Youth soccer explodes on N. Shore

6,000 in action this weekend —

By BILL BELL

The Vancouver
Whitecaps North American
Soccer League season might
be over for 1980, but for the
estimated 5,800 young North
Shore Soccer players, the
soccer year is just beginning.

Both boys and girls will be
taking to the fields this
Saturday and Sunday as 230

Blues change name for coming year

Avalon Blues, the 1979-80
winners of the Vancouver
Metropolitan Soccer League
3rd division League and
Division Cup, have recently
changed their name _ to
Kypriakis Soccer Club.

New playing colors for the
team will be white with blue

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North Shore Youth Soccer
Association (NSYSA)
divisional teams start the
1980-81 league schedule.

The NSYSA, largest youth
soccer association in B.C.,
experienced another
dramatic growth in
registration this year’ ac-
cording to Don _ Brown,
association president.

- trim and the home park will
be Kilmer with games
scheduled for Sundays at 2
p-m.

Officials of the club

thanked the Avalon

organization for their
assistance during the past
years, and expressed hope

“We're anticipating 5,800
to 6,000 boys and girls, six to
18 years old to be registered

... that’s up from 5, last
year,” Brown said.
Brown credited the

growth in youth soccer
activity to the increased
popularity of the Vancouver
Whitecaps. He also pointed
to the low cost of soccer

that the association with
Kypriakis will be a long and
beneficial one.

Kypriakis first home game
in the second division is this
Sunday at Kilmer, 2 p.m.
against Dartmen Football
Club.

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high cost of outfitung a
hockey or football player.

“The popularity of NASL
has had some impact on our
growth, people are much
more interested in soccer
because it is a good sport
that doesn’t cost that much
to join,” Brown said.

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One adverse effect
brought about by the growth
in soccer's popularity is the
Strain it has placed on the
local association's ability to
find good coaches.

“We're always looking for
coaches, particularily people
who have a good knowledge
of the sport,” Brown said.

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