Meeting Schedules for Other Chapters

Several nearby NISOA chapters post their meeting schedules on their respective web sites. Lehigh Valley, New Jersey and New England have announced their testing and clinic schedules. If you have a schedule conflict and need to attend another fitness test or rules interpretation meeting, please go to our links page for a list of relatively local chapter web pages. Check with the chapter’s contact for specific details.

The Westchester/Rockland chapter will have their NISOA fitness test on June 6 which coincides with our fitness test. They have not announced a makeup date for the fitness test nor scheduled their annual rules interpretation meeting yet.

ECAC Availability Now Open

Please download the 2007 ECAC availability sheet (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and return it to Alan Wharton via fax or US Mail as soon as possible. Cross off the dates you are not available and identify any special requirements you may have.

ECAC Assigning

ECAC is changing their web-based assigning software from AssignByWeb back to Lokitech. Lokitech provided ECAC with assigning software for a couple of years prior to 2006. The new ECAC assigning system is currently planned to go live on July 1. You can expect to receive an email from ECAC soon after July 1 with instructions on how to log in to the new system.

2007 ECAC Availability Update

You will be receiving an email from Alan Wharton in the next week or so with an attachment for your 2007 ECAC availability. Please download the attachment, fill it out and fax it back to Alan. The availability form will have detailed instructions.

Many institutions have not provided ECAC with their 2007 schedule yet. The goal is to complete the ECAC assigning process by July 1.

Alan is using the email addresses he has on his system. If you have recently changed your email address, please let him know by filling out this form or sending him an email if you want to keep a record copy.

Chapter Shirts Available at the Fitness Tests

Chapter Golf ShirtWe will have the new NY Metro ISOA chapter golf shirts available for pickup at each of the scheduled fitness tests. Please help us ensure we have enough correctly sized stock on hand by filling out this form if you want to pay for and pick up your shirt.

The chapter treasury paid for the initial production costs based on the input we received from the membership last autumn. We want to replenish the treasury so we would appreciate your help by paying for the shirts as soon as possible.

Randy Vogt’s Diary of a Soccer-mad Tour of England

When former Long Island Junior Soccer League President Peter Collins invited me to be a part of the Manchester United USA Supporters Club’s tour of England this spring, my only real question was would I have to be a fan of the Red Devils, since I am neutral when it comes to English soccer. The last team that I could be considered a passionate fan of, the Cosmos, went defunct in 1984, when I was all of 22 years old.
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For the Integrity of Soccer: A Story for Pat Smith

There’s a great picture of chapter friend, Gino D’Ippolito in this article. Good story, too.

For the Integrity of Soccer: A Story for Pat Smith