ITS Newsletter

TOPS confirm PlayUSA as tournament venue,
and 2005 Spring schedules now posted!!!

Complete schedules for Spring 2005 have now been posted and, in an exciting new development, TOP Soccer have announced that the annual end of season tournament will take place at the indoor PlayUSA facility in Aurora on Saturday June 4th.

For the 2005 season TOPS will, for the first time in its history, end the season with a round robin tournament at the indoor PlayUSA facility, located central to all the participating sites.

TOPS have also posted schedules for the regular season on this website and, in trying to maintain the most successful aspects of the program as well as progressing it to a new level, will retain practices at the four locations used last Fall.

The new schedule also means a return to the traditional four o'clock kick-off time for the majority of the sites.

Plans are being put in place for the big kick-off on April 16th and each site will run for six weeks before breaking for the Memorial Day weekend holiday. Each site has an 'off-week' built into their program  to accommodate the specific needs of that particular area.

The Spring 2005 season will conclude with the round-robin celebration tournament at the PlayUSA site running from 3-5pm on June 4th.

The indoor facility guarantees their will be no inclement weather issues on the final day and will allow the participants to escape the worst of the June heat. The tournament games will be appropriately time-controlled and divided on age-specific lines to allow each player to get the best out of their participation.

PlayUSA features one full-sized indoor field for tournament games, and one smaller practice field for activities. There is also a giant timed scoreboard to add to the final day tournament excitement.

In other developments, our updated curriculum is nearing completion, ensuring the highest quality of
practice exercises and games for our players and discussions are ongoing about the possibility of including PlayUSA as an inclement weather site throughout the season.

In addition, coaches from the Chicago Fire youth development program will be brought in to assist at each site for the first time, and TOP Soccer will be working to implement the changes and improvements suggested by your feedback and comments.

TOP Soccer encourages you to keep checking the website prior to and throughout the season to keep up to date will all the latest TOPS developments.

 

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