Grassroots/Development At-Home Soccer Engagement Program Table of Contents Table of Contents…………......2 Introduction……………………3 United DFC & Me…..…………4 Match-it-Up Game…………….5 Spot-the-Difference Pt. I…...…6 Spot-the-Difference Pt. II…...…7 United DFC Word-Search…….8 Future United DFC Kit…….…..9 Soccer Laws & Vocab……..….10 Soccer IQ Trivia………………..11 Iconic Moments Pt.I………..….12 Iconic Moments Pt.II…………..13 Technical Challenges/Work….14 Soccer Documentaries…….....15 Answer Keys……………………16 2 Introduction As the current restrictions prevent us from delivering on-field programming, we have created this at-home booklet to keep our young United DFC players engaged in soccer, from home This booklet serves as an initial engagement tool, with more programming to be released over the coming days & weeks We will also be utilizing our connected club, the North Toronto Nitros’, YouTube Channel (with their permission granted) to provide our young players with some at-home technique-development practices/sessions. If you want to share your progress you can tag us on Twitter, Instagram or send the club an email! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ollie Hewish at [email protected] 3 United DFC & Me! EVERY UDFC player has a story, the tale of what makes you love being a player for our club. We want you to tell us that story and as a reward you will be featured on our club website udfc.ca in a special new feature called United & Me. To be a part of UDFC and Me just answer the questions below on this form (link below) When returning your form please attach a current headshot of yourself- preferably in your Navy UDFC match day kit or your goalkeepers' jersey! Here’s an example of what the UDFC & Me posts will look like LINK to FORM: https://forms.gle/QSAxWUpXyFtRcHb67 4 Match it Up Instructions: Look to match the columns with the worlds on the left (green) to the definitions on the right (blue) Canadian Men’s National Team 1 UDFC Champions League Winner A 2 CPL Soccer Nova Scotia B HFX Wanderers 3 Christine Sinclair C Head Coach United Dartmouth 4 Fun Football Club D The most important thing 5 SNS in soccer! E 6 Alphonso Davies Canadian Premier League F Canadian Women's National 7 Stephen Hart Team Captain & Top Scorer G 5 Spot the Difference Pt I Try and spot all the differences between the two pictures below! 6 Spot the Difference Pt II Try and spot all the differences between the two pictures below! 7 Word Search Try and find all the hidden words in this word-search! WORDS: UDFC Accountability Beckie Fleming Soccer Accessibility Messi Mcleod Canada Excellence Ronaldo Net Davies Passion Priestman Ball Sinclair Respect Buchanan Fun Leon Kane Chapman 8 Future United DFC Uniform If you could design new United DFC uniform, what would it look like? Would it have stripes? Would it have hoops? Would it have any cool features? Show us what you think! The only rule is that it must have some of our club colours (navy or green). Bonus: can you find somewhere for our club motto of ALL4ONE? FRONT BACK 9 Soccer Laws & Vocabulary Challenge your Soccer IQ with filling in the blanks of the Laws of the Game! 10 Soccer IQ Trivia Challenge your Soccer IQ by answering as many of the questions as you can! 1. Can you name which teams has won the most FIFA World Cups for the Men's and Women's tournaments? 2. Which men's and women's players have the most goals in World Cup history and how many do they each have? 3. What year was United DFC founded? 4. What are United DFC’s values? (Hint: check our website for clues!) 5. What Club team does Canadian Mens Star Alphonso Davies play for? 6. What is the name of the HFX Wanderers team mascot? 7. What jersey number does Christine Sinclair wear? 8. Who is the current coach of the HFX Wanderers? 9. What is the most played sport in Canada? 10. Who won the Golden Boots in the 2019 Women's FIFA World Cup & 2018 Men's FIFA World Cup? 11 Iconic Moments Quiz Pt. I Challenge your Soccer IQ by filling in as many of the blanks as you can! 1. Canada captain _______ ______ made soccer history by becoming the top international scorer with ____ goals. She broke ______ ________’s total of 184 goals, scoring for the second time against ____ _______ & ________ at the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. 2. On ____ 4th ______, ________ ________ scored the first ever goal for the HFX Wanderers in __ - 1 win over _____ FC. 12 Iconic Moments Quiz Pt. II Challenge your Soccer IQ by filling in as many of the blanks as you can! 3. ______ _______became the first women to record a ___ _____in a World Cup _____, and it took her just ___ minutes to accomplish the feat. 4. ________ ______ is the first Canadian male player to win a UEFA ______ _______ Final. ________ hoisted the trophy after his team __________ _________ defeated PSG __ - 0 in the final. 13 Video Technical Work / Challenges Check out these YouTube link. (Start at Level 1 and work your way up!) Try and work on as many of these activities as you can. Share videos or pictures of you trying these out with us via social media or email. Thanks to our friends & colleagues at North Toronto Soccer Club for these amazing resources. BALL MASTERY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgQ3hPWGr6k WALL-ACTIVITIES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1I25wCiJJA&list=PLKyoMUmQjWV4T7ickfWeCLz6lUAAinUCR PASSING & RECEIVING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAp0NPqwZf0&list=PLKyoMUmQjWV59QDJ8nO_owNGIQTJuzuyg JUGGLING CHALLENGES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5DCOFt54Xs&list=PLKyoMUmQjWV6PeWUzJXXnAc_v4HbWGzzx INDIVIDUAL TECHNIQUES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0EU8S0DPA0&list=PLKyoMUmQjWV571klGPEpas5NNyzrj0ycd 14 Soccer Documentaries / Videos Check out these awesome soccer documentary resources. THE RISE OF ALPHONSO DAVIES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVda_9Txayw STRIKERS – THE ART OF GOALSCORING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehyCgJclDMY USWNT: A NATION’S STORY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6tVoVpo00c 185: THE STORY OF THE GREATEST GOALSCORER OF ALL TIME, CHRISTINE SINCLAIR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6WnE__jNl0 15 ANSWER KEYS Answer Keys for Games: Match Game: 1-D, 2-F, 3-G, 4-E, 5-B, 6-A, 7-C IQ Trivia: 1. Men's: Brazil (5 Wolrd Cup titles) Women's: USA ( 4 World Cup titles) 2. Women's: Marta (Brazil) with 17 goals in 5 tournaments. Men's: Klose (Germany) with 16 goals in 4 tournaments. 3. 2018 4. Accountability, Accessibility, Excellence, Respect 5. Bayern Munich 6. Rover 7. #12 8. Stephen Hart 9. Soccer! 10. Megan Rapinoe & Harry Kane Moments Quiz 1. Christine Sinclair, 185, Abby Wambach, St. Kitts and Nevis 2. May, 2019, Akeem Garcia, 2, Forge 3. Carli Lloyd, hat trick, final, 16 4. Alphonso Davies, Champions League, Davies, Bayern Munich, 1 16 Special Mention & Thank You I would like to recognize and thank our friends and colleagues at North Toronto Nitros (NT) Soccer Club for their support and sharing of some of these at-home programming pieces. Unfortunately for NT being in Ontario, they have been faced with more harsh restrictions and on-field limitations for far longer than we have. As a result, they have had the resources & opportunities to build a fantastic bank of technique and skill videos which they have thankfully shared with us. Thank you to NT for supporting us while we endure this period of limited on-field program delivery. 17.