September 2023
Issue 54 Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Coaching Newsletter
The Evolving is BACK!!!
With the words "lockdown" and "New Normal" hopefully in the rearview mirror the soccer community can continue to grow, develop and enjoy our soccer together. We are looking forward to piquing interest, entertaining and informing coaches with a world view on our local game. (hopefully without too many Ted Lasso quotes) Great to be back....!Believe!.... Be sure to follow us on Twitter @EPaCoachingEd, @DOCEPYSA, @EPAYouthSoccer!
Matt Ralph makes the squad!!
Gary Stephenson Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Technical Director
Exciting news for The Evolving Game; we have a new contributor Matthew Ralph is the director of communications for Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer. He has covered soccer at all levels in the Philadelphia area for more than a decade both as a freelance writer/photographer and as the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now.
We are…..300 Penn State Huntington Valley, Pa. native Erica (Walsh) Dambach, a former ODP coach, picked up her 300th career win with Penn State’s 2-1 win over West Virginia on August 24. Her record at Penn State improved to 260-89-22 since assuming the top job there in 2007.
200W for the explorers Coach La Salle Women’s head coach Paul Royal beat Albany 1-0 on Aug. 20.
won game No. 200 when the Explorers
New Coach heading the charge West Chester, Pa. native Mark Fetrow, who won a state cup and regional championship with FC Delco as a player, won his rst game as head coach of Drexel Men’s Soccer with a 2-0 victory over Saint Joseph’s on Aug. 24. Fetrow, a long-time associate head coach at Villanova, was hired in late July. Villanova head coach Tom Carlin and his family were in the stands along with a group of Villanova players to congratulate him after the nal whistle.
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