2022 Fall Soccer Update - Sept 16, 2022

IMPORTANT NOTE: It seems like the last few email messages have gone to the Spam folder for a lot of recipients.  Two emails were sent today to email addresses provided at registration - one for Coffee League and one for League.  If you did not receive those messages, please check your Spam folder and add the saintbarnabassoccer@gmail.com to your contacts if you haven't already done so.  Thanks.

Week 2 of the Coffee League is tomorrow morning.  For the Pre-K and Kindergarten teams, the session is flipped from last Saturday.  Team 3, Team 4, Team 7, and Team 8 will play at 8:30a while Team 1, Team 2, Team 5, and Team 6 will play at 9:30a. 

Coffee League participates from Grades 1-3 will still start at 9am.  No changes there.


2022 League Soccer

Varsity and Junior Varsity started off with wins in the opening games, but both suffered defeats in their second games.  Varsity plays tonight at 5:30, while the JV team kicks off early tomorrow at 9:00am.  Both games are at Park 581 (the St. Walter's Field). The full schedule for all league teams can be found in the links at the top of any page of the Blog. 


2022 Coffee League

It will still be warm tomorrow, so whether you bring your own coffee, tea, water, or other is up to you.  We intend to provide coffee and snacks one more time at the end of the season. We will announce that in advance.  If you would like to coordinate with some parents on the respective teams to bring drinks or snacks each week, go for it.

Uniforms have arrived and will be distributed prior to tomorrow's sessions. 

Rules of safety in all leagues include the following: All children should have shin guards in order to play.  Cleats are not required or expected.  Gym shoes are perfectly fine.  If plastic spikes are worn, they must be soccer cleats. Baseball or football cleats with a spike at the top of the shoe are prohibited.  So are metal cleats. All jewelry is also prohibited including earrings.  Younger children can cover new earrings with tape, but the best rule of thumb is that if ears aren't pierced before the season starts, it's best to wait until afterwards. 


KICS Super Saturday

In previous years, Chicago KICS Football Club has hosted a fall training session for our youth players. This weekend session is a sample of programming offered by KICS in their camps and club teams for youth soccer development.  Once the program is finalized, we will have a separate, free sign-up. For early interest, please contact Kevin O'Kelly at saintbarnabassoccer@gmail.com with any questions you might have. 

2022 Fall Soccer - League Soccer Updates

Greetings Buckeyes!

Best wishes for a great school year starting tomorrow and thank you for your patience as we've worked through the updates for the fall soccer season. 

League Soccer:

For all League Soccer, coaches should be contacting their teams withing the next day or two.  Games schedules have not been released yet, but generally the first game is no later than the Saturday following Labor Day.  

Rules of safety in all leagues include the following: All children must have shin guards in order to play.  There are no exceptions to that rule.  Plastic spikes are allowed (and encouraged), but they must be soccer cleats.  Baseball or football cleats with a spike at the top of the shoe are prohibited.  All jewelry is also prohibited including earrings.  Some seasons, referees would let younger children cover new earrings with tape, but other seasons the referees have been strict and didn't allow for it. Best rule of thumb if possible is that if ears aren't pierced before the season starts, it's best to wait until afterwards. 

Lastly, it's always good to bring a bottle of water to each game and practice. It is great for the kids to have their own ball, but that is not required.  We have enough for team drills, but not enough for each child to have their own for individual drills and outside practice.  If you bring your own ball, please put your last name or initials on it.

Teams in the 5th/6th and 7th/8th Grade Leagues will play six regular season games before Sunday October 16th with the possibility of a few playoff games following the regular season.

Eamon Reilly, Jose Rivero, and Mike Rom will be coaching the Varsity Team.
Ed Curley, Thomas Krabbe, and Joe Oswald will be coaching the JV Team.

Teams in the 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th Grade Leagues will play up to 12 regular season games before Sunday October 22nd. There are no playoffs for the Most Holy Redeemer Fall League.

Marco Tinio and Jen Theodule will be coaching the 3rd/4th Red Team.
Jose Rivero and Stacy Antonopoulos will be coaching the 3rd/4th White Team.
Drew Youpel and Sable Smith will be coaching the 3rd/4th Gray Team.

Mike Hohenadel, Maggie O'Reilly, and Kathleen Hogan will be coaching the 1st/2nd Red Team.
Pat Farrell, Kaley Farrell, and Joe Piko will be coaching the 1st/2nd White Team.
Dan Payne, Jessie Carroll, and Marty Carroll will be coaching the 1st/2nd Gray Team.

Thank you to all the coaches who make these seasons so successful.

Please contact Kevin O'Kelly at saintbarnabassoccer@gmail.com if you have any questions or haven't heard from your coach by Tuesday night.

Fall Saturday Soccer 2017

Welcome to the first week of the St. Barnabas Saturday Soccer program. We are still awaiting confirmation for schedules for the teams playing the catholic leagues, but you will hear directly from your coaches regarding practices and schedules. The schedules for the remainder of the Saturday soccer season will be sent sometime this week.

This year we are again starting the season with a mini-skills and coaching camp. The times for the skills camps by team are noted below. Please arrive 15 - 20 minutes before your team's assigned times so we can get uniforms distributed and have the teams meet their coaches. Team assignments follow the schedule. I also assigned setup parents as I will need help distributing uniforms and making sure the fields are set up.

Thanks for everyone's help in making sure Saturday soccer is a success!

Saturday 9/9 Schedule:
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Pre-K/K Team 1
Setup: McGrath, Brand 
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: First/Second Grade teams 1-4
Setup: Fasan, Walsh
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Pre-K/K Team 2
Setup: Klos, Carson
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: First/Second Grade teams 5-6, Third/Fourth grade students
Setup: Klancnik, Barsch
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Pre-K/K Team 3
Setup: Maclay-Ryan, Kaczor

Pre-K/Kindergarten Teams:
Team 1 - Sky Blue
Coach - Kate O'Loughlin
Team Parent - Sara Goth

Elena	Brand
Mia	Collado
Matthew	Gaffney
Elizabeth	Goth
Cameron	Goth
Sean	Hladik
Clare	Hladik
Molly	Kreiter
Mae	Kreiter
Jude	Long
Julia	Jennings
Nora	Murrihy
Grace	McGrath
Craig	mcshane
Ela	Rivero
Sean	Finn
Lindsey	Finn
Grace	Leslie
Gabe	Wills

Team 2 - Garnet Red
Coach - Chris Paula
Team Parent - Ashley Lomaglio

Olivia	Bradley
Chase	Bradley
Liam	Benton
Owen	Carson
Danny	Deenihan
Teddy	Gruszeczki
Emmy	Holland
Charlotte	King
Jack	King
Olivia	Klos
Audrey	Lunkes
Dottie	Lunkes
Samuel	Lomaglio
Christopher	Martin
Richard	Mayorga
Reagan	McKenna
Katie	Oswald
Evey	Paula
Brannon	Welch

Team 3 - Neon Green 
Coach - Joe Stoiber
Team Parent - Peggie Grossman

Ivon	Blas
Nate	Burke
Allison	Burke
Jeremy	Clayton
Leo	Curley
Eden	Grossman
Gavin	Groth
Lucia	Hilbert
Lillian	Hurd
Owen	Kaczor
emily	lyon
Nathan	Maclay-Ryan
James	Lakawitch
Charles	McCarihan
Fiona	McGarry
Jacob	Pearson
Anne	Stoiber
Kenji	Taylor
Andrew	Walsh
Alex	Walsh

First and Second Grade Teams:

Team #	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3	Team 4	Team 5	Team 6
Team Color	Green	Sky Blue	Garnet	Orange	Gold	Navy Blue
Coaches	Smith/Gonzalez	Rom/Baudo	McNerney/Reilly	Rivero	Kaskie	Hollinger/Lakawich
Team Members	Kellen Boehm	Colm Crowley	Finn McNerney	Rafa Rivero	James Kaskie	David Hollinger
	Christopher Smith	Parker Baudo	Cal Covotsos	Finian Rivero	Finn Curley	Marty Lakawich
	Jack Gonzalez	Logan Hill	Jimmy Jennings	Jonah Maclay-Ryan	David Williams	Brendan Stoiber
	Aiden Bradley	Alexander Rom	Jack Reilly	Sam Konrath	Kyl Hampton	Kieran McGarry
	Maggie Kreiter	Luke Klancnik	Maeve McNerney	Lydia Brand	Vivian Long	Reese Shelly
	Elizabeth Walsh	Olivia Benton	Symone Blas	Molly Fasan	Meena Holland	Gracie Groth
		Molly McShane	Madison Finn	Lorelei Welch
Team Parent	Bradley	Hill	Blas	Rivero	Curley	McGarry

Third/Fourth Grade Teams:
Coaches: Kevin Barron and Ed Hollinger
Teams will be divided up by the coaches during the first day of soccer.
Team Parent: Gorski
Participants:

Will	Walsh
Benjamin	Gorski
Cree	Hampton
Henry	Konrath
Andrew	Hollinger
Trinity	Franklin
Danny	Barsch
Emmett	Barron
Isabelle	Bradley
Quinn	McCarihan
Ben	Klancnik