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Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino - lakes.mn.us 2007 Soccer Report The 2007 Lino Lakes youth soccer program was again successful and very well received. Our program continues to provide a great recreational soccer experience for participants who desire a non - traveling soccer experience. In 2007 we had a total of 370 boys and girls participants in our program which totaled 34 total teams. The breakdown of teams included (12) U6 coed teams, (8) U8 boys teams, (6) U8 girls teams, (4) U10 boys and (4) U10 girls teams. We had another glorious day for our end of the season U10 boys and girls tournaments which was played on Saturday October 27th. The U10 boys Heat won both the regular season and end of the season tournament while the girls tournament winners was the Galaxy with the Comets winning the regular season crown! The biggest issue of the season was definitely the rain which made field maintenance an issue during three weeks of the season! Some weeks we had so much rain that our staff was not able to mow and maintain the fields during the week. With that being said we had a few Saturdays where the grass was soggy and longer than desired. When the weather conditions were favorable our fields again were in top shape! During one week of the season we had the local boy scouts selling donuts and hot chocolate at Rice Lake and the Centennial High School Soccer Boosters started selling donuts, coffee, and hot cocoa during the last three weeks of the season. I think this was a nice addition to our soccer program! Once again we had excellent officials and we were also able to groom some younger referees as well. It's important that we continue to groom and train young officials since the success of our program depend on it! Our coaches once again enjoyed preseason training from the Centennial High School soccer coach Jeff Ottoson which was well received. This is great kickoff to the youth soccer season and our coaches love to take advantage of this clinic! Other than the rain the 2007 soccer season was very good and continues to be a great program! •