Link from MAPLE site

[Blue Devil]

I think that Butkusfan made an intersting point that the link from the MAPLE site was the factor that got such a large population of readers and posters to the old touchline. Many parents,coaches and players check the standings or investigate clubs and stumble across the discussion board and go on to be good contributors.

Can anyone suggest the right approach to having the MAPLE site link to this forum?

[Blue Devil]

Email sent to Kathy Irwin this morning

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H i Kathy,

I am a parent and coach who stumbled across the touchline when visiting the MAPLE site a few years ago; I gained a lot of valuable information from it. I understand that you are doing away with the touchline today primarily due to deciding to allocate MAPLE money in other directions and the availability of other options for this type of discussion.

Is there a way to provide a link to one of the alternative options to allow Massachusetts people interested in MAPLE to find each other? The cost to MAPLE is zero – the benefit to the MAPLE community is large. If you decide this is possible; the link to the website that the touchline posters have moved to is http://talking-soccer.com/region3/viewforum.php?f=33

Thanks,

[Admin]

If you can send me a Private Mesasge with Kathy Irwin's email or any other contact info, I will help contact her and set things up. We are going to be moving this site to a new server and the link to the site will be modified slightly.

Simply tell her to point to root URL (http://www.talking-soccer.com) and all will be fine and not the (talking-soccer.com/region3/...) or the link will be broke when I move the site to the new server over the summer.

[Blue Devil]

Admin -

Kathy emailed back and indicated a willingness to investigate - good luck

I notice there is no link posted on Maple Site to this site yet. We don't know when touchline will suddenly be yanked from the Maple site, but for the occasional visitor it is a shame if MAPLE doesn't post a link. Does anyone know if there's any progress on this? It is clear that this new forum is a hit, and more posters are on now then in the last several months on Maple's touchline. (I also think that being able to post as a guest has a positive impact on free speech - :D ) As an aside, did anyone notice that the touchline police....I mean moderator....has been missing for months from touchline before the migration? And amazingly no-one go too out of line, or no more so that when he was around!

[Susy Soccer]

Actually he was present. I emailed him about a month ago when a new member had a suspicious website name associated - let's just say it was soxual (since this website doesn't allow sox). The new member and the associated website was gone by the next morning.

[Guest]

Aztec hired Joe Calabrese, the head men's coach at Endicott, as Technical Director to free up some of Mo's time.
https://www.aztecsoccer.com/2023joecalabrese

Northeast Soccer League (NSL)

https://massclubsoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/entering-northeast-soccer-league.pngThis Is What You Need To Know About Northeast Soccer League


The Northeast Soccer League (NSL) provides a competitive structure for more than 850 teams from 100 clubs throughout New England, was founded in 1993.

The NSL, originally known as the Massachusetts Premier League (MAPLE), was founded in 1993.

In October 2016, MAPLE was renamed to NSL, effective from January 1, 2017.

The league caters to over 850 teams from 100 clubs throughout New England. NSL games are played on Sundays, with younger teams playing in the morning and older kids later in the day. The league emphasizes player development and healthy competition. It has divisions for different age groups, with the focus on challenge and development in the younger divisions and increased competitiveness in the higher age groups. NSL is affiliated with the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association, the United States Youth Soccer Association, the United States Soccer Federation, and FIFA

As of 2023, the Northeast Soccer League (NSL) appears to still be operational, despite the issues with their website. The league continues to organize soccer seasons throughout the year, including Fall, Winter (Futsal), and Spring seasons, catering to age groups from U9 to U19. The contact information for the president and the executive director is available, indicating ongoing administrative activities. This suggests that the NSL remains active in organizing youth soccer competitions and events in the region, even though their website is currently inaccessible

The NSL clubs range in size from those with just one or two teams (e.g. Victoria FC, FC Padova, etc.) to very large clubs with dozens of teams will multple team sat each age group (e.g NEFC, Scorpions, etc.).

NSL is affiliated with the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association, the United States Youth Soccer Association, the United States Soccer Federation and with FIFA.

[US Club Soccer had not really been around when NSL started; they wanted to meet the competitive needs of the private club soccer program in Massachusetts. Since then there are now other programs specifically designed for the much more competitive premier soccer player; in other words NSL is no longer the only game-in-town for the super elite player in Mass. For example, MPS is not a NSL member as they choose to play in the New England Premiership.]

[Guest]

Northeast Soccer League (NSL)

https://massclubsoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/entering-northeast-soccer-league.pngThis Is What You Need To Know About Northeast Soccer League


The Northeast Soccer League (NSL) provides a competitive structure for more than 850 teams from 100 clubs throughout New England, was founded in 1993.

The NSL, originally known as the Massachusetts Premier League (MAPLE), was founded in 1993.

In October 2016, MAPLE was renamed to NSL, effective from January 1, 2017.

The league caters to over 850 teams from 100 clubs throughout New England. NSL games are played on Sundays, with younger teams playing in the morning and older kids later in the day. The league emphasizes player development and healthy competition. It has divisions for different age groups, with the focus on challenge and development in the younger divisions and increased competitiveness in the higher age groups. NSL is affiliated with the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association, the United States Youth Soccer Association, the United States Soccer Federation, and FIFA

As of 2023, the Northeast Soccer League (NSL) appears to still be operational, despite the issues with their website. The league continues to organize soccer seasons throughout the year, including Fall, Winter (Futsal), and Spring seasons, catering to age groups from U9 to U19. The contact information for the president and the executive director is available, indicating ongoing administrative activities. This suggests that the NSL remains active in organizing youth soccer competitions and events in the region, even though their website is currently inaccessible

The NSL clubs range in size from those with just one or two teams (e.g. Victoria FC, FC Padova, etc.) to very large clubs with dozens of teams will multple team sat each age group (e.g NEFC, Scorpions, etc.).

NSL is affiliated with the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association, the United States Youth Soccer Association, the United States Soccer Federation and with FIFA.

[US Club Soccer had not really been around when NSL started; they wanted to meet the competitive needs of the private club soccer program in Massachusetts. Since then there are now other programs specifically designed for the much more competitive premier soccer player; in other words NSL is no longer the only game-in-town for the super elite player in Mass. For example, MPS is not a NSL member as they choose to play in the New England Premiership.]

Thanks for the timely info bro…