Andover Soccer Association

Update from Andover Soccer Association

Andover Soccer Association

Dear ASA families,

The Andover Soccer Association is excited to get started in 2021. Please see below for details on this year’s Board of Directors and the Spring Season.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors are the volunteer leadership body of the Andover Soccer Association. Directors are elected by vote of the ASA membership at the organization’s annual meeting held in November. Directors serve two year terms and may serve a maximum of 4 consecutive years. Executive Officers are elected by the Board of Directors each December and serve one-year terms with a maximum of two consecutive years in the same position.

For more information see AndoverSoccer.org or contact president@andoversoccer.org

Congratulations to the following new members of the Board of Directors and our 2021 Executive Officers:

New members 2021:

James Bossieux; Katie Greer; Rich Maher; Matt McLaughlin and Steve Previte

Executive Officers 2021:

President- Chris Price

Vice President- Pete Kinney

Vice President- Danny O’Toole

Treasurer- Rick Bellitti

Secretary- Sara Stevens

Also, many thanks to our outgoing board members:

Chuck Chiesa; Dana Flanders; Lyle Morgan; Jesus Sampedro and John Zaeder

2021 ASA Board of Directors

Rick Bellitti

Warren Bodine

James Bossieux

Kim Cratty

Gia Cyrier

Katie Greer

Pete Kinney

Rich Maher

Matt McLaughlin

Danny O’Toole

Steve Previte

Chris Price

Adrian Purtschert

Sara Stevens

Mark Sutton

Spring 2021 Season

We are very excited to announce that our in-town and travel programs will be returning to play this Spring! We have been working to develop contingency plans for various COVID-19 scenarios. We will be providing additional updates and more granular details to players and their families as we get closer to the season in April; however, we did want to share some initial details:

· All Andover players, coaches and spectators will be required to wear masks at all practices and games.

· Spectators at all games and practices will be limited to one per player.

· Our governing body, Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association (MYSA), has updated its protocols to allow for soccer to be played without any of the controversial game modifications that were instituted over the summer.

· Essex County Youth Soccer Association (ECYSA), the league in which our travel teams play, is moving forward with planning for the Spring season and has announced an Opening Day of April 10th for travel games to begin.

Registration for players and coaches will open in the coming days, so please be on the lookout for that email this week.

Happy New Year!

Chris Price

ASA President

COVID WAIVER

The Town of Andover requires that all participants read, fill out completely and sign this COVID-19 waiver. Please print the document below and complete one waiver for each child playing with ASA. Volunteer Coaches are also required to complete a waiver. Per the town of Andover electronic copies are only allowed if using DocuSign (specifically). Finished waivers should be mailed to:

Andover Soccer Association
P.O. Box 1014
Andover, MA 01810

Players will not be able to participate until ASA has received a signed copy of this waiver.

COVID WAIVER

Welcome to Andover Soccer Association (ASA)

Our mission is to provide healthy youth sports opportunities to Andover's youth.
ASA is the second largest youth soccer association in Massachusetts and is run by Andover parent volunteers.
ASA registers approximately 1,600 players, 350 volunteer coaches, 70 youth referees and represents 1,200 families.
ASA fields boys & girls teams for all abilities and competition levels, from age 5 to age 18.
ASA offers multiple player & coach training as well as social programs throughout the year.
ASA is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization.