Elite FC and Memorial Hospital hosted an educational night on Feb. 18th at Memorial Hospital.  The night started off with Glenna Bell, Memorial Hospital's Nutritionist discussing proper nutrition, pregame meals, post game meals, and fluid intake.  Then Elite FC coach and Memorial Hospital Physical Therapist explained about soccer injuries and how to prevent them.  Finally Gordon Henderson, the new director of coaching for Ohio South closed up the night.  Gordon discussed player development and how to continue the growth of the players.  His main point was that players play soccer because it is fun.  We need to continue to support this as a club and parents.  He said the two questions that parents should ask after a game to their player is did you have fun and why was it fun.  Many thanks to our speakers for sharing great information with the players, parents, and coaches.   We would also like to thank Memorial Hospital for helping set up the event and hosting the education night in the hospital's cafe.  

Regan Price of the U16 girls Buckeye Premier team was invited to attend the National Camp for all region players.  She is one of 67 players of her age group in the US to be invited to the camp.  She is one of 2 girls from Ohio South to be able to attend.  The camp is held at the Cypress Park Fields and the North Community Park Fields in Coral Springs, Fla.  The camp is set up to showcase players abilities in a scramble format.  They will have functional training, Small-Sided Games, street soccer, guest speakers and a mini round-robin tournament on the final day. The developmental camp focuses on Small-Sided Games to highlight the players individually.  Congratulations and Good Luck to Regan at the camp!  You can learn more about the camp by clicking on the following link.   

Bellefontaine native Louie Vito will compete in the Winter Olympics this week.  Louie is a former member of Elite FC.  He played in the club up to his U14 year then went onto a snowboarding high school in Vermont.  This has led him to the elite of the snowboard (halfpipe) field.   He will be showcasing his talents on the 17th in Vancouver.  

Update :  Louie finished Fifth in the Olympics.   You can check out his website at : http://www.louievito.com/

The indoor training shirts for this winter were created by a budding artist and talented soccer player.  Andreas Kalinikou is a member of the Elite FC U15 boys blue team and a varsity member of the Marysville High School Soccer team as a freshman created the latest indoor shirts.  He is a talented artist that enjoys drawing soccer pictures and club logos.  A great big thanks to Andreas.  The shirts look great!

Elite FC has set up a program with Kroger that will take a percent of all that is purchased at Kroger and half of it will be put toward the player fees.  Please sign up and get others, like grandparents, family friends, co-workers to sign up to help support the club and help with your child's fees.  Click on the link on the left to learn how to sign up.  Thanks for all your support!

The U8 boys academy won first place at Soccer First in the U8 boys division.  The team had 7 wins, 1 lose, and one tie.  They scored 66 goals and only gave up 20.  Congratulations to all the boys on a great season!

This past weekend six coaches headed to Philadelphia for a chance to continue their development at coaches.  They all were able to attend many great field sessions and lectures from many of today's top soccer coaches.  They also had a chance to meet with many college coaches to discuss the Elite FC college recruits.  The six of them met Bill Beswick, the English National team sports psychologist, Oguchi Onyewu, from the US Men's National Team, many of the WPS top draft picks, the commisioner of the WPS, and many other influential soccer players and coaches.  The Marysville High School Soccer Booster Club was a sponsor of the trip.  Check out the pictures of these coaches at the convention in the images above.

Elite FC received a $1500 donation from the Marysville Moose Lodge.    The club is very appreciative of this donation.  Elite FC will be purchasing two goals and two nets for Mill Valley Central.  This will allow teams an opportunity to train at the park and alleviate the crowded practice areas.  Thanks again to the Marysville Moose Lodge!