Winter 2010:

January 29th - 31st - Whitefish Bay Indoor Tournament - Uihlein Soccer Park

Spring 2010:

April 30th - May 2nd - Milwaukee Kickers A/B Select Tournament - Uihlein Soccer Park

May 22nd - May 23rd - Reddan Thunder Invitational - Verona

Note: Select teams will not be participating in the Libertyville Tournament on Memorial Day weekend as previously planned.

May 29th - May 31st - Wisconsin State Cup - Appleton (U13 Girls Blue, U13 Boys Blue & U14 Girls Blue teams only)

The Milwaukee Kickers Soccer Club will be hosting the second annual Great American Soccer Marrowthon.  The event will feature 24-hours of continuous soccer to benefit Be The Match (National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and the Milwaukee Kickers Soccer Club.

Help promote awareness of "Be The Match", teach players the value of contributing their time and efforts to benefit their community and raise money for "Be The Match" and MKsc.

You don't have to be a skilled player to participate.  Gather your friends and organize a team!  You can bring your own opponent if you wish and can choose a convenient time to play.

For more information click here

In conjunction with Milwaukee Kickers, Whitefish Bay S.C. is offering age specific coaching courses for ALL COACHES.  These courses will provide coaches with new and exciting ways to teach players the necessary skills to move on to the next level. Course sessions will be held on Saturday mornings through March.  You can sign up for as many sessions as you would like.

Schedule
March 6th - U6 & U7 - 8:00am to 10:00am
March 13th - U8 & U9 - 8:00am to 10:00am
March 20th - U10 - 8:00am to 10:00am
March 27th - U11 & up - 8:00am to 11:00am

To register, please click here

The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups is currently under way. These will be the 21st and 22nd editions of the FIFA World Cup. The bidding procedure to host both the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup began in January 2009, and national associations had until 2 February 2009 to register their interest. The executive committee of FIFA will announce their decision on the two editions in December 2010. Candidates have applied for either or both of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, but the 2022 hosts will not be chosen from the same continent as the 2018 hosts.

Nine individual nations registered their intention to bid with FIFA by the February 2009 deadline: Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Qatar, Mexico, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Additionally Belgium and the Netherlands registered to bid together, as have Portugal and Spain. Mexico however later withdrew its bid. FIFA confirmed the list of bidders in March, with Indonesia, South Korea and Qatar bidding for 2022 only.

On January 28th 2009, U.S. Soccer announced that it would submit simultaneous bids for the 2018 and 2022 Cups.  The United States previously hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1994, which set financial, attendance, and average attendance records.

In April of 2009, the U.S. identified 70 stadiums in 50 communities as possible venues for the tournament, with 58 confirming their interest.  The list of stadia was trimmed two months later to 38 existing venues, one scheduled for completion in 2010, and one proposed venue.  On August 20th, 2009 the list was further trimmed down to 32 stadiums in 27 cities. On January 12th, 2010 the USA Bid Committee narrowed the 27 cities down to 18 as the official host cities for the United States' Bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.

ScienceDaily (Nov. 17, 2009) 
   Young athletes' achievement goals can change in a healthy way over the course of a season when their coaches create a mastery motivational climate rather than an ego orientation, University of Washington sport psychologists have found. A mastery climate stresses positive communication between coaches and athletes, teamwork and doing one's best. An ego climate, typified by many professional sports coaches, focuses on winning at all costs and being better than others.
   
   "Much of life is affected by motivation and achievement," said Ronald Smith, a UW psychology professor and lead author of a new study. "Our study looked at children 9 to 13 years of age and there was no difference by age or sex. And it was also significant because it shows the influence of a mastery climate on children's achievement goals in a relatively short time, 12 weeks." 
   
   For several decades psychologists have believed that children under the age of 11 or 12 could not distinguish between effort and ability. That still may be true when it comes to academics, but the new research indicates that children as young as 9 can tell the difference between the two while participating in sports.
   
   Frank Smoll, another UW psychology professor and co-author of the paper, said the research shows the importance of youth sport coaches at an earlier age than previously thought. 
   
   "A coach can be the first non-parental figure who is a youngster's hero. People who volunteer to coach year after year don't affect just a few kids. They can be influencing thousands at very early ages," he said.
   
   The study involved 243 children -- 145 boys and 98 girls -- playing basketball in two separate Seattle leagues. The athletes ranged in age from 9 to 13 and 80 percent were white. They were given questionnaires to fill out twice, once prior to the beginning of the season and again 12 weeks later when the season was almost over.
   
   A previously published paper by the researchers from the same project showed that young athletes who played for coaches who were taught how to create a mastery climate reported lower levels of sport anxiety compared to youngsters who played for coaches who were not trained. The research also was the first to show that a coaching intervention is as effective with girls as it is with boys.
   
   The new study found that athletes who played for coaches who used a mastery climate showed such things as greater enjoyment of basketball over the course of the season. In addition, levels of ego orientation dropped. The opposite was true for athletes playing for coaches relying on an ego-oriented style of leadership. These finding held for athletes across all ages. 
   
   "One consistent finding of our research is that a mastery climate retains more youngsters in sports. It keeps them coming back," said Smith. "Retention is a huge problem in some youth sports programs. An important reason to keep kids involved in sports is that it reduces obesity by helping them be more active."