Keeper July 2013
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Welcoming Remarks 1
2013-2014 Parent Reps. 1
Norm Jansen Recognized 2
Record Breaking Tryouts 2
PSC Player Development
Philosophy 3
A “Classic Finish” 3
Lindsay Tarpley Returns 4
Uniform & Apparel 4
BJ Snow—Wall of Fame 5
Field Maintenance Plan 6
PSC Budget for 2013-2014 6
Tournament Logo Contest 7
Coaching Controversy 7
Volunteer Requirements 8
PSC History 8
PSC Board 8
Inside this issue: Welcoming Remarks by PSC President David Rice
July 2013
2013-2014 PSC’s Parent Representatives
The Keeper
Welcome to all of our returning coaches, players and parents as
we begin a new season. A special welcome to our new players,
parents and coaches as you join the Portage Soccer Club. With
30+ teams and nearly 400 players we are one of the largest soccer
clubs in the West Michigan Youth Soccer Association. It is the
largest non-profit soccer club in southwest Michigan.
Our mission is to promote the sport of soccer in our community
through the development of our youth soccer players. Our play-
ers comprise some of the best talent in our area; many of our players participate on
our high school teams. Former players have and are also making their mark in
many professional and college programs!
The operation and smooth running of the club requires the efforts and contributions
of many dedicated volunteers. One thing which separates us from other clubs is our
parent representatives. These volunteers are your main contacts for any comments,
concerns or questions about the operation of our club. Each representative will be
responsible for up to 10 teams. Don’t be surprised if you receive a call or email from
a representative asking your thoughts. and opinions. Of course, you are always wel-
come to contact any Board member or attend our monthly Board meetings.
Portage SC 97 White (boys)
Portage SC 98 Green (boys)
Portage SC 99 (girls)
Portage SC 00 (boys)
Portage SC 01 Green (girls)
Portage SC 01 White (girls)
Portage SC 02 Green (girls)
Portage SC 02 White (girls)
Portage SC 02 Yellow (girls)
Portage SC 02 Black (girls)
Portage SC 03 Green (boys)
Portage SC 96 Green (girls)
Portage SC 97 Green (boys)
Portage SC 98 (girls)
Portage SC 99 (boys)
Portage SC 02 Green (boys)
Portage SC 02 White (boys)
Portage SC 03 Green (girls)
Portage SC 03 White (girls)
Portage SC 04 Green (girls)
Portage SC 04 White (girls)
Portage SC 04 Green (boys)
Portage SC 97 (girls)
Portage SC 00 Green (girls)
Portage SC 00 White (girls)
Portage SC 01 Green (boys)
Portage SC 01 White (boys)
Portage SC 03 White (boys)
Portage SC 05 Green (boys)
Portage SC 05 White (boys)
Portage SC 05 (girls)
Portage SC Academy
Chad Earles Janet Ingersoll Lisa Hall
Board Member and referee since 1998.
Jansen joined the PSC board back in 2002 and has held
such positions as VP Communications, Club Webmaster
Practice Field Coordinator and is a part of our Mainte-
nance Crew. That’s right, in addition to volunteering
his time in all the activities mentioned, he also volun-
teers his time mowing and caring for the practice fields..
In 2006 and 2007, Jansen volunteered his time to work
with the WMYSA Strategic Planning Committee to re-
design the current landscape of youth soccer in our area.
He has also been an integral component to the success of
our annual soccer tournament. Jansen, a former referee
assignor for the Portage Classic also continues to referee
at the tournament. Those of us who know Norm have
come to love his can do attitude. For many years now
not only is he sched-
uled to referee numer-
ous games throughout
the weekend, but he
is the stand-in referee
anytime one is needed
due to games running
late, weather delays
etc.
Norm, THANK YOU for your years of service and con-
tinued commitment to our family. To borrow a phrase
from the 90s sitcom Cheers, PSC is proud to be able to
say we are a place “where everybody will always know
your name! “
The Portage SC recently recognized Norm Jansen with a
Lifetime Achievement Award. This prestigious award has
only been given to four other recipients in the clubs
twenty-eight years of existence.
Jansen has been a long term active member of the club
since joining the Portage SC family. He was been both an
Assistant Coach and Head Coach with the club. Addition-
ally, to many he is considered the founding father of the
current WMYSA Academy Program.
Before there was an academy program for seven and eight
year olds, in 1995 Jansen developed the “Portage Microns”
Advanced Development Program. One of the better
known recipients of this training and development pro-
gram was Eric Alexander, who currently play on the MLS
Red Bulls team. This program was a huge success and
became one of the building blocks upon the current Acad-
emy Program which now includes eight WMYSA clubs and
over one hundred fifty kids.
He has continued to give back to the game he loves so
much in so many ways. He has been an AYSO Region 74
club has its own practice facility so unlike
many other clubs, we won’t have to fight to try
and find a place to practice.
More and more people are realizing PSC offers
dedicated qualified coaching, state of the art
game and practice facilities, winter training
and all at prices which can’t be beat.
According to PSC Registrar Dana
Pope, this year we had over 453
people register to tryout with our
club. This is a 30% increase from
last year.
As a result of the turnout, the club
has expanded to thirty one teams.
The most it has ever had.
Fortunately for PSC players, the
Record Breaking Turnout at PSC Tryouts
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PSC #’s on the Rise
Past recipients include: Gordon Groves, Kathy Brown, Vern Genisio & John Calnin.
Dana Pope
PSC Registrar
Welcome and thank you for joining our club! PSC has a player development phi-
losophy and believes players with a dependable first touch will be able to create the
time and space to play intelligent and attractive soccer. With reduced importance
upon game results and an emphasis on creative individual and team play, we en-
courage our players to first and foremost establish a solid technical foundation.
We elevate ball touches and on the ball play at every training session at the
younger age groups which blend with a ball distribution and team play focus as
they move through the club. All PSC coaches are required to deliver a training ses-
sion which takes a skills related topic and transitions I through a series of small-
sided games with and without restrictions which always “look like soccer”. Our
coaches are required to set examples of sportsmanship and fair play at all times
with a minimized sideline presence and maximized training session leadership…..
The PSC girls teams also competed in seven
of the twelve divisions. making it to the
championship round if four of their divi-
sions. One team took first and three others
took second.
The 2013 Portage Classic Soccer
Tournament was another huge suc-
cess. Teams from three states con-
verged in city of Portage in order to
compete in divisions ranging from
U9 through U19.
The PSC boys teams competed in
seven of the twelve boys divisions.
In five of those seven divisions our
boys were able to make it to the
championship round. Three of our
teams were able to take first and
two others were able to finish in
second place.
A “Classic Finish” for Portage teams
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PSC Player Development Philosophy
Vu Le
Technical Director
The Portage Soccer Club has teamed up with Team Gazelle to provide our players and fami-
lies with quality uniforms and apparel.
The standard required uniform kit includes two jerseys (one green and one white), one pair
of black shorts, one pair of white shorts and two pair of socks. The entire team is expected to
be dressed with the same uniform for any given game. Players should be in the habit of
bringing all uniform items to every game in case there's a misunderstanding about which
colors to wear. When they're the home team, they may be required to change if there's a
color conflict with the visitors (and on the road, sometimes PSC teams will change colors to
avoid conflict and be good sports). The link for ordering can be found on our team Info tab.
Team Gazelle also has numerous spirit wear apparel items ranging from shirts, t-shirts,
backpacks, etc. If you have any questions please contact our Vice President of Uniforms Jay
Hoffman via email at: [email protected] or at 269.207.6706
Portage Soccer Club Uniform & Apparel
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Jay Hoffman
VP Uniforms
PSC Alumni Lindsay Tarpley gives back to the club.
Two time Olympic Gold Medalist Lindsay Tarpley will
be returning to Portage on August 2nd to hold player
development clinics at the Portage Soccer Complex.
This is exclusively for the players
within the PSC club.
Lindsay began her travel soccer ca-
reer with the Portage Soccer Club.
She played for the Portage Central
Mustangs. In 2002 as a member of
the U-19 U.S. Women’s National
team, she tallied in sudden death
overtime to give the US a 1-0 win
over Canada in the first ever FIFA
World Championship.
As a member of the University of
North Carolina Tar Heel’s, she led
the nation in scoring in 2003 with
23 goals and 27 assists. This was the most points by a
Tar Heel since Mia Hamm and the 4th highest point
total in the history of women’s college soccer.
She then went on to win 2 Gold medals and play in both
the WPS & NWSL.
The Camp is being held for PSC players and will be
on August 2, 2013 at the Portage Soccer Complex.
Each 2 hour clinic is limited by age and to only 30
campers. Each session will
include 90 minutes of Soccer
followed by 30 minutes of
question and answers.
The cost is only $50 and in-
cludes a camp T-shirt.
Session # 1 runs from 9:30am
to 11:30am and is for ages
U8-U10.
Session # 2 runs from 1:00pm
to 3:00pm and is for ages
U11-U12.
Session # 3 runs from 3:30pm to 5:30pm and is for
ages U13-U15.
Following the last session, the public is invited to
celebrate the induction of B.J. Snow into the PSC
Wall of Fame.
PSC Alumni BJ Snow Inducted into “PSC’s Wall of Fame”
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The Portage Soccer Club is proud of the
accomplishments of our players; with the
most recent noted accomplishment of PSC
Alumnus B.J. Snow. At age 36 Snow, who
is married to Lindsay Tarpley (also a PSC
Alumni – two time Olympic champion and
professional player) was recently named
the U.S. Under17 Women’s National Team
Head Coach. This is the first time this
position has been a full time position.
B.J. Snow began his travel soccer career
with the Portage Soccer Club. He attended
and played for Portage Central High
School Mustangs before moving on to the
University of Indiana. While there he was
a four year starter and helped them grab
four straight Big Ten titles and back-to-
back national championships.
He then returned to Portage where he began his
coaching career with his alma mater. He served
as head coach for the Mustangs Men’s program and assistant coach for the Women’s program. He then moved onto
the University of California where he quickly moved from a voluntary to permanent coaching position. After serving
as assistant head coach, in 2011, he was promoted to head coach where he led the Bruins to their second straight Na-
tional title.
In addition to coaching at UCLA, Snow served as the assistant coach for the United States Women’s National Under-
20 Soccer Team in the Germany 2010 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In January of this year, he was hired as the first ever
full-time head coach for the United States Women’s National Under-17 Soccer
Team with the hope of guiding this team to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
which will be held in 2014 in Costa Rica.
BJ Snow has proven to be a positive role model on and off the field. As a result
of his accomplishments the Portage Soccer Club will be officially inducting him
into PSC’s Wall of Fame on Friday, August 2, 2013.
B.J. Snow Head Coach US U-17 Women’s National Team
Club fees approved by the PSC Board in May were budgeted to cover estimated expenses outlined below. In line
with the PSC’s policy of full transparency, our budget details are shown for your examination. The budget is con-
servatively based on 350 players.
The Portage Soccer Club Mission
is to promote the development of
amateur soccer players. One of
the ways we do this is by support-
ing the development and main-
taining of the soccer fields for its
PSC teams, for tournament play
and community use.
Several of the complex fields were
built over heavy clay surface
which sometimes cause drainage
issues during heavy or prolonged
rain. In order to protect both
players and field conditions the
PSC board voted to address the
drainage issues.
Turf Services was contracted to
install a perforated drainage sys-
tem. Fields 1 & 2 were completed
last year. In June, work on Field
3 began with 50 millimeter or 2"
perforated drains were trenched
in together with peastone and sand
topping at 5' centers. Almost 100 cubic
yards of dirt was removed during the
installation. The drains were run east
to west and collected into 4" headers
which then lead to adjoining leaching
basins. The header lines were also
topped up with sand and all lines
were seeded. We will continue to cut
the grass on a regular frequency as
instructed by Turf Services the sys-
tem installer.
While the cost can seem ex-
pensive (approx imate ly
$50,000 per field) it is entirely
paid for through field rentals
and revenues generated for
the annual
Portage Clas-
sic Tourna-
ment. This
is why PSC
player fees
stay so low.
PSC Budget for 2013-2014
Field Maintenance Plan
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Budget
MRL &
Premier
Full
Season
High
School
2nd Half
Season Academy
Uniforms -$ - -$ -$ -$ 5.00$
Referee fees 12,500.00$ 33.00$ 42.00$ 28.00$ 24.00$ -$
Coaches/Managers fees 14,000.00$ 40.00$ 50.00$ 25.00$ 25.00$ -$
Registrar 2,000.00$ 5.00$ 6.00$ 6.00$ 6.00$ -$
Concession Manager 500.00$ 2.00$ 2.00$ 1.00$ 1.00$
Technical Director of Coaches -
Training/Certification Costs
5,000.00$ 10.00$ 15.00$ 15.00$ 15.00$ -$
Volunteer recognition 1,500.00$ 5.00$ 5.00$ 3.00$ 3.00$ -$
WMYSA 10,000.00$ 30.00$ 30.00$ 30.00$ 30.00$ 35.00$
Field rental 10,000.00$ 23.00$ 33.00$ 23.00$ 23.00$ 10.00$
Misc. field maintenance 7,000.00$ 17.00$ 22.00$ 17.00$ 11.00$ 5.00$
MSPSL Player Fee -$ 17.00$ -$ -$
MSPSL Team Fee -$ 38.00$ -$ -$
Misc. Administration 9,000.00$ 30.00$ 30.00$ 22.00$ 22.00$ 5.00$
2013/2014 budget 71,500.00$ 250.00$ 235.00$ 170.00$ 160.00$ 60.00$
PSC 2013/2014 total fee 250.00$ 235.00$ 170.00$ 160.00$ 60.00$
Budget/fees for 2013/2014 season based on 350 players
Gordon Groves
Fields Manager
The PSC Tournament Committee is
excited to be bringing back the
“Tournament Logo Competition”.
This year we are asking for the
clubs help! We want you to help
design the logo which will be used
on t-shirts, sweatshirts and adver-
tisement for the 2014 Annual tour-
nament.
The player who's design is chosen
will get both a free t-shirt & sweat-
shirt, and their team will win a
Pizza party to be held in October at
one of their practices.
All designs must be submitted to
Ken Pope by October 1, 2013 at
Requirements:
The designs must have no more
than three colors in it.
They can be submitted electroni-
cally or hand drawn. Please note
PSC reserves the right to modify
submissions as needed prior to ap-
proval of artwork from printers.
Why not show us your creativity…..
Where does PSC stand on the controversy between the
“Professional Coach v.s. Parent Coach”
2014 Portage Classic Tournament Logo Competition
I always thought these perspectives
were silly. Just because your con-
sidered a professional coach doesn’t
mean your not developing all the
players. Likewise, just because
you’re a parent coach doesn’t mean
you don’t have the same experience
or level of training as the so called
professional coaches.
Despite this common sense ap-
proach, this argument has been at
the cornerstone of every parent’s
thought process when trying to de-
termine which club to tryout for.
Because of this ongoing controversy,
PSC has a special classification they
like to use when describing their
coaches. When asked how we describe
our coaches, PSC refers them as the
“Professional Parent Coach”.
They know the game, are certified,
have been trained and continue to
gain knowledge through continuing
education. They also place all the
players best interest above the impor-
tance of team records. They under-
stand winning is best accomplished
when it’s a byproduct of player/team
development.
PSC has finally solved the aged old
controversy between which is bet-
ter, the professional soccer coach or
the parent soccer coach.
There are perceived pros and cons
to both these classifications. People
view the Professional Soccer coach
as someone who knows the game, is
certified, has been trained and con-
tinues to gain knowledge through
continuing education. The negative
perception is people feel they put
the team record as a primary mo-
tive above developing all the players
since the better their record is, the
more money they will eventually
make.
The parent coach is viewed as some-
one who wants to help the kids and
has all their best interest at heart.
The negative perception is they
don’t push the players to be their
best since they don’t have the train-
ing and experience of the profes-
sional coach.
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The answer to the controversy
between Professional Coaches
vs Parent Coaches is simply
the use of the
“Professional Parent Coach”
2013 Logo
2012 Logo
The Portage Soccer Club began in 1985 and gained
status as an incorporated non-profit organization in
February 1991. Starting with only four boys’ teams
playing in the West Michigan Youth Soccer Associa-
tion (WMYSA). Today PSC is one of the largest clubs
in WMYSA, fielding a combination of thirty-one boys
and girls teams playing from U9 all the way to U19.
Although PSC has changed in size over the years,
our philosophy of emphasizing player development
over winning has remained and our teams have per-
formed very well on the field in terms of both skill
and results. Our belief is players, parents, the club,
and the community will always "win through devel-
opment" supporting youth to their maximum poten-
tial.
PSC owns and maintains the Portage Soccer Com-
plex at 4422 Bishop Road (east of Sprinkle and
south of Bishop/Romence) where home games are
played. This nine field complex opened in 2002 and
is now recognized as one of the foremost soccer com-
plexes in Michigan.
President: David Rice
Treasurer: Tom Mellinger
Secretary: Kim Maystead
VP Coaches: Wayne Harpenau
Dir. Tech Development: Vu Le
VP Communications: Norm Jansen
VP Concessions: Sean Bowser
VP Fundraising: Bill Restivo
VP Uniforms: Jay Hoffman
Registrar: Dana Pope Parent Representatives: Chad Earles, Janet Ingersoll, Lisa Hall
Field Manager: Gordon Groves
Web Master: Ken Pope
Tournament Director: David Rice
PORTAGE SOCCER CLUB BOARD
PSCs Volunteerism Requirements
Were on the web
Www.PortageSoccer.com
PSC HISTORY
We would like to extend a special thanks to our 240 + volunteers
who helped make the 2013 Portage Classic Tournament a success.
This tournament is the club’s biggest fundraising event of the
year.
The complex is not only owned by PSC, but it is completely paid
for. All profits from this tournament are put directly back into
the complex to pay for field drainage systems, parking lot, build-
ing and field repairs, mowing and striping supplies and equip-
ment etc.
The tournament generates enough money to allow our teams to
play on the nicest fields in the state. We also are one of the least
expensive clubs anywhere. There are no hidden fees; you get
quality coaching, your own practice fields, an incredible game
complex and all for one low price.
It’s important to know when accepting a position with our club,
each players’ family agrees to volunteer during the year for con-
cessions (1 shift a season) and 4 hours at the Portage Soccer
Classic in June.
This includes the girls teams which don’t play club in the spring.
Since fees are the same for all, every team is expected to volun-
teer at the tournament.