The success of the Cranford Soccer Club is directly tied to the people who volunteer.  Whether it’s helping to maintain and line fields or coaching a team, your assistance is greatly needed, perhaps now more so than ever.  In the fall of 2010, we experienced the largest number of player registrations in the 30-year history of our program.  As a result, we found ourselves short of coaches.  Without coaches, we cannot roster teams.  So we are strongly encouraging you to volunteer your time to coach your child’s team next spring.  We do understand that not everyone is comfortable being a coach perhaps because you didn’t play the sport.  We will do everything we can to help make this an enjoyable experience by providing you with the basic skills necessary to be a youth soccer coach. Volunteering your time as a coach is a rewarding experience that you will not soon forget. 

The Cranford Soccer Club, in conjunction with CHS Girls varsity Coach Jen Michewicz, will be putting together Summer Select teams in the U11 & U12 girls divisions.

The  Summer Select program would be a six week program running from approximately June 14th - July 24th. It would provide players with an opportunity to play competitive soccer during the months of June and July. Focus will be placed on improving individual technique and ball skills, along with team tactics, and leadership/team building training. During that time the team would participate in 10 training sessions each 1.5 hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 3 weekend tournaments located in NJ. 

In addition to the two $500 Scholarships that the Cranford Soccer Club issues each year, Mid New Jersey Soccer Association has their own scholarships available.  Click on continue to learn more:

On June 2nd and 4th the Cranford Soccer Club will be hosting an F license course.  Thursday, June 2nd will be held at the Cranford Rec Center at 6:30pm and Saturday’s session on  June 4th will be held in the Cranford High School gym and start in the morning and run for about 6 hours.  If you are interested in coaching or developing a better understanding of the game, please email me at pete.anton@gmail.com for the special regsitration link.  Registration is first come, first serve, but hopefully we should get everyone into the course that we need to from Cranford.

Thank you,

Pete Antoniewicz

VP of Coach and Player Development

pete.anton@gmail.com

Club Members,

We are in the process of assessing the Cranford Soccer Club.  We need your help!  Below you will find a link to the “Parent’s Voice Survey”.  This is your chance to make meaningful comments regarding the Cranford Soccer Club.  The data from this survey will help us in the future to better serve you and your children.  Your feedback will remain confidential to the members of the Board of Directors of the Cranford Soccer Club (CSC). 

Here is the link to the Parent’s Voice Survey:

Click here to take the survey now. The survey was created with eSurveysPro.com survey software.


Thank you for your time, assistance and feedback.  It is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Dave Paradiso
President
Cranford Soccer Club

Sara Gugliucci and Eric Walano

The scholarships were presented by Hank Di Iorio on June 7 at Cranford High School. Best wishes to Sara and Eric for the future!

Cranford, NJ – Registration for the Fall 2011 Peanut, Recreational, Intercounty and Travel Soccer season is now open for all interested players by clicking here.  Early registration will close on August 1st, 2011.  All players who register before the deadline are guaranteed placement on a team. All players registering after August 1st will be placed on a wait list.  The wait list registration period will run until August 21st at which point registration will be officially closed.

** Please note: Rec 1 Boys and Rec 2 Boys are now full and currently on Wait List. **

Online Registration Only
Please note that the Cranford Soccer Club requires that all players to be registered using our secure and safe on-line access.  Payments can be made online using a credit card, but may also be made by check. If paying by check, please include a copy of the confirmation receipt received and ensure payment is sent within 5 days of your registration or the registration will become invalid. For those who do not have Internet access, please visit our local library. NO MANUAL FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The Cranford Soccer Club is pleased to announce the launch of our Spirit Apparel Sale.
The Sale runs through September 15th.

Place your order today go to:
www.teamgearinc.com/cranfordfallsoccer

Show your Spirit and Club Support by purchasing and wearing the Cranford Soccer Club Apparel.

The Cranford Soccer Club is a not-for-profit volunteer organization, whose goal is to
help foster the enhancement and development of soccer for all ages and abilities.

All profits go toward this endeavor, helping offset substantial player, equipment
& field maintenance costs incurred by the club on a regular basis.

Thursday, September 8th from 8 – 9 p.m. Cranford Community Center 
 

The Cranford Soccer Club has revised the referee requirements for reimbursements. Please click here for more information.

Any questions, please contact Marcelle Aldredge.

Please do not practice in front of the goals unless they have been moved to the side of the field. The Goalie boxes are in rough shape and must be preserved for gameday. The Rec coaches of divisions that conduct weekly practice– Rec1 & Rec2 – were all supplied with a set of PUGG nets! You also have cones and discs.
 
Please practice on the side of fields as needed when fields are wet or muddy.
 
On Game day (Saturday am) head coaches must double-check field condition and determined if you want to play. Paul Skelton our VP of Operations can not always check our fields in time for you to cancel refs or trainers. Sorry but those playing at 9am obviously have much more responsibility in this regard.
 
Our website “field status alert” is NOT real time and relies on someone checking the fields then someone else manually updating the alert system. Sorry but if it says “open” the fields might really be CLOSED and vice versa. Do not go by our Field Status Alert Saturday morning except if the timestamp is recent (within the hour).
 
Rec 1 coaches, please forward this to parents… At Walnut Ave Saturday mornings, please do not allow kids to play with dump truck and/or shovel toys in the field areas that have more dirt than grass. There have been several reports of unsupervised young kids doing this and it’s damaging the field.
 

Cranford Soccer Club Parents,

On behalf of the Cranford Soccer Club we would like to thank you for supporting the Cranford Soccer Club through the Spirit Wear sale. The Cranford Soccer Club is a volunteer organization and all profits from this endeavor will help offset substantial player, equipment & –field maintenance costs incurred by the club on a regular basis.  Thank you again for participating and enjoy your Spirit Wear.

We have volunteers to help distribute the orders during the next few days. If you did not receive an email regarding order distribution or have any issue with an order please contact Tammie Henderson at cthenderson@verizon.net.

docs/Travel/travelcoaches/Travel Soccer Tryout and Selection Policy.pdf

All children who wish to participate in travel tryouts must be registered prior to tryouts and pay a one time non-refundable fee of $10 per player.  Registration will open starting March 28th. Absolutely no travel tryout registrations or money will be accepted after the deadline of April 25th. 

All travel teams will be finalized by the week of June  7th .

Please email cranfordsoccertryouts@yahoo.com with any questions.

Click Continue for travel tryout dates and times.

Teams that miss that night must go to : Kicks N Sticks at retail location: 2933 Vauxhall Rd. Vauxhall, NJ (908)688-6463 with a copy of the roster to tryon uniform and payment for each player no later than July 15 (NO EXEPTIONS) Orders that are placed by coaches without tryons cannot be exchanged or returned if it has a logo or number.

Orders that are placed after July 15 will not be ready for season opener.


PRICE PER PLAYER will be $90 Payable to : Cranford Soccer Club which includes (2) Shirts, 2 socks, shorts the total Retail for the set is $142.00 (which includes our logo on the shirts and number.

Checks or Cash ONLY.

I need a ROSTER by all Travel coaches that will be ordering uniforms including teams that just have new players to add ,roster should include Team name, age & sex coaches contact info. players names dates of birth and numbers that they want on the individual shirts. By June 18, 2011

Note: If the coaches desire to put names on shirts we need one check payable to : Kicks N Sticks Inc. the cost is $10 per player for both shirts along with the roster and exact name to be printed. You can provide by Aug. 15, 2011

Note: Current XARA Uniform style ends January 2012 if you need to add new players it needs to be done with this order.




The Cranford Soccer Club is a not-for-profit volunteer organization, whose goal
is to help foster the enhancement and development of soccer for all ages and abilities.

• Meridian United Premier wins U-19 bracket at Central Jersey Invitational July 9-10 at Fort Dix.
• Congratulations to the champion, first-place Cranford Panthers. They won 1-0 in double overtime in 90 degree heat. The Intercounty U12 Soccer Division A 2011 champions

To our Valued Customers:
 
The holiday shopping season is just right around the corner and it also our time of the year to thank you for your loyalty and business. There is no better way to say thanks then with a sale.  We will once again have our Customer Appreciation 25% Discount Sale, so stop in and take advantage of great savings on all of the new footwear, apparel and equipment from all of your favorite brands- Adidas, Under Armour, Nike, Warrior, STX and many others.

Thank you for your feedback. The “Parent’s Voice Survey” provides valuable feedback to the Cranford Soccer Club and it’s volunteers.  We would like to share 2010-2011 results along with questions and answers. 

As the 2012 year begins, the Cranford Soccer Club starts planning for 2012-2013 soccer year and will be looking for new volunteers. The Cranford Soccer Club is made up of volunteers from the board to the coaches to the Webmaster.  Whatever time and/or skill you have, your help would be appreciated as the club is only as good as we make it.

Many of you responded you would like to volunteer on the survey, but we do not know who you are. Please email cranfordsoccer.info@gmail.com with your contact information and how you would like to volunteer.

Open Positions:

Field Manager

Finance Committee

Operations Committee

Visit the FAQ tab or click here... http://www.cranfordsoccer.net/FAQ/index_E.html

The Board of Directors and Club Volunteers would like to publicly thank all who donated funds to the Cranford Soccer Club during their registration process for the fall 2010/spring 2011 season.  As a non-profit entity, the Cranford Soccer Club relies on registrations fees, volunteers, and the kindness of the community so that it can provide soccer programs for youths and adults in Cranford.

The Cranford Soccer Club (CSC) / Passback Program is proud to announce its partnership with The Jumble Store, owned and operated by the Junior League of Elizabeth – Plainfield, located at 110 Walnut Avenue in Cranford.  The Jumble Store will gladly accept your gently used soccer clothing and equipment on behalf of the Cranford Soccer Club.  Look for the Official Passback Program collection bin inside of the Jumble Store beginning Saturday, September 11, 2010 during their hours of operation Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm & Thursdays until 8:00 pm. 

A Registration Refund Policy has been implemented as of June 1st 2010.  Please read before registering.