Heartland Soccer Association January Newsletter

HEARTLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION

JANUARY 2014

THE MIDFIELDER

LOOKING FORWARD TO 2014

2014 Spring League: Biggest Season to Date

Each season Heartland Soccer Association continues to grow. In Spring 2013 HSA welcomed 1012 teams and this past fall we had 1078 teams! 2013 truly was a fabulous year, and we look forward to an even better year in 2014. With Spring League registration recently coming to a close, Heartland is excited to announce that we will have 1105 teams participate this season. We will have over 18,000 athletes in the league this year, which makes Heartland one of the largest leagues in the nation.

In 2014 we will host a total of six tournaments. Our first tournament will be the weekend of February 28-March 2nd. Roughly half of the tournament participants will travel from outside of the metro area to compete.

Heartland Soccer Association is a non-profit organization, so we would like to thank all of our teams, referees, coaches and sponsors for their support. We couldn't have experienced such success and growth

without everyone's participation and assistance.

We are looking forward to Spring 2014 League!

2014

PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

With the growing and developing community of Johnson County, Heartland Soccer Association has been fortunate enough to build long-term partnerships with many local businesses. Being a non-profit organization, we are looking for more partners. We offer many opportunities for businesses to prosper with the large and growing soccer community.

Heartland Soccer Association represents well over 1,100 teams and 18,000 youth soccer players. We would love to give you the opportunity to get your name out to the hundreds of thousands of families, friends and fans that create traffic through the Overland Park Soccer Complex and Heritage Soccer Park. We also hold seven tournaments a year that bring teams from all over the central United States. Our tournaments are some of the largest in the region.

We would like to give businesses the opportunity to reach out to this growing community and create a lasting partnership with us.We have a great opportunity for companies to get their name out to all 1107 teams this spring as we will hand out team packets with promotional items in them. If you would like to take part in this opportunity or any other opportunites during the spring season, please contact us.

Katie Falco (katie.falco@heartlandsoccer.net) or

Bridgette Samuelson (bridgette@heartlandsoccer.net)

In This Issue

Spring 2014

Sponsorship

Heartland Soccer Association

Check us out on the web!

www.heartlandsoccer.net

BY THE NUMBERS:

1105- Teams that will participate this Spring.

1078- Teams that participated in our fall league

1027 -Teams that participated in our fall tournaments

16,000 -Players that participated in our fall league

15,000-Players that participated in our fall tournaments

1,300- Coaches and Team Administrators in our fall league and tournaments

4,304 -Fall Heartland league games

1,734 -Fall Heartland tournament games

900- Referees, Field Marshals, Medical, and Support staff worked for HSA during the fall league and tournaments

REFEREE MEETINGS:

@ OP Soccer Complex Field House

February 3, March 3, April 6, May 4 and June 9

Refs under 17 - 6-7:30PM

Refs over 17- 7:30-9PM

Spring 2014 Referee Availabilty form is now open !

http://heartlandsoccer.net/referee/index.html

REFEREE CLASSES

2014 Referee Recertification Grade 7/8
Course	Date	Location	Registered
8115-R	Jan 18, 2014	TOPEKA KS	21 of 50
8185-R	Jan 18, 2014	OLATHE KS	48 of 50
8555-R	Jan 18, 2014	OLATHE KS	49 of 50
8116-R	Jan 19, 2014	TOPEKA KS	15 of 50
8211-R	Jan 19, 2014	OVERLAND PARK KS	45 of 45
8643-R	Jan 25, 2014	SHAWNEE KS	17 of 50
8040-R	Jan 25, 2014	WICHITA KS	50 of 50
8212-R	Jan 26, 2014	OVERLAND PARK KS	46 of 45
8644-R	Feb 1, 2014	OLATHE KS	34 of 50
8154-R	Feb 1, 2014	TOPEKA KS	8 of 50
8194-R	Feb 8, 2014	LEAVENWORTH KS	16 of 35
8041-R	Feb 8, 2014	WICHITA KS	13 of 50
8711-R	Feb 8, 2014	OVERLAND PARK KS	14 of 45
8705-R	Feb 15, 2014	OVERLAND PARK KS	10 of 45
8042-R	Feb 16, 2014	WICHITA KS	8 of 50
8706-R	Mar 8, 2014	OVERLAND PARK KS	4 of 45
8709-R	Mar 9, 2014	OVERLAND PARK KS	0 of 45
8708-R	Mar 15, 2014	OVERLAND PARK KS	0 of 45
8710-R	Mar 16, 2014	OVERLAND PARK KS	1 of 45

Please note that these classes have LIMITED SEATING and most of the Johnson County classes will be FULL. Sign up ASAP.

However - keep checking the website because people do un-register sometimes at the last minute and a spot can open up!

To register: http://www.kansasreferee.org/

THERE ARE NO WALK-INS ALLOWED this year. Every attendee must take and pass an online recertification test before they can attend class, so students who don't register in advance will be sent home!

SPRING 2014 CALENDAR

Jan 13	Spring 2014 online registration deadline
Jan 15	Club team turn in to Heartland
Jan 16	Recreational seeding
Jan 17	Premier pre-seed & Recreational final seed posted after 5pm
Jan 17-22	Premier seeding challenges via email deadline noon on 1/22
Jan 23	Final premier seeding posted after 5pm
Feb 26	Spring 2014 schedule posted after 5pm
Feb 28-Mar 2	Border Battle Tournament
Mar 7-9	First weekend of League Play
Mar 14-16	League Play
Mar 21-23	League Play
Mar 28-30	League Play
Apr 4-6	League Play
Apr 11-13	Kansas City Champions Cup / League Play
Apr 18-19	League Play
Apr 20	Easter Sunday/No Games
Apr 25-27	League Play
May 2-4	League Play
May 10-11	League Play
May 16-18	League Play
May 23-26	Kansas City Invitational Tournament
May 30- June 1	Rainout Weekend