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Admin
Last updated
09-12-09 08:12 AM
 
Rhinebeck Soccer League
RSL President
(845) 876-5446
Rhinebeck Soccer League
PO Box 404
Rhinebeck, New York
12572
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Prez Sez - Purpose of this section
The articles on this page are intended to communicate information
about the club. Current events and/or issues may be described here.
From time to time, this section will also have surveys intended to
gather input from our membership.
Things Sometimes Taken For Granted
- Fields, mowed fields, lined mowed fields, lined mowed fields with goals, nets & corner flags, lined mowed fields with goals, nets & corner flags that are used by those who take care of them as well as those that don't;
- + Teams, team matches, team matches in the summer, fall, and spring;
- + Coaches, trained coaches, trained coaches training players, trained coaches training uniformed players;
- + Travel matches, league travel matches, age/gender league travel matches, age/gender/competitive travel league matches;
- + Referees, assigned referees, uniformed assigned referees, certified uniformed assigned referees;
- + Tournaments, local tournaments, local and regional tournaments, local and regional tournaments in the fall, winter, spring and summer;
- + MLS MetroStars summer camp, Coerver and MLS MetroStars summer camps;
- + Coerver coaching clinic, Coerver coaching and players clinic;
- + Gym time, gym time for Friday night pickup matches, gym time for Friday night and winter break pickup matches;
- + College showcases for high school juniors and seniors;
- + League ODP, league and state ODP, league, state and regional ODP;
- + State premiere league, state and regional premiere leagues;
- = A youth soccer continuum, a youth soccer continuum from U5 to U19, a youth soccer continuum from U5 to U19 and beyond;
- + Community members who volunteer their time, their talents, and their resources to keep the continuum going.
RSL Needs New Volunteers Every Year
In the '80s and early '90s the Rhinebeck Soccer League had pretty much of a monopoly on the area youth club soccer. That all changed in mid '90s as the club lost pace with the greater soccer community. By 1997, RSL had dropped from an all time high of 500+ players to a single one season travel team. Throughout, however, the club had maintained its field management program and even managed to develop another field by the late '90s. Since 1998, the club has grrown, or regrown, rapidly. The current growth is stressing the rather limited volunteer pool that keeps the club's programs running. At the present, we are in dire need for people to help keep the fields repaired and safe; administrators to handle team level registration and communication; and certified referees (adults and teens). These shortages put the programs for many age groups at risk. Why? Because there is only so much that a coach or board member can do.
If you would be interested in any of the positions (descriptions follow), please drop a note Rhinebecksoccer@aol.com stating how you would like to help out.
The commitment for these much needed jobs is really quite small. The field committee gets the fields ready for play in the spring (1 day of work), completes an annual improvement project (1 to 2 days of work) and closes the fields in the fall (a couple of hours).
The team administrators coordinate registration in the spring and handle communications special communications throughout the year. Typically, these jobs take an average of less than 2 hours per month.
Referees get paid for every match that they officiate. However, they have to take a certification course which has a fee and they have to buy their own uniform(s). Usually, their up front expenses have been recovered by the fourth match that they officiate. We also need an experienced adult referee to serve as head referee for the club. He or she will guide the development of the less experienced referees.
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