Winners of the July 18, 2008 Foothills Raffle Draw were as follows:

Carol Bessemer - 1st prize $4000

B. Barry - 2nd prize $3000

The Shostaks - 3rd prize $2000

For more information on our program times, dates, and commitment level please click here .

“Ever wondered how some of the world’s most skillful players developed their ability to beat opponents at will? How do players such as Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Denilson, Romario and Roberto Carlos develop skills that set them apart from other players? The answer is Futsal which is a key part to the Foothills indoor development program for Premiere players U12 to U18 – click here to read about Futsal from the FA.

Foothills Soccer concluded another successful outdoor season by having 9 premier league teams qualify for Alberta provincial championships as follows.

T1 qualifiers: GU14 Voltage, BU14 Saints, BU16 Crew and GU18 Colts
T2 qualifiers: BU14 Kickers and GU16 Fury
T3 qualifiers: GU16 Fusion, BU16 Fire and GU14 Vypers

Well done to all teams who participated in their respective provincial championships.
The Saints and Voltage teams thank all club members who came out and supported them during their provincial championships in Calgary.

Our Club honor roll consists of:

Gold – GU18 Colts – who will be competing at the GU18 Nationals in Toronto in October after winning the GU16 championship last year – WOW.
Silver – BU16 Crew, GU16 Fury
Bronze – BU14 Saints, GU16 Fusion

Congratulations to all of our premier and competitive teams for a great outdoor season.

Indoor registration is now in progress with trials beginning September 13.

Calgary Foothills is pleased to announce our new technical team organization for the upcoming indoor 2008-09 season. Current technical director Graham Kennedy has been promoted to the new part-time Director of Coaching (DOC) position and current Assistant Technical Director Tommy Wheeldon Jr. has been promoted to the Technical Director (TD) role. Congratulations to Coach Wheeldon who has established himself as a top quality soccer development professional and will continue to lead our organization as the Technical Director. Congratulations to Coach Kennedy who has accepted a university coaching position at St. Francis Xavier University but will also continue the Foothills tradition of developing and advancing players, coaches, managers and officials. The DOC will oversee coach education and curriculum development in addition to providing leadership in program delivery, program planning and program evaluation. The TD role will cover on-field player and team development as well as our U10-12 Skills Academy, U14-18 Development Academy and U14-18 Centre of Excellence.

Foothills will be hiring a new Assistant TD prior to the start of the indoor season. Our new Assistant TD will augment the TD role and oversee our indoor Futsal program and the summer U8 House League program and U10-12 Skills Program along with our Summer Technical Assistant. The search for a new Assistant TD has commenced and we have some exciting candidates. We will keep our members informed as we make final arrangements for the assistant TD position.

This new organizational structure serves to meet the growing needs of our club while maintaining and improving the quality of all programs. Although we are sad to see Graham take a step back to a part-time position, we are very pleased to have him still actively engaged in our program and to have a top quality resource like Tommy to continue our program delivery. If you have any questions or concerns please contact programs@calgaryfoothillssoccer.com.

Danny Hay
Programs Director

On March 28, 2008 - Foothills coaches Martin Knofski-Hoppe (BU14 Kickers) and Chris Dittmann (GU18 Colts) spent a day with the youth academy director of German Bundesliga first division club Vfl Bochum.

Click here for the full article.

The Foothills Soccer Club would like to thank Strikers Soccer Supplies and owner Glenn Dodsworth for their kind support of the National Champion Foothills Colts team in replacing numerous items stolen during their tournament trip to Phoenix Arizona.

Glenn spearheaded the effort to replace the teams 3 sets of training gear including personalized jerseys, shorts and socks, club gear including national jackets, track suits and back packs and keeper jerseys – all at no cost to the team. We also thank Calgary Silkscreen and Embroidery and Adidas who assisted in this effort after Glenn approached them to help out.

Strikers Soccer Supplies is the Calgary Foothills Soccer Club’s official supplier and members enjoy a 10% discount at the store on all non-club gear – just let them know you are a Foothills member to enjoy this deal.

We hope that all of our members will support those who support the club and try to use Strikers for all their soccer and athletic clothing and equipment needs.

Soccer Buzz Magazine has named Foothills' Robyn Dutton as one of the top international recruits for NCAA Division 1 for 2008.

Robyn is a member of the Foothills Colts U18 girls team and is a member of the Canadian U17 team and the U20 National Team Pool. Robyn has signed a national letter of intent to UCLA.

Robyn is a grade 12 student at Western Canada High School. Congratulations Robyn!

Soccer Buzz is the exclusive magazine on the Internet devoted to women's collegiate soccer at the NCAA Division 1 level. Soccer Buzz provides information on teams, players, games and coaches for over 310 universities and colleges across the US. You can view the top international recruits at: http://www.soccerbuzz.com/recruits08/topplayersint.htm

What a great showing at the 2008 ASA provincial indoor championships, where we were 8 for 8 in winning either a gold or silver medal - Unbelievable!

The GU16 Ultra completed the sweep by winning Gold last weekend in Sherwood Park. Great job Ladies!

Bringing home the Gold were the: GU14 T3 Vypers; BU14 T1 Saints; GU18 T2 Athletics and GU16 T3 Ultra.

Winning Silver were the B12 T2 Galaxy in PKs; GU16 T1 Freedom; BU16 T1 Crew; and GU18 T1 Colts.

Thanks to all the players, coaches and parents for their admirable representation of our Club. Well done!

To get your Tax Receipts for all Calgary Foothills SC players under 16 years of age click on the link below:

http://www.compusim.com/soccer/foothills/FHgetTaxReceipt.php

The Alberta Soccer Association has awarded the " 2007 ASA Golden Shoe Award" (Team of the Year Award) to our very own Foothills Colts U16 Girls Outdoor team.

The girls were also awarded the ASA fairplay award at both Provincials and Nationals (the team did not take a single card throughout). Congratulations also to Courtney Merkle( Colts Goalkeeper) ,Courtney was co-winner of the "Goaltender of the Tournament Award" at Nationals.

Congratulations to the winners!

1st prize $3,000.00     M. Macken
2nd prize $1,500.00   M. Griffiths
3rd prize $750.00       B. Barry

I would like to thank the Calgary Foothills Soccer Association for their generous donation of soccer balls to the Journey to Uganda cause. The school didn't have any soccer balls and the children made them from plastic bags, banana leaves and strings. Needless to say, they were very excited about the soccer balls you were able to provide.

Thank you once again for your support. All the best in the upcoming seasons.
Tyler Butel

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Foothills Soccer Club is thrilled to announce the addition of Christine Latham to our technical staff. Christine, who has been capped 49 times for Canada, is regarded as one of the top female forwards that Canada has ever produced. She will work with Foothills until late January 2008. Read More...

Robyn, a defender/midfielder on the Foothills Colts U18 team, has been named to the Canadian National U17 team roster for the upcoming training camp in Coral Springs, Florida. The entire club should be proud of this accomplishment of one of our own! Read More...

Given that we have many new players and families who have joined Foothills this year it is important to reinforce the things we can all do to keep our participation in soccer in perspective - as a player, coach and parent. We offer soccer as a game to play for fun, for physical development, for competition and for learning some basic life lessons such as leadership, respect, commitment and sportsmanship. Please refer to the Club Code of Conduct as reference.

Congratulations to the Foothills Colts G16 team who defeated London City Supernova by a 3-2 margin in extra-time to win the CSA National U16 Championship.

Carmen Blume scored her second goal of the game with only five minutes to play in the second period of extra time to bring home the Adidas Cup U16 National Championship trophy. Blume opened the scoring early in the first half but London rushed back to tie the game before half time.

Katie Collar scored midway through second half on a header from a well taken corner kick from Sarah Paul.

London City tied the game in the 86th minute and the match moved to extra time. Foothills created several great scoring opportunities during the extra frames and defended well inside their own penalty area before Blume hit a low hard shot from the top of the penalty area to seal the win.

Foothills goalkeeper Courtney Merklewas co-winner of the tournament's top goalkeeper award. The win caps an undefeated season for the Colts. Congratulations to the players,coaches, managers and parents.

Foothills announces its new club apparel and equipment supplier

We are extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Strikers Soccer Supplies Inc. as its official club apparel and equipment supplier.

Make sure you identify yourself as a member of Foothills at the checkout, as all members are entitled to a 10% discount on all merchandise (except for club apparel) purchased from either of the Strikers locations in Shawnee or Monterey Park. Please ensure that your invoice indicates in the “Sold to” description on the top right hand corner as “Foothills”, as the club will get a rebate on all of our purchases to be applied against future club equipment purchases.

Strikers has a large selection of indoor shoes now for the upcoming season.

The Irish 88's were recipients of the "Golden Boot Award" at the Alberta Soccer Association annual banquet on January 27, 2007 in Edmonton. This award is presented annually to the "Most Outstanding Soccer Team" in Alberta. The award is presented to the team that represents Alberta Soccer in a professional manner both on and off the field, including "Fair Play" at Provincial and National Championships as well as overall performance at the respective Championships.
This is a very fitting tribute to a team that has persevered through adversity and has always been proud to wear the "Foothills Green".
Congratulations on behalf of the Calgary Foothills Soccer Club and supporters. We continue to be very proud of this group of boys as they continue to represent the club in a truly "top class" manner. Check out the photo in the Foothills Photo Album section.

The CIS crowned the University of Alberta as National Champions with the Golden Bears 1-0 win over rivals Trinity Western University. Calgary Foothills is proud to have many recent graduates of our program participate at the CIS level with great success this year. Foothill product Justin Farenik won the National Championship Tournament MVP award as he and former Foothills teammate Pat Kelly battled the Golden Bears in the final. The Golden Bears are home of former Foothills players Danny Nielsen, Steven Reid, James Warshawski and Alex Campos. Cole McFarlane and Jeff Hagen are out west with UVIC and Cole was named a First Team All Canadian this season while Paul Hamilton was named an Atlantic All Star and Atlantic Rookie of the Year while representing the University of Cape Breton out east; also out east are Thomas Bradley and Ross Hagen at Dalhousie. Thomas had his season cut short with a sever injury and we are hoping for a full recovery and look forward to seeing Thomas soon. Foothills graduates Dylan Tooby, Justin Tse and Steven Brown are calling Lethbridge home while the U of C Dino’s boast a roster deep in Foothills roots with recent additions Josh Weinberger, Fernando Di Capua, Dorian Nobee, Paul Oppenheim joining Sean Makins, Tanmeet Singh, Kit Shepetys, Matt Reid and Brian Delaney as being some of the newest Foothills graduates at an already veteran U of C program with many more Foothills graduates from years past still in the Dino program. Colby Sawatsky has headed west to Trinity Western and Justin Tawtel had a great season at Mt Royal locally. The Mt Royal team also boasts some Foothills products in Tanner Farenik, Flemming Krogh and Brandon Podorieszach. Well done to all, we're proud of all our athletes.