Academy Parents:
We would like to inform you about an upcoming game recently scheduled with the Bigfork U-10/11 Girls team. Our Academy Girls Ages 9 and older will participate in the game schedule next Tuesday, May 17 at 5:30pm Smith Fields. If your daughter in this age group, please have them arrive at Smith Fields by 5:00pm with their white academy t-shirts, black shorts and socks, shinguards and cleats. The game will be 8v8 including goalkeepers with two 30 minute halves. Since we have several girls within this age group, we will split our girls up into two teams that will each compete in on half of the game.
Please let me know if your daughter is unable to participate in the game by the end of the week. All other Academy participants will train at the fields from 5:30-7:00pm as scheduled.
Kalispell Play Date:
The Flathead Force Soccer Club will be hosting a play date with our Academy Club and the Polson Soccer Club Saturday, May 21 at Kidsport Fields in Kalispell. We need to find out if your son and/or daughter will be able to participate in the games. The schedule will be finalized after receiving confirmation from all teams/clubs that will be involved. We would like to bring a U-10 Girls and Boys team, as well as a U-11 Boys and Girls Team. The U-10’s will play 6v6 including goalkeepers with two 25 minute halves. The U-11’s will play 8v8 including goalkeepers with two 30 minute halves. Each team will play two games on the day, typically morning and afternoon. All players will need to bring their white academy t-shirts, black shorts and socks, shinguards and cleats. We will have colored scrimmage vests available if our opponents have the same color jersey.
We need to know if your son and/or daughter will be participating in this event. Please let me know via email ASAP, so that we can finalize the schedule accordingly. After the game times have been announced, you will receive the information via email, as well as on our blog page. Also, we would like to see if any parents may be willing to volunteer as parent trainer coaches during the event. It will be a full day, so it would be advantageous to have a parent representative associated with each team. Please let me know if you have any interest in getting involved. If so, I will follow up with you prior to the play date with detailed information. We plan to run scrimmages with our teams on Thursday, May 19 in preparation of the event. This will be a great opportunity to work hands on with the academy coaches and the players before the big day!
The Micro Academy participants; Boys and Girls Ages 8 and under will be focusing on internal small sided games and technical skill development. However, Flathead Force has a similar program and we may be willing to coordinate a micro soccer event sometime within the next few weeks. We will keep you posted with any developments.
Thanks,
Ryan Billiet, Academy Director
Montana Flathead Rapids
Tel: (719) 214-0344
