Fall soccer

Register now and apply to volunteer for fall soccer to get the early bird discount. Every team needs 2 people to coach and 2 to referee, so sign up to volunteer when you register your child.

• 4U/5U: program plays once a week on Saturday mornings for 8 weeks |  ayso13.org/preschool
• 6U-8U: teams can be formed with friends, by school or neighborhood, so long as enough parents volunteer to coach or referee.
• 10U-14U: teams are formed by blind draw to balance teams in age and ability.
• 16U: last year there was a house league that played on Sundays, in combination with South Pasadena. Expect something similar, maybe with a team that enters the Area 1C league. It will end before CIF starts.
• 19U: 1 - 2 teams are drafted by the coaches for the Area 1C league. Training starts mid-July, and games start in August and end before the CIF season starts. Expect games on Sundays and weeknights.
  

If your child wants more soccer, come to goalkeeper academy, skills clinics, and pickup games on Sundays. Form a team with friends of all ages. For more competition, the 10U-14U NEXT Program is a slightly more organized form of pickup games. Please indicate your interest in either on the registration form.

Financial support - Everyone plays in Region 13, regardless of financial circumstances. If the cost is a burden for your family, the registration system will let you pay what you can. If you can afford more, please consider a donation to help cover the league's costs. Write to registrar@ayso13.org if you have any questions.

Volunteers - The cost of background checks is built into the budget. Go ahead and let AYSO pay for those. You can contribute to the scholarship fund on the registration form, and anytime at ayso13.org/donate

Need a soccer ball? Stop by the clubhouse at 711 W Woodbury, Unit E,, Altadena. There'll be a bin of balls outside. Take a ball or leave a ball.

Safety

Pasadena tested the school grounds and parks and found they contain the usual amount of lead and other heavy metals. Pasadena Now covered the story.

Know a young woman who wants to coach?

The Women's Coaching Alliance would like to help young women, ages 15 - 26, start a sports coaching career

• A 2-woman coaching team will be assigned to an AYSO 8U, 10U, or 12U team.
• Coaches receive ongoing training above and beyond the standard AYSO coach classes. 
• Experienced mentors from WCA attend every practice and game.
• Coaches join weekly zooms with WCA staff during the soccer season.
• Coaches are paid for their time, so coaches aged 15-17 will obtain a work permit.

Apply to the Women's Coaching Alliance. It's like applying for a job, because it is a job, since you get paid.

Equipment for families impacted by the Eaton Fire

Region 13 soccer families will be recovering from the fire for years to come. If you need any replacement soccer gear, Region 13 can help. You can indicate that on the registration form, fill out the form at ayso13.org/eaton/, or reply to this email. AYSO can supply socks, shoes, shin guards, coach/referee gear, etc.

Track recovery progress and find relief grants, especially for artists and creative professional, at https://www.postfirela.org/

Get involved

You are cordially invited to join the Region 13 Board. There are open Board positions. A few roles are highlighted below but you can check out any open roles on our leadership page. 

• Scheduler - Decide who plays with whom, when, and where
• Volunteer & Team Manager Coordinator - Coordinates with team managers to make the fall soccer league run smoothly
• Child & Volunteer Protection Advocate - Represents interests of children, and oversees background checks
• Auditor - Assists the Regional Commissioner in their fiduciary responsibilities
• Assistant Registrar - Collect, distribute, and analyze data to enable better and faster decisions
• NWSL & MLS Liaison - Arrange outings to Angel City, Galaxy, & LAFC games

Please reach out to Patrick (patrick@ayso13.org) if you can help!

Summer camps 

Be summer-ready. Swim lessons at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center teach a life-saving skill and build water confidence.

Challenger soccer camp June 9-13 near Kidspace. challengersports.com

Launch Sports soccer and multisport camps. All summer at the Rose Bowl or St. Elizabeth. launchsports.org

UK International soccer camps, sponsored by AYSO, weeks of June 23, July 14, and July 28 near the Zoo. uksoccer.com

Spartan All-Stars multi-sport summer camps at LCHS and Oxy. spartanallstars.com

Upcoming

Find Zoom links to board meetings and more by subscribing to the Region 13 calendar. The board meeting is usually the first Thursday of each month.

Positive Coaching summer reading

Win the Inside Game by Steve Magness condenses the latest psychology and sports performance research to explain how to build mental frameworks that set athletes up for success. Magness addresses why Positive Coaching works: "Research on professional rugby players found that watching what they did wrong after a game led to elevated cortisol and worse performance the next game. Watching what they did well had the opposite effect: a bump in testosterone and better performance in the games that followed." Magness exhorts us to find the joy in sport, and through that, build a strong and resilient sense of self. Coaches and parents will find strategies to reinforce behaviors that help children (and adults) find meaning and internal motivation, to be high-performing athletes, and also high-performing people.

Accolades

Congratulations to the three Section All-Stars teams, B10, B12, and B14, for going to the Section 1 All-Stars Championship tournament! This is the first time Region 13 has sent 3 teams, and all won first place in their pools.

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