2016-2017 tryouts recap

We thank all of the girls who attended our recent NASA Tophat (NTH) Junior Academy Girls soccer program tryout sessions. The girls showed a lot of effort and enthusiasm over the course of a hot week. Great job girls! We also thank the parents for their time and positive support. Links: Junior Academy Girls (birth… Read More »

Academy Open House Camp: May 23-26, 2016

NASA Tophat is hosting an Academy and Junior Academy open house camp prior to tryout sessions. The camp runs Monday, May 23rd through Thursday, May 26th, 2016. The open house camp is open to all girls players who were born from 2005 through 2010. Girls may attend any combination of sessions. Cost is $25 per… Read More »

2016 Friendship Cup recap

We finished our 2015-2016 soccer year by playing in the NASA Friendship Cup tournament. We fielded four teams. Two of our teams won their brackets and advanced to championship matches. Our other two teams finished 2nd in their brackets. We congratulate the girls for their spirited and skilled play! We thank the parents for their… Read More »

2016 Friendship Cup Sunday preview

The Quest Park fields survived Friday’s steady rain and Saturday’s late morning rain, and we were able to play all of our Saturday Friendship Cup tournament games. Here’s a preview of Sunday’s schedules and scenarios for teams to advance to the championships. All scenarios assume currently-posted scores are correct. Good luck to all the girls… Read More »

2016 Friendship Cup Saturday notes

Saturday @ 6:45 AM:  Quest Park fields are open, games are on as scheduled. Guest coaches We have three simultaneous games Saturday at 1 PM, and Sunday at 10:30 AM. Copey and Hailey are unavailable, so we recruited guest coaches to fill in. Long-time NASA Academy coaches Dawn Bristol and Hannah Lones will cover games,… Read More »

2016 Friendship Cup Friday notes

Friday, May 20th messages from the tournament director: 3:45 PM:  The games scheduled for Noonday Park tonight at 6:00 and 8:00 PM are canceled due to rain.  As of now, all games scheduled for tomorrow at all venues are on as scheduled.  We will update the tournament website and the rain hotline no later than… Read More »

Home assignments: Spring 2016

We’ll give the girls a home assignment each week, where we ask them to practice certain skills on their own for 5-10 minutes a few times during the week. Many of these activities only need a small amount of space. You can do them indoor if needed. These activities come from our play at home… Read More »

May 14 Family Fun Day @ Metro North Park

We thank everyone who attended the 2016 NASA Tophat Family Fun Day. The kids enjoyed the bouncy houses, dunk tank, cotton candy, snow cones, hair coloring and other activities, and they loved the crazy sport called bubble soccer! The Junior Academy Girls had a good representation, and they wore out coach Ward (and future coaches… Read More »