PAYSA wants to ensure that all of our volunteer coaches regardless of experience level have access to  professional coach training.

We have coordinated specifically with John Curtis, Director of Coaching for the state of Maine to offer a special course in Portland for our PAYSA recreation coaches. This course is free and will provide games and activities that can be used in your practice. It will model a practice from beginning to end with the ultimate goal of creating a positive player centered environment.

You will learn how to structure a practice according to the PLAY PRACTICE PLAY model. You will get ideas for training sessions and it will be completely hands-on so lace up your cleats or shoes and bring a ball if you have one handy. It will be best if all coach participants have their own ball for the clinic. Coaches and Assistant Coaches are welcome to attend.

When: 08/27/2023, 04:00 pm – 05:30 pm ET

Where: Talbot Community School, 1600 Forest Ave,  Portland,  Maine

To register please visit: https://learning.ussoccer.com/coach/courses/available/31/details/13894

Good news soccer lovers, the FIFA Women’s World Cup begins in just over one week with Australia and New Zealand playing host to 32 countries!

The US Women’s National Team enters the tournament ranked #1 in the world and the defending world champions as well as fresh off a 2-0 win in a friendly against Wales. They begin tournament play at 9pm EST on Friday, July 21st against Vietnam (the game will be shown on FOX). If you’d like to cheer on the US Women’s team with other fans you can check out the watch party happening at Definitive Brewing in Portland.

The USA is grouped with Vietnam, Netherlands, and Portugal with group play games as follows:

USA vs Vietnam – 9pm EST on Friday, July 21st (show on FOX)
USA vs Netherlands – 9pm EST on July 26th (show on FOX)
USA vs Portugal – 3am EST on August 1st (show on FOX)

You can follow the USWNT on official FIFA team page HERE

Get your scarves and U…S…A chants ready!