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Lakeshore Soccer has a new prez

Lakeshore Soccer finally has its man.Nick Pantemis is the new president of the West Island’s biggest soccer club, which means extended working hours for the busy owner of the West Island Travel agency.Pantemis knows the job of running the LSC is like holding down a second job, but he doesn’t plan to do it all by himself.“Passion is one thing, time is another,” said Pantemis. “So the key is to delegate to others.”...
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Banner year for Lac St.Louis soccer

The results from the 2009 soccer season are in and Lac St.Louis-based teams have plenty to celebrate.Local club teams posted six top-3 finishes at the Saputo Cup provincial championships on the weekend in Sherbrooke, including a string of gold medals on the boys side from U-14 to U-16.Two Pierrefonds boys teams won promotion to the provincial Triple-A ranks next season by capturing first-place honours in U-14-AA and U-15- AA categories.Lakeshore added...
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Lakeshore Soccer gets it right

Soccer season ended for many West Island intercity teams last weekend.Or did it?Soccer, the sport that never sleeps, often blurs the line between seasons.Intercity programs often run 12-months a year, leaving players little time to reflect, recuperate and re-energize.If you’ve played competitive sports, you’ll know how important that is to long-term player development.As one longtime soccer coach put it to me recently, “Nowadays, kids don’t...
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Does anyone want to be president?

Wanna be president of the West Island’s biggest soccer club?The position is open at the Lakeshore Soccer Club, so fire off a resumé if you’re interested in dealing with nearly 10,000 soccer parents every year.But first ask yourself one simple question: Do you want a second full-time job?The president’s job is an endless cycle of meetings, phone calls, emails and far too few pats on the back....
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Soccer's soggy summer

Is it my imagination or has it rained nearly every weekend this soggy summer?Rain nearly washed out the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey on the weekend, while here in Montreal the l’Acadie Circle flooded yet again.And for the past three weekends, local soccer tournaments have been soaked to the gills by Mother Nature, who, I take it by now, is not a fan of the beautiful game....
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Blowing the whistle on soccer injuries

It’s not easy being a ref in any sport.Fans holler at you, players curse you and disrespectful coaches blame you for just about everything.Although I’m not a ref-basher, I must admit that occasionally the refs make it hard on themselves, and needlessly so.A case in point occurred on the weekend when an injured player fell to the ground in a heap during an Île Bizard tournament game....
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Grass not always greener in soccer

Local soccer teams are discovering the grass is not always greener when it comes to entering tournaments. Powerhouse teams in search of stiffer competition often have to travel a ways to find it, but there is always the risk of running into another West Island team at an away tournament, as the Lakeshore under-9 A girls’ team discovered two weeks ago. Instead of entering the Lac St.Louis tournament that same weekend, Lakeshore travelled to Victoriaville for a...
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Swine flu spreads to soccer handshake

Okay soccer moms and dads, it’s time to push the pandemic button. On Tuesday, local soccer officials issued a directive that read more like a medical alert: the traditional post-game handshake is being put on hold due to the spread of the H1N1 virus, also known as Swine flu. ...
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Free agents start young in today's soccer

Stealing or “poaching” players from rival clubs has become a reality of competitive soccer on the West Island. While there are rules governing the movement of players between clubs, youngsters have effectively become modern-day free agents. Truth is, clubs could issue player releases in the past, but the practice gained steam under the so-called “4-2 rule”, a key component of the Triple-A club reforms brought down by Soccer Quebec a few years ago. ...
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Soccer is all shook up by Swine Flu

To shake or not to shake? That is the question some West Island soccer teams are asking as the Swine Flu scare takes a grip on the traditional post-game handshake. Should kids continue offering their sweaty palms in a gesture of good sportsmanship - even if they might inadvertently be passing germs on to their teammates and opponents? While a world-wide flu alert is nothing to sneeze at, your local soccer field has yet to mutate into an arena...
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