Special Olympics  MD  Montgomery County

TOPS Soccer

Head Coach:  Pam Yerg

Season:  September/October/November

Training:  Sundays starting Sept 19, 2010 through October 31. The season culminates with the fabulous TOPS festival on Oct 31 at Wooton HS.

Where:  See Information sheet below.

Competition:   Early November  

bulletTOPSoccer ( junior soccer program) see msisoccer.org for more details and volunteer/buddy application

      Sundays 12-1:15 (elementary age players) 1:30-3 (middle school age players)

       Julius West Middle School – Falls Road and 270 in Potomac/Rockville

bulletTOPSoccer High School League – Sundays  at Wootton High School 4:30 to 6
bulletTOPSoccer Festival – Sunday Oct 31st at Wootton High School
bulletThere is a TOPSoccer Orientation on Sunday Sept 13th at Julius West Middle School from 12-1:00 for new Buddies and Unified partners

All players interested in participating must go online here at www.somdmontgomery.org and sign up (option 4 to sign-up for sport) AND go to the MSISoccer registration page to submit payment. Because this is a partnership with MSI there is a small fee of 20.00 that is due and payable by credit card. This fee covers the MSI state soccer association insurance and field permitting fees. Players are provided with a  soccer uniform. Questions should go to Pam Yerg jeyclan@verizon.net.

SOMO has made an important step in our ability to coordinate resources for practices within and across teams. If you can Volunteer during some or all practices and events, choose Soccer-TOPS at: http://somdmontgomery.org/volsignup_for_sport.htm

For the Role, choose what you would like to focus on (there is also overlap to roles). Some examples for each of the roles available are:
Head Coach = divisions, trains, and coordinates competitions for the entire SOMO team
Assistant Coach = guides the skill develop and game play for a small group of Athletes via demonstration and suggestions for improvement of skills
Unified Partner = plays alongside an Athlete partner  

Admin = helps with sign-in/management, informal or formal officiating (recording scores)
Chaperone = drives and/or is in charge of one or more Athletes at practices/events

BE SURE TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN TRAINING FOR THIS SPORT BY USING THE ONLINE ATHLETE REGISTRATION FORM or ONLINE VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM. All athletes/volunteers must register prior to attending practice. The forms will be available a few weeks prior to the sport's season.

Click Here for TOPS Soccer Information Sheet

Note that Financial aid is available.

 

 

 

 

 

  Last update 07/15/10