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Dick’s Sporting Goods is offering their annual discount team packet coupons for us to use outside of our discount shop event. These coupons expire 11/30/17.

– April 8: vs Rio Grand Valley Toros FC – 7pm – Taft Stadium
– April 11: vs Sacramento Republic FC – 7pm – Taft Stadium
– May 20: Orange County SC – 7pm – Taft Stadium
-May 24: Portland Timberwolves FC 2 – 7pm – Taft Stadiujm
– June 6: Phoenix Rising FC – 7:30pm – Taft Stadium
– June 10: San Antonio FC – 7:30pm – Taft Stadium
– July 8: Tulsa Roughnecks – 7:30pm – Taft Stadium
– July 22: Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC – 7:30pm – Taft Stadium
-August 2: Reno 1868 FC – 7:30pm – Taft Stadium
-August 5: Real Monarchs – 7:30pm – Taft Stadium
-August 19: San Antonio FC – 7:30pm – Taft Stadium
– September 10: Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 – 5pm – Taft Stadium
– September 17: Tulsa Roughnecks – 5pm – Taft Stadium
– October 1: LA Galaxy II – 5pm – Taft Stadium
– October 8: Swop Park Rangers – 5pm – Taft Stadium
– October 15: Seattle Sounders FC 2 – 5pm – Taft Stadium

For each ENERGY HOME GAME ticket purchased through the NOKC link the Energy is donating $5 back to our club!!!!

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Ran by Director of Coaching Stephen Phillips

March 13th – 15th

10am – 11:30am for 2007-2011 age group
11:30am – 12pm for 2003-2006 age group

Boys and Girls Welcome!!

Cost is $45 per player

To sign up email andiphillips@ymail.com with the players name and birthday

**Each player must bring their own ball to each session!!**

Every Monday starting next week 1/6 5:30pm on field 15W, there will be goalkeeper training. Andy Fitzpatrick is our GK trainer and will be running the sessions.

NOKC Soccer is pleased to announce that we will be partnering with 3v3 Live to host a 3v3 soccer tournament on June 10.

Played on a smaller field with no goal keepers, 3v3 soccer is high-scoring, fast moving, and each player touches the ball constantly.  It is fun to PLAY and fun to WATCH!

Anybody can play or coach a team at this tournament so grab a few friends and come out for a day of fast paced soccer fun!

3v3 games last 20 minutes apiece and are played on fields no larger than 30 yards wide by 40 yards long. Shin guards are required.

Registration is open for all divisions — from U6 to adults, both male and female —

The early bird discounted price of $185 is valid up to 3 weeks before your tournament date. Up to six players are allowed on a roster, and each team will enter a minimum of four games.

All players in the 3v3 Live tournament receive a free 3v3 Live T-shirt, and the top-three teams will receive medals for each player.

For more information or to register, go to http://www.3v3live.com/nokc

Article By: US Soccer

CHICAGO (Feb. 10, 2017) – The U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team will travel to England from February 15-26 and will play three matches, two against England and one against Norway.

The U.S. team is made up of players born in 2000 and will be playing against its same age group during the three matches. The USA will play England on Feb. 19 and Norway on Feb. 21, both at St. George’s Park, England’s National Training Center, and then finish with a match against England on Feb. 25 that will be played at New Bucks Head in Wellington, which is the stadium for AFC Telford United.

U.S. Soccer Women’s Technical Director April Heinrichs will coach the team and has called up 20 players for the first international matches of 2017 for this age group. This birth year of players is at the start of a two-year cycle as U-18s before transitioning to U-20s in 2019, and will form the core of the group that will eventually attempt to qualify for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

U.S. U-18 WNT Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Hensley Hancuff (Oklahoma Football Club; Edmond, Okla.), Meagan McClelland (PDA; Kearny, N.J.)
DEFENDERS (6): Maycee Bell (Sporting KC; Wichita, Kan.), Madelyn Desiano (So Cal Blues; San Clemente, Calif.), Cassie Hiatt (Real Colorado; Parker, Colo.), Shea Holmes (Real Colorado; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Brianna Martinez (NM Rush; Albuquerque, N.M.), Sarah Piper (Texas Rush; The Woodlands, Texas)
MIDFIELDERS (5): Cori Dyke (Colorado Rush; Littleton, Colo.), Jenna Nighswonger (Slammers FC; Huntingdon Beach, Calif.), Kali Trevithick (San Diego Surf; Temecula, Calif.), Madeline Vergura (FC Stars; Concord, Mass.), Natalie Viggiano (Michigan Hawks; Macomb Township, Mich.)
FORWARDS (7): Rachel Jones (Tophat SC; Lawrenceville, Ga.), Ashlynn Serepca (NC Fusion; Cornelius, N.C.), Sophia Smith (Real Colorado; Windsor, Colo.), Alexa Spaanstra (Michigan Hawks: Brighton, Mich.) Emaly Vatne (Michigan Hawks; Sterling Heights, Mich.), Olivia Wingate (FC Stars of Mass.; Wilmington, Mass.), Summer Yates (PacNW SC; Pasco, Wash.)

1. As spectators we will refrain from booing or yelling at officials at any time during a match because we are aware of the following:

a. Such behavior on our part sets a poor example of sportsmanship.
b. Such behavior reflects negatively on our community, our team, our players and us.
c. Most youth soccer officials have had limited experience and formal
training and do the best job they can, given these limitations.
d. Most soccer officials make correct calls even though we sometimes see
the incident otherwise.
e. If officials do make incorrect calls during a match, the following
circumstances usually apply:

i. The number of poor calls usually balances out for both teams.
ii. No one is perfect.
iii. The officials don’t have the same observation point afforded the
spectators sitting in the bleachers.
iv. An occasional incorrect call seldom affects the outcome of a
match.
v. There are more effective channels for correcting poor officiating
than verbal abuse during the match.
vi. We don’t really know how difficult it is to officiate a soccer match
until we’ve run on the ‘pitch’ in the official’s ‘boots.’

2. During a match we will refrain from yelling at players on either team because we are aware of the following:

a. They are young people, not soccer professionals, who, due to limited
playing experience and great enthusiasm, may make mistakes.
b. Encouragement and praise should be made in public; constructive
criticism is best made in private.
c. The coach is the best equipped to analyze and correct deficiencies in
soccer skills. Our attempts to be helpful in this respect may only confuse
the players.
d. The golden rule applies. Treat other players with the courtesy, respect and consideration, which we want other supporters to show our own players.

3. At soccer matches we will refrain from being argumentive or using abusive
language towards supporters of the players on the opposing team because we are aware of the following:

a. Others are judging us on our actions and words. We will always strive to insure that the results of this judgment are a verdict of SPORTSMANSHIP.
b. We will conduct ourselves in such a courteous and restrained manner that if called upon to do so, we could line up in front of the bleachers after the match and shake hands with each supporter of the opposing team in the same way players are expected to do after each match.

4. If our team loses, we will demonstrate our ability to cope with the loss in both deed and word, because we are aware of the following:

a. In soccer, as in other aspects of life, it is not always possible to win no
matter how supreme the effort.
b. When victory eludes us, we must learn to accept it as graciously as we do our triumphs.
c. It may be just possible that a loss is due to the fact that the opposing team played the match better than our team.
d. Our players should learn from our reactions to a loss that:

i. We feel they played their best; which just wasn’t good enough on
this particular day.
ii. They should hold their heads up high; there is no shame attached to honest effort – win or lose.
iii. There is always something to learn from a loss.
iv. There is nothing gained from brooding; players should be
encouraged to put the match behind them and look forward to the
next opportunity to play.
v. Seeking scapegoats, such as ‘biased officials’, ‘poor turf’, or ‘poor
performance by one or two teammates’ is not a mature or healthy
reaction to the loss. Such a crutch prevents acceptance of reality.

5. Whether away from or at the field, our words and actions should convey a
philosophy of soccer which includes:

a. The real purpose of soccer competition is to have FUN, to be able to
participate to improve skills, to learn sportsmanship, to develop a sense of responsibility and self-discipline, to develop a group loyalty and
comradeship, to learn to compete within established rules, to accept
decisions of authorized officials, to seek interpretation or change through proper channels and to develop sound minds and bodies.

NOKC needs your input on community needs for streets, bridges, PARKS AND REC. and more for a bond election on Sept. 12 2017. This survey has a HUGE impact on our future complex!!!  We need every member of NOKC to complete this survey & put PARKS AND REC as a priority.

https://okc.gov/residents/2017-bond-election/bond-election-resident-survey

NOKC is proud to have the boys and girls Recreational Coaches of the Year! Congrats to Rick and Marco.

2017 OFC Training Camp and Trials
Location: NOKC Soccer Complex

Camp/Trials U11-14 (more…)