To help families plan their end of summer vacations and plans GRSC is announcing its 2021 evaluation dates and Times. All evaluations will take place at the Bertram athletic fields in Monticello.

Tuesday July 21st- Evaluations for 2010 birth year and younger players. Birth years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 will be 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

All try outs for birth years 2009 and older will be on Sunday July 26th, times are shown below. Monday July 27th is a rain date. 

Tuesday the 28th of July for all wishing to try out for a full time goal keepers over age U13, at 6:00 pm. Goal keepers should still attend their age group try out on Sunday as well.

MYSA just announced this morning that all soccer leagues have been cancelled for the summer season. MYSA's thought is that the stay safe guidelines that have been established by the Governors office, MDH and CDC will not allow them to maintain the integrity of the leagues and games. MYSA hopes that we can have a normal Fall season.  We wanted to let you know right away so you can make any alternative plans for the summer now that you wont have soccer. 

There will be additional communications coming out from the board next week after our board meeting on Wednesday. We will be discussing alternate plans for the soccer season as well as other items that relate to the cancellation of games this summer.

Please stay tuned for any further communications as we get everything sorted from this cancellation. 

Below is a link that has some good information for athletes in this difficult time dealing with Coronavirus.  Click the link for information on how to cope with this stressful event.

Great River Soccer Club has developed training sessions two nights a week for 6 weeks for players that choose to continue development in preparation for potential 2021 tryouts, fall club soccer, or school seasons. Following MYSA guidelines of entering Phase 2 of their Return-to-Play Plan, our club goal is to continue player development in anticipation of Phase 3 and Phase 4 for the Fall/school seasons and to reduce skill regression before a return to a more regular soccer year.

Cost: $75 for 6 weeks ($6.25 a session)*.

Family discount: Second family member $65, Third or more family member $55 each.

*Because the 2020 season is canceled and some competitive team fees including a portion of coaching fees will be refunded (and your team coaches are no longer being paid) this fee pays for coaching fees for coaches involved in this training; as well as other required items including sanitation supplies.  

Location: Bertram Athletic Complex Soccer Fields
(Thanks to the city of Monticello for offering these for free this year)

Practices will be Monday & Wednesday, beginning the week of June 15th and concluding the week of July 27th. There will be a break for the Fourth of July holiday.
 

Session Times: 

Participants born between 2009 and 2012  -- 5:30 - 6:45 pm

Note: Players will need to bring a size 4 ball and a personal water bottle. Due to COVID-19 guidelines, the club will not be providing balls or water.

Participants born in 2008 or prior-- 7:15 -8:30 pm

Note: Players will need to bring a size 5 ball and a personal water bottle. Due to COVID-19 guidelines, the club will not be providing balls or water

According to phase 2 the number of allowed "pods" (groups of 10) on various field sizes are:

4 pods per llvll field

2 pods per 9v9 field

1 pod per 7v7 field GRSC

GRSC Director of Player Development Arnold Changamire and GRSC coaches will provide instruction during sessions. This will follow the Social Distancing guidelines as presented in Phase 2 including only non-contact activities, individual skills, fitness, etc. If Phase 3 is approved during this training adjustments to the training sessions will be made.

For additional information on the return to play requirements and phases reference the MYSA Covid 19 page.

Minor modifications to the plan listed above are possible depending on the number of players who register.

Please note: Parents are not allowed to stay at the fields for training sessions unless they contain themselves with-in their cars for the duration of the training.

If players are interested in joining this training, since sessions have started and pods have been created, please contact us to determine if there is room in your age group for an additional player.

You can reach Ross at memberatlarge@rivereagles.org or from a mobile device click below:

Click Here to email Ross

Congratulations to Amanda Good for being selected as the Girls Recreational Coach of the Year. 

Also congratulations to the following club members for being nominated for awards:

Eric Metso-Girls Competitive coach of the Year.
Milton Ventura- Boys Recreational coach of the Year.
Brian Anderson- Volunteer of the Year.
Justin Crawford- Administrator of the Year.

Please take the time to congratulate these people for their efforts in making soccer a great opportunity and sport in our club.

Congratulations to all our members, whether nominated or not, you are all to be commended for your work in making this a great club.

There are several sponsorship opportunities available with in the club to be a Club Sponsor. Contact Brian at president@rivereagles.org for more information.

If you are not currently a member of GRSC but would like to be kept up to date on what's happening in the club, join the web site and we will periodically let you know about upcoming events and happenings in the club. Click on the "CREATE ACCOUNT" button at the top left of this page and fill out the information.

Thanks - GRSC Board of Directors

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