Welcome to the Newburyport Youth Soccer Association (NYSA) home page
NYSA is a non-profit athletic community whose mission is to enrich the physical and mental lives of kids through the sport of soccer. Founded in 1980, each year NYSA provides over 1000 young players in our community the opportunity to play and enjoy the game of soccer. By ensuring that they learn, compete, and have fun, players will learn valuable physical and social skills that will assist them in life on and off the field. On this site you should be able to find everything you need to know about NYSA from team schedules and player registration, to how you can help by volunteering your time. We continue to update the site regularly, so please remember to add a bookmark and visit often.
Believe it or not, the spring soccer season is only two months away.Over the winter we have been working hard to improve our soccer programs, and I wanted to share some of the exciting new additions. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, and we look forward to seeing you on the field.
Jessen Wehrwein
NYSA President
“Saturday Nights Lights” – each Saturday during the season we will have a featured game where there will be a U10 girls and U10 boys game played under the lights at Amesbury Sports Park
Boston Breakers Partnership – we have partnered with Boston professional woman’s soccer team.As part of the partnership we will be coordinating team nights and local special events
New England Revolution Partnership -- we have partnered with Revs.The Revs will be holding a summer camp at Cherry Hill the week of July 12th (mark your calendars) and as part of the partnership we will be coordinating team nights and local special events, you will also be able to purchase discounted single game tickets from the NYSA website
New England Revolution Training – Revolution coaches and players will be running player and coach training sessions for our U10 girls and U10 boys teams each week during the season
Summer Programs – we are placing the final touches on evening summer programs for girls and boys.A formal schedule should be posted shortly
Indoor Teams – this year we took the first step in coordinating an indoor program, successfully sending additional Newburyport teams to local indoor sessions.We hope to increase participation next year
Improved Jamboree – we plan to have Revolution and Breakers players at the event to hand out medals to the NYSA players; in addition we will have team mascots and giveaways for NYSA players
by Jessen Wehrwein posted 01/29/2010
Recently ECYSA Board Member Dave Lesiczka challenged all ECYSA town member organizations to make a donation to the ARC Haiti relief effort. NYSA gladly met the challenge and made a donation to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief fund.Let’s hope for brighter days ahead for the people of Haiti.
Congratulations to Jack McCraven for winning the registration raffle for a 90 minute private practice for your spring team, run by a member of the 2010 Boston Breakers Women's Professional Soccer Team.
Shawn Bleau of East Coast Soccer Clinics will be offering soccer winter programs for players (boys and girls) 3.5 - 8 years old. Each clinic is limited to 12 players, so sign up today. To register, email Shawn Bleau at
or call 978-792-6150
Tots Winter Soccer Clinics: boys and girls ages 3 1/2- 5 years old.
2 options: Monday's- Designed for younger, beginner players who are just starting out. (Tuesday's fall Tots group). Tuesday's - for beginner players who have a little experience playing soccer. (Wed fall tots group)
PLACE: Salivation Army Gym, Water St. Newburyport. Gym is in the back!
Beverly Youth Soccer Association is hosting Coaches Courses run by Mass. Youth Soccer.
When, Where:
G license: Sunday, March 7th 8-12 pm, BHS Field House (4 hour course).
F license: Sunday, March 7th, 8 am-5 pm, BHS Field House (8 hour course).
E license: Sunday, March 14th & 21nd 8 am-5 pm, BHS Field House (16 hour course).
If interested, please register athttp://www.mayouthsoccer.org(You will need to click on “view all events for this day” on the MYSA calendar to see the events.)
Course Details (from MYSA): Mass. Youth Soccer believes that “the game is the greatest teacher” and that children will get better at soccer by playing, playing and more playing. We also believe that well-trained, resourceful coaches will enhance a child's enjoyment of this beautiful sport. To that end we have designed a series of coaching courses, each leading to a certificate or license that emphasizes proper coaching principles. We encourage you to take advantage of these courses. Although there are no performance or written tests in the G, F or E courses, each involves several hours of activity. To get the most out of each course, participation in the practical, active sessions is strongly encouraged, but is not required. This activity is not physically rigorous, and lasts approximately one half of each course.
The G Course: This beginning course for coaches teaches about both coaching organization and theory. Our intention in the G course it to help you to become a more resourceful and confident “activity leader”-to combine your enthusiasm and commitment to children with the basic theory and practical exercises that we will provide. We will cover teaching and correcting dribbling, passing, and shooting technique as well as particular characteristics of U6 and U8 players. Content: Ideas about how to organize practices and game days, a number of practical activities and stimulating games for practices, ideas on parent education, learning theory, demonstration of basic techniques.
The F Course: A more ambitious introductory course for novice coaches or those with some experience. Designed primarily for coaches of U8, U10, or U12 teams. Our intention in the F course is to help you to become a more resourceful and confident "activity leader" - to combine your enthusiasm and commitment to children with the basic theory and practical exercises that we'll provide. Content: Ideas about how to organize practices and game days, many games and exercises for practices, a more thorough demonstration of basic technique, elementary goalkeeping techniques, some basic tactical ideas. Materials (Given to the coach):Mass Youth Soccer F Manual and Mass. Youth Soccer Coaching Program T-shirt. For Whom: Novice coaches, or those with some experience of U8, U10, and U12 teams. Prerequisites: G License MANDATORY, Must be at least 16 years of age to attend and must hold G license.
The E Course: This course combines soccer theory and practice. During the course, each participant will have the opportunity to lead a short coaching session, with constructive feedback from the instructor. Designed primarily for experienced coaches of U10, U12, and U14 teams. Content: Systems of play, laws and restarts, more games and exercises for practices, more tactical ideas, including the tactics of 2 versus 1 situations, and more on goalkeeping. Materials (Given to the coach):Mass Youth Soccer E Manual and Coaching Soccer, by Bert van Lingen, and Mass. Youth Soccer Coaching Program T-shirt. Prerequisites: Must be at least 16 years of age, and holder of an F license for at least 6 months.
Thank you,
Beth Cabrera
BYSA Registrar
Youth Soccer presenting BIG CHECK for $5000 to Newburyport Freshman Soccer Program 09/12/2008
