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Welcome to the Olmsted Regional Soccer Association (aka ORSA) Web Site. ORSA offers youth soccer programs for boys and girls intramural and competitive travel teams for ages 5 through 17.
ORSA's home fields are currently located at Jednota Estates in Middletown. Please check out this site for important information about our programs.
Saturday, September 13
Weather Update: 6:45am Saturday, 9/13
As of 6:45 am Saturday morning, all fields at Jednota are playable. Therefore, all home travel games are on as scheduled, and all intramural games are on as scheduled. It will certainly be wet, especially for parking, thus please pay attention to softspots.
Saturday, September 13
CPYSL Silent Weekend
Olmsted Soccer travel teams play in the Central PA Youth Soccer League. For the past few years, the league has adopted Silent Weekend to honor one of the great pioneers of Central PA youth soccer, Steve Stabinger. All ORSA travel teams are required to abide by this requirement as it is a "league" policy and one that ORSA supports. The goal of silent weekend is to allow the kids to play the game with out the constant noise and distraction coming from the sidelines. This is not just about negative comments and yelling it is also about the comments that may be thought as positive. A copy of a recent notice from the CPYSL director of coaching is noted below. You can also read more about Steve's weekend at www.cpysl.net.
"The CPYSL league has deemed the weekend of Saturday October 4 and Sunday October 5 , 2008 as a silent weekend. Each year this will take place on the weekend prior to Columbus Day for all teams registered in CPYSL.
We are asking all spectators to remain quiet (Clapping, Cow Bells, Horns, are all allowed during the soccer games). Coaches are allowed to correct as needed, but are being asked to allow players to play and discover how to play the game without direction. This has been adopted by the league as a policy, any team, coach, or club spectators who is reported for violation of this policy will be fined by the league. Please inform all parents of this date and explain the purpose of why we honor the momeory of Steve on this day and what is expected of them at the game. Lollipops have been provided to help in this request."
Thanks, John Gregg, Director of Coaching, CPYSL
Saturday, September 6
ORSA Picture Schedule - Sept 7th
Reminder, ORSA team pictures are scheduled for Sunday, Sept 7th at Jednota. Please see the attached team schedule.
Handout:
Picture Schedule
Tuesday, September 9
Weather Issue This Past Weekend
The ORSA Board wishes to pass along our appreciation to all who watched or played through a rainy Saturday. Since the majority of the SOLD games are played in the 9am and 10am time slots, the SOLD group thought there was a good chance to get most of our games played before the heaviest rain hit Central PA. Soccer is a game that is played in the rain, even at the youth level. Unfortunately, the timing did not work as we had hoped and most games played in a steady rain along with some brief heavy outbursts. Again, we do appreciate everyone's efforts, including the referees and players who had to make their way during the rain.
Sincerely,
Charles Stokes, ORSA President
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