ELITE ST. LOUIS
F U T B O L C L U B
May 3, 2008
We would to thank everyone who has taken the time to check out our website. It is currently still a work in progress, so please bear with us. We have been elated at the overwhelmingly positive response we have received to this point about our club. We have had several inquiries about teams, coaches, and anything else you can think of. Please feel free to email us with any questions that you may have and please include your phone number if you wish us to contact you by phone. We will be looking to hold a " Coaches and Manager " meeting in the next two weeks for anyone that would like to learn more about our philosophy, training facilities, coaches, or just general questions. This will be open to anyone and everyone that may have an interest in learning more about Elite St. Louis Futbol Club. " Kick arounds " will start the second week of June, and will be held out at our Creve Coeur training facility. Times, dates, and age group specific information will follow in the next two weeks. Tryouts will be held on June 28th and 29th at the Creve Coeur fields as well. Times for age groups will be posted in the up incoming weeks. Again, we thank you all for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on the pitch!May 12, 2008
We are happy to announce our partnership with Diadora for our uniforms and soccer needs. Our uniform colors will be a full gold kit and a full black kit. Click to see a picture of our new kits.
Kick around schedules will be posted in the next week. They will begin on June 9th. Also, the tryout schedules will be posted as well some time this week. We will be having a " coaches, manager, parents " meeting for anyone and everyone who is interested in learning more about our club directly from our board members on May 29th, Thursday, 8 p.m. at Smugalas Pizza. The address is 3730 South Lindbergh ave in Sunset Hills. We look forward to meeting you!
May 20, 2008
Camp, tryouts, and kick around information will be posted on our site no later than next week. We apologize for the delay. We will be hosting "Old School Pick UP" games out at our Creve Coeur faciltiy starting July 8th. There will be no club affliation. We are offering this to any player, coach or parent from any club, that wants to just come out and play some soccer. One night will be for U14 and up, and the other night will be for U11 - U13. Boys, girls,coaches and parents are welcome. It will be simply soccer, no training going on. We will split everyone up accordingly when they get there and then just play. Right now we are set for Tuesday nights from 6p - 730p out at our Creve Coeur fields for the U14 and up groups, and Wednesday nights at 6p - 730p for the U11 - U13 groups. The fun starts on July 8th and will continue on a weekly basis. For more information regarding this, please feel free to contact one of our coaches. We look forward to seeing you out on the pitch!Some fun and interesting facts!
The first set of rules were developed by the London Football Association in 1863.
In 1908, soccer was made an Olympic event.
West Germany (currently Germany) was the first team from Europe to win the FIFA World Cup (1954).
Cameroon, an ex-French colony in Africa, won the gold medal soccer in the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. Cameroon defeated Spain 5-3.
In 1994 Bolivia beat Brazil 3-1 in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
AC Milan set an Italian record for playing the most games without loosing. They were unbeaten for 58 games!
Real Madrid holds the record for winning the European Cup 5 consecutive times.
Uruguay won the first World Cup in 1930?
Mexico was the first country to host two World Cups.
Red and yellow cards first used in the 1970 World Cup.
Just days before the World Cup of 1966 the trophy was stolen and then later retrieved by a dog!
In a 90 minute game, an average player will have control of the ball for an average of 90 seconds!
May 23, 2008
We look forward to seeing everyone at our meeting on the 29th. We have also posted the kick around schedules for you to take a look at. Please visit the facitlity page if you need directions to the fields. Please still feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing you on the pitch!May 28,2008
Meeting tomorrow night at Smugalas Pizza on Lindbergh at 8p.m.! New information on Summer camps is on the camp page now. We will be posting another camp as well in the next week or so. June 9,2008
We would like to thank everyone who has attended our kick arounds. Please feel free to ask any coaches out there questions that you may have. We look forward to a great year, and a great try out. If we do not have a team for your child, please do not hesitate to ask one of us for help finding your child a club and or team to play with. Thanks again, and we will see you on the pitch!July1,2008
We would like to thank everyone who helped out at tryouts this past weekend. It would not have been as successful as it was without your help. We will be hoping to field 18-22 teams before this is all over with. Again, thanks from all of the coaching staff and board, we appreciate it!
