It’s raining here in Chula Vista, & it’s supposed to keep raining through Saturday.  So, I emailed the President of the Pumas today to ask what they were going to do about tryouts on Feb 6th.

His reply:

Hi Carey,
Official word parks are closed till Monday so we are re-scheduling. Info will be up by Sunday on time and place.

Thank You
Hugo

The next tryouts in the Southbay area are coming up on Saturday:
PUMAS USA will have tryouts on Saturday, Feb 6
9am-noon at Winding Walk Park on Exploration Falls Drive.

Notts Forest tryouts started on Feb 1st & will continue next week.

Many clubs are starting their tryouts on Monday, February 8th:

• Bonita Rebels
• Nomads SC
• Albion

CHECK THE TRYOUTS PAGE for all of the info.

Good luck at all of your tryouts!

Some great soccer jugging tips fromJen Lalor Nielsen of JBSoccertraining.com
Now I wanna know if Joseph has mastered the “pyramid game” she does at the end! I bet he can do it!

State Cup is over for the BU11 Crusaders team, but the boys had a great weekend together.
Mat really enjoyed learning from and playing for Coach Rick.
This pic was from the final game, when CSC tied Capo 2-2:

Matthew Schumacher

Here’s video of the tying goal. With 1 minute left, Mat dropped the corner kick into the box, and the forward knocked it in for the goal:

Here’s a video from Day 1, Game 1, when the CSC forward was on the receiving end of a dirty foul. Mat took the free kick and tried for a high shot at the near post:

The next time the CSC forward was fouled in scoring range, Mat took the free kick, and he decided to shoot a little lower because the goalie seemed better at saving the higher shots:

Here are more CSC pics from the weekend:

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