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Last Updated
August 16, 2008
Soccer
Coach Job Opportunities for 2008-2009 School
Year
Sylacauga High School is looking for a girls
varsity soccer coach.
Anyone interested should contact Athletic
Director, Eddie Varnadore at Sylacauga High
School, 256-249-0911. From
Matt
Zedaker Sylacauga High School
New Soccer Alignments?
Several of you have noted that
AHSAA's new
website shows new alignments and, in fact,
shows different alignments in several different
places on the website. Some schools are shown in
different sections than they should be.
We contacted the folks at AHSAA and the new alignments
shown are a mistake made in their migration from
the old website to the new website.
AHSAA is continuing to update the new website and has
said that their alignment lists are incorrect
but will be updated. The revised alignments list which is
what is on the coaches' website and
also shown
on the AHSAA website here is still correct.
2008 All-Star Soccer Teams
(UPDATED)
Includes links
to Birmingham News All-Metro Teams, 2008
North/South Junior All-Star Game Teams, 2008
Birmingham Coaches All-Metro Teams, 2008 Dothan
Eagle Super 12 Teams, 2008 Huntsville Times
All-Metro Teams, 2008 Birmingham News All-State
Teams, 2008 Decatur Daily All-Area Teams, 2008
Mobile Register All-Area Teams, 2008 Montgomery
Advertiser All-Area Teams [
Click
Here ]
2008-2010 AHSAA Sections Alignments
The new
alignments are out for 2008-2010. To see
how your high school fared
click here.
The Final 2008
Top Ten Rankings
are out
This is the final poll of
the 2008 season which was taken after the
championship games on May 10th.
Final 2008 Top Ten Rankings
Join the
AHSSCA -
Membership Form
Sign up for
the new AHSSCA Email List
here!
All-Star Week Soccer Teams
Named
Seventy-two
outstanding junior soccer players from all over the
state have been named to the
North-South teams for
the 12th annual Alabama All-Star games to be held in Huntsville
July 15th, 2008.
On The Touchlines Soccer Blog
Featuring the
latest stories on Alabama Soccer
 New
Rule!
Each head coach shall
be responsible for ensuring that each of his/her players is properly
equipped. An improperly
equipped player shall be instructed to leave the field of play when
the ball next ceases to be in play. The head coach shall be cautioned (yellow card) for improperly
equipped players.
NFHS
Announces Rules Changes for 2008-09
Effective with the 2008-09 high school soccer
season, players will be penalized (yellow card) for
subsequent violations of illegal equipment rules.
A change in the penalty for illegally equipped
players was one of three rules revisions approved by
the National Federation of State High School
Associations (NFHS) Soccer Rules Committee at its
annual meeting January 27-28 in Indianapolis. The
rules changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS
Board of Directors.
CLICK HERE for the full article on the
NSCAA website regarding these important changes.
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Alabama High School Soccer
Coaches Association is to foster the game of high
school soccer and to provide high school soccer
coaches and student athletes
the best opportunities for success and to give those
student athletes and coaches a voice in the
Alabama High School Athletic Association.
Vision
To promote high school soccer while
supporting the highest possible level of soccer in
Alabama.
Organizing Committee
(listed alphabetically) –
Joe Carter, Mike Fricke, Ken Gamble, Mac Matthews,
Steve Morisani, Mike Pline, and Joe Webb. The
first meeting of the Alabama High School Soccer
Coaches Association was Saturday January 5th in
Prattville, Alabama. Prattville was chosen for its
central location. A place and date for future
meetings will be announced
soon.
Membership
Open to all high school coaches.
We need a small membership fee. This will help
cover the costs of the website and start-up costs
and should be small
and probably cover a two year period initially. $20
is the initial suggested amount.
Future Issues
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Provide and serve notice of coaching education
opportunities for Alabama High School coaches.
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Put on coaching clinics and licensing courses
for high school coaches.
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Work with AHSAA to provide the fairest possible
playoff format.
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Work with the NSCAA (largest coaching
organization in US).
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Provide an annual spring meeting for the
association.
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Membership – allow
all coaches to join?
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Organizational meeting – when, where, etc.
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Become involved with AHSADCA and help with the
annual North vs. South All-star game held in
conjunction with All-star Week.
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Help coordinate the weekly High School Soccer Coaches Poll
in conjunction with Eurosport Scoreboard.
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Provide a website as a means of communication
and education among Alabama's high school soccer
coaches. Include a place where coaches can
request games and provide votes on current
issues.
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Help select an all-District, All-South (and
North), or All State team.
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Providing end-of-season Awards and
Acknowledgements Banquet with annual Alabama Mr.
& Mrs. Soccer awards. Also recognize coaches
and referees of the year awards.
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Recommend re-writing the tie-breaker rules for
the state playoffs for clarification
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Other Issues
Possible Goals:
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Host a coaching clinic for high school coaches in
conjunction with the AHSAA High School Final Four in
Huntsville allowing professional development
credit for coaches while also allowing viewing of
Final Four games.
- Lobby for
membership-sponsored changes to our sport within the
framework of the AHSAA.
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Provide a single voice for soccer within AHSAA and
provide experience and guidance in soccer related issues.
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"Grow" the sport in ALL areas of Alabama with
special interest in those rural areas where soccer
growth has lagged.
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Provide an Alabama Soccer Hall of Fame with
recognition for outstanding coaches, players,
officials, and contributors.
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Host a membership
meeting in conjunction with the annual NSCAA
national convention.
- Vote and select a
"Team of the Week" each week during the season.
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Other goals to be added.
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