LFSA Travel Soccer Program Description

10 months of soccer!

Program Structure
The Travel soccer calendar runs for ten months, beginning with the August Preseason training and continuing through the Spring League which concludes in Mid-June.
-          August Preseason Training – The year begins with a four week clinic that develops players’ skills as well as gives the team an opportunity to get to know one another and have fun before the upcoming season. The clinic runs Monday through Thursday and practices last 1 ½ hours each day. It is during this time the coaches see the greatest development and growth in the players’ skills. The benefit of practicing on consecutive days provides accelerated skill development when daily reinforcement and repetition of new skills allows for greater mastery.
-          Fall Season - September – Mid-November.
The Fall Season begins with a local tournament over the Labor Day weekend. This provides the team with an opportunity to play together and put into action the skills learned during the preseason training. 
-          After Labor Day, regular Fall Season begins with two practices per week and one game per week on the weekend. League games are scheduled through the second weekend in November.
 
-         Winter (Indoor) January – March. 
During the winter months, teams continue their training at the indoor practice facility located in Lake Bluff.  Teams have two days of training. The Winter Season allows players to continue to maintain their soccer skills in preparation for spring.
 
-          Spring Season April – Mid-June. 
Spring Season allows the teams to move back to outdoor practice and play. Practices resume the 2 day per week schedule with games on the weekends. The Spring Season begins the first week in April, coinciding with the first week students return from Spring Break.   
-           Summer Camps June and July
LFSA offers full and half day summer training camps in June and July. Camps and clinis are not included in the Travel registration fee.
-          Game Schedules
Fall game schedules are posted at the end of August. Spring game schedules are posted in Mid-March.
o   Girls’ Game Schedule – Girls games are played on Sundays in the  IWSL league. 
o   Boys’ Game Schedule – Boys games are played on Saturdays in the YSSL league.
-          Tournaments -
All teams participate in at least one local tournament during the year.  Depending upon the skill level of the team, coaches may elect to register the team in an additional spring tournament over Memorial Day weekend. Our higher level teams participate in tournaments on a regional and national basis. These fall over breaks in the school calendar, typically Veteran’s Day or President’s Day Weekend. Tournaments are not scheduled over Christmas Break or Spring Break.
-          Fields
All practices and home games take place in Lake Forest. Away games in the Fall and Spring are played in the surrounding suburbs and Chicagoland area. The primary home fields used by LFSA are:
o   Everett Park
o   Northcroft Park
o   Lake Forest High School Fields at West Campus
 
-          Leagues
LFSA teams are registered with the following Illinois soccer organizations:
 
Illinois Youth Soccer Association
 
Young Sportsmen Soccer League
Post Office Box 724
Arlington Heights, IL 60006
 
Illinois Women’s Soccer League
Post Office Box 68849
Schaumburg, IL 60168-0849
                       

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Lake Forest Soccer Association
P.O. Box 346
Lake Forest, IL 60045

Jay Bulev
Club Manager and Administrator
soccer@lfsa.org
224-212-0415

Oktay Akgun
Director of Coaching
oktayakgun@aol.com

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