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OSA President Ron Smale delivering a speech at the 2013 AGM NIAGARA, ON — The Ontario Soccer Association’s 2013 Soccer Conference took place two weeks ago and was a resounding success. Hosted By The Niagara Soccer Assocation April 11-14, the soccer community engaged in Board Meetings, Workshops, an Awards Banquet, and the Annual General Meeting. more »

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VAUGHAN, ON — The Ontario Soccer Association has announced the Center Circle Award recipients for 2013. The Center Circle Awards are The Ontario Soccer Association’s highest level of recognition and are presented annually to individuals and organizations nominated on the basis of their outstanding contributions to the development of soccer in Ontario. Recipients of Center more »

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We were absolutely thrilled to see close to 500 coaches—many volunteer youth coaches—on hand from all across Ontario this past weekend for our annual Coaches’ Conference. It was uplifting for us to see the passion that was on display all day Sunday. The Conference followed on the heels of the very well attended and highly more »

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  On Wednesday, March 2013 from 7 to 8 pm, join OSA President Ron Smale on "Red Card" with host Anthony Totera for an open discussion on the beautiful game of soccer in Ontario. You are invited to call in and ask questions of the President regarding "Grassroots Soccer" in Ontario. The call in number more »

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OSA Membership!   The CBC asked me to write a short piece on “scoreless soccer” because they had received a lot of reaction to my update a week ago posted on the OSA web site. Let me start by simply saying the premise of that statement is not correct. The OSA is not introducing across-the-board more »

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