Longmeadow Soccer Association

The philosophy of the LSA board, simply put is this: our role is to help players develop personal and team skills, get exercise and have fun. We do not keep score in the in-town league, and there are no play-off games. A round-robin style Jamboree is held at the end of the year for the 4th through 8th grades.

Players' and coaches' post cards will be sent shortly after August 15. The cards tell the players who their coach is and the coach's phone number. The coaches meeting is at the Community House near the end of August. At that meeting, coaches get their team assignments and rosters, and an equipment bag with uniforms, balls and cones.

Our season begins in September, on the first Sunday after the school year begins. There are no in-town games on Columbus Day Weekend, but coaches are welcome to use that time for make-up games.

In-Town games take place on Sunday afternoons at the following locations:
K - 1st Grade: Glenbrook Middle School, 110 Cambridge Circle
2nd-8th Grade: Wolfswamp Road Fields, 701 Wolfswamp Rd (not the school)

The in-town divisions are:

Kindergarten co-ed 1st Grade co-ed 2nd Grade Boys 2nd Grade Girls 3rd Grade Boys

3rd Grade Girls 4th & 5th Grade Boys 4th & 5th Grade Girls 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Boys 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Girls

End of the Season
Coaches are asked to return their ball/equipment bags immediately following their final games. At Glennbrook, K through 1st grade coaches should return equipment to the trailer, where you will receive participation prizes for your players. At Wolf Swamp fields, returns are at the Hut. The 2nd through 8th grade players also get participation prizes.

Assignment/Team Problems
If parents or in-town coaches have any problems with team assignments or other issues, please contact the LSA InTown coordinator at LsaInTown@LongmeadowSoccer.com.

Game Schedules

The in-town schedules are usually available in late August, and will be posted here for you to download and print. Below are the 2009 schedules.

Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade Boys 2nd Grade Girls

3rd Grade Boys 3rd Grade Girls 4th/5th Grade Boys

4th/5th Grade Girls 6th/7th/8th Grade Boys 6th/7th/8th Grade Girls

Field Maps

Maps are in Portable Document Format (pdf). If you don't have a pdf reader, several are available for free on-line, including Adobe Reader®.

The field maps are created after Longmeadow Parks and Recreation marks the fields. We post the latest maps as soon as they're ready, usually the first week of September.

Glenbrook K-1st Grade

Wolfswamp 2nd-8th Grade

Jamboree

The in-town league has an end of the season Jamboree for the 4th/5th grade and 6th/7th/8th grade teams at Wolf Swamp Fields. Not quite a round-robin, each team plays three games. Everyone on the 5th/5th grade teams will receive a participation medallion or patches.

New for the 2009 season, the 6/7/8 teams will have a championship game. The 2 teams with the best records after the half-round-robin will advance to the championship game based on their records determined by:

1. Total points - 3 for a win and 1 for a tie
2. Head to Head competition
3. Goals against
4. Goals for

The winning teams will receive a "2009 LSA Champs" tee shirt with LSA logo. A poster will be displayed at the fields to track the games as they are played.

Coaches: please remember to turn your equipment bags at the hut.

Coaches & Team Have a Great Season

Coaches Mike O'Shea, Robin Mulcahy and Chris Sitler and their 5th grade girls had a fun season in 2008 and were willing to share a picture with us. Coach Mulcahy also gave us some feedback on her experience with In-Town Director of Coaching Richard Yam.

I did have a good experience at the coaches clinic. I have coached for about 10 years, and I've tried to come up with new ways to teach, and coach the players. After going to the coaches clinic, I came away with new techniques that I could use for any age group. This has been beneficial since I coach 2nd and 5th graders this year. Richard certainly is knowledgeable and has vast tips for coaching. One of the things I enjoyed at the coaches clinic was Richard's exuberance! He made the clinic fun! - Robin

Training/Practice in August

Coaches generally receive their team rosters in mid to late August, so team practices usually start the first week of school.

For the 2008 season, In-Town Coaching Director Richard Yam organised training for in-town and travel coaches and he will be doing the same for the 2010 season. With Coach Yam's help, the LSA Board is developing a plan continue improving all the coaches' knowledge of the sport and ability to teach the game.

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