MERRY XMAS TO ALL!!!

Merry Christmas to you and your family. We hope everyone has enjoyed the fall season. The CAYA directors and I would like to say a big thank you to all our players, parents, team managers and coaching staff for all your hard work this spring. It takes a lot of effort, enthusiasm and energy to be involved in the beautiful game, whether you are a player, parent or coach and we hope everyone will take this opportunity to recharge the batteries and be merry with friends and family.

·         Fall 2014 training ended on Monday.

·         However, our last futsal games before break are this Saturday, 12/20 at Netsports and the Factory. Click HERE to view the schedule and rosters.

CAYA PARENT MEETING

On Thursday, Jan 22^nd the CAYA staff will be holding an informational meeting for ALL CURRENT CAYA families. This event will be held at the Holiday Inn Raleigh-Durham Airport (930 Airport Blvd, Morrisville, NC 27560). We are excited to see so many players returning for the spring season and as a staff we are working hard to continually improve upon the environment we create for each and every player in our program.

U9 Boys and Girls – 6:00-7:00pm

U10 Boys and Girls – 7:00-8:00pm

Please mark the date on your calendars folks as we hope that everyone will do all they can to attend and get the information first hand regarding the upcoming spring season.

PLANNING AHEAD

CAYA families as you get together with family and friends over Christmas and potentially discuss vacation plans for the spring. Please use the information below to help guide you.

Please note that we will NOT play games on the following weekends:

·         3/28-29                 2^nd weekend of WCPSS

·         4/4-5                     Easter Weekend

Winter

Jan 10    Futsal

Jan 12    Monday training (regionally based & at normal times)

Jan 17    Futsal

Jan 19    Monday training (regionally based & at normal times)

Jan 22    CAYA Parent Meeting

Jan 24    Futsal

Jan 26    Monday training (regionally based & at normal times

Spring

Jan 31    Pre-season training (time & location TBD)

Feb 1     Pre-season training (time & location TBD)

Feb 5     Thursday training (regionally based & at normal times)

Feb 7     Pre-season training - 12-4pm WRAL Durham Bulls

Feb 8     Pre-season training - 11-3pm WRAL Travers Lasik

Feb 12   Thursday training (regionally based & at normal times)

Feb 14 - CAYA Cup – 9-5pm WRAL Daly 7’s & Powerade

Feb 15   Pre-season training - 11-3pm WRAL Powerade
Feb 21   YA games begin
Feb 22   NCCL game begin

Feb 16   Regular spring training commences

May 2    CAYA Cup

May 7    Spring training ends

FINALLY…

I have peppered everyone with soccer schedules all year and hopefully some  folks are taking advantage of this. The festive period in England is littered with games.  To be exact teams will play 3 ferociously contested games in 6 days, having to train on Christmas day and have a quiet night in on New Year’s Eve. So please spare a thought for these millionaires over the festive period.

• Friday, Dec 26^th
• Sunday, Dec 28^th
• Thursday, Jan 1st

Many other European countries take a winter break to preserve their players and ensure a high level of quality soccer in the spring. The intelligent brits on the other hand just keep rolling out there in the mud and going to war with each other. Anyway, it makes for good entertainment and I know I will be enjoying my fair share of games this Christmas. Starting with Liverpool vs. Arsenal on Sunday morning.

Saturday, 12/20

                7:00 AM ET         Manchester City vs. Crystal Palace        NBC Sports Network

                9:45 AM ET         Aston Villa vs. Manchester United          NBC Sports Network

                10:00 AM ET       West Ham vs. Leicester                            Live Extra

                10:00 AM ET       QPR vs. West Brom                                  Live Extra

                10:00 AM ET       Southampton vs. Everton                         Live Extra

                10:00 AM ET       Tottenham vs. Burnley                              Live Extra

                10:00 AM ET       Hull City vs. Swansea                                Live Extra

Sunday, 12/21

               8:30 AM ET          Newcastle vs. Sunderland                          NBC Sports Network

             10:30 AM ET         Liverpool vs. Arsenal                                 NBC Sports Network

If you want to keep in touch with the schedules and what is on TV then please go to the following link http://www.nbcsports.com/live-extra-schedule

Merry Xmas everyone and if we don’t see you at futsal this weekend THEN we look forward to seeing you on January 10^th for more futsal fun.

The CAYA Staff