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Vardar North is proud to announce the establishment of the U10 Vardar Academy for Fall 2010.
Vardar North has long realized that talented players who are 8 through 10 years old can benefit from a training program designed specifically for their needs. This program should emphasize the players’ technical abilities and implementation of these skills into tactical strategies of the modern game. Beginning in August, 2010, Vardar North will provide these specialized training sessions to those individuals who meet the necessary requirements.
We recommend all interested players attend the evaluation sessions scheduled for August 15th and August 22nd from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Saginaw Township Soccer Association (STSA). This process will allow the Vardar coaching staff to identify prospects for the program. Registration will begin at 5:00 p.m. at STSA Pavilion. More details are available here.
 (left to right) Adrian Thomas, Steve Walker, Manchester United 1st Coach Rene Meulensteen & Reza Saffarian Rene Meulensteen, who is the 1st team coach at Manchester United, was the featured speaker at a coaching clinic held in Grand Rapids in mid-June, 2010 attended by Vardar North Director of Coaching, Reza Saffarian, and team coaches Adrian Thomas and Steve Walker.
From a parent, who had a player participate in the event, “Nice experience. Never saw that much positive reinforcement anywhere. The kid grew 5 inches in two days. Perfect opportunity!”
 Vardar North Players and opponents pause to honor Carolynn Cosan On 5/14/2010, Vardar North lost a great family member. Carolynn Ashley Cosan, born May 1, 1992 was involved in a fatal car accident which left our soccer community grieving.
Carolynn was a valuable member of our Vardar North family. She was a senior at Mount Pleasant High School where she played varsity soccer for all four years. Her leadership skills earned her the captainship of the team at her High School. Carolynn was accepted at Northern Michigan University to play varsity soccer for the Wildcats beginning Fall 2010. She was the first woman from MPHS to receive a soccer scholarship to play at a Division I/II University. Carolynn has been playing soccer since she was eight years old. She has been playing with Vardar North for the past four years. In addition to playing soccer, Carolynn also gave back to the soccer community by serving as a USSF-certified soccer referee.
In the winter, however, her love was snowboarding. Her friends and family will always remember their trips to Caberfae, Boyne, Marquette Mountain, Colorado, and Utah to enjoy the thrill of winter sports. Carolynn was a certified snowboard instructor and a hunter who liked to hunt turkeys, deer, ducks and geese. Her other activities included Girl Scouts, track, cross country, and softball. In addition, she was a Junior dog handler and a member of the National Wild Turkey Federation.
Carolynn is survived by her parents, Robert and Kip Cosan and her sister, Jaclynn. She will be greatly missed by all of us at Vardar North.
 2010 Midland Invitational Tournament U12 Champs The ’98 girls played in the top bracket for their age group and won the Midland Invitational Tournament, May 2010, with a record of 4 wins, no losses, no ties, 17 goals for and 2 against. Congratulations to Coach Steve Walker and the ’98 girls!
Full tournament details can be found here at the MIT web site
 U10 Saginaw Sting This last Saturday evening, 5/1/2010, at approximately 10:30 PM we lost a great member of our soccer community. Adam Puvalowski was a very talented soccer player who was supposed to graduate from Nouvel Catholic Central High School in a few weeks. He was recruited by SVSU to play soccer starting this fall. However, his life was cut short as he was killed in a car accident on the way home. Our soccer community lost a great friend and a role model. Adam touched many lives during his short life. Those of us who were fortunate enough to know him enjoyed his friendship, sense of humor, and his relentless effort to improve his soccer skills. He will be greatly missed.
 Nouvel Catholic Central's #4 In his honor and to celebrate his short life we have planned a charity soccer game. Friends, former coaches and teammates will play a game in Adam’s honor under the lights on Field 3 of the Saginaw Township Soccer Complex, 3575 McCarty Road at 7 p.m. with the kickoff at 7:45 p.m. Thursday. Please attend this game to pay your respects to Adam. A scholarship has been established under Adam’s name and you may contribute $25.00 to this fund or his funeral expenses once you attend the game. A flyer with more game details is available here as a PDF.
 Adam, as I knew him - big smile, arms open wide Reza Saffarian
Director of Training at STSA
Director of Coaching at Vardar North
[Editor's note: Adam was also a member of the STSA Referee family. STSA referees will be in black uniforms, where possible, in memory of Adam.]
 John Talley College Showcase Champs The Vardar North U16 Girls College Showcase Team met the Kentucky U16 ODP team in the finals of the John Talley College Showcase held March 27-28th in Memphis, Tenn. As with their previous matches, the girls came away with a victory and a shutout. Final score was 5-0. The Showcase team went undefeated throughout the tournament with an impressive 4-0-0 record, 17 goals for and 0 goals against. Congratulations to all the young ladies and to coach Nigel Roberts.
Full tournament details can be found here: JTC showcase web site
The Showcase Team is made up of a core group of girls from the mid-Michigan area. Nine girls are from the Vardar North U16 team, two girls are from North Macomb, one is from the Novi Jags, and one is from Phoenix. The team also makes use of a pool of guest players from Ohio and NC as needed.
The goal is to do one tournament a month and supplement some weekends off with other activities, ex: scrimmages, fundraising, ACT prep and some of the girls will be travelling together to watch the U.S. women’s team play in Ohio.
The upcoming schedule looks like this:
April 10th-11th
Southern Soccer Showcase/ Winston Salem, NC
May 8th-9th
Empire Cup College Showcase/ Rochester, NY
June 27th-28th
Kiss Tournament/ Kalamazoo, MI
Congratulations and good luck!
 CMU SoccerFest Champs Mt. Pleasant, Michigan – Over the weekend of February 14 and 15, Vardar North’s U12 Boys team won the championship at the 2010 CMU SoccerFest Indoor Tournament. Congratulations boys and Coach Liviu!
 NSR Cup Champs Vardar North 96 Girls finished the NSR tournament with a 4-0-0 record to win their group and take home the trophy. Congratulations to Coach Etienne and the girls!
The Vardar North Soccer Club is proud to announce Reza Saffarian as the Director of Coaching effective immediately.
Reza’s knowledge, passion, and organizational skills are unmatched in Michigan.
His responsibilities, among others, will be working directly with all coaches to enhance the quality of soccer in our club. Reza’s expertise will enable us to improve our players’ tactical understanding of the game of soccer.
As Reza himself said, “my main goal for this club is simply to improve the quality of coaching”.
Reza is the former Vardar North boys Head Coach, and the very first Head Coach hired for the Vardar North Soccer Club. Reza has earned these licenses; Premiere International Diploma/NSCAA and B license/USSF. In addition, he is the former Head Men’s Soccer Coach at Saginaw Valley State University and Nouvel Catholic Central High School.
We are looking forward to working with Reza and giving him all the resources possible to make our club one of the best clubs in Michigan.
I am looking forward to a successful and enjoyable spring season.
Wishing you the very best.
Best Regards
Sincerely,
Drago
Director, Vardar North Soccer Club
Tryouts:
WHO: High School Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
WHERE: Kokomos in Saginaw
DATE: Monday, December 21
TIME: 7:00 to 9:00 pm
For more information available here, or call Nigel Roberts at 989.225.1272.
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