Girls Under 15 - 18 Small Sided Games Division

April 25, 2008

Dear Players, Parents and Coaches,

For two years now the Vikings League and Vikings Club have expanded our fall recreational soccer program to include a U15 to U18 girls division (for girls born between 8/1/90 to 7/31/94 - typically high school students). Our objective is to provide recreational soccer players an opportunity to continue to play soccer in high school. It seems unfortunate to us that the only option for girls in this age group to play fall soccer is to make a substantial time commitment to a traveling team. Any girl who does not join a traveling team has no opportunity to play soccer in the fall and is at a substantial disadvantage when high school tryouts occur in the winter or spring. We believe the division has been a great success (numbers of players doubled in the second year) and we are planning on organizing this division again this year.

In general we expect the division to be very similar to last year:

• We will likely play on Saturdays, generally Saturday afternoons, at the Paul Goode field in the Presidio or Silver Terrace
• We will play either 6 or 7 aside soccer depending upon the total number of players. We anticipate a minimum of six teams of 9 – 12 players.
• Our season will start in the middle/end of September and go through the middle of November (about eight weeks).
• Players will sign up individually with the Vikings. Teams will be formed by the
• League and any parents who volunteer to help manage the teams/games.
• We will take into account the teammate preferences provided by the players in the online registration form. However, we cannot guarantee any particular team composition.
• Parent volunteers will be expected to manage the teams during their games.

The teams will not be required or expected to practice, but the Vikings may offer optional practice sessions during the week for all players (combined from all teams).

If you are interested in playing in this division, please fill out the online registration form.

Please register even if you aren’t 100% sure if you want to play or not. We will distribute individual registration forms in late August and ask that you return them to us, along with a check for $50, by September 5 th.

If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail us at georgejacobs@sfvikings.com

Best wishes,

George Jacobs
Vikings Soccer Club