Some Outdoor Season Reminders For Coaches And Parents!

For some of our Clubs, the 2013 outdoor season will be their first opportunity to move “full speed ahead” with next steps in terms of the implementation of Long-Term Player Development (LTPD). Some Districts and Clubs are further along the path than others, but all should now be poised to make real progress based on more »


Niagara Falls OSA Annual General Meeting Draws Passionate Soccer Audience

The weekend of April 13 and 14 brought together soccer leaders from across the province, representing a wide range of Districts and Clubs. Much of the Soccer ’13 Conference focused on the Soccer for Life (U13 and up) pathway, though there was a bit of something for everyone in the presentations that were delivered on more »


Come See The Beautiful Game’s Most Celebrated Trophy

FIFA World Cup Trophy at Trios Sportsplex


THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TROPHY IS COMING!!!

The current Premier League trophy was created by Royal Jewellers Asprey of London, weighting 25 kg with its main body made of solid sterling silver and silver gilt, with a base made of a semi-precious stone, malachite. Malachite’s green colour is also representative of the green field of play. The design of the trophy is more »


2013 OSA Coaches’ Conference A Genuine Success Reaching Our Coaches “Where they Live”

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 »


2013 Soccer Conference Now Open For Registration

The Ontario Soccer Association’s 2013 Soccer Conference is now open for registration. This year’s event will be held in Niagara Falls on April 12-14 and is being hosted by the Niagara Soccer Association. The Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls/Fallsview will accommodate the conference, and offers a diverse array of entertainment. Being in the heart more »


Open Mic With OSA President, Ron Smale

  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 »


Working Through The Questions Raised About LTPD: An Update

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 »


LTPD Implementation Update

I want to update you in terms of how we are moving forward with LTPD on the heels of the stakeholder sessions that OSA staff held late last fall in 11 different cities across the province. We are following our timelines and working toward some important deadlines while making significant progress along the way. Many more »


"Open Mic With OSA President, Ron Smale"

On Wednesday, January 23 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 Soccer in Ontario. The call in number is 1-888-999-5880 more »