Do You Feel Lucky?

Do You Feel Lucky?

If you do, then you could be the winner of a NEW CAR, a trip to England, waived CASL training fees for a year, Carolina RailHawks season tickets, free burritos for a year from Moe's Southwest Grill, or one of many gift cards courtesy of CASL, Champps Americana, Aluminum Fences, and Buffalo Brothers in this year's CASL Scholarship Raffle presented by Nick Cerullo with Merrill Lynch. 

CASL's annual scholarship raffle has launched, and raffle tickets can be purchased from CASL players in Challenge, CAYA, Classic, Academy, and ECNL. The raffle will close on December 11 and all winners will be announced on December 18. 

last year's grand prize raffle winner with his NEW CAR!

Raffle tickets are only $20 each. All funds raised through the raffle will benefit CASL's Scholarship Fund which will help players and their families who may be facing financial constraints. We thank all of you in advance, whether you a consumer or seller of our scholarship raffle, for helping open up the game of soccer to youth who may not otherwise be able to play. 

For a full list of prizes and other raffle information, click here. 

WakeMed: Your Source for Emergency and Urgent Care

Unfortunately during the season (or off-season), we all may face times where someone we know needs emergency or urgent care. Fortunately, WakeMed Health and Hospitals the official health partner of CASL, and they can provide care for you whenever and wherever you need them.

WakeMed has convenient emergency and urgent care sites in the Triangle area that are near many of CASL fields used for practices and games throughout Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Garner, and Wake Forest. Click here for a brochure that outlines the specific locations available to you through WakeMed Health and Hospitals. You can also download a free WakeMed app available for iPhone and android devices to learn more information. Visit www.wakemed.org to learn more about the services they offer. 

WakeMed Health and Hospitals has been caring for CASL athletes for nearly a decade. They are dedicating to providing resources to CASL families to keep them healthy on and off the field. CASL and WakeMed will soon be providing you information on how to create active and healthy families on and off the field. Keep an eye out for this information to be announced on our website, through social media, and other outlets for your benefit!

WakeMed Emergency and Urgent Care Locations

250 Quiz Points by Monday - We Can Do it!

Community Grant Competition - we need YOUR help!

We are almost halfway through the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Community Grant competition. The competition has been live since the beginning of September, and it remains open through the month of November. Many of you have taken a few minutes to complete the quiz, and we are very grateful for your participation. Every point counts, and we need your help if you haven't taken the quiz yet to earn a $2500 grant that will be put toward program enhancement including coaching education and equipment across all levels of play! 

We have come out of the gate sprinting with 193 quiz points credited to Capital Area Soccer League. We are currently #1 in the Large Division competition, and we've actually received the most interaction from our community than any organization in the small division or school division. However, I know that more of you are out there who can help us. We have approximately 8,000 players in our club, so we have a lot of room to stretch our lead! 

If you have a few minutes, please take the parent/coach quiz by clicking here. You can opt to watch the video (which may have had some technical difficulties the other week) or read through the information. You can skim it and skip to the end to answer the 10 questions about promoting a positive youth sport environment. The quiz question will turn green when you select the right answer, so there's no way to "fail" the quiz. 

You can select the parent OR coach quiz. I took the parent quiz, and it's very easy! Only one quiz submission allowed per email address. I recently sent an email to my family, asking them to take the quiz as well - it's not just limited to CASL families. Use your social networks and family members as ways to increase our reach and potential. Just be sure that you credit the quiz point to Capital Area Soccer League (spelled out) then verify your email for the quiz point to count.

I think we can get to 250 credited points by the start of next week. Until then, have a great weekend, and I'll be checking the leaderboard this weekend to see if/when we get to the 250 mark! 

Community Grant Leaderboard for Large Division

Men's College Soccer in the Area

As promised, here's a shout out to the men's college soccer in the area. UNC Men's Soccer and Wake Forest Men's Soccer are both in the top 25 NSCAA Coaches poll. In the NCAA Men's Soccer RPI rankings, a few other local teams are highlighted int he top 50 including Elon, NC State, and UNC Charlotte. Similar to the women's side, there's some great opportunities to catch some of the best men's soccer and some of our former players match up against each other. Here are a few upcoming local games:

Duke vs. UNC Wilmington: Tonight (Tuesday, October 1)

Tonight you can catch the Duke Blue Devils play host to the  UNW Seahawks in Durham. Kick-off is at 7pm at Koskinen stadium. On the roster for the SeaHawks are former CASL Players Sam Williams, Kellen Foster, and David Sizemore. They will be facing off against former players and current Blue Devils Chase Keesling and Ryan Thompson. 

Duke @ UNC Chapel Hill: Friday, October 4

After their match-up against the UNCW SeaHawks tonight, the Blue Devils will travel down tobacco road to face off against #1 ranked UNC Chapel Hill at Fetzer Field (7pm). Rostered on the Tar Heels roster are former CASL players Cooper, Vandermaas-Peeler, Chipper Root, Nick Williams, Alex Olofson, and Ryan McAnallen. 

NC State vs. Wake Forest: Tuesday, October 8

The NC State WolfPack Men's Soccer team is on the road for the next few games, but they will return to home field action next Tuesday, October 8 to take on top 25 ranked Wake Forest University. NC State features former CASL players, Yanni Hachem, Moss Jackson-Atogi, Seth Poole, and Michael Hinkson. You can catch this local match-up at Dail Soccer Field, in the heart of NCSU's campus. 

Duke vs. NC State: October 11 **CASL NIGHT**

See the ad below for CASL night at the Duke game on October 11. This is a great chance to see an ACC, in-state rivalry game!