YOUTH SOCCER KICKS OFF SEASON OF FOOTWORK.Byline: Gloria Gonzales Daily News Staff Writer Wearing colorful team jerseys, matching socks and cleats, thousands of young soccer players flooded fields from Westlake Village to Newbury Park on Saturday morning for the opening day of American Youth Soccer Organization play. In the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by alone, some 6,000 soccer players have signed up this fall for the 12-week AYSO AYSO American Youth Soccer Organization AYSO All Your Saturdays Occupied AYSO Alabama Youth Soccer Organization AYSO Albuquerque Youth Soccer Organization (Albuquerque, New Mexico) season that opened Saturday morning with matches, food, entertainment and contests at parks throughout eastern Ventura County. At Pepper Tree pepper tree: see sumac. field in Newbury Park, players from ages 4 to 18 played on freshly chalked fields, while parents coached from the side. Perhaps nowhere was parental expectation greater than on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. of the first games in the Pee Wee Pee Wee, Pee-wee or peewee may refer to:
``Erica! Run! Stop the ball,'' screamed Marty Spadaro from the sidelines of a game between the Orange Tigers and the Purple Rockies, both Newbury Park teams. ``You've got to move!'' shouted Spadaro to his 5-year-old daughter as she stood frozen on the penalty box line in her orange uniform while a swarm of tiny Purple Rockies players advanced toward the goal. Spadaro, who coaches the Orange Tigers, shook his fists in frustration as the three goalies stood stock still while the ball shot past them. ``The problem is they're all just learning,'' said parent Darryl Schary. ``He just told them to stay in their positions, and they took him literally, they're not moving off the line.'' The two Pee Wee teams, neither with a player more than 40 inches tall, displayed their charming lack of expertise throughout their first official soccer match. ``We call the Pee Wee Division the beehive Beehive (star cluster): see Praesepe. beehive heraldic and verbal symbol. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 193] See : Industriousness division, because they travel in a swarm after the ball like the bees following the queen,'' said Anne Alvarez, the Orange Tigers team mom. ``They don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. all the rules yet but they know to run after the ball and not use their hands.'' Indeed, the tiny players ran in clumps from one end of the field to next, sometimes forgetting the proper direction of play. With the players so tightly bunched, one would occasionally trip another accidentally, beginning a chain reaction ending with a heap of 5-year-old players at midfield. ``Rockies, you guys have to spread out,'' shouted Purple Rockies assistant coach Judy Williams. ``And remember, don't take the ball from your own man '' In the third quarter with the score tied at 2-2, it was unclear which team of neophyte ne·o·phyte n. 1. A recent convert to a belief; a proselyte. 2. A beginner or novice: a neophyte at politics. 3. a. Roman Catholic Church A newly ordained priest. players would triumph. ``By the end of the season, they'll know the game,'' said Debbie Marvin, who watched her 5-year-old son, Dustin, play. ``They'll be passing and blocking and playing their positions . . . it's a great sport, because every kid, no matter what his skill level, gets a chance at the ball.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1 -- color) Five- and 6-year-old players converge on the ball on the opening day of play for the American Youth Soccer Organization. (2 -- 3) Goalie Kayla Hazard, 9, lunges for the ball, above, during Saturday's soccer matchups in Newbury Park. At left, coach Jennie LaPerche encourages Blake Griffin Blake Griffin is an American basketball player, and the brother of the Oklahoma Sooners' Junior Forward Taylor Griffin. Griffin was named a McDonald's All-American in 2007. At the McDonald's All-American game in Lexington, Kentucky he won the slam dunk contest. , 5, after he got hurt during Pee Wee Division play. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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