Medicine Hat Soccer Association

I will be stepping down as Minor Director at the conclusion of the outdoor season to take on other volunteer opportunities.  The 5 years with the MHSA board have been rewarding ones for me but as my son moves out of soccer it is time for me to move on as well.  The role of Minor Director has changed significantly since I started with the hiring of paid staff in the positions of Head Coach and Programme administrator.  The position is now far more about keeping the game fun and fair for our kids and less about the headaches of day to day administering the leagues.  If you think soccer needs to be fun, accessable to all our children and remain "the beautiful game"  then contact me in the next couple of weeks and see how you can help soccer continue to grow in Medicine Hat !

Rodger Sloan

Minor Director

Hockey is Canada's passion but soccer is the sport Canadians play. In 2008, the latest year for which statistics are available, there were 873,032 registered soccer players in more than 1,500 clubs across Canada, many more than the half-million or so who sign up for hockey.

That makes soccer the No. 1 participation sport in the country, with 20 per cent of all young Canadians playing the game, according to Statistics Canada. And while the numbers for other sports stagnate or fall, soccer has continued to grow every year for more than 25 years.

What's more, approximately 40 per cent of Canada's registered soccer players are female

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/World+contender+still+game/3130414/story.html#ixzz0qMvAYhZ8