• Registration for the Fall 2010/Spring 2011 recreation soccer season is NOW CLOSED. Game schedules for 1st thru 8th grade teams are now posted, click here. The scheduled game start date for pre-k and kindergarten is September 18th.
• FFC Board member, Brian Barker, travels to Kenya! See below.  
• Congratulations FFC GU14 coach Alban Gozo! Alban is UYSA's coach of the month for August 2010! 
• Competition tryouts for the 2010-2011 soccer year are now over. Thank you to everyone who attended and congratulations to those players that made an FFC team! We still have available roster spots on select teams. Click here for more information.

Specialized Trainers

	Ted Eck FFC Director of Coaching "A" Licensed Coach Played over 500 Soccer Games Former US National Team Player/MLS Player Collegiate Hall of Fame Inductee		Jeff Cassar  FFC Goalkeeper Coach Current REAL Salt Lake Coach Former US Olympian Former MLS Goalkeeper To schedule team training or small group training with Jeff, please contact Ted Eck at director.of.coaching@firebirdsfc.org.
	Jacqui Rimando FFC Skills Trainer Former Women's Professional Soccer Player Former US National Team Player Collegiate All-American To schedule team training or small group training with Jacqui, please contact Ted Eck at director.of.coaching@firebirdsfc.org.		Bobby Kennedy FFC U11 Technical Director Former Professional Soccer Player Physical Education Instructor Collegiate Hall of Fame Inductee Collegiate and High School All-American
	Ryan Crabbe U15-U18 Specialty Trainer "A" Licensed Coach University of Utah Women's Soccer Assistant Coach Former collegiate player

 

• For competitive coaching opportunities in the 2010/2011 season, click here.

FFC Board of Directors member, Brian Barker, traveled to Kenya for Choice Humanitarian. Brian and his family brought 90 soccer balls to villages throughout Kenya bringing smiles to a country where poverty is overwhelming.

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Congratulations GU9 Bales/Povilus!

The Girls U9 team coached by Ryan Bales and Eric Povilus are the Murray Max Cup Champions! They won their bracket games 12-0, 9-0, 17-0, and in the finals won 9-0. The offense was on fire scoring 47 goals while the smothering defense registered 4 shut-outs! In the previous week, this same team made it to the Park City Extreme Cup semi-finals before losing 0-1. Congratulations to the GU9 team! 

Congratulations GU11 A Seib!

The FFC GU11 A Seib team competed in the Adidas Strikerfest. They made it to the finals and lost 1-3 to a select Avalanche team. Player Catherine Hill was the only player to score against the Avalanche team the entire tournament. Great job ladies!

The following teams still have roster spots available for the 2010-2011 competition soccer year. Please see the contact information below to attend a private practice to tryout for the team.

GU10: Contact Amelia Tucker at amelia.tucker@utah.edu  

GU15: Contact Kent Fuller at redrock.kf@comcast.net  

GU17: Contact Britain Thomas at britain.thomas@gmail.com

BU10: Contact Mike Manning at coachmikem@me.com or Doug Tharp at dtslc@yahoo.com

BU12: Contact Ted Eck at tedeck14@gmail.com  

BU13: Contact Britain Thomas at britain.thomas@gmail.com

BU14: Contact Ryan Bales at huntfishryan@yahoo.com

Challenger British Soccer has an exciting program that offer players, parents and coaches a soccer experience they won't soon forget! Challenger World Tours offers soccer tours to Europe, South America, and North America. Specialized tour options help participants choose the right option for their skill level and budget requirements. Click the link below to learn more about this once in a lifetime opportunity.