MANDATORY MEETING
The Fall 2008 season Mandatory Coaches Meeting & Workshop will be held on THURSDAY, AUGUST 21st at the York Holiday Inn (map and directions). This meeting/workshop begins promptly at 7:30 PM and normally runs until approximately 9:00 PM. All coaches are required to attend; clubs are fined for any team whose coach does not attend. 

The remaining 2008 League Meetings (August, September, October, November, and December) will be held at the Springwood Golf Club (map and directions). Do not attempt to enter the golf course property off of Sringwood Road; the entrance if from Chesnut Hill Road. 

ATTENTION CLUB REGISTRARS!
Please review the updated Fall Team Information and forward any missing information to Mick Geisinger ASAP so that Fall 2008 Schedules can be generated. This information is available in both Adobe PDF and Microsoft EXCEL formats for your convenience.

The June 2008 League Meeting Minutes are now available for review in our Minutes section. Please note that this month's file is larger than normal (~7MB).

KSG Summer Games - Soccer
The 2008 Summer Games are being held July 22-27 in York, PA and will include both Youth Soccer and Adult 7x7 Soccer as well as other atheletic competitions.

KSG PA Youth Soccer Championship
This competitive tournament, which is being hosted by the Central Susquehanna Soccer Club, is for U9 and Up 2008-09 league teams from Eastern PA (EPYSA) and PA West. Competing teams will be staking their claim to  being the best travel team in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The team, recreational player, and travel player fees forms are now availble in our Forms section. Also available is the current referee fees and schedule.

York USA, with sponsorship from the Dover Area Soccer Association and the West York Soccer Club, is offering a USSF "E" licensed soccer coaching course in July. The course will be held at the Dover Community Center/Lehr Park (See Our Field Directions Page). The dates are Sunday, July 27 from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Monday through Thursday, July 28 through 31 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM.

To register for the course send an application and check for $50 made out to West York Soccer Club to Jim Zimmerman,1670 Loucks Road,York PA 17408 by July 16th. Bring a ball and be dressed to participate. An application and E course description can be found on the EPYSA.org website. Questions contact Jim at 767-4560 or John Fellenbaum at 872-0741 or jfel2001@aol.com. Check with your club, many reimburse the course fee.

York USA is hosting the following three upcoming Coaches Clinics at York Township Park (33 Oak Street, York, PA 17402 - See Our Field Directions Page).

• Team Offense - June 12
• U6 & U8 Fun Games & Techniques - June 26
• Team Defense - July 1 

Each session will meet at the pavilion next to the playground and run from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Each session is free to York USA member club coaches; please bring a ball. Contact John Fellenbaum, York USA Director of Coaching, at 717-872-0741 ot jfel2001@aol.com to register.

The York Cup Tournament Committee is pleased to anounce the results of the 2008 event that have now been posted to the 2008 Forms and Documents section of the York Cup web site.

The The April 2008 edition of Touchline, the EPYSA newsletter, is now available for download from the EPYSA website. Please not that this is a l.

NOTICE:
Due to the thunderstorms on Sunday, April 20, many games were cancelled or not completed. All games that were:

• played to half-time are considered complete; Coaches' Game Reports need to be submitted ASAP.
• cancelled will have to be rescheduled according to the game change procedure.
• started, then called by the referee crew because of the weather, but that did not reach half-time will be rescheduled and played as full length games.

 The York USA Game Change Policy and Procedure is in affect (two weeks advanced notice required for any game change request). If the game change procedure is not followed, the games will not be rescheduled.

Please Note:  Game changes are only for games that were rained out on April 20; the last date for regularly scheduled game changes was April 7.

Parking Restrictions @ York Suburban High School
Parking is only permitted in the York Suburban High School or adjacent church parking lots for games on the High School field against Trojan Soccer Club teams. Parking on the street or grass on the Midland Avenue side of the field is prohibited. This is a request from both the community and the York Suburban School District that we must comply with in order to continue using this facility.

It has been reported to York USA that Comcast has begun blocking group emails (i.e., email messages with a large number of recipients) originating from Comcast email accounts. If you send bulk email messages (e.g., Club President communications to Club Coaches, Coaches to Team Parents, etc.) AND you have a Comast email account (e.g., [youraccount@comcast.com]) then this problem may affect you. Learn about the blocking and a workaround that might solve your problems.

The Interactive Field Directions feature, which  provides maps and directions to all York USA member club game venues, has been updated and improved.

As most of you know, The Blast's Grumbacher Road operations will be closing at the end of March as part of a transition to new and better facilities. During this transition period, and in order to keep our league operations running smoothly, the York USA offices will be relocating. Our new main office will be located on Industrial Highway in York and we expect to begin operations in that location as soon as Monday, February 18, 2008. As part of this transition, a new phone number and mailing address have also been established. Please visit our Contacts page for all the new contact information.

Time Is Running Out!
Each school year, York USA awards the Beth Hufnagel Memorial Scholarship to one female and one male graduating high school senior. Applications for this year's award are now being accepted from any graduating senior who participated in York USA soccer for a minimum of three (3) years or six (6) seasons. York USA is also pleased to announce that the value of each scholarship is now $1000.00.

UK Soccer, a long-time proud supporter of York USA and its members, has announced its Summer 2008 Soccer Camp schedule. This year's open schedule includes Nipper (ages 5 and 6), Youth (ages 7 to 15, and Goalkeeper (ages 8 to 15) options. Team camps and training programs are also provided. And remember...all UK Soccer Summer Camps are taught by Professional English Soccer Players!

The York USA sponsored camps will be held the weeks of June 23 and again August 18th at John Rudy Park.

The three principle Premier-level soccer clubs in the York area (Metro, York Premier, and York United) have approved a merger plan creating a new, single premier soccer organization...FC York. York USA fully supports this new premier-level organization and looks forward to many years of cooperative progress in furthering the advancement of soccer in the York area. Look for a new FC York website and future announcements here on our website.

During the monthly York USA League Meeting, held Wednesday, October 10th, it was determined that a mandatory rule change was required to address an increase in poor sportsmanhip and lack of civility at our games. Effective immediately, all players, coaches, and spectors assciated with an individual team must be on opposite sides of the field.

A road closure is causing difficulties for those traveling to PP&L at Brunner Island. Special directions, which differ from those in the York USA Coaches Manual, are available at the "read more..." link below. Please note that our website's interactive Field Directions function may not compensate for this detour / road closure; be certain to review the special directions. If you have any questions, your coach should contact the NEYSA Coach you will play.