The Dixie Saints began their journey over seven and half years ago in REP at the age of 10. The Saints entry into SRSL began in the first Division with the goal of promotion to OYSL at the age of 14. The Saints represent girls born in 1990. As coaches we had a long range more »
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The 3 big issues with recovery from training and game/competition that a soccer player needs to look at are the following: Fluid Ingestion/Hydration, Nutrition/Protein for muscle recovery and Rest/Mental recovery. The buzz these days, if one searches the research, is that milk or chocolate milk is an effective post exercise/competition drink. In the past, sports more »
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Meal Plans for Travel and Game DaysA. Breakfast 8:00 am Cereals ( hot or cold ) Bread, buns, pancakes, waffles, muffins, bagels, jams, butter Fresh or dried fruit, Juice, bottled water, skim or chocolate milk, tea, coffee Training (Optional) 10:00 — 12:00 noon B. Lunch 12:30 pm Soup, leafy green salads Breads, buns, butter Pizza, more »
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LAVAL, PQ, Sunday, April 20, 2008 — The Ontario U14 Girls closed their Quebec Spring Training Tour with another great performance, beating Team Quebec 5-3. Goals were registered by Ashely Campbell, Nicole Waters, Amani Thomas and Kinlye McNicoll (2). The game was dominated by Team Ontario and it was a very good result for the more »
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VAUGHAN, ON – Over 50 professional and volunteer coach from across the GTA took advantage of an opportunity to find out more about the world-renowned French development system. François Rodrigues, Youth Technical Director for Havre Athletic Club (‘Le Havre’) was in Toronto to visit a local academy and capped off his visit with a 2-day more »
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LAVAL, PQ, Saturday, April 19, 2008 — The Ontario U14 Girls overcame a 2-0 deficit in a great come-from-behind effort to beat Quebec 4-3. A questionable offside non-call cost Ontario the first goal and a subsequent error gave La Belle Province an early 2-0 lead. After these set-backs, Team Ontario started taking care of business more »
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CHARLOTTE, NC, USA — The Ontario U16 Girls played the third of four exhibition games on their current training tour at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, on Saturday, April 12th, against a North Carolina ’91 ODP (Olympic Development Program) team. In a reprise of Friday’s game, Team Ontario started off slowly in the first more »
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CHARLOTTE, NC, USA — The Ontario U16 Girls played the second of four exhibition games on their current training tour at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, on Friday, April 11th, facing the High Point University Women’s Team. Ontario started the game off slowly and found themselves down for the first time in their training more »
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JUAREZ, México — Believe it: Canada is Beijing bound after a 1:0 victory over Mexico in the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament in Ciudad Juarez. The Canucks won the 9 April semi-final to qualify for the Summer Olympics. The Canadian entry will be Canada’™s first in 24 years and the first for the Canadian women’s more »
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Gérard Houllier Coaching Clinic in Oakville Guest Coach Gérard HoullierFrench FA National Technical Director Friday April 18 6:00pm to 8:30pm Coaching clinic includes on-field sessions (French player development)and in-classroom session + Q&A (Key ingredients for a winning team)
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