Welcome to the

Lehighton Area Soccer Club

Upcoming Events

Saturday, February 11 - Spring Season Registration, 10 a.m. to noon. Lehighton Rec Center  

Saturday, February 25 - Spring Season Registration, 10 a.m. to noon. Lehighton Rec Center

Sunday, April 15 - 5th Annual Hunter Meckes Soccer Tournament at the Lehighton Area High School.

The Club's new general e-mail account is lehightonsoccer@yahoo.com.  Please e-mail us with any questions, comments or concerns.  You can also reach Club President, JD Light,  directly at (570) 657-1352 of jdlf2@verizon.net. 

Spring Soccer Registration

New this year on-line registration through GotSoccer!  See below for more details.

Registration is now open for the 2012 Spring soccer season.  

Weather permitting, practices will begin the last week of March and games will start on April 14.  Times for each age group have not yet been determined as the schedule is dependent on the number of children who register. 

Formats are as follows:  3v3 for U-4 & U-6; 5v5 for U-8; 8v8 for U-10; 11v11 for U-12.  Please note U-10 and U-12 teams involve local travel as games will be played against teams from Panther Valley and Jim Thorpe.

The registration fee is $30 for any player who is registered to play in the LASC Fall or Winter 2011 season.  The registration for any new players is $35.   There is a $5 discount for multiple player families.  Participation in the Joe Corbi's fundraiser* or payment of a $25 buy-out donation is required of all players. 

 *generally not available for on-line registrants.  Contact JD Light for more info.

By clicking on the link above, you will be re-directed to the registration page for returning players.  Please follow the instructions under the second option below if you need to change any of your child's information. 

1.  EASY REGISTRATION PROCESS-Fill in your child's name, gender and birthdate and your zip code,  GotSoccer will list any matching information found in the LASC database. Simply follow the steps and answer any questions. Make sure to click the $55 fee for the first registered child and the $50 fee for any additional registered children in the family. 

2.  PLAYER LOGIN-Use this instead of the easy registration process if you need to update any contact information for you or your child.  Click on 'Go to Login' under 'Player Account Login'.  On the next screen, enter your existing user name and password.  If you have forgotten these, click  'player password lookup' under individual users-existing account.  You will be redirected to another screen and asked to submit your e-mail address.  Your log-in and password information will be sent to you via e-mail.  Use this information to log-in so that you can change any information necessary.

By clicking on the link above, you will be re-directed to the registration page for new players. 

Under  the 'New Users' area on the left side of the screen, create either a family account (if registering more than one child) or an individual account by entering the required information.  This will require you to create your own user name and password and will ultimately ask you to enter the information required for our database and for registration purposes.

Please note:  If your child played for LASC prior to the Fall of 2011, your information will be in our system and should follow this process instead:

Under 'Registered Users' on the right side of the screen, click on 'player password lookup' under individual users-existing account.  You will be redirected to another screen and asked to submit your e-mail address.  Your log-in and password information will be sent to you via e-mail.  Use this information to view and update the information in our system.  The system will walk you through the registration process.

The Development Years

U-7/8 Free Soccer Training

Program Details:

• All registered players will be invited to a mandatory evaluation.
• Selected players will train and develop with other players of similar ability.
• One hour training sessions will be held at the Lehighton Rec Center each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. starting January 12 and ending February 25th.
• All sessions led by a US Soccer Federation certified coach.
• Player to trainer ratio not to exceed 4 to 1.
• Opportunity to compete in an indoor soccer tournament to take place in the Lehigh Valley.  A fee will apply for those selected to compete.

• Born between 8/1/03 – 7/31/05.  Consideration will be given for those players born after 7/31/05.
• Players must have played in the LASC Spring’11 or Fall’11, or be registered for the Winter’12.  This is an exclusive program being offered to the LASC community.

The best time for soccer growth and development is during the younger years.  Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to improve your player’s ability and become one of the best!

 Sponsors

LASC thanks the following sponsors for the 2011-2012 seasons:

Please remember to thank our sponsors when you have a chance!

Hunter Meckes Scholarship Winners

2011:   Courtney Berger, Bloomsburg University 

           Jacob Plocinik, Lehigh University

2010:  Katrina Reppert, Lebanon Valley College

           Jonathan Behler, Lehigh Carbon Community College

2009:  Meredith Selix, Elmira College

            Ben Millen, Temple University

2008:  Chris Knittle, West Point

4th Annual Hunter Meckes Tournament

Pictured here are Sherry Meckes and her son Shane presenting a $4,000 check to JD Light, LASC President, for addition to the Club's Hunter Meckes Scholarship Fund.  The check represents a portion of the proceeds from the 4th annual Hunter Meckes Scholarship Tournament sponsored by LASC.  This year's tournament was held on April 17, 2011 at the Lehighton Area High School.  36 teams participated in the tournament.  For more details, go to www.huntermeckes.org

Each year, the Club awards two $500 scholarships:   one to a graduating female and one to a graduating male from the Lehighton Area High School.  Scholarships are available to graduating seniors who were a member of the high school soccer team during the current year, were a LASC player for a minimum of 2 years, have been accepted to a 2 year or 4 year accredited college, university, community college or trade school and are a well rounded and deserving student who has displayed good citizenship through involvement in school and/or community organizations.

Monthly Meeting

LASC meets on the last Thursday of each month at the Lehighton Rec Center.   Check the website for meeting times. All coaches and parents are welcome and are encouraged to attend. 

Help Wanted

LASC needs your help.  Like many other local sports organizations, we sometimes struggle to find coaches for our teams.  Sometimes, we have one person coaching 3 teams or someone who doesn't have a child in the program coaching because we just can't let down our enthusiastic young players. 

Parents, please consider volunteering to help your child's team.  If you feel you are not ready now, we understand but just ask that you give it some thought for the future.  Please remember, most of us have been in your shoes...some of us have never played the game of soccer, and some of us have never coached any type of sports team.  All it takes is a willingness to have fun with the kids, a desire for adventure...and maybe a little patience.  We will help you in any way we can to help you learn the basics of soccer.  Please contact JD Light if interested in helping.

No Smoking Policy

The Lehighton School District and the Borough of Lehighton allow us the privilege of using their fields and facilities  All LASC practices and games are held on smoke free properties, and therefore, smoking on or in any of the fields or facilities that the Club is using is prohibited. 

Please be aware that the Borough passed an ordinance in 2008 that prohibits smoking on any Borough property.  The Rec Center and the fields at 6th & Coal Streets as well as the sidewalks around these facilities are Borough property.  We have been told that the Borough police will enforce this and violators are subject to fines. 

Thank you for your cooperation!