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posted 05/18/2009 Major Program Changes to the U-10 Soccer Program
Beginning in the Fall 2009 season Lynnfield Youth Soccer Club (“LYSC”) is happy to announce that Lynnfield and Danvers have formed an inter-town league for our U-10 boys and girls teams. Both towns will play their U-10 teams exclusively in this new program.
There are a number of benefits with this change. One of the major challenges facing Lynnfield is that other towns are travelling only select teams at U-10 while we have been putting all or our players into the travel program. It is also difficult for Essex County Youth Soccer Association (“ECYSA”) to properly match up teams at this level as the size of towns (and number of teams playing) may vary greatly, coupled with this being the first year teams travel to other town for games. Stepping away from the challenge of matching teams up evenly in the larger pool within EYSCA , Lynnfield looks forward to partnering with one other town, which will allow for a more constructive and “development-focused” effort. Danvers has a very good soccer program and this will allow our partnership to be on an even level.
The following are the general guidelines for the league with Danvers:
- League play will parallel Essex County’s schedule
- Games will be on Sundays at 12:30 or 2:00
- Players will wear the same uniforms as U-12 and U-14 travel teams
- All games will be refereed by Essex County referees. The look and feel will be the same as the full travel program
- Teams will be balanced in an effort to make all teams equal (both in age and ability)
- Away games will be in Danvers only
- Player development will continue to be the major focus at this age level
- U-10 players will go though the same tryout process as the U-12 and U-14 players
LYSC is very excited about this new league. We feel it provides our program with more control of our U-10 group and the ability to develop better players as a result, while providing a better environment for the players to thrive, improve, and enjoy the game of soccer. Our expectation is to add a third local town next in the fall 2010 season.
If you have any questions, please contact Brian Hauser, our new U-10 Director, at
