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Announcement by Club President Carl McNair following Beachside’s Club-wide meeting on Monday on September 19:

Thank you to all who were able to attend our club wide meeting last night;   it was a record crowd.

For those of you who could not attend the meeting, Below is a summary of the announcement of Beachside Soccer Park. Since this project is so critical to Beachside and its players, I wanted to provide you with details regarding the efforts of the Board to make Beachside Soccer Park a reality.

Last Friday, we entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement to buy 11.3 acres near Independence Drive in Monroe, Connecticut.  The Agreement provides us with 120 days to complete our due diligence regarding this property, and we are already working on a title search and an environmental site assessment.  The Agreement also provides a 180 day contingency period for: (i) Beachside to confirm it has enough money to close on the land and build the Soccer Park; and (ii) the Seller to obtain all necessary approvals for fields, clubhouse, lights and parking.  Assuming all contingencies are satisfied over the next 180 days, we will purchase the land in May 2017.

We are in the early stages of planning, but this 11.3-acre parcel will include two full-sided turf fields with lights and an area for goalkeeping and small-sided training.  In addition, the complex will include a 10,000 SF clubhouse and training facility that will be used for regenerative training, yoga, strength and agility training, an internet-connected study area, meeting rooms for coaches and players, offices for support staff, coaches and club officials and a common area for parents to relax when they drop off for practice.  In addition, there will be locker rooms and facilities for both home and visiting teams….girls and boys.

As Mickey said last night, our announcement of Beachside Soccer Park will be a “game-changer” for our club.

I will be in regular communication with all of you over the next several months about this exciting opportunity for our club.  Thank you for all of your support of Beachside, and feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions.

Best,

Carl McNair, President
Beachside Soccer Club

Congratulations to the GU17 team for reaching the Regional Semi-finals after winning 3 preliminary games over the holiday weekend (5-1, 4-3, 4-0) with an impressive 13 Goals For. The cup champions of 15 states from Virginia to Maine are competing in Barboursville, WV, to advance to the National Finals.

“It’s so rewarding to see the work they have put in these last three years pay off.” Says Coach Fellipe Ribeiro.

“What has kept me going is not winning, but the search for reaching potential in myself and as a player. Although this journey we have traveled together is coming to end the memories will stay with me forever” Co-Captain Natalie Druehl

 “The people and environment at Beachside has shaped who I am today. Both failure and success has lead us on this path to regional semi finals, I wouldn’t do anything differently to end off on such a positive note.” – Co-Captain Lydia Shaw

“By making it to the semi finals in the regional championship, I couldn’t have asked for a better ending for this amazing team and our beachside careers.” – Co-Captain Kelly McClymonds

The team plays in the Semi-Finals vs the 2015 Defending Champions Beadling Bulldogs (PA) at 3pm on July 4th.

Best of success to the team!

This is the second year in a row a Beachside team has made the national playoffs. The team, which had clinched the berth 3 games before the end of the league season, has a challenging draw for the playoffs — facing 2 MLS teams and a top Florida team.

“MLS clubs typically draw from massive metropolitan areas. Nevertheless Beachside regularly gets good results against them, and we are excited to work hard and compete at this level” says Mickey
Kydes, Beachside’s Technical Director

USSDA Playoff Schedule:
June 22, Philadelphia Union (MLS)
June 24 Kendall Soccer
June 26 Chicago Fire (MLS)

Beachside’s Tyler Shaver attends US Soccer’s National Residency Program in Bradenton, FL. He also also plays for the US National U17 team. which is preparing
for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in India this Fall.

Mickey Kydes was with the US Soccer team and staff for the final week of the Residency Program May 30-June 2nd.
He was present participating in a session of a new US Soccer Academy Directors course. Only 20 coaches nationwide have been selected for this
program.

“This was a good chance to spend time with Tyler and watch him training with some of the best players in the country. He has improved a lot, and is demonstrating promising leadership qualities” said Kydes. “We are very happy with his progress at the Residency Program. We will welcome him back next week at the Playoffs with the U17-18s in Texas”

A converted penalty kick from Brandon Aubrey in stoppage time gave the University of Notre Dame men’s soccer team a 2-1 win over the Mexico Under-17 national team on Friday evening in front of 3,292 fans at Alumni Stadium.

Notre Dame went up 1-0 in the 66th minute when Farina played the ball ahead to Jon Gallagher and he dribbled to just inside the penalty box and hammered home the goal.

The match was Notre Dame’s final contest of the spring exhibition season. This marked the 10th time in the last 11 years that the Fighting Irish have played host to a Mexican national team (either U20 or U17). Notre Dame is 7-2-1 in those affairs, including three straight victories.

“This is a great event,” Notre Dame head coach Bobby Clark said. “It’s always a fun way to finish your spring season. I thought we played well in pockets. We opened the game well and had good spells.”

Notre Dame controlled much of the possession in the first half of Friday’s match and had a few good looks early on. In the fourth minute, forward Jeffrey Farina worked his way deep into the box and fired off a shot that was deflected over the crossbar. In the 18th minute Jon Gallagher crossed the ball to Farina who had his shot from eight yards out tipped over the crossbar.

Tyler Shaver, 15, who lives in Greenwich, CT, has just returned from France where his U.S. U17 Men’s National team went undefeated against Brazil, England and Russia, to earn a place in the final against host France. They won that game 3-2 to win the 44th annual Mondial de Montaigu Tournament.

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Former Beachsider player Benny Feilhaber was voted the MLS’ 3rd Most Valuable Player in 2015. Benny is a midfeilder for Real Salt Lake, where he scored 8 goals last season, and tied second in the league for assists.

He says “I’m very grateful and proud of this accomplishment. I owe a lot of my success to my teammates past and present. And I hope to continue helping my team win trophies in the future!

A big thank you to the Beachside players, coaches and parents for participating in the annual Light The Night Walk in Stamford, CT.

Beachside raised $14,000 for the Light The Night Walk, underscoring the spirit of giving and generosity of everyone associated with the Club.
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Tyler Shaver, who is in full time residency training with the US national program in Bradenton, Florida, recently returned from Turkey where he played for the US U-17 Team in Aegean Cup.

He comments “I had a great experience in Turkey. Playing Romania, Greece, Belgium, and then Turkey in the final, opened my eyes to the competitiveness and “must-win “mentality with which the teams played.

I was able to assess my development while I was there and am ready to work hard to improve back in Residency.”

John Denis was recently selected by Coach Brad Friedel for for the US National U-19 team and is currently in the Canary Islands with the team, where they have played Spain and France.

He says “I am truly happy and honored to have been selected for this trip — this experience would not have been possible without the help and guidance of Beachside Soccer Club”