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GE DEPARTMENTS 22 4 Publisher's Letter 5 Ask the Experts KID'S PA 6 Coach's Corner 8 Drills & Skills 9 Club Profile PHO 15 Kickin' with the Ravens TO GALLERY 16 18 Soccer injuries you can 20 prevent 26 The 4 steps of pre- S season training 28 Gear Spotlight 30 How thirst affects your game TURE NEW OTTAWA >> SPRING/SUMMER 2008 COLUMNS OTTAWA FEA 9 Club Profile EUROPASS 2008 11 Player Profile SCHEDULE 12 Scouting Report Enter our contest! 13 Soccer Moms See details on page 16 Photo Gallery 22 29 23 Evolve the Shootout! 24 Canada's toughest women's tournament 14 T 26 Q&A with Ottawa Fury OUTING 27 Support Fair Traide soccer SC REPOR balls FEATURES 10 Quality Passing: the 15 foundation of possession soccer REFEREE 6 TIPS 20 Feature: Ottawa players Smart teams looking for more fields from learn the region referee’s CHES 28 Canada Women qualify for signals OA ORNER Olympics in Beijing! C C PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF IGNACIO ESTEFANELL PUBLISHER'S LETTER MANAGING PARTNER DAVE BROWN EDITOR SHEILA ASCROFT CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Garth Gittens, Sanjeev Parmar, Kwarme Telemaque, Colin McCurdy, Sandy Mackie, Welcome to Ottawa's new premier Ian McIlwain, Steve Spence, Derek Dunn, Sue Brown, Tim Baigent, Stephen Handel CAT(C), soccer magazine Jim Koukounaras, George Bennett, Sophie Lecot-Hearn, Dave Hall, Canada Soccer SOMETHING for EVERYONE! Association, Dileep Korah CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Hargreaves Photography (Ottawa Fury), Welcome to what will be the 1st of many great issues. This is amazing and we want to talk about it. Freestyle Photography, Ottawa South United, Kickabout has come a long way in just a few short months. We’re certainly off to a good start with this issue; Paul Brown, Ignacio Estefanell, Algonquin From day one we knew we would be in for a sprint and some of the City’s leading soccer authorities have lent Thunder, Kanata Soccer, NCISL, Ottawa now as I write this - a smile spread across my face - I feel their voices to the tips, drills, opinion pieces and articles Internationals, Internationals Nat-Cap, Canada Soccer Association, F.Scott Grant as if we have accomplished something special that I am that you’ll find inside. We’re even holding a great contest sure all of you will enjoy. where readers can win Adidas Europass balls, the official ADVERTISING INQUIRIES Kickabout Ottawa Magazine is an independent The name Kickabout is British slang for the word match ball of Euro 2008, see inside for details. publication published seasonally every four scrimmage. Funny enough, I picked it up while playing Kickabout will be coming out every four months, and months and distributed FREE at sports stores; in the parks of Buenos Aires. I chose it for the name of as we begin to build for our second issue, I would like to tournaments and sports domes all over the the magazine because at the end of the day, despite the encourage all of you to get involved. There is room for region, as well as at 100 other locations. For advertising queries, please contact: glitz and glamour of the professional leagues, soccer, at everybody, whether you play in your backyard or under Contact: Dave Brown its heart, is a communal game. the stadium lights we want to hear your stories and E-mail: [email protected] However, it is here in Ottawa, as I traveled from park publish your pictures, so don’t hesitate to contact us. If Tel / Fax: 613-860-8687 to park, that I realized, for the first time, just how diverse there is one thing I’ve learned in putting this magazine CONTRIBUTIONS soccer really is. Our fields are filled with Canadians from together it is that there is no shortage of stories to tell. Kickabout Ottawa Magazine welcomes story all walks of life enjoying the game and, even though it may In fact, this magazine is not the work of any one and photo contributions. All photos should ideally be shot as high resolution digital images sound hokey, we really are all speaking just one language individual and I would like to take a moment to thank all or otherwise scanned at 300dpi resolution while on the pitch. To this day, I remain grateful for the of you who have made this possible. Unfortunately, there and burned onto a CD-ROM or e-mailed. generosity and openness that I continue to encounter on just isn’t the room to name everyone, but there are some No unsolicited contributions will be returned these fields. contributions that simply have to be acknowledged. unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. Publisher assumes The goal of the magazine is to capture this diversity Foremost, Dave Brown, my partner in crime and the no responsibility for return of unsolicited and to celebrate it. We want to promote soccer, at all true brains behind our little operation deserves special manuscripts, photographs or artwork. levels, here in the Ottawa area. And there is much to mention, as do George Brown and Chris Henderson… Publisher may publish any and all capture; Ottawa is a hub for soccer, with approximately thank you guys for all of your assistance…we did it. To the communications with Kickabout Ottawa Magazine, and may edit for clarity and 50,000 registered players in the EODSA (Eastern Ontario rest of you, you know who you are and I look forward to style. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. District Soccer Association) and thousands more in the seeing you all on the pitch. Reproduction of any materials published Outaouais. Even better is the fact that the game is being in Kickabout Ottawa Magazine is expressly enjoyed by both males and females at almost proportional Ignacio Estefanell forbidden without consent of the publisher unless otherwise agreed between partners. levels. This city is home to some of the most successful Printed in Canada. teams in the Province and in some cases the Country. COntRibUTORS READ DIGITAL ISSUE ONLINE Bill Michalopulos is 'founding' president of Dominic Oliveri is the assistant coach with the Now you can go to www.kickabout.ca to see a digital Ottawa South United. He is a two- Ottawa Fury Senior Women’s Team. Dom also version of this print issue. The bonus is that you'll also time western Canadian youth club represented the Ottawa Fury and Canada see live videos of great soccer moments plus much champion and has coached at the 2007 Super Y League Olympic more. As well, all the links to groups, tournaments and competitve girls/boys teams Development Program National Camp advertisers are live weblinks back to their for 11 years top levels. as a Staff Coach. He holds a Provincial respective websites. Enjoy! B licence. Derek Dunn is a freelance Sophie Lecot-Hearn magazine writer for Kickabout currently manages the and other related magazines. Dome at Louis-Riel. She A multiple award-winning graduated with a full scholarship journalist and designer he can be in sport management, has won such found researching and writing for awards as All American Scholar-Athlete local and national publications. (3rd team) in 1998. She currently holds a Provincial B licence. 4 www.Kickabout.ca OTTAWA >> SPRING/SUMMER 2008 ASK THE EXPERTS What is great about soccer in Ottawa? Kickabout's staff asked this question to these local leaders Garth Gittens Coach, Algonquin Thunder at as a break from waking up early and going Men/ Women, St. Anthony Men) and varsity Womens' Team to a freezing hockey rinks during the winter teams (Ottawa Women, Carleton Men, and There are many great things months. Now, the sport in this city has Algonquin Men) have all seen success at the about soccer in Ottawa. Last become a year-round activity – look at all the national and/or provincial levels. The now- summer’s FIFA U20 World indoor facilities that have been made available defunct Ottawa Wizards saw tremendous Cup hosted here in Ottawa, for the sport. It is great to go to a dome or success in the Canadian Professional Soccer PHOTO BY IGNACIO ESTEFANELL IGNACIO BY PHOTO was extremely successful. Ottawa soccer fans field and see so many proud parents, players League CPSL. were treated to exciting matches featuring and coaches wearing their team colours and At the youth level, participation in soccer some of the sports stars of tomorrow. Sell- supporting their soccer associations has risen dramatically and local clubs now out crowds at Lansdowne Park showed the offer demonstrably better development world the pride and enthusiasm of soccer in Sanjeev Parmar programs.