Dear members,
Believe it or not, it is time to start planning for next season. While we will continue to focus our efforts on making the rest of this season as great as possible for our players, we are hoping for a brighter Spring and a smooth transition into next season.
At the start of last season, with our new affiliation to Surf Sports in hand we were excited about rolling out all of the unique programming and playing opportunities it comes with. A year later, these programs are more developed and our Surf network has grown in size and in the scope of what it can offer our players; in particular the formation of a Norcal Surf organization that will bring together the very best players from Surf Clubs in our region for high level play in top national and even international events.
Further, more of our teams are qualifying for play in the National Premier League (NPL) and our acceptance into United Futsal‘s Championship Cup Series will offer players other options to participate in high quality national and international events.
From a club services perspective, we have launched “Surf Talks”, which focuses on providing our players with access to “soccer people” doing great things around the country including college coaches who can give further guidance to our college bound players.
Lastly, as many of you may know, Surf isn’t just a stand alone club. It is part of a 4500 member and growing, league of clubs that includes recreation programs from Folsom, Rancho Cordova and Orangevale. One of our primary focuses heading into next season is to formalize our development path (details below) for each player playing within this league - especially on helping our youngest players make a jump from rec to comp soccer and on assisting our oldest players to find what comes next in their lifelong soccer journey.
