East Brunswick Soccer Club coach Hector Escobar was named New Jersey Youth Soccer's "Coach of the Year"!  Hector is coach of the U12 Boys United FC who was the 2010 New Jersey State Cup champion and a semifinalist in the 2011 New Jersey State Cup tournament.  Hector was acknowledged for his  "outstanding achievements, and service to his team and his club".  Congratulations Hector and United FC; you both continue to be role models for the club and community!

Joining Hector and his family at the State's awards banquet were -- (from left to right) Doug Lee, Joe Tavella, Ilir Shehaj, Ron Brandsdorfer, son Kevin Escobar, Hector Escobar, Rob Duncan, Paul Levine, Jim Harmon and Norbert Espada.

A strong performance by our boys on the pitch.  Coached by Tom Gaffney & Janine Giske. 

Our registration period will end on January 15, 2012.  EBSCs goal, as always, is to promote our beautiful game to all the youth in East Brunswick so we welcome new volunteers who would like to donate their time to the community and coach or assistant coach a team.  If interested please contact us. 

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Registration FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs):

Q: What is the T.O.P.Soccer Program and why is it FREE?

A: T.O.P.Soccer stands for "The Outreach Program" and is US Youth Soccer’s community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities. The program is designed to bring the opportunity of learning and playing soccer to any boy or girl who has a mental or physical disability.  EBSC has decided to offer this program free of charge this spring only for our inaugural season.  If your child is not special needs, please select either our Superstars program (ages 4-6) or our recreation program (ages 6 and up).

Weekend of 11/19 and 11/20

The East Brunswick SC SPIRIT U15 Girls Elite Soccer team wrapped up a successful fall season by winning the MAPS/ MSSL winter college showcase in Tuckahoe Farms  November 19 and 20.  The Spirit were undefeated and unscored upon in victories over FC Trois Rivieres (Canada), South Jersey Utd, South Hampton SA, and Washington Utd, 5-0, 2-0,1-0, and 4-0.  The Spirit finish the 2011 soccer season as four (4) time tournament champions and were finalists and semi finalists for a record of 19-2-3 in six tournaments entered.  With victories coming against numerous top ranked regional opponents from NJ, NY, PA, and CT the Spirit finish 2011 ranked #11 in NJ and #50 in Region 1 by Got Soccer.com.

Spirit Players are Alexis Suarez, Demi Rousseau, Nicole Velez, Katherine McCulley, Samantha Potts, Sanitra Desai, Alexandra Kalafor, Jessica Stapleton, Julia Simoes, Kaitlyn Roughan, Gabriella Merse, Stephanie Schwailik, Giorgi Sorrentino, Samantha Santucci, Alyssa Kramer, Sydney Rosa and Virginia Cummings. The team is coached by Alicia Hall, Bob McCulley and Ed Simoes.

(Submit your team success stories and pics to ebsoccer.secretary@gmail.com)

East Brunswick High School's Bears soccer team captured the Central Jersey Group 4 championship last Friday, defeating Steinert 3-1. The Bears, ranked for most of the season among the state's top 10 teams, remained undefeated (20-0-2) with the victory. Coached by Terry McKibbin and assisted by Steve Pecesky and Jack Blalock, the Bears will play undefeated Cherokee in the state Group 4 semifinals..
 
"We feel a bit like proud parents," said Jim Harmon, EBSC's president. "Nearly all of these boys got their start in our club and a number of players continue to play on our teams. This is very exciting, and we're very happy for the boys and their coaches."
 
The sectional title is the Bears' first since 2001. Two weeks ago the Bears won the co-championship of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, tying Edison 1-1 in the finale.

Attention Coaches:

Due to the very hard work of our VP-Fields, John Pember, the Club is happy to announce that effective immediately we have portable lights on fields 6 and 7 and at Bicentennial Park for practices. The lights are allowed to run until 9pm for practices. These fields will have lights until the end of the season and we certainly hope that the teams take advantage of them being there.

Please check the Field Availability/Permits section of our site or click here for more information

This season EBSC will continue to ensure the safety of the children we serve.  This policy requires that the Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers serving our Superstars, Recreation and Travel programs, participate in a criminal background check.  This has become an accepted policy at many area soccer clubs and at other youth sports organizations, including those here in East Brunswick.  To view EBSC’s written policy, go to our “Forms and Documents” page (see the link to the left).  To begin the coaches criminal background check process, please click here.  

To see our Alternate Criminal Background check policy, please click here.   Please note that this is a mandatory requirement and any Head Coach, Assistant Coach or Trainer who fails to undergo this background check will be suspended from the Club until they are in compliance with the new policy.  If you have any questions, please email Russ Gale, VP of Support.

If you would like to read more about the importance of background checks in youth sports, please read this.

This summer several EBSC volunteers, led by our VP of Support Russ Gale, repainted the old snack bar at Dideriksen Park.  One weekend was spent stripping and scraping years old yellow paint off the walls and another priming and repainting the building in East Brunswick Green and White.  Here are some before and after pictures.  Stop by for a snack or drink this fall!

Here are some more before and after shots:

https://picasaweb.google.com/Russgale/SnackBarBeforePainting72311?authkey=Gv1sRgCPLCvKaakYPOUw

https://picasaweb.google.com/Russgale/SnackBarAfterNewPaintJob82011?authkey=Gv1sRgCK7G64Gku6-74gE