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St. Mary's United Board Meeting October 1, 2007

Head Coach/Assistant Coach(es) Representative SMU Teams Manager Attending Mtg U9G Alan Buster/Rob Barthelmes/Larry Wolfe Furies Alan Buster WAGS Jeannette Hubley U9B Strikers Red Patrick O’Rear/Larry Branthoover/Damon Harding NCSL Strikers White U10G Wildcats Fire Bill Oosterink/Joe Niemi/ Bill Oosterink WAGS Wildcats Ice U10B LaMar Broadhead/Stephanie Broadhead United Stephanie Broadhead NCSL Karen Breslauer U11G Teresa Combs/Brian Hoblitzell Rockets Stephanie Myles WAGS Stephanie Myles U11B Rob Young/Boyd Forsythe/Robert Hor Rage Jennifer Anderson NCSL Jennifer Anderson U12G Gary Goodwin/Brice Elliott Wildcats Gary Goodwin WAGS Danielle Burgan U12B United Jack Summers/Mike Travis Jeff Henkel NCSL U13G Storm Jeff Errington/Marco Paz/Rich Ruiz Marco Paz, Rich Ruiz BBSL U13B Vipers Melissa Crispell/Keith Rizkowski Keith Rizkowski NCSL U14G John Kelly/Alan Buster /Michelle Bartsch Furies Aaron Browne BBSL Aaron Browne U14B Chris Garcia/Art Vale/Joe Pisani Storm Chris Garcia NCSL Jackie Pope U15G Shannon Schmidt Freedom Michelle Norvell WAGS Michelle Norvell U15B Revolution NCSL Chris Colon U-17B Powershots Rick Besore NCSL

SMYS President Larry Branthoover Other Attendees: VP, United Club Chris Garcia  Ray Fairgrieve Director of Coaching Herb Gainey Director of Training Art Vale Treasurer Bill Oosterink  SMU Secretary Rob Young WAGS Rep Joe Niemi NCSL Rep Wes Brubacher  BBSL Rep Alan Buster 

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1. Roll  Meeting began at 6:00pm  Participants on page 1  Past Minutes Approval September minutes approved. 2. Club Business  No formal agenda provided prior to meeting; however, the following topics were discussed  League Reports WAGS – Joe Niemi (Bill Oosterink reporting) . Nothing new to report. NCSL – Wes Brubacher . Nothing new to report. BBSL – Alan Buster . BBSL will award 1st and 2nd place trophies at a Baltimore Blast game.  FAST Ray Fairgrieve discussed changes to this year’s indoor soccer. Instead of FAST (Five-A-Side- Teams), we will switch to Futsal, which is also 5v5 soccer. This will allow us to compete against other Futsal teams and enter Futsal tournaments. Futsal requires that all players be carded; however, the carding process is much easier than the MSYSA process. Players do not need to be previously carded with MSYSA. Futsal registration is all done online. Teams can register up to 18 players and then split the roster into two teams of nine players. Ray will submit paperwork to allow our club to join Futsal. We will play home games at St. Mary's College. See Futsal website for more details: www.futsal.org. Futsal fees are $6.50 per player and $13 per coach plus Club fees of $300-$350 per team. Board members discussed the possibility of approaching Waldorf and Calvert in an attempt to form a Southern Maryland League in order to increase competition and give players a chance to play more teams in their age groups. Ray will approach the other leagues to pursue bringing them together in one league. If we do for a Futsal league with Waldorf and Calvert, we will play 6 home games, 2 away games in Waldorf, and 2 away games in Calvert. Ray proposed that we name the league - St. Mary's Youth Futsal League, but we need to run this past the Executive Committee.  Kohl’s Cup The Kohl's Cup is scheduled for November 17. The maximum roster size is 6 players. Kathy Fairgrieve has helped to get this effort started. However, Kathy is not available the day of the tournament and we need a volunteer to take her place. ACTION: Who volunteers to coordinate the Kohl’s Cup tournament?

 Practice Under Lights

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Discussed use of baseball/softball fields for lighted practice time. Several teams were interested. Need volunteer to head this. There were no volunteers. Email Chris if your team is interested in practicing under the lights. Fee was $25 last year. Plan on $30 this year in case it has increased. We can still split the field and cost with other teams.  Leonardtown High School Home Games Ray said LHS Boys Soccer could use ball boys at home games if any teams are interested. Team gets in free, adults have to pay. Email him for dates.  Discussion for November Meeting We will discuss the following item at the November meeting: Should SMU U12 and up teams be required to participate in Maryland State Cup. 3. Meeting adjourned at 6:50pm.

Next Meeting Monday November 5, 2007 at 6:00PM