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Hot Springs Soccer Association
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501-276-8257
PO Box 20058
Hot Springs, Arkansas
71903

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2009-2010 Playing Application

The playing application for the upcoming season is available by clicking on the link below.

Please call the HSSA (501-276-8257) or email (HotSpringsSoccer@hotmail.com) if you have any questions.

The medical release is below. All players should submit this document with their application. It does not need to be notarized.

Please note the deadlines listed on the application. Please don't wait until the last minute to get your forms in! Thanks for your cooperation.

Handout: 2009-10 Application

Medical Release Form
Coaches must have a signed medical release for each player at every league game and at all tournaments. Click on the handout link below to download the form. It is important that these forms are completed before the first game of the season.

Handout: Medical Release

Fall MicroSoccer Information

Date: TBA

Time: 9:00AM; please arrive earlier if you are a new signup.

Location: Munro Fields, behind Lake Catherine Footwear on Malvern Avenue.

Bring: Shinguards (available at Hibbet and/or Wal-Mart, etc.), a size 3 soccer ball, and water to drink. Parents might want to bring a chair to sit in.

New HSSA Phone Number
Hot Springs Soccer has a new contact phone number:

501-276-8257

Please use this number to leave us a message. Please give us a day or two to get back to you--we check the messages as often as we can. We do promise that someone from the HSSA will return your call--so please be patient.

Hot Springs Referee Success
Newsflash--Rebecca has once again been selected to officiate at the 2007 Southern Regionals, this year in Oklahoma City. Congratulations once again to Rebecca for all her hard work. We have several more young referees that are more than capable of making it to this level, so continue to work hard and ask Rebecca how you can improve when you see her on the fields.

Hot Springs referee Rebecca Maffit was one of 12 referees from the entire state invited to officiate at the US Youth Southern Region Championships, held in late June at Burns Park.

Rebecca was assigned as an assistant referee for 7 games over 4 days of the tournament, including the quarter finals. The refereeing was high pressure, as this tournament brought together the state champions from the 12 states in the region, who were playing for the right to advance to the national championship tournament.

Throughout the tournament, FIFA referee Sandra Hunt, who is the highest ranking female referee in the United States, was on hand to lend support and meet the referees working the tournament.

The photo below was taken at the awards banquet held on Monday, July 3rd. Rebecca learned a lot during this tournament, and is looking forward to sharing what she learned with our local referees this season.

Congratulations Rebecca--you've made Hot Springs proud!

Kristine Lilly Visits Hot Springs
Some HSSA players recently got to hear Kristine Lilly, the captain of the US Women's National Team and 19 year veteran of soccer at the highest playing level in the United States, speak at Crossgate Academy. Students at Crossgate won a national contest by losing over 100 pounds in a get fit campaign.

Kristine invited some of the Crossgate students in the audience to try different soccer skills and then listened as Kristine spoke about her passion for children, athletics and the need to stay fit. Kristine then showed off a few of her soccer skills by shooting balls from different spots in the gym, then finished off by signing autographs for everyone in attendance.

Kristine was presented a Hot Springs Soccer T Shirt and said she was going to wear it the following week at residency camp in Los Angeles.

In the photo below are U-16 players Marissa Hicks (a former player in the HSSA now playing for LRFC) along with current HSSA players Elizabeth Burke, Melissa Geddings, Marisa Lowder and Rebecca Maffit along with Kristine. It was a rare treat to see an international soccer superstar visiting Hot Springs!

Simple Soccer for Parents
This is the place for anyone that would like some help to learn more about soccer--presented in a very simple way. Great stuff!

Click here for an excellent website that explains soccer in simple terms.

Click here to go to a pretty comprehensive soccer glossary. See how much you already know!

Click here for a nice little explanation of offside. It's a clear explanation of a rule that is probably the most misunderstood and frustrating in soccer!

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Volunteer Disclosure Form

US Youth Soccer, the Arkansas State Soccer Association, and the Hot Springs Soccer Association are required to have each coach, assistant coach, team manager, team mom, or anyone else who has any contact with the children to fill out the disclosure statement below. Coaches and/or managers, please make sure each required individual on your team fills out the form, and then turn the entire set into our Registrar. Click on the download link below to get the form.

Important Note: Rosters cannot be issued by the ASSA until all adults listed on the roster complete this form.

Handout: Volunteer Disclosure Statement Form

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