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Nordic News
To: Coaches, Players, and Parents of Nordic Soccer Club.
Welcome to the April 2007
edition of Nordic News and hopefully
what will be the start of our outdoor season. Providing the weather clears up
and it stops snowing! We should be
heading outdoors by the end of the month for both practices and games (Monday
April 30 is the first scheduled day outside at the Tree Farm.) Some teams have already played outdoor games
and in our “Players in the news” section, you will find an update on how our
teams have fared in those tournaments.
Nordic's 2nd
Annual Dinner Dance and Silent Auction was a very successful event. Over
$11,000 was raised to benefit the Nordic Scholarship program. 120 Nordic
parents enjoyed a great night of wining, dining and dancing into the late hours
with many a great deal to be had through both the "Live Auction" and
"Silent Auction" events. Nordic would like to thank The DDA Committee,
Angie Faraci and all the Nordic parents that helped pull together this fun
social occasion and help us raise such a significant amount of money towards a
very worthy cause. Thank you!
The 3rd Annual
Nordic Ski Day, which was held at Bolton Valley Ski Resort on Sunday March
4th, was a huge success with just under 100 people showing up to
take full advantage of discounted ski tickets for Nordic families. The weather
co-operated and provided us with good conditions and plenty of snow to ensure a
fun social occasion.
As we head outdoors, here’s
a few useful websites to remember to keep track of schedules, scores and
standings for the various leagues that our teams play in:
Super
Y League: www.superyleague.com
State
Cup: www.vermontsoccer.org
Tree
Farm: www.treefarmsports.org (to check for field closures.)
When weather may be an issue
for practices at The Tree Farm, we will do our best to get the word out to team
coaches and managers as quickly as we can. The Tree Farm will post any field
closures on their site daily. Nordic
will also post any closures on the Nordic website (www.nordicsoccer.org) or you can call
the Nordic Club number (802) 288 9577 and listen to a recorded message. (No
message means the Tree Farm is open.)
Plans are well under way for
Nordic Cup 2007. Ross Duncan is the new tournament organizer and we
currently have over 250 teams from throughout
The Soccer Center will be closing its doors on Tuesday April 17 after
a very successful winter season. We had a total of 560 teams play in the Futsal
or 7v7 leagues as well as the many successful tournaments that were held
throughout the winter. We would like to thank all the Nordic parents who came
in at all hours to help roll/roll-up carpet.
Players in the News
Many of our teams have
already started their outdoor seasons and it’s only early April! Jesse
Cormier’s’ 17 Premier Girls got the ball rolling when they traveled down to
Richmond, Virginia to participate in the prestigious Jefferson Cup. Despite 3
losses, Cormier stated that the team played very well considering it was their
first outdoor games in 4 months and against some very good competition.
Three of Nordic’s younger
boys’ teams got their feet wet when they attended the Seacoast Spring
invitational the last week-end of March. Ross Duncan’s U12 Boys went 1-3
with losses to FSA (CT) 1-2 on an Alex Fyles goal, West Hartford (CT)
0-8 and NEEFC 0-4. Not to be outdone, they rebounded in their final game with a
4-3 win over Oakwood (CT) with doubles from Danny Samardzic and Shane
Haley.
The 13 Premier boys also
went 1-3. After a heart-breaking 0-1 loss to Seacoast (NH) on a last minute
goal after some tough defending, the 13 Boys were given an education by a very
good PDA (PA) team with a 0-6 loss. They rebounded very nicely though with a
fantastic 2-0 win over Bruno United (RI) on 2 Nate LeClair goals and
finished with a tough 0-3 loss to a very technical FSA (CT) team.
Jim Goudie’s 15 Premier Boys
must have decided that a 1-3 record was the way to go, as they too followed a
1-4 loss to Coastal (ME) on an Erich Schwer goal with a 0-1 loss to
Classics (NH) and a 1-0 win over FSA (CT) thanks to an energized Awil
Hussein goal. A 0-2 loss to Bruno (RI) followed but 4 outdoor games against
some quality opposition in late March/early April is a huge bonus.
The 15 Premier Boys even
came away from the tournament with the Sportsmanship Award for their age group
after points awarded from officials during their 4 games.
Wade Jeans 17 Premier Boys had a very successful outing in
their first College Showcase of the year at the MISL College Showcase at
Five more Nordic players
have made their commitments to colleges for the upcoming year with local
schools benefiting the most. Kate Richardson (17 Premier Girls) has
committed to UVM and in a typo from a previous Nordic News, Taylor Rand
is going to play at
There are three age groups
where we are able to add some players: Our U10
Girls, U14 Boys and U12 Boys have
some spots. If you know of any players that might be interested please
have them contact Angie Faraci at angie@nordicsoccer.org or
Jim Goudie at jimgoudie@nordicsoccer.org or
call us at (802) 288 9577.
Coaches don’t forget to
e-mail your team/player stories/achievements to Jim Goudie at jimgoudie@nordicsoccer.org
no later than the end of the month.
