Saturday, November 14 Today is the last day of the fall season. All recreational clinics will be held, except the U6 clinics at East Rock and East Shore.   Thanks Recreational Coordinators for all of you hard work this Fall! In our attempt to provide an affordable program to all New Haven families, we are launching a fund-raising drive.  As part of this drive, volunteers will be circulating at Saturday games with pledge cards seeking donations.  Parents- Keep an eye out for posters tracking our progress at the games and on our website. The goal is to get as close to 100% member participation as possible. Thanks for your help with this important endeavor! Registration for all rec programs is still open. Please turn in your registration forms as soon as possible. Check the link below to register online . Thank you!   New Haven Youth Soccer is happy to announce the formation of special recreational clinics run by Bob Dikranian, Director of Coaching for South Central Premier and long-time coach of collegiate soccer powerhouse SCSU! Coach Dikranian has kindly agreed to work with our on U8 and U10 Boys as well as U11 Girls on Fridays at East Rock Park. Please check the recreational schedule for times. Try our new and improved phone line! Program the number into your cell phone: 467-3273 has the latest weather information, along with rec schedules, field directions, and other information that is useful for those moments when you can't access the Internet! Let us know how you like it!

Online registration now open! Click here for online registration through active.com. You may also print out the registration form and mail it in.  Please go to the Forms section of the website.

Farewell to Lauren and Welcome to Noah and Exon! As many of you know, our wonderful and hard-working program director, Lauren Mednick, is leaving New Haven Youth Soccer next month to go back to graduate school. We thank Lauren for all her remarkable contributions and dedication to the program. Lauren did a fantastic job of building the program annd leading our outreach efforts, and we are deeply grateful to her. We look forward to seeing her around whenever she is able to take time away from her studies!  At the same time, we are delighted to welcome her successors.	Lauren Mednick with her U12 girls
Noah Czarny will take on Lauren's title of program director -- and all the organizational challenges that go with it! Noah worked with our U14 Boys team last spring and volunteered with our mentoring program. He is a 2008 graduate of Brandeis University, and he is a native of south central Connecticut. He has traveled and studied in many parts of the world, and he previously helped organize a soccer program in a South African township. We feel very fortunate to have Noah in the program.	Noah Czarny, Program Director, 2009-10
Leading many of our on-field activities will be Clinical Director Exon Amaya, who will be familiar to many families from last spring, when he worked with kids in many age groups. Exon is a 2006 graduate of Wilbur Cross High School, where he was a soccer and track standout as well as student council president. Exon is currently working towards a degree at Southern Connecticut State University and looks forward to a career in teaching.	Exon Amaya, Clinical Director, 2009-10.

Help Wanted!! We welcome volunteers in all capacities. We especially are looking for candidates to fill the following volunteer positions: Technology Manager. This person would help us manage our technology needs. Again, no soccer experience is needed. We would like to have a more sophisticated telephone system, and we would like to make sure we are taking full advantage of our web site. Equipment Manager.  Thanks Hannah Larkin-Wells for volunteering for this exciting opportunity.

U14 Boys Finish Second in CT Cup Competition Congratulations to the NHYS U14 Boys team, which topped off a successful spring season by finishing second in the statewide Connecticut Cup competition. Most of the team members are pictured at right with New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, at this June's Trophy Day celebrations.

All-State High School Stars Congratulations to NHYS alumni named to this year's All-State soccer teams by the Connecticut Soccer Coaches Association! Photographed at January's awards banquet, L to R: EJ Nisbeth (Westminster School, 2009), Austin Coleman (played youth soccer in North Haven, but a friend of NHYS!), Zachary Kafoglis (Wilbur Cross High School, 2009), Tobias Armour (Choate Rosemary Hall, 2010), Brandon Sumpio (Hopkins School, 2009) and Clayton Ulmer (Hamden High School, 2009) We extend our congratulations to these young men!