RELEASE DATE: 5/25/06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mansfield University Soccer Offers Unique Clinic for Elite High School Soccer Players

MANSFIELD -- The Mansfield University soccer program will provide a rare opportunity for local high school soccer players on Sunday June 4, 2006. Head coach Tim Dempsey and members of the University soccer team will host a clinic for elite high school players -- players who plan to make the jump to playing collegiate soccer.

Although plenty of soccer camp opportunities exist in the area, none are geared specifically at the best high school players in the region. Coach Dempsey has set out to provide those outstanding high school athletes with an idea of what playing collegiate level soccer will be like.

This clinic will not be open to the beginning level soccer player. Players who wish to enroll in the camp should have a combination of both club and varsity soccer experience, and will be asked to list their experiences on the registration form.

Registration will be limited to the first 20 field players and the first four goalkeepers that sign up. The registration fee is $30 and all participants will receive a free t-shirt compliments of Northern Tier Athletics.

Unlike the first Mountaineer Elite Soccer Clinic, the summer clinic will consist of two sessions -- One for boys and one for girls

About the Clinic Director: Coach Dempsey is former collegiate All-American player who played in three NCAA Division III Final Four National Championship Tournaments. In 12 years of coaching at Green Mountain College in Vermont, he guided his team to 11 conference and four regional championships, as well as three appearances in the NAIA National Tournament. Since coming to Mansfield in the Spring of 2001 to start the Mountaineer’s women’s soccer program, Dempsey has steadily built the program into a competitive team. The past Fall (2005), only four years after the start of the program, MU finished the season with their first winning record (8-7-3), and they return a majority of the team for the 2006 season.

Program Format

FEMALES: 12:00-3:00

12-12:15 - Lecture from Coach Dempsey on what it takes to be a quality college level player and what the   rest of the program will entail.

12:15-1:30 - Skill work in small groups

1:30-2:00 - Soccer demonstration by Coach Dempsey using his college players

2:00-3:00 - Players will play small sided games with instruction from Coach Dempsey

             MALES: 3:30-6:30

3:30 - 3:45 -  Lecture from Coach Dempsey on what it takes to be a quality college level player and what the   rest of the program will entail.

3:45 - 5:00 - Skill work in small groups

5:00 - 5:30 - Soccer demonstration by Coach Dempsey using his college players

5:30 - 6:00 - Players will play small sided games with instruction from Coach Dempsey

For more information and registration information, or to register online, please visit the registration page.

** Registration and payment will also be accepted on Sunday before the clinic for those who have not yet registered online or by mail.