Club History
2007 - THE YEAR IN REVIEW
- The first official season of the merged Metro-Ford Soccer Club and Coquitlam City Soccer Association got underway with very few issues. Our newly formed club, the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club, is half way through another very successful season, on and off the field.
- A three-year contract was signed with Adidas to be our official sponsor for our team equipment. Our relationship with Soccer Express continues and we are thankful for their support and operational improvements.
- The first CMFSC raffle completed on December 15th and was a great success. It is not quite known what the final net proceeds of the raffle are, but they are in the neighborhood of $40,000. A big thank you to our raffle coordinators, Sandra Foucher and Bruce Dent, for their work on the raffle. Thanks also to the team representatives that took on the job of ticket reconciliation, etc.
- Thank you to our primary sponsor Metro Ford Motors for their donation of a vehicle to make this raffle a reality.
- The raffle is a Class A raffle through the BC Gaming Commission and the rules and regulations are very stringent. These additional funds (over and above registration fees - our major source of revenue) assist us in applying this revenue to our large equipment costs (our biggest budget item). We can then look to use the additional funds on capital projects and as always focus on player and coach development at all club levels.
- The Board was successful in securing a three-year contract with Sara Maglio and Alfredo Valente. Their new contract will expire in 2010. We are appreciative of their expertise, professionalism and program development. Both Sara and Alfredo had their first children this year. Benjamin Kindel was born on April 19th to Sara and Steve and Noah Valente was born to Alfredo and Krissy on December 19th. It will be interesting to watch their soccer prowess develop.
- Our new website was developed and implemented in September. A big thank you to our webmaster, Ed Foucher, for his continued work.
- Alex Muzzin and Wayne Punchak were our successful candidates for the Domenic Mobilio annual bursaries.
- Domenic Mobilio, our friend and soccer great was inducted into the Soccer Hall of Fame.
- Our first free Soccer Day of Fun was held in June with over two hundred players joining in on a great day of soccer fun.
- Our Mini programs continue to grow and be successful. Our Initiation Academy has over 500 players with waiting lists and paid coaching.
- Our annual Domenic Mobilio Friendship and Labour Day Tournaments were successful again this year. Alfredo arranged a Domenic Mobilio Memorial game to open the 2007 Domenic Mobilio Friendship Tournament. The match participants were family and long term playing friends of Domenic's.
- Free coach development sessions and goalkeeping clinics were provided.
- High performance academies, player academies and development team programs were again offered through Sara and Alfredo.
- Our club supported numerous coaches attending the BC Soccer Conference in December. Numerous other coaches completed various levels of their NCCP, with some Provincial and National certifications being awarded.
- Our club strategic meetings took place in May. These meetings are planned every two years. A group of approximately 20 Board, Executive and club members were invited to provide feedback and sit in on the two-day meetings. The meetings help us review past initiatives and look to the future to continue to move our club forward. There were three main future items that are being looked at; paid coaching (along with volunteer compensation), board structure / possible use of committees and capital projects (a clubhouse).
- The paid coaching committee (joined in part by the paid volunteer analysis) has been set and meetings will take place in January and February. There has been a lot of feedback, some supporting paid coaching and volunteers and some against same. We are hoping that everyone will offer their insight into this tough subject and plan to be a part of the club's decision.
- A revised board structure is currently being discussed among the Directors.
- A sub-committee of the CFSA (Coquitlam Field Sports Association) has been set to discuss the potential clubhouse at the new Town Centre facility. The committee is being led by Chris Sheppard and the first meeting should be sometime this month.
- A multi-field complex, complete with turf and grass fields, will be completed sometime in 2008. Again, through the hard work of this club, the Town Centre facility is coming to fruition. This dream started six or seven years ago and the long term members of this Board, especially Doug Macdonell, deserve our thanks for their dedication in seeing this through. Also, the Coquitlam Field Sports Association and Chair, Dave Jones, again have showed how volunteerism and the love of a sport can change a community.
- The first CMFSC awards banquet took place in October. This will be an annual October event and there were awards for top teams, coaches and players.
- Various members of our Board and Sara and Alfredo are sitting on the operational and technical committees of the Mountain WFC affiliate of the Vancouver Whitecaps. This is to assist with the planning and development of the program in 2008. We hope that our players and coaches will support this program, as well as our Provincial Team Program.
Gayle Statton
President
Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club
COQUITLAM CITY SOCCER AND METRO-FORD SOCCER MERGE CLUBS!!
The Board of Directors of Coquitlam City Soccer are happy to advise that we have officially agreed to merge our soccer club with the Metro-Ford Soccer Club. The benefits of this merger are many:
- one large club providing quality soccer teams and programs
- a Mini Initiation Academy that will have between 400-500 players, many who will be getting quality, paid coaching.
- mentoring opportunities for our younger players to be involved in coaching and giving back to the game
- better access to fields and facilities
- combining of soccer expertise
- a soccer committed title sponsor - Metro Ford Motors
- top level Women's and Men's Premier teams
- a full club soccer compliment from non-selective teams to the highest level teams
- more challenges and opportunities for our Technical Director, Sara Maglio and Head Coach, Alfredo Valente
The Metro-Ford Soccer Club was founded in 1984 in Coquitlam and is well known for their strong Men's Premier Wolves team and also their significant youth involvement. The Metro-Ford teams have been very successful in Provincial Cup play, winning numerous titles over many years. Coquitlam City Soccer has been steadily building all our programs. Our girl's programs have grown considerably over the past five years and we are home to the girl's U18 Metro Coquitlam City Wild - four time Provincial Cup Champions, National Champions in 2003 and 3rd place in 2005. Between our two soccer clubs, we sent five teams to Provincial Cup in 2006. Our clubs' philosophies are very similar; soccer is a sport for everyone, development of soccer should start at a very young age, quality coaching is required and challenging programs need to be in place for elite players. The Coquitlam/Metro-Ford Soccer Club will continue to have teams at every level. Our mandate will continue to be "to develop and deliver comprehensive programs for life". If you have any questions about this merger, please feel free to contact any of our club's Directors.
DOMENIC MOBILIO INDUCTED INTO THE CANADIAN SOCCER HALL OF FAME
Domenic Mobilio has been inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. Induction ceremony took place on May 5, 2007 in Woodbridge, Ontario. Article