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October 31st
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 Canada Soccer Player Pathway
The Canadian Soccer Association (Canada Soccer) recently released the new Canada Soccer Pathway, providing a roadmap for players of all ages and aspirations who want to play soccer at the recreation, competitive or high performance (EXCEL) levels, with the aim of encouraging lifelong participation. In support of this pathway, Canada Soccer has also released more detailed information on the Men's and Women's EXCEL Streams in the form of guides for players and their parents. The Men's EXCEL stream is a new approach by Canada Soccer to unite and strengthen the ways that the most promising young athletes from across Canada are identified and developed to help drive elite men's soccer forward. As part of the Canada Soccer Pathway, the Women's EXCEL Program is designed to ensure more of Canada's exceptional young female players find their way into the best competitive environments, so that our Women's National Team is provided with a steady stream of players meeting high standards to keep us competitive on the world stage. These new approaches to soccer in Canada represent a significant change to past practices. As such, it is important to understand their impacts on soccer in Saskatchewan and alignment to the SSA stream-based model. Dave Nutt, Director of Soccer Operations, will be presenting on the Canada Soccer Pathway and it's alignment to the SSA stream-based model as a part of the upcoming Member Consultation. For additional information on the Canada Soccer Pathway, click here. |
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High Performance Stream Report
by Terrol Russel, Manager SSA High Performance Stream
High-Performance Development Centre
The High-Performance Development Centre (HPDC) completed its second year of full-time operation in July, 2014. The program began five years ago as the Regional Training Centre and then the National Development Centre. In that period of time 100% of the participating athletes have graduated to College or University programs. The HPDC program also prepares athletes for National Team opportunities and/or Semi/Professional Club play...
Click here to read the full High Performance Stream Report with details in the following areas:
- High Performance Development Centre
- Centre of Coaching Excellence
- Centre of Excellence
- Centre of Goalkeeping Excellence
- Prairie High-Performance League
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National Championships
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Challenge Trophy Bronze Medalists |
This year's Club Nationals took place from October 8th to October 13th in Charlottetown, PE; Mount Pearl, NL; Surrey, BC and Vaughan, ON.
Congratulations to the following teams on their accomplishments, both in qualifying for Nationals and at the events themselves!
Men's Challenge Trophy - Vaughn, ON
Congratulations to the HUSA Alumni on bringing home the bronze medal!
U14 Cup (Boys and Girls) - Charlottetown, PEI
- U14 Boys Unidad
- U14 Girls Aurora Concordes
- Click here for full results
U16 Cup (Boys and Girls) - Mount Pearl, NL
- U16 Boys Unidad
- U16 Girls Unidad
- Click here for full results
U18 Cup (Boys and Girls) - Surrey, BC
- U18 Boys Unidad
- U18 Girls QCT United
- Click here for full results
Western Masters
The Western Masters took place in Calgary Alberta, September 25th to 28th.
Saskatoon Arsenal represented Saskatchewan well and displayed a great performance throughout the competition. Congratulations to the Saskatchewan Masters Champions!
Saskatoon Arsenal placed 4th overall. Click here for full results.
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Saskatchewan Officials
Riding High!
It is a great honor to announce that four Saskatchewan Referees were present at the U18 Club Nationals in Surrey BC. U18 Cup is a paramount competition for aspiring National List Officials as it is the gateway to joining the National List. CSA National Assessors utilized this opportunity to assess the performances for the officials that have been invited.
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As of January 1, 2014 the 'old' Community Coaching levels are no longer recognized. For a complete list of Coaching Courses, please click here.
For further information or to host a coaching course, please contact Udo Baecker at [email protected] or (306) 780-9225 Ext.2
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PSL Post-Season Meeting
Please be reminded of the upcoming 2014 Premier Soccer League (PSL) Post-Season Meeting taking place on Tuesday, October 28th from 7:00-9:00 pm. The meeting will be held via video conference at the Sask Sport Offices in Regina (1870 Lorne Street, Boardroom) and Saskatoon (510 Cynthia Street, Room 140) and include the opportunity to join via conference call for those from other communities interested in participating.
Click here for the meeting agenda further details.
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Respect in Sport
Respect in Sport (RiS) certification is now mandatory for all Coaches and Team Personnel registered in Indoor 2014/15.
All coaches who have yet to obtain their RiS Certification must achieve it prior to participating in their first team event. The RiS Training Course is available at no cost online at http://www.sasksport.sk.ca/RiS/
Congratulations go out to the nearly 2000 coaches who already have completed their RiS Certification at this time!
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GoalLine and Risk Management Update
Implementation of GoalLine Province Wide
The SSA now has the majority of Regular Members and a number of Associates using GoalLine.
In 2015 our goal will be to engage all remaining Member Organizations to utilize GoalLine for all registration so that we can reach our goal of 100% participation by Outdoor 2016.
Nicole Knecht will be contacting those who have not yet initiated to begin your implementation strategy in the near future; if you would like more information or to attend a GoalLine webinar please contact [email protected].
Risk Management
Saskatchewan Soccer plays an important oversight role providing guidance to all Member Organizations to develop Risk Management and best practices in soccer administration. Aside from registration, GoalLine plays an important role by taking the pressure off Member Organization volunteers and staff in a number of key Risk Management and administrative areas including:
- Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL)
- Assumption of Risk and Waiver of Liability requirements
- Tracking of required standards including Volunteer Screening and Police Record Checks
- Tracking of Respect in Sport and coaching and referee certifications
- Security of confidential and personal information
- Issuing of receipts and Child Fitness Tax receipts
In June the SSA sent out express consent requests to 500 Member Organization and SSA key contacts. Our response rate is currently at 2.8%. We would appreciate your support to provide express consent so that we can establish compliance with CASL.
Before you click to read more... please click the "Yes, please keep me informed" button below.
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*Please be advised: Your personal information will not be used for any purpose other than that for which your consent has been given.
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Provincial Championships
The Saskatchewan Soccer Association is very pleased to confirm the dates and venues of this winter's Soccer 4 Life (S4L) Indoor Youth Provincial Championships as follows:
- February 27-March 1, 2015 - S4L 6-aside Indoor Youth Provincial Championship in Saskatoon
- March 6-8, 2015 - S4L 8-aside Indoor Youth Provincial Championship in Regina
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