ECFC Social Event and Picnic – A Smash Hit!

On Sunday evening, August 26^th, a solid turnout of players, coaches and parents enjoyed the ECFC season kick-off social event at Meridian playfield in Wallingford. Many of the attendees had come from their teams’ tournaments earlier in the weekend to participate in the festivities. The evening included a fine selection of potluck dinner items, jovial socializing, and games that were capped off with a fun (and ultimately sloppy!) round of “Egg Toss” as shown in the photo.

Many thanks to Simon Kahan (Claire, F96) for organizing the event. The board has set a goal of holding social events such as this one to help foster the community aspect of our club. Keep an eye out for the next event – it’s sure to be a blast. (Article by Dan Barsher)

Next all club event – ECFC Night at UW vs UCLA – 10/29

2012 ECFC Summer Residential Camp

The third annual Emerald City FC residence camp was held August 12-18, 2012 at Misty Acres near Shelton, Washington. This year’s theme for both the boys’ and girls’ camps was “Accept the Challenge”, a strategy focused on accepting unexpected challenges on and off the field. Activities centered primarily on soccer and included 8 field training sessions per camp, plus other confidence and team building exercises, such as ropes course challenges. Evening campfires were also included. In addition, the boys’ camp included improvisational exercises and skits, and the girls’ camp included a mental skills workshop.

This year’s camp attracted 37 players from 7 Emerald City teams, plus one international player from Shenzhen, China. ECFC alumni donated a club jersey and scarf for him.

The camp yielded a number of huge successes. Besides the tremendous skill development of all the players on the field, one of the most notable of those successes was exhibited by one of our girls’ teams in the areas of leadership, communication, and team building. The players initiated a special team meeting to set goals and discuss a variety of methods that they can improve as individuals and as a team. That kind of initiative bodes very well for those girls, their team, and our club.

A special thank you to all of the coaches who helped make this year’s sessions successful: Jon Matsushita, Matthew Olson, Erik Oman, David Smith, and Jesse Winship-Freyer. (Article by Ruth Nicholson – Residential Camp Organizer)

 

 

 

Emerald City FC head coach Niki Taylor looks back on WPSL season

Click the link for an interview of ECFC WPSL head coach Niki Taylor by our friends at GoalWA
http://goalwa.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/emerald-city-fc-head-coach-niki-taylor-looks-back-on-wpsl-season/

ECFC Club-wide Social Event

Sunday August 26th 5:30pm to 8:00pm

 

The event will include a potluck picnic starting at 5:30pm and all-in-fun (at least for the spectators…) relay events for players starting at 6:30pm.

Bring a healthy food item to share and any serving utensils needed. Ample naturally flavored water for drinking will be provided.

Location: The shelter at Meridian Playfield, parking via Sunnyside Ave N just south of 50th Street: 4649 Sunnyside Ave N.

The big brother/little brother and big sister/little sister program will be kicked off at this event. Let your team social coordinator, or your team manager, know if you will be attending – player plus number of family members.

Hope to see you there!!

Simon Kahan

ECFC Club-wide Social Event Coordinator

Emerald City FC M95 White Finalists at 2012 Federal Way Blast Off

Congratulations to ECFC M95 White and Coach Jesse Winship-Freyer for reaching the finals of the Federal Way Blast Off. The team was short of a few players due to injury and Coach Jesse pulled up 4 players from M97 Green and a couple of players from M95 Green to join the squad for the weekend. The team won all their group games and topped the group with 28 points. The finals was a rematch against RV Slammers Orange. It was a close game with M95 White scoring first. The Slammers took their chances despite M95 White having the majority of the possession and shots on goal, the final score was 2-1. Well done to Federal Way FC for a well run tournament.

Misty Acres Summer Residential Club Camp

MISTY ACRES RESIDENTIAL CAMP IS BACK AGAIN!

Click on the flyer above for more details

Emerald City FC is proud to continue the tradition of Residential Summer Camps for Emerald City Players. After the success of our camp program last year, Emerald City will be hosting its third annual Residential Camp for boys and girls U13 - U18.
The camp is aimed at those players that wish to develop their skills in a fun and relaxed environment while learning from the best coaches that the Seattle area has to offer. We will be building your child's technical and tactical understanding of the game as well as teaching positive communication and team building skills.

COST: $295 per player, if you sign up before July 31st receive a $35 discount!

Boys Camp: August 12-15 (arrive at 4 - 5 pm on the 12th, depart at noon on the 15th)
Girls Camp: August 15-18 (arrive at 4 - 5 pm on the 15th, depart at noon on the 18th)

Where: Misty Acres Camp -224 E Misty Acres Ln, Union, Wa 98592

Space is limited - sign up soon

Questions? Please email your questions to info@emeraldcityfc.org Bring a ball and water bottle; wear your shin guards and cleats.

ECFC M95 Green semi finalists at the 2012 Nike Crossfire Challenge

Congratulations to ECFC M95 Green, coached by Bobby Howe, for making it to the semi finals of the 2012 Nike Crossfire Challenge. For the tournament Coach Bobby Howe added 2 players from M95 White, coached by Jesse Winship-Freyer, to round out the roster due to injury and vacation. In true Emerald City FC style all the players pulled together and battled the whole weekend.
M95 Green fought their way out of division play making it to the quarter finals against the Crossfire 95 A team, coached by Mark Collings. ECFC M95 scored 2 quick goals in the first 5 minutes and dominated throughout the game with a final emphatic score of 3-1.
In the semis, M95 Green, met a very strong WPFC 95 Black team. After regulation time both teams were at a stalemate, with the score tied at 1-1.  Nail biting penalties then ensued. Unfortunately M95 Green fell to WPFC Black 3-4 in a close penalty shoot out.