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TOPSoccer Round Robin Elizabethtown Youth Soccer is hosting the 3^rd Annual Round Robin Festival April 5^th, 2008 at the Pritchard Community Center in E-town. This full day of fun will include face painting, popcorn soccer, soccer bowling and much, much more. This event is open to all special needs family and please note everyone will need to register no later than March 25^th. To check out last pictures from the 2007 event, please click here.

To get more information on the 2008 Round Robin, including contact information, please click here.

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Coaching Education Courses Jumping This Spring Could you use some new ideas and coaching concepts for the spring soccer season? You should consider a Kentucky Youth Soccer Coaching Education course; most courses have updated curriculum from US Soccer Coaching Education Department. No matter how long you’ve been coaching, attending on the Kentucky Youth Soccer Coaching Education Courses will provide instant benefits for your players. If you don’t attend, your players might be left behind. For more detailed information, please check out our coaching education page.

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Kentucky’s John Duvall Named US Youth Soccer Volunteer of the Year PITTSBURGH (February 8, 2008) - The recipient of the 2007 US Youth Soccer Volunteer of the Year was announced tonight at the US Youth Soccer Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the 2008 US Youth Soccer adidas Workshop at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, in Pittsburgh. The national Volunteer of the Year award winner is John Duvall. To view the video, please click here.

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Club Directory US Youth Soccer recently launched a new, free service to USYouthSoccer.org with the club directory. In an effort to assist those seeking US Youth Soccer programs in their area or maybe an area that they'll be moving to in the future, the Club Directory will provide 24-hour access to club, league and association searches via USYouthSoccer.org.

Don't delay on getting your club's information in the directory. To enroll your clubs information, please click here.

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Kentucky Youth Soccer Launches Blog

Kentucky Youth Soccer is announcing the launch of the Kentucky Youth Soccer Blog. The goal of this blog is to provide the online community an additional way to communicate the great game of soccer. To visit the Kentucky Youth Soccer Blog, please the click here.

Want to contribute to the blog? Let us know by contacting us at: marketing@kysoccer.net.

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Player Development Program State Camp a Great Success Kentucky Youth Soccer Player Development Program (PDP) Camp took place the weekend of July 13-15 at Union College in Barbourville, KY. 36 Boys and 26 Girls in the 1995 age group came together at Union for training, small-sided matches, team building, goal setting, and match analysis sessions throughout the weekend. For more information about the PDP program, including the upcoming August 11^th tryouts for all players born in the 1996 age group, please click here

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2008 Kentucky Youth Soccer Coach's Handbook

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For over a decade and a half, Kentucky Youth Soccer has been preparing a handbook for member associations that they can used to assists coaches to be their best by providing information on how to appropriately coach players at each age and level of development. Now the handbook is available on line to help parent as well to learn the game and be help their player at home to practice on their own. To download your own copy of the new 2008 Handbook, please click here

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2007 State Award Winners Announced

The recipients of the 2007 Kentucky Youth Soccer Awards were announced over the weekend at the Awards Luncheon held in conjunction with the Kentucky Youth Soccer Annual General Meeting at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort.


Eurosport Player of the Year - Girls Kaylyn Pratt	Eurosport Player of the Year - Boys Lepe Seetane	Eurosport Young Referee of the Year - Female Stephanie Cagle	Eurosport Young Referee of the Year – Male David Lock	Eurosport Recreational Coach of the Year – Girls Isaac Caton

Eurosport Competitive Coach of the Year – Girls Jim Tussey	Eurosport Competitive Coach of the Year – Boys Thabane Sutu	adidas Volunteer of the Year John Duval	adidas Admin-istrator of the Year Stephanie Hodge	Kohl’s Parents of the Year Michele Willard

For more information, please contact us at: StateOffice@kysoccer.net

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