April 24, 2020

We hope you are staying healthy and active. We are so eager to get back on the soccer field but will follow the Governor's guidelines to stay at home. On May 4th, we will determine next steps. Our hope is to hold EFC tryouts so we can evaluate returning players and also invite new players to attend! Being part of a team and playing this awesome game brings so much hope, now more than ever.

If we can't hold tryouts, we will move directly to a player placement model. Coaches will offer returning players a spot on their team and also invite new players to join.

In both cases, your tryout registration will be needed to place players on teams, so everyone please register here. Once teams are formed, we will send registration invoices.

In the meantime, please email the EFC coaches of your birth year and copy our DOC Mitch Cook (mcook@faipoint.net), if you have any questions or if you're a new player and interested in joining their team for the 2020 season!

Girls 2020 EFC Coaching Staff
2013 (U8) - Junior Program - Redwine Soccer & Keelin Winters erin@redwinesoccer.com
2012 (U9) - Junior Program - Redwine Soccer & Keelin Winters erin@redwinesoccer.com
2011 (U10) - Redwine Soccer erin@redwinesoccer.com
2010 (U11) - Redwine Soccer erin@redwinesoccer.com
2009 (U12) - Redwine Soccer erin@redwinesoccer.com
2008 (U13) - Redwine Soccer erin@redwinesoccer.com
2007 (U14) - Redwine Soccer, Sarah Pope erin@redwinesoccer.com & sarah.raej.pope@gmail.com
2006 (U15) - Redwine Soccer erin@redwinesoccer.com
2005 (U16) - Redwine Soccer erin@redwinesoccer.com

Boys 2020 EFC Coaching Staff
2013 (U8) Junior Program - Redwine Soccer & Keelin Winters erin@redwinesoccer.com
2012 (U9) Junior Program - Redwine Soccer & Keelin Winters erin@redwinesoccer.com
2011 (U10) - Tyler Leavitt tylerleavitt@gmail.com
2010 (U11) - Tyler Leavitt tylerleavitt@gmail.com
2009 (U12) - BJ Fekkes billyfekkes@yahoo.com
2008 (U13) - BJ Fekkes billyfekkes@yahoo.com
2007 (U14) - Kevin Hansen khansen@houseloan.com
2006 (U15) - Brian Holmgren tlcbrian@live.com
2005 and up - Brett Hansen and Jeff Stinson hansen.bretth@gmail.com Jeffrey.Stinson@cwu.edu

Take care and please reach out with any questions!

April 8, 2020

The Ellensburg FC tryouts scheduled for May 4th, 5th and 9th have been postponed to a TBD date. The "stay-at-home" order in Washington has been extended to May 4th, so KVJSA will revisit setting a tryout date at our monthly board meeting on May 5th and update you as soon as possible. There will be at least 2 weeks notice before the newly scheduled tryout date. In the meantime, registration is still open! There is no cost for tryouts but registration IS required. Register here.

March 15, 2020

This past week has been unprecedented in most of our lives.  KVJSA and EFC respect the decisions taken locally and nationally to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus/COVID-19.  As you likely are well-aware by now, the governor has closed k-12 schools through April 24, canceling all organized sport activities.  The city of Ellensburg has closed all indoor facilities and cancelled all youth sport activities until further notice.  And, PSPL has suspended all league activity until at least 4/1.

Consistent with these actions, KVJSA/EFC will suspend all club-sponsored activities through at least March 31.  This includes all recreational and competitive programming.  We will follow the advice of PSPL on return to play and provide an update by the end of March on the status of play for April.

Upon return to play, there are several soccer-specific recommendations for preventing virus transmission beyond the general hygiene principles:

1. Every player should have an individual ball for drills and all balls should be sanitized after use
2. Players should not share jerseys or pinnies without sanitization between uses
3. Players should not share water bottles
4. Social distancing in teaching moments, sidelines, etc. should be enforced
5. Group celebrations, including high fives, hugs, etc. should be avoided

We share the disappointment and frustration of not being able to play and hope to return to play as soon as our governing bodies and public health officials deem it safe and appropriate.

Thanks.

Jeff Stinson

Board President, KVJSA