Sporting High School Pre-Season Camp - Boys and Girls 2008-2004 players: (August 8-12, 2022)

This camp will provide the last chance for preseason preparation for those who want the week of training. This is a more complex camp where we want to make sure players understand their roles in the various situations of the game. The coaches will focus on offering their knowledge thru different training sessions where players will later be allowed to freely experience what they learned in a FREE play environment. Applying what you learn in a FUN and FREE environment is what learning is all about. This camp will truly help players develop their tactical understanding of the game so they can perform better for their teams during the season. 

Camps Length

Half Day - 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

LOCATION: 395 Country Club Road, Middletown, CT

Topics for each camp will also include:

• Ball Mastery
• Fakes & Turns
• Dribbling to Penetrate
• Escape Pressure & Possess the ball
• Passing & Receiving both on the floor and in the air with a view to maintaining possession
• Striking and Finishing
• Individual Defending 
• Small sided games

ONLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL AGE GIRLS and BOYS (PLAYERS BORN 2008 - 2005)

Our final day will see a variety of small-sided game tournaments played (2v2, 4v4, 6v6 & 8v8) allowing players to demonstrate their newly acquired skills and abilities in front of all family members and friends.

PRICE:  

$150

SIGN UP HERE

3V3 Gianna Rose Vincelett Tournament

(Sunday, August 28th, 2022)

Please join us for Gianna Rose Vincellet 3v3 tournament that will be held on Sunday August  28th, 2022 at 395 Country club road field Middletown CT.

Age group provided for tournament:

Boys 2013/14, 2011/12, 2010/09, HS Boys

Girls 2013/14, 2011/12, 2010/09 and HS Girls

Limit 8 teams per age group register early with this link: https://leagueathletics.com/Registration/TeamRegList.asp?org=SPORTINGCT.ORG

Any questions call Sporting CT Director Goran at 201 532-3778 or email him back at goran@sportingct.com

3 games guaranteed plus playoff finals for best two teams. Minimum 4 and max 6 players per team.

Registration will be closed on Tuesday  August 23rd 2022. Schedule will be available on Thursday August 25th 2022.

Price $160 per team

All benefits from this tournament will be donated back to Gianna Rose Vincelett foundation funds.

We will need volunteers for this event please let us know if you can donate time to volunteer. We will provide you with volunteers hours for your high school or college if need it.

SIGN UP HERE

Sporting CT was represent this year in USYS Eastern Regional Championship in West Virginia with two teams Sporting CT 2009 Girls and Sporting CT 2008 boys.

Our teams had great experience competing against very talented teams and doing well. 

Sporting CT 2009 girls played 3 games and finish at the group stage play. 

Sporting CT 2008 boys had played 5 games and lost in the semifinals to Stony Brook LGN SC.

We are extremely proud of all players, coaches and parents for commitment and hard work they put together in last 10 months to make this season fun and enjoyable to play and watch. 

Summer Camps 2022 Schedule 

(Only Half Day Camps From 9am-12pm)

We have designed each camp with our players' needs in mind. We want to help players work on their weaknesses while improving on their strengths so they can become better players. We will outline the camp's topics and dates so you can plan accordingly and attend all or the camps that best fit your players' needs. 

3. Summer Camp week 3 (August 1-5, 2022)

This camp is designed for players looking to improve their skills  The goal of this week's camp curriculum is to create confident, skillful players on the ball capable of making good decisions and recognizing 2v1 & 3v2 situations in all areas of the field.  Our staff will create a fun, challenging, competitive atmosphere that encourages players to take risks with the ball, expands their comfort zone and improves confidence in competitive situations.  

Camp Times:

Half Day: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Topics for each day will also include:

• Ball Mastery
• Fakes & Turns
• Dribbling to Penetrate
• Escape Pressure & Possess the Ball
• Passing & Receiving both on the floor and in the air with a view to maintaining possession.
• Ball Striking & Finishing
• Individual Defending
• Small Sided Games

Our final day will see a variety of small sided games tournaments (2v2 thru 8v8 formats), allowing players to demonstrate their newly acquired skills in a competitive situation for parents & friends who choose to attend.

PRICE: 

 $175

HALF DAY CAMP - SIGN UP HERE

4. Sporting Pre-Season Summer Camp Week 4 (August 15 - 19, 2022)

This camp will serve as the main pre-season camp for all Sporting CT players for the 2022-23 seasonal year.  The primary focus will be on the physical condition and preparation of the players to improve strength, speed, coordination, balance and quickness.  The goal of this camp is to have each player see gains in their physical performance to better sustain a high level of play throughout the course of the year.  This will include SAQ exercise, soccer-specific conditioning and ball skills - the ball will not be neglected!!!  The demands of this camp are to push you harder, further and faster than anywhere else.  Proper warmup, cooldown and body maintenance will be addressed to develop good individual fitness habits and prevent injury.  This is a great camp to get players into shape, connect with teammates and prepare for the season in a fun and competitive environment!

Camp Times:

Half Day: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Topics for the week will also include:

• Ball Mastery
• Fakes & Turns
• Dribbling to Penetrate (1v1 situations!)
• Escape pressure and keeping possession
• Passing & Receiving both on the floor and in the air with a view to maintaining possession
• Ball Striking & Finishing
• Individual & Group Defending
• Small Sided Games

Our final day will see a variety of small sided games tournaments (2v2-8v8 formats) to allow the players to demonstrate their newly acquired skills and abilities to friends and family who may choose to attend.

PRICE: 

$175

HALF DAY CAMP - SIGN UP HERE

Sporting CT Members,

We are honored to announce that starting in the fall of 2022 we will award two Sporting CT female athletes with The Gianna Rose Vincelett Scholarship at her family request.

Gianna Vincelett was a member of the Sporting CT 2007 Girls team. Her family is funding a soccer scholarship with Sporting CT in her name because they believe that, like Gianna, children whose families may not otherwise be able to afford it should be able to play soccer at the Premier level.

Gianna loved her Sporting teammates, and their families and other children should be able to enjoy all that Sporting CT has to offer: competitive soccer, great coaching and a family oriented environment.

This scholarship may provide full or partial coverage of Sporting CT’s yearly fees. You can apply by competing the attached application form and returning it as specified.              

Please indicate the circumstances that make this request necessary. Be sure to explain your situation in the most comprehensive manner possible to help us make the appropriate decision. In rare circumstances, your latest Federal and State income tax returns may be requested to verify income.

The executive board of Sporting CT will be responsible for reviewing any scholarship request and their decision should be considered final. Those requesting assistance for the 2022/23 season should submit their application by no later than July 1st 2022 and expect to hear an outcome within 30 days of our receipt of said application. Please email application form to frank@sportingct.com and goran@sportingct.com

*Please note – Scholarships are provided on a yearly basis. Upon completion of the soccer year families must reapply/ be reevaluated in order to receive support again.

Please Note: Should a full or partial scholarship be afforded to your family, it is the expectation of the club that said family/families will help contribute to the running of the program by volunteering to assist in one of the following capacities:

• Tournament Committee
• Team Manager
• Sponsorship/Fundraising
• MYS league manager
• Uniform/Equipment Distribution
• Child to assist in the coaching of Academy program

We are also happy to announce that MYS and Sporting CT will run our first 3v3 Gianna Rose Vincelett tournament Sunday August 28th at our fields at 395 Country club road where all benefits from this event will go back to Vincelett family to support more athletes with free or partial scholarship for upcoming years.

Registration for this event will be open by July 1st 2022.

Best Regards,

Sporting CT Board of Directors

Hi Sporting Families, 

We would like to congratulate coach Goran Vasic for being inducted into Middletown Hall of Fame and Museum and with the rest of the special group of people. We feel honored to have coach Goran work with our players and passing on his knowledge to the upcoming generations. Over the last decade coach Goran has helped build a great foundation for kids in Middletown and has impacted many families in a positive way. Thank you for all you do!

Regards, 

Andrei 

Middletown Sporting CT joins New England Conference

Newest UWS2 team led by Tiffany Weimer

Metuchen, NJ – UWS League Two (UWS2) is thrilled to announce the addition of Middletown Sporting CT to the New England Conference. Middletown Sporting CT joins the seven team conference alongside Massachusetts Rush Central, South Shore Select, and the reserves sides for Blackwatch Rush, Connecticut Fusion, New England Mutiny and Worcester Smiles. Stay tuned for the release of the 2022 game schedule.

“We are very excited for the opportunity to have our players compete in UWS2 this summer,” said Head Coach Tiffany Weimer. “The players we have joining us this summer deserve the professionalism and quality of competition that this league provides.”

Head Coach Tiffany Weimer most recently played in the first division of UWS last season with National Runners-up Connecticut Fusion and will now be leading the newly launched U23 team for Sporting CT. Tiffany holds her USSF National B License and is the Yale University Assistant Coach. She is a 12-year professional player in 6 countries (US, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Brazil, and Canada). She is also Owner & Co-Founder of Duktig Brand – the official supplier of coaching notebooks for UWS.

“’We want to thank United Women’s Soccer for accepting us into the league and giving us an opportunity to take women’s soccer in CT and New England area to the next level,” said Executive Director Goran Vasic. “This platform is a great pathway for players in our club and we can’t wait for the start of our inaugural season.”

Middletown Sporting CT is part of Middletown Youth Soccer which was founded in 1974 and later established itself as the premier branch, Sporting CT, in 2012. The Club’s goal is to provide the best possible coaching and support resources to enable each player to develop to their full potential, both as soccer players and as individuals. Through the club’s commitment to providing the finest staff possible, their ambition is to produce players capable of competing at the: ODP/Region 1, Collegiate, Professional and International levels.

Middletown Sporting CT will play their home games at Sporting CT (395 Country Club Rd, Middletown CT 06457) and Xavier High School (181 Randolph road Middletown CT 06457). For more information on Middletown Sporting CT, visit their official website and follow the club on Facebook and Instagram.

Hi MYS Sporting CT Family, 

Coach Carl Lombardo was inducted into the CT Soccer Hall Of Fame on April 2, 2022.

We are happy to have coach Carl work with our players and to be part of our club.

Congrats Coach Carl we will always support you and be thankful for everything you have done in the last few decades.

Thank you to all our members for coming to show support for coach Carl at CJSA event this past Saturday.

Hello everyone,

Please find bellow information from Gia grandparents Skip and Debby. We can thank you enough to all our Sporting CT families and others that are not part of our club for reaching out to us and asking how everyone can help Vincelett family in this difficult time.

If you can please donate to the fund set up in the Gia memory.

Regards,

Sporting CT Board of Directors.

To our Sporting CT soccer family,

Thank you for the outpouring of support in the past few days. Gia’s friends from soccer and basketball and their families have all reached out to us. We feel thankful that we were able to attend a gathering of Gia’s teammates on Sunday to see the girls and their parents. After many tearful moments initially, everyone was able to begin to remember Gia as the happy, energetic, funny young woman that she was. We hope this gathering helped the girls as much as it helped us. Goran, Andrei, Dylan, Emilie and Frank also attended and we were very glad to see them.

Gia’s mom, Megan, is planning a celebration of Gia’s life in the upcoming weeks. We think it will be held on Friday, August 20^th.  As soon as the details are finalized we will let you all know. Megan wishes to have one celebration for everyone Gia touched in all aspects of her life. Everyone will be invited.

We have set up a memorial fund at Liberty Bank in Haddam. We plan to use the fund to support a soccer scholarship at Sporting CT for a deserving female player and hopefully for a female soccer player from Haddam-Killingworth High School who is going on to play in college.

Donations can be sent to:

The Gianna Rose Vincelett Memorial Fund

Liberty Bank, Haddam Branch

P.O.. Box 37

116 Bridge Street,

Haddam, CT 06438

Or, if you would like to use venmo to donate to the fund, search for the Gianna-Rose-Fund:

https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3332228658495488195&created=1628108453

Skip & Debby Vincelett