Fall 2015 Update

Team Red Barons,

A quick, long overdue update.

Thank you for the help!

I first want to thank Leslie for everything she's been doing for our team, especially for handling all of the communications for me lately. I've been really busy and, on top of that, my Stepmom has been in critical condition at OHSU for the last couple weeks. She's doing a little better the last few days and we're hoping and praying she's on the road to recovery.

I also want to thank Eric and Jess. Eric has been helping me out with coaching and has been amazing! The kids really enjoy him and he he's great to work with. Jess put together a fundraiser for us and has done a great job with that as well. Thank you both so much!

How are we doing?

I think the boys are doing GREAT! We've definitely been playing our best soccer the last few games. Week before last was one of the most entertaining games we've had. Sometimes I wish I could just sit, watch and be entertained. It was so close and we could have easily come out on top. Last Saturday's game was great too. We've been spending a lot of time working on passing and working together as a team and that is really starting to show. We lost and received a few players at the beginning of this season and it's taken us a month or so to get used to the change but everything seems to be settling, and everyone is finding their place on the team. I love the group of boys we have and they all seem to be having a great time out there, which is obviously the most important thing.

Fall Jamboree

The season officially ends on the 7th but we have an opportunity to sign up for a Fall Jamboree, which takes place on Saturday, November 14th. We participated in this Jamboree last year and we were very successful and had a lot of fun. Please let me know, ASAP, if you would like to participate again this year. I need to get us registered in the next day or two if we're going to play. All games will be on Saturday, no Sunday games, and we can use money from our fundraiser to pay for it.

End of Season Party

Our end of season party is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, November 10th, at Local Girls Hawaiian Café, in Camas/Washougal. This is a great spot for our party. Lots of space, good food, and amazing Shave Ice. Leslie will be sending more information out on that soon, along with information on our upcoming game.

Upcoming Practices

This Thursday, we'll be practicing from 5:15 to 6:30pm, at Danielson (our usual spot). Next week, after the time change, we'll need to move our practices to 4:30 to 5:45pm. This is going to be tough for me, and probably some of you as well, but it's the only time we can get our practices in.

Spring Soccer

Spring Soccer registration will be here before we know it. Please let me know if you're planning on playing with us again in the Spring. I need to know if we're going to have enough boys or if we'll need to pick a couple more players up.

Thanks everyone,

Coach Ben Yung

Here's our silly team picture! I'll be picking our team pictures up soon and will hand them out at our team end-of-season party.

First Update of the Fall Season (2015)

The Season - So Far

I'm excited about our team this Fall. It's always interesting to see what happens when a few players move out and we get a few new players and families joining the team. The dynamic of the team always changes a little but I really feel like we've got a great group of boys and parents. It's going to be a great season!

Practices

Our practices have been good so far. I feel like we've been a little out of Rhythm but that's my fault. I've had a little difficulty figuring out the practice field situation and with transitioning back into the soccer season with my super busy schedule. Our practices will get better and we'll catch our stride soon. The boys are doing great and, if you haven't noticed, they're already starting to get back into shape.

Starting today (September 8th), we'll be practicing from 6:30 to 8pm, at Danielson Field (Jemtegaard Middle School). The field isn't quite as nice as the one at Goot Park but we'll have more open space and possibly some goals & a place to have some scrimmages. This field DOES NOT have a restroom available, so please make sure the boys use the restroom before they leave the house. One more thing - I'm canceling Thursday's practice (this week) because of a conflict with Curriculum Night.

Our First Game & the Game Schedule

I just got our game schedule and I've posted it on our blog. You can find it under the "Official League Schedule & Maps" tab, under Important Links, on our team blog. We'll get another schedule posted soon, that's easier to read and that includes our snack/drink schedule. Speaking of snacks, are there any families who'd like to volunteer for the first game, until we can get the official shack schedule put together? It appears that our first game is THIS Saturday at the JDZ (North #1 Field) in Camas, at 10:30am. There's a map available on the schedule.

By the way - the league has put us into the top division again (out of 5 divisions). I think this was probably automatic, after we won 10 out of 10 games last fall. We'll be playing the most competitive teams in the league, but we've got this!

Volunteers

Here are the things that I typically need help with. If you can help with any of these, please let me know.

• Team Mom (Manager) - already filled by Leslie DeShazer (Harry's Mom). Thanks Leslie, you're amazing!
• Assistant Coach - someone who can help out at practices and coach the team at any games I can't make. I've had a couple Dads offer to help me out but I can't remember who.
• Team Photographer - we like to post pictures and/or videos on our team blog & put the pictures in Dropbox, so everyone can enjoy and download them.
• A family to bring a team bench & canopy when needed. Padilla family - would you be willing to do this for us again? They've been doing this for three years now, so if there are any other volunteers, I'm sure they wouldn't mind a break. :-)
• Fundraiser Organizer - I've been thinking it would be nice to do a small fundraiser to purchase a few team items ( a few more practice balls, pinnies for scrimmages, an official team bench & canopy, end of year trophies, etc.. I don't have time to head this up but if anyone is interested, I have a couple really good ideas and the fundraiser would only take a week or two.

Team Blog

I'll do my best to keep the team blog updated with pictures, updates, news, etc. If anyone takes pictures of our games or practices, even if they're only of your own son, please shoot them to me to add to dropbox. I will add them to our folder, so they can be accessed through the blog. I can also add anything else that's news worthy, such as accomplishments, service opportunities, etc. Please visit the blog often and feel free to share it (and the game schedule) with friends and grandparents.

Thanks Everyone,

Coach Ben Yung

Fall 2015 Season is Upon Us

Team Red Barons,

I hope everyone's having an amazing Summer! We just got back from a family camping trip to the Oregon Coast, Thursday night, and had a great time. It amazes me how fast the summer goes by but the good news is...the Fall soccer season has arrived and we're going to have a blast!

We're going to start practicing this Tuesday, August 18th, and our practices will be at Goot Park in Camas. The address for this park is 299 Se Zenith St, Camas, WA 98607. This week we'll practice from 5:15 pm to 6:30pm but that could potentially change to a later time in the near future. If it does, I'll let you know.

This week, we'll practice on Tuesday only and the following week we'll start practicing on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I believe our first game will be September 19th.

I want to welcome Brandon Austenfeld and Koby Johnson to the team and welcome Luka and Harry back. We've got a great group of boys (and families) and this is going to be a fun season! We're going to miss Sam, Justin & Mason and I hope they can re-join us in the Spring. 

 

Please look for another update soon and I hope to see everyone this Tuesday at 5:15pm.

Thanks everyone,

Ben Yung (Coach Ben)

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Our first update of the Spring Season!

I first want to say how much fun me and coach Andrea are having, coaching the boys. It was fun to get most of the kids back and our two new players (TJ and Justin) are just awesome kids and they fit right in!

Saturday's Game

Our first game of the season was a tough one. This is partly because it was our first game and we didn't get a chance to scrimmage with another team prior, but I thought the boys played their hearts out and we're very proud of them! The team we played was really good, came better prepared to play, and their ball movement was amazing! I could be wrong but my gut feeling is that they were a U8 Academy team playing rec for the Spring season, but playing up a year. They were both experienced and well coached! I would love to play them again a little further into the season, after we've played a few games. As we continue to practice and play more games, we'll get into a better rhythm and we'll play much better. Overall, the boys were awesome!

This Weeks Practices

I don't know how many open shots we had in that game, that we missed, but if we would have hit just two more of them, we would have tied or won that game. So...we'll be working on goal shots and offense on Tuesday. Wednesday, we'll be reviewing these things and we'll also work on positions (fielding), ball movement & we'll do a refresher on defense.

Red Baron Blog

I've updated our team blog. It's got our new team picture, our game/snack schedule, the official league schedule (with maps to the fields), our game rules, etc. Please find our blog at http://cwredbarons.blogspot.com. Also, did anyone get pictures of our first game or any of our practices? If so, please email them to me or I can share our dropbox file with you, so you can drop them in there. I like to share these pictures with everyone on our blog and everyone has the ability to download any pictures they want to keep.

Upcoming Game (next Saturday)

Next Saturday's game is at Danielson Field (11am) and it's against the North Dragons. The North Dragons took third place in Division 1 last Fall. So...we've got our work cut out for us but I know we can compete with these guys!

Thanks everyone!

Ben Yung

Spring Registration Due this Friday - February 7th

Spring Registration is now open and I just realized, everyone needs to be registered by this Friday, if wanting to return to our team this Spring. Please see the two links below. The first is a flyer with details of the upcoming season. The second is where you need to go to register. Please let me know when your son is registered, so I can mark him off of my list.

Flyer - http://www.washingtontimbers.com/doclib/CWSA%20Spring%202015%20Flyer.pdf

Registration - https://www.secure-sam.com/www.washingtontimbers.com/sam/registration/login.php

Thanks so much,
Ben Yung

10-0 A Perfect Fall Season!

Congratulations to the boys on a perfect season! And for going undefeated in the tournament! I know it's not winning that's most important but I also recognize that winning is often the result or working really hard! The boys did just that, they showed up to nearly every practice & game and they put everything they had into it. What more can a coach ask for? And...most importantly...they learned a lot and had a blast in the process. That's what it's all about!

I want to, again, thank everyone for the fun, amazing season and I'm looking forward to handing these "Division Champion" medals out at the beginning of the quickly approaching Spring Season!