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• NSCAA launches Next Generation Coach seminar to help jumpstart soccer coaching careers | Oct 28, 2012
  posted on: 10/28/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Periodically, the NSCAA receives questions from new or aspiring coaches on how to jumpstart their soccer coaching career. Seeing that need, the NSCAA has revamped its "So You Want to be a Soccer Coach" seminar into the Next Generation Coach program...+ More

• Take a glimpse at your Convention week: Saturday | Oct 27, 2012
  posted on: 10/27/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Though it is the last day of the “World’s Largest Gathering of Soccer Coaches,” the Saturday of Convention is chock-full of sessions and activities in which to partake...+ More

• Take a glimpse at your Convention week: Friday | Oct 26, 2012
  posted on: 10/26/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Friday of the 2013 Convention is a day of even more sessions, as well as many opportunities for coaches to meet with their respective groups...+ More

• Women’s Big 12 and men’s WCC matchups on FOX Soccer as NSCAA College Game of the Week | Oct 26, 2012
  posted on: 10/26/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Texas Tech will host Oklahoma State at 8 p.m. ET, followed by the Santa Clara men hosting Portland at 10 p.m. as Friday’s two NSCAA College Games of the Week. Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State – Friday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m...+ More

• Take a glimpse at your Convention week: Thursday | Oct 25, 2012
  posted on: 10/25/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  The Thursday of the 2013 Convention is when the week starts revving up, with a variety of lecture and field session and other big events kicking off. Sessions start at 9:30 a.m. and provide attendees a choice between two lectures or two field sessions...+ More

• Take a glimpse at your Convention week: Wednesday | Oct 24, 2012
  posted on: 10/24/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Instruction from some of the best experts in soccer. Networking with old colleagues and generating new relationships. Being a part of 10,000 soccer enthusiasts that come together annually...+ More

• Ohio State’s Cameron and Wake Forest’s Okoli each honored as Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week | Oct 24, 2012
  posted on: 10/24/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  A combined 14 points and a hat trick are some highlights from Ohio State senior Tiffany Cameron and Wake Forest sophomore Sean Okoli, who have each been named Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week...+ More

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  posted on: 10/24/12 | author: NSCAA
  

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• Macke, Davidson named NSCAA High School Players of the Week | Oct 24, 2012
  posted on: 10/24/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Junior midfielder Lauren Macke from Campbell County High School (Alexandria, Ky.) and senior forward Alex Davidson from Chicopee High School (Chicopee, Mass.) have been named NSCAA High School Players of Week...+ More

• Quality health insurance available through NSCAA Member Care program | Oct 22, 2012
  posted on: 10/22/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  As healthcare costs rise, access to affordable health insurance is at the forefront of people’s minds. As an NSCAA member, you have access to the NSCAA Member Care program, the health insurance benefits program available exclusively to members and their families...+ More

• Foundation RFP Announcement | Oct 21, 2012
  posted on: 10/21/12 | author: NSCAA Foundation
  

  Deadline November 30, 2012 Midnight Eastern Standard Time Grants- Each November the NSCAA FOUNDATION solicits grant applications and conducts a grant review process to award grants to soccer programs and soccer clubs serving targeted, underserved areas and...+ More

• Long Passing in the Premiership: A blog post from John De Witt | Oct 19, 2012
  posted on: 10/19/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  The following is a blog post from John De Witt Performance Analysis - Evidence Based Conclusions...+ More

• Other events in store for 2013 NSCAA Convention attendees | Oct 18, 2012
  posted on: 10/18/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  The NSCAA Convention is more than just on-field clinics and lecture sessions, as there are plenty of other events in which to partake. Here’s a short list of special sessions, events and happenings waiting for you at the 2013 Convention in Indianapolis...+ More

• Big 12 and Big West showdowns featured on this week’s NSCAA College Game of the Week | Oct 18, 2012
  posted on: 10/18/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  FOX Soccer will again broadcast the NSCAA College Game of the Week, this time featuring a Big 12 women’s game on Thursday evening, followed by a Big West men’s matchup on Friday night. The No...+ More

• Sooners’ Cuellar and Huskies’ Sackeyfio take Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week award | Oct 17, 2012
  posted on: 10/17/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Two seniors led their respective teams to earn the NSCAA’s weekly college honors, as Oklahoma forward Renae Cuellar and Washington forward Nate Sackeyfio were each named Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week...+ More

• Club Standards Project Case Study: Wakefield (Mass.) Soccer Association | Oct 17, 2012
  posted on: 10/17/12 | author: Dave Newbery
  

  The NSCAA Club Standards Project is an evaluative process focusing on youth soccer organizations that is designed to raise the standards and expectations for coach and player development...+ More

• Malajian and Watts named the NSCAA High School Players of the Week | Oct 17, 2012
  posted on: 10/17/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Lauren Malajian, a midfielder from Northern Valley Regional (Demarest, N.J.) and Britt Watts, a midfielder from Canterbury School (Fort Wayne, Ind.) have been named the NSCAA High School Player of the Week...+ More

• Nominations for 2012 Long-Term Service Award are open; due November 1 | Oct 16, 2012
  posted on: 10/16/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Each year, the NSCAA presents Long-Term Service Awards to individuals who have raised soccer to new heights in their respective levels of the game through his or her long-term dedication to the game and the NSCAA...+ More

• DOCE interviewed by SoccerAmerica on youth soccer and coaching education | Oct 16, 2012
  posted on: 10/16/12 | author: Mike Woitalla, SoccerAmerica
  

  Ian Barker, NSCAA Director of Coaching Education, was interviewed by SoccerAmerica recently to discuss his thoughts on youth soccer and coaching education in the United States...+ More

• A view from the goal with an MLS Veteran: How to get the most out of your goalkeeper | Oct 12, 2012
  posted on: 10/12/12 | author: Joe Cannon, MLS Goalkeeper
  

  Joe Cannon has over a decade of soccer experience at the professional level. As a goalkeeper, his resume includes stints with Major League Soccer teams such as the San Jose Earthquakes, Colorado Rapids and Los Angeles Galaxy. His features for NSCAA...+ More

• Red Bulls statement on Youth Training Programs Coach, NSCAA member and Premier diploma holder Mike Jones | Oct 12, 2012
  posted on: 10/12/12 | author:
  

  HARRISON, NJ (October 8, 2012) – The New York Red Bulls released the following statement on Red Bulls Youth Training Programs coach, Michael Jones, who was killed early Sunday morning in New York City...+ More

• Choice Hotels High School All-American Game Announces Coaches | Oct 11, 2012
  posted on: 10/11/12 | author:
  

  Six of the nation’s elite boy’s high school soccer coaches will participate in the Second Annual Choice Hotels International High School All-American Game on Dec. 8, 2012 in Birmingham, Ala. at 6 p.m. at West Campus Field on the campus of UAB...+ More

• C-USA and BIG EAST featured as NSCAA College Game of the Week | Oct 11, 2012
  posted on: 10/11/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  FOX Soccer will again broadcast the NSCAA College Game of the Week, this time featuring Conference USA women’s game on Thursday evening, followed by a BIG EAST men’s matchup on Saturday night. The Memphis women host league foe Rice on Thursday, Oct...+ More

• Two New Jersey natives each named Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week | Oct 10, 2012
  posted on: 10/10/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  Notre Dame’s Ryan Finley and West Virginia’s Kate Schwindel have each been named Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week for their on-field accomplishments the week of Oct. 1-7...+ More

• Navigating the Convention: Your guide to taking advantage of all the 2013 Convention has to offer | Oct 10, 2012
  posted on: 10/10/12 | author: NSCAA
  

  The 2013 NSCAA Convention is quickly approaching and whether your trip to Indianapolis this January marks your first time attending or your 40th, at some point you’re likely to feel a bit overwhelmed by all the options...+ More