UPDATED
The January 2010 League Meeting minutes have been updated to include current Fees and Fines information.

LEAGUE MEETING
February's League Meeting has been rescheduled to Wednesday, February 17th due to the impending snow storm. The rescheduled meeting will be held at 7:30 PM at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort.

ATTENTION CLUB ADMINISTRATORS
The Spring 2010 Preliminary Team Listings are now available for review. Please check your club's team listings for accuracy. Send any corrections to the League Administrator, Mick Geisinger.

Are you a new player looking for a team? Are you a club administrator trying to find a team for an overflow of players? Then check out these opportunities...

BARRENS
The Barrens Soccer Club is looking for players to add to its U12 Female team. Contact Al Chesnavage at Albin.Chesnavage@bge.com.

PANTHERS USA
Panthers USA is looking for 3 to 4 players to add to its U10 Male Division 3 (Recreational) team. Contact Rick Raver at rick.raver@mail.com or 840-8602.

RED LION SOCCER CLUB
The Red Lion Soccer Club is still looking for players in the following age groups: U11 Female, U13 Female, and U14 Female. Contact Rick Masson at rlsoccerrick@aol.com.

ATTENTION CLUB ADMINISTRATORS & COACHES
EPYSA has posted the Approved Youth Game Referee Fee Schedule for both the 2009/2010 (current, Fall 2009/Spring 2010) and 2010/2011 (Fall 2010/Spring 2011) years.

Remember, York USA plays all U9 and up games using a 3 referee system; AR fees apply. Each team is responsible for 1/2 of the referee fees (1/2 the Referee Fee, 1/2 the first AR Fee, and 1/2 the second AR Fee) to be paid before the game begins.

The Southcentral Pennsylvania area in which York USA and our member clubs operate is fortunate to be served by the York Area Soccer Referees' Association (YASRA). YASRA is affiliated with the Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Association Referee Committee (EPSARC). The YASRA mission is to promote soccer through the recruitment, training, professional development, and retention of qualified referees. Membership in YASRA is open to all registered USSF referees in the York area.

NEW REFEREE TRAINING CLASS IS FULL
YASRA regrets to inform all interested individuals that the upcoming entry level course for new referees has reached its maximum capacity. Please monitor this site for schedules related to future local course or visit the EPSARC website for to learn of other training options throughout eastern Pennsylvania.

REFEREE CONTINUING TRAINING
Current referees will be interested to know that EPSARC has published its 2010 Intermediate Clinics schedule.

MANDATORY REGISTRARS' MEETING
The mandatory meeting for all club registrars will be held January 27th in the Augusta conference room in the Links Center at the Inn at Heritage Hills at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort. The Augusta conference room is located on the lower floor of the hotel. Enter the main entrance proceeding forward and down the stairs. Turn right, then left down the Links Center corridor (hotel map). Click here for a map and directions to the Heritage Hills Golf Resort.

• Travel Team Registrars' Meeting at 7:00 PM
• Recreational Team Registrars' Meeting at 8:00 PM

The January 2010 York USA League Meeting will be held in the Augusta and Bellfrey conference rooms in the Links Center at the Inn at Heritage Hills at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort. Augusta and Bellfrey conference rooms are located on the lower floor of the hotel. Enter the main entrance proceeding forward and down the stairs. Turn right, then left down the Links Center corridor (hotel map). Click here for a map and directions to the Heritage Hills Golf Resort.

Attention All Administrators, Coaches, Parents, and Players
The 2010 York USA Calendar is now available. Please review the online calendar to learn about important dates and upcoming events.

Attention Club Administrators
The Spring 2010 Seaon Player and Team Fee forms are now available.

Please join the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association (EPYSA) at our Annual Coaches Workshop and Vendor Show on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, PA (map & directions). This years event will include training demonstrations from top coaching talent plus classroom seminars on administrative topics. The vendor show area will feature the latest in equipment, uniforms, fundraising, and technology solutions. New this year will be activities for the kids; check out the Kick Zone for fun games and prizes.

As a special bonus, EPYSA members can also purchase a Saturday only registration for only $15 for the National Soccer Coaches Association of Americal (NSCAA) Annual Convention in Philadelphia and your EPYSA Workshop registration for only $5 more. Both great events for only $20!

GREEN CARDS
Green Cards provide documentation required by EPYSA policy, Insurance regulations, and play-back tracking data for those players participating on both FC York and club teams. As reported in the August 2009 League Meeting minutes, a change in policy was established concerning the submittal of Green Cards to the league office.

Effective with the Fall 2009 season, each club is responsible for designating one representative to collect and submit all green cards to the league office. Green cards must be received by the League Administrator no later than one month after the season or by the first League meeting following the end of the season, whichever comes first. The Fall 2009 Season Green Cards are due by Thursday, December 9th, the date of the first League meeting following the end of the season on November 15th. Remember clubs face a $15 fine for each missing or late green card.

Please note that the return address included on the Green Cards distributed for the Fall 2009 season is incorrect. The correct address is:

York USA
651 Lombard Road
#222
Red Lion, PA 17356-9054

Teams finishing first in their division (U9 and Up) for the Fall 2009 season may contact the league office to make arrangements to pick up their championship medallians. Head coaches should contact Mick Geisinger at 717-676-1711 or admin@yorkusa.org.

Each year York USA holds elections to fill various expiring seats on the Executive Board. Seats expiring at the end of 2009 include: President (2 year term), Vice President of Travel (2 year term), Secretary (2 year term), and all four At Large Members (1 year terms).

Nominations, which were opened at the October 15th League Meeting were closed at the Wednesday,  November 11th League Meeting. Club representatives will vote at December's League Meeting on December 9th, 2009; results will be posted shortly thereafter.

UPDATED - CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES!

November 1st Cancellations
Some of the games that were scheduled for Sunday, November 1st at York Township Park and postponed due to conditions have been rescheduled for this coming weekend. CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES. If your game has yet to be rescheduled, please monitor this web site for additional notices.

October 17th and 18th Cancellations
All games affected by the October 17th and 18th rain out postponements have been rescheduled. Where possible, games have been rescheduled on normal game days during bye weekends of the official season. Other games have had to be rescheduled on a normally off day resulting in two games in one weekend.

A road closure at Front and Locust streets is now affecting travel to NEYSA's PPL Field Complex through York Haven. Access to the PPL Field Complex is now only available through Manchester via High Street / Board Road to Wago Road through Mount Wolf. This road closure is expected to be in place throughout the remainder of the Fall 2009 Soccer Season.

Help bring the FIFA World Cup back to the United States. Twenty-seven cities and 32 statiums are vyin to be included in the USA Bid for the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cups. The USA bid committee invites you to learn more, sign the petition, vote for your favorite city, and read why players and fans like you support the USA bid. EPYSA encourages you to vote for Philadelphia.Visit GOUSABID.COM and sign the petition.

York USA and its member clubs welcome all high school seniors to apply for the the 2010 Beth A. Hufnagle Memorial Scholarships. The Hufnagle scholarships are awarded to the top two male and female applicants in the form of one time, $1000.00 and $800.00 awards (first and second place respectively). To qualify, applicantsmust have played a minimum of 3 years (6 seasons) for teams participating in York USA league play.

ATTENTION ALL COACHES & CLUB ADMINISTRATORS
The Green Cards handed out at the recent Coaches Workshop were printed with the incorrect Referee Fees. Our Fall 2009 Coaches and Presidents manuals include the correct fees which are:

Age Group	Center Referee	Assistant Referee 1	Assistant Referee 2
U9/U10	$28	$20	$20
U11/U12	$36	$26	$26
U13/U14	$42	$30	$30
U15/U16	$50	$34	$34
U17/U19	$56	$40	$40

NOTICE!
The following addendum applies to the newly adopted York USA U8 Laws of the Game as distributed at the Fall 2009 Coaches Workshop.

Law 1 incorrectly idenifies a Penalty Area. There is no Penalty Area in the U6 or U8 Laws of the Game. Please make this correction to handouts and fields.

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