy

If inclement weather arrives please check back here for any updates (review our "Rain-Out" policy for more details).

Rec Soccer
Weather Alerts

Click here to sign up for email and phone text alerts of field closings and game cancellations.

OR

Text GCAASOCCER to84483 to receive alerts from GCAA Rec Soccer.

Rec Soccer
Weather Conditions
(Note: These ONLY apply to Rec teams, see Challenge and Classic pages for those teams.)

updated: 2/18/12
8:00 AM

U06-U12 & U15 Girls GCAA Soccer GAME Fields

Fields CLOSED for the winter. Stay off fields to help prevent damage. 

No practice on these game fields!!!
We are saving these fields for games only.

West View Elementary Soccer Fields
(Rec U15 Coed
Game Field)

Fields open.

Practice is always at coach's discretion.

U04 Soccer Field
(ATM Fields)
and
U06 Practice Field

Fields open.

Do not park on grass or shoulder of road next to the fence.
Park in JCC parking lot (next to ATM) and walk to field.

For everyone's safety, if there is any thunder at the time of practice or game, then NO PRACTICE or GAME is allowed.

Practice is always at coach's discretion.

C3 Practice Fields

Fields open.

Do not park on grass or shoulder of road.
Please park in C3 parking lot and walk to fields.

For everyone's safety, if there is any thunder at the time of practice or game, then NO PRACTICE or GAME is allowed.

Practice is always at coach's discretion.

Field Color Key:

Practice is always at coach's discretion.

Game cancellations or postponements are decided by soccer chairperson. Updates will normally be posted no later than 1 hour before game time.

RED = Field is closed.

Yellow = Field is open, but use extra caution when playing. Some areas may need to be avoided.

Green = Field is open with no unusual concerns.