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Last Updated: 6/27 *Remember to Refresh.
SOCCER OLYMPICS TODAY (Sunday, 6/27) Prizes, food and fun!!!! 3:30 PM
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President: Michael Curless 207.244.0454 Michael@acadiafirefc.com
Vice-president: Jim Fox 207.244.9050 Jim@acadiafirefc.com
Treasurer: Louise Soucy 207.244.0467
Registrar: Marcia Bender 207.276.3256
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 420 Mount Desert, Maine 04660
Mission Statement
I. Acadia Fire F.C. (AFFC) seeks to create a safe environment for children to develop athletic abilities, improve social skills, increase cognitive flexibility, and enhance imaginative creativity through learning, practicing and playing soccer. AFFC is focused on the development of the whole child and views soccer as a vehicle for becoming a better person.
II. Soccer is a dynamic sport that requires quickness of thought and movement, good conditioning and physical strength. Athletic training will focus on improving the player’s agility, endurance and power.
III. Improving sportsmanship is another important component of training. Players will be encouraged to be assertive, responsible, and confident Positive behaviors are expected on and off the field.
IV. Soccer is a players’ sport. Each player will be encouraged to improve their understanding of the game and will be supported in finding creative and imaginative solutions to game situations. Coaching during a game will be kept to a minimum to allow players the opportunity to learn from experience.
V. Coaching will focus on teaching players the soccer techniques of dribbling, passing, trapping-controlling and shooting. Players will be taught soccer skills progressively - one step at a time - so they learn each skill ‘perfectly‘. Sound soccer skills are the foundation for each player’s success and enjoyment. Players will learn new skills with their coaches during weekly soccer lessons, with the expectation that the players will practice these skills on their own time. Tactical knowledge will follow the learning of techniques. Coaches will encourage a dynamic, offensive playing style that is exciting both to players and fans alike.
VI. Coaches will treat each player as an individual with unique skills, potentials and needs with the goal of helping each player achieve their ‘personal best.‘ Unnecessary competitiveness will be discouraged. Coaches will not make fun of or alienate any player for any reason. Discipline issues will be addressed with a respectful attitude. Coaches will also refrain from using guilt, shame and/or fear to improve competitiveness. Appropriate stretching and strengthening will occur at every practice to reduce the likelihood of injuries. Injuries will be taken seriously and no player under any circumstances will be encouraged to play injured or sick.
VII. Parents are encouraged to be unconditionally supportive toward all players, coaches and other parents to help create an emotionally safe environment where each player can develop skills to reach their potential.
VIII. Members of Acadia Fire FC are expected to make soccer a priority and commit to learning soccer skills, attending soccer lessons, practicing at home and attending league games in May and June. We understand players will be balancing soccer activities with commitments to other important activities. In fact, Club members are encouraged to live full lives and participate in other activities that support the player’s development.
IX. Please let your coach know when you cannot attend a soccer activity. Resonding quickly to emails and phone messages is important for the organization of the team’s practices and games. Not responding to a coach‘s communication can result in an inability to schedule games and/or practices.
Drug and Alcohol Policy
Use or possession of any alcohol or tobacco product, or any illegal sustance, at any Club sponsored function by a player will result in immediate removal from the Club for the duration of the season upon review of the Board and forfeiture of all fees.
Scholarship Program
Scholarships are available. Scholarships are awarded based on individual and family needs. No child shall be refused membership to AFFC for financial reasons.
Website designed and created by Audyn Curless |
Michael Curless: U12 and High School teams.
Michael played soccer for club and state select travel soccer teams growing up in California before moving to Europe where he played for professional develoment and club teams in France, Austria and Germany. He studied extensively with Hubert Vogelsinger and derives much of his coaching philosophy from Hubert's focus on developing 'perfect' soccer skills. Michael has been coaching youth soccer over the past twenty-five years. Michael co-founded Acadia Fire FC in 2009. Michael currently holds a D soccer license.
Ph.# 207.244.0454 Michael@acadiafirefc.com
Jim Fox: U10 Team
Jim grew up playing soccer in England, before traveling the world on various sailing adventures. Jim has been coaching youth soccer for the past several years and holds his D soccer license. Jim is a co-founder of Acadia Fire FC.
Ph.# 207.244.9050 Jim@acadiafirefc.com
Mike Branciforte: U14 team
Mike grew up playing soccer in Connecticut where he played on high school and club soccer teams. Mike has extensive experience coaching youth sports. Mike has recently moved to Maine to work at the Jackson Laboratory and has been coaching with AFFC since its beginning in 2009.
Ph.# 860.301.6729 Mike@acadiafirefc.com
Lunn Sawyer U10 Team
Lunn played soccer in America and England and began coaching youth soccer in 2009. As an adult Lunn has played soccer for club teams in Boston before moving to Maine where he continues to play on weekends.
Ph.# 266-4482 Lunn@acadiafirefc.com
Academy
The academy soccer program is for those players who want to develop their soccer skills but are not on a soccer team. Academy players attend weekly soccer skills throughout the winter. These soccer clinics focus on 'perfecting' a child's soccer skills in passing, dribbling, trapping and shooting.
Travel Team
Acadia Fire FC offers several travel soccer teams for soccer players age 8 thorugh 18 years old during the Winter/Spring and in the Fall. The Winter/Spring season runs from January through June. The Fall season begins in August and ends in October. Tryouts for travel teams occur in November for the Winter/Spring season and May for the Fall season. All AFFC teams are coed and play in competitive leagues which include soccer teams from all parts of Maine. Club teams also participate in tournaments. Soccer teams practice two or three times a week with league games occurring on Sunday afternoons. All travel teams play against all boy teams.
Soccer Olympics
The Soccer Olympics is an end of the season celebration of the soccer skills players have learned throughout the year. The Soccer Olympics take place after the seaon in June. Players compete against each other in skill contests that test players' abilities in passing, shooting, dribbling, throw-ins, chipping and trapping. Winners in each age group receive prizes. The Soccer Olympics is open to any child wishing to participate. You do not have to be an AFFC player to participate in the Soccer Olympics.
Tryouts
Tryouts are held in November and May. Check back closer to these dates for specifics about date, time and place
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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MAY 2 #1 Pine Tree |
3 U14 6 - 7:30 U10 5 - 6:30 |
4 High School |
5 U12 6 - 7:30 BH YMCA U14 6 - 7:30 |
6 High School U10 5-6:30 |
7 U12 6 - 7:30 BH YMCA |
8 HS v COA 5PM BH YMCA |
| 9 #2 Pine Tree CMU v U12 AFFC Noon in Winslow |
10 U10 5 - 6:30 U14 6 - 7:30 |
11 High School |
12 U12 6 - 7:30 MDES U14 6 - 7:30
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13 U10 5-6:30 High School |
14 U14 5 - 6 BH skills (optional) |
15 4 pm U12 AFFC v PAYSA: Point Lookout. 5 pm U12 AFFC v Penbay 5:30: Point Lookout. |
| 16 HS AFFC v COA 5:30 pm BH YMCA |
17 U10 5 - 6:30 U14 6 - 7:30 |
18 High School (No Practice) |
19 U12 6 - 7:30 MDES U14 6 - 7:30
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20 U10 5-6:30 High School |
21 U14 5 - 6 BH skills (optional) |
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| 23 #4 Pine Tree HS AFFC v CMU Noon in Winslow U12 AFFC v Capital 3pm MDES NEH HS AFFC v COA 5:30 BH YMCA |
24 U10 5 - 6:30 U14 6 - 7:30 |
25 High School 6 - 7:30 MDES NEH |
26 U12 6 - 7:30 BH YMCA U14 6 - 7:30 |
27 U10 5-6:30 |
28 High School |
29 U10 and U12 teams confirmed. (U14s will not be in tournament.) Memorial Day Tournament |
| 30 HS AFFC v COA 5:30 BH YMCA |
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| JUNE | 1 High School 6-7:30 BH YMCA |
2 U12 6-7:30 MDES NEH |
3 High School 6 - 7:30 MDES NEH |
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6 #5 Pine Tree League Games |
7 U10 5pm BH YMCA U14 6-7:30 BH YMCA |
8 High School 6-7:30 MDES NEH |
9 U12 6-7:30 MDES NEH U14 6-7:30 MDES |
10 High School 5:30 - 7 MDES NEH |
11 U12 6-7:30 MDES NEH U10 5pm Tremont |
12 HS AFFC v Merrymeeting Point Lookout HS AFFC v Seacoast Point Look Out |
| 13 #6 Pine Tree League Games U10 AFFC v Pen Bay BH YMCA |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 SOCCER OLYMPICS Bar Harbor Y Fields 3:30 pm All players and their friends invited. Prizes and cookout. |
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Forms and Handouts:
AFFC Player and Parent Contract 2010
Fundraisers:
AFFC will be having two fundraisers this year.
MOVIE NIGHT: Bring your friends and family to a soccer movie scheduled for the end of February. Times, dates and movies to be announced soon. Check back.
1 st Annual SOCCER 'BALL': Come out for a night of dancing and celebrate the start of league play!! The 1st Annual Soccer Ball is scheduled for April 30th at The Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. Ask what you can do to help.
Scholarships:
Schalorships are available to players needing financial support paying for program fees. Please contact Louise Soucy (244-0467) for details. AFFC does not turn away players for financial reasons.
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This site is under construction. Players were given handouts to work on at home. I will hand out more home practice ideas when players complete each sheet. Contact me if you have questions. Michael Curless |