2023 Parent Night Agenda

The Team Store is up and running.  It closes Saturday 9/2!  

Welcome and introductions

Here are some important dates for the program:

Inter squad: Tonight! in Stadium

First Varsity and JV Home games at Skyline on Saturday, September 16th at 1pm/3pm

Team Pictures will be on September 16th. All 3 teams on the same morning. Times and forms to follow.

• Typical Game Times: JV 5:30 & Varsity 7:30 
• Full Schedule – online link through school or
  The web site to follow – skylinewomenssoccer.wordpress.com

Please support our program by donating:  Booster Club Membership: Please sign up with this link to Booster Club if you haven’t already. Booster Club is the fundraising vehicle for all sports and clubs at Skyline.  We can cover off in more detail in the meeting but it cannot work without parent support and participation.  Their goal is 100% participation from all families participating in sports.  The cost is $40/family/year.  Boosters will not release funds to teams unless they have enough Booster members. 

When you donate, you will receive Brown Bear Car wash tickets for your family based on your team levels – Varsity families will receive 40 tickets for a $450 donation, JV families will receive 25 tickets for a $300 donation, and JVC families will receive 10 tickets for a $150 donation. These donations help pay for equipment and things like our assistant coach stipend, our practice jerseys, and new game balls.

Spirit Packs and SWAG: For ordering, go to the team store here. Each player will need a pair of green socks and a pair of white socks (last year’s will work).  We would like to have players wearing Skyline gear at practice – we encourage you to buy two t-shirts to make that simple.  In addition, please encourage all of the fans in your family to buy gear.  

Student eligibility requirements: First grade check is with the grading period ending near the end of September. Please work with your student to ensure that their grades stay high throughout the first month – this is when the most surprises happen.

• GPA 2.0
• Passing your classes
• Players are eligible after Ten Practices
• Players must attend all 6 classes the Day Of Game [You can’t sleep in and then play!]

General Player Expectations: Players should anticipate any problems & bring solutions
Academics come first
Be present and productive at practice
Exemplary conduct at school and school events
Positive attitude and work ethic

If your daughter has conflicts or concerns:
Help her be proactive – ask yourself:  How can my daughter handle this? How can she start the communication? Can she send an email and cc’ us as well (so we can guide her through it?)

Role of parents at games:
Be supportive, be positive
Encourage the team
If your daughter is injured at a game, speak w/coach before you leave the game

Busses:

All JV/Varsity ride to game
Often a 3:30-4:00pm departure; Skyview and Puyallup are the exception
Varsity will ride back together
No Varsity bus to Redmond, Issaquah or Eastlake

Please help support our program by volunteering:
• Help at the concession stand
• Help to plan the banquet
• Organize pasta feeds [V/JV]
• Be a parent/coach liaison
• Help with team-specific needs

• Varsity:
  o Coordinating game film
  o Organize the bus food
  o Schedule the pasta feeds
  o Coordinate Senior Night
  o Be the announcer at home games
  o Recording the Stats during games
  o Reporting scores/stats to the press

Breakout: Signups for Team/Booster Responsibilities
Intersquad begins

https://skylinewomenssoccer.wordpress.com/

2023 Skyline Girls Soccer Rosters

Congratulations to the student-athletes listed below. It was a difficult placement process because there were so many quality players to select from. Players who make one of the teams below should arrive on Thursday for practice starting at the posted times below. If you see your name on a roster and want to know more about your placement, please speak with your coach at practice. If you do not see your name on a roster and would like to email coach Braman to learn why, please email him by noon tomorrow, August 24th. He will try to respond before 4pm.

Skyline Varsity (17) Varsity will train 4-6 on Thursday on the upper fields. Ari Ellison Brooklyn Crandall Kristen Baisler Ashley Roni Jillian McBride Meg Reilly Peyton Wilson Narna Wilairat Emily Broel Kora Hulst Rhen Ericson Kaitlyn Truong Sasha Rana Kaitlyn Cebull Avery Kuipers Reed Moore Arya Oskouian Sydney Seigel (pending tryout)

Skyline Junior Varsity (18) JV will train at 3:30 on the upper fields. Abigail Jason Haley Engstrom Avery Mullen Swathi Nair Saviah Bowers Celia Hulst Natalie Foreman Genevieve Diffloth Sydney Hunter Riley Crandall Shea Staley Teagan McFarland Victoria Sicilia Penelope O’Hare Leah Nuesmeyer Lyla Williams Avery Clayton  Naomi Morato -Aubrey Meyer (inj-)

Skyline JVC Team (20) JVC will train at 3:30 on the upper fields. Alyssa Arnesen Lillianna Arnold Tilly Barrow Elise Coughlan Abigail Gallinger Riley Iyer Mazzy Meyer Olivia Yang Anisha Annand Sanjna Arun Kayla Campbell Dahlia Debnar Ellie Dunne Alexandra Groves Sophie Kader Kendall McCandlish Casey Segura Elizabeth Walls Harshitha Anbukuma Krsangi Padmanabhan

Tryout Update

Players and families –

Wednesday 8/23 1pm: With a little fortune from the winds, we will be able to have our third and final day of tryouts today. As kids have been told, we will have two sessions: 4-6 for younger players, 6-8 for the invited players. Rosters will be posted on this site at 9pm tonight. Good Luck to our 75 girls trying out.

Monday 8/21 10:45 Update – The weather has changed and the Air Quality has improved – we are going to be out on the Stadium field until the smoke comes in. Don’t forget your shin guards, socks and cleats. This will apply to all sessions today.

Please join our Smoke Updates Remind by sending a text to 81010 with the message @23gso Coach Braman will use this system to update with changes to location or times.

Monday, 8/21 9amUpdate – DESPITE THE UNFORTUNATE WORDING OF THE FINAL FORMS UPDATE YOU JUST RECEIVED… Today’s tryout is still happening. We are still going to have a session today, August 21st, but we are moving indoors. 9am

11-1 Returning Players (10:30 sign-in) New Players 1-3 (12:30 sign-in)

PLEASE BRING RUNNING SHOES or soccer flats for indoor work. We will do a few things with the ball, but will mostly focus on fitness. Please bring water.

Looking ahead: We will have sessions each day regardless of smoke. The air quality index will dictate the location (indoors/outdoors) and intensity of our sessions, but please assume that we’ll go each day at previously published times (see previous posts regarding tryouts).

As for tryouts, we will have cuts after we have seen players play at least one full session on the field. At this point, I have no idea when teams will be selected. (8/21 9am). Braman

Here’s what was written last night:

Thank you up front for your patience as we try to juggle two important priorities: Player Safety and Eligibility. We will work our hardest to get players eligible by getting practices in, but (obviously) we care first and foremost about the health and wellness of our athletes. And, yes, we are still trying to run a tryout. Please join us in showing resilience in the face of adversity.

With player safety and eligibility in mind, you should assume that you will have a session tomorrow and that the times will be the same as previously posted: 11-1 for returning players and 1-3 for players new to our program. Please arrive a half hour early to get checked in.

If the air quality index allows, we will be on the Stadium field. IF NOT, we will move inside and get in some work indoors. THIS MEANS YOU MUST ALSO BRING SOME SORT OF INDOOR SHOE either an indoor soccer shoe (that won’t mark the gym floor) or a running shoe. Any other sort of flats would work if they provide you support. IF we are forced inside, our primary focus will be on player flexibility, core strength, and cardio. We may work in the gym or weight room.

Obviously, a series of indoor sessions is not the sort of ‘tryout’ that helps coaches learn the technical and tactical strengths of soccer players. The coaching staff is hopeful that we have at least a few hours to evaluate and sort players based on their work on the field. But we shall have to see. We may have to extend our tryouts beyond Wednesday.

Our Tuesday session is very much up in the air. We will work to have two sessions that day: 4-6 with younger players and 6-8 with older ones. Players who do well in the first session may be invited to stay for the second one. IF smoke allows, we will be in the Stadium. If not, we will be indoors during the same times.

Register Now!

Registrations should be complete by August 17th to ensure there are no snafus. As of Monday, we have 65 registered, but only 25 who have completed all parts of the process.

Remember, to try out, you need to have ALL sections of your registration complete INCLUDING your ASB fees paid at the district ISD Payment Portal. Full Payment of the Sports fee separate from your ASB card.

To check on your registration, head to Final Forms (If you’re just starting out, begin at the link to the registration process at the Skyline Athletics Web Site). In Final Forms, log in and make sure you have selected Girls Soccer in the fall of 2023-2024. From there, check that you have completed the student portion of your registration. Many players have not yet done that.

If you have specific questions about registration or athletic fees, you may contact the Athletic Coordinator and/or ASB Bookkeeper starting Aug. 8, between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Please reach out to Kerri Bunch at  425-837-7737 or by email at BunchK@issaquah.wednet.edu. You need to complete the process this week or you may miss the first day of tryouts.

We will have a three-day tryout starting August 21st.

Tryout information and future dates (updated)

Although we still do not have a complete game schedule, we can update many of the preseason responsibilities below.

Tryouts begin Monday, August 21st. You should bring soccer shoes, shin guards, running shoes, water, and sunblock to each day of tryouts. Please do not forget your running shoes. We will likely run ‘The Hill’ (Skyline to Discovery and back) on one of the days of tryout. Yes, your times will matter.

If you played for Varsity, Junior Varsity or JVC last season (OR IF you are a Junior or Senior new to our program), your tryout begins at 11am on August 21st and runs until 1pm. If you are a Frosh or Soph, your tryout runs 1pm – 3pm.

Show up a half hour prior to your session start time to sign in, collect your tryout jersey, and help with field setup.

At the end of sessions on Monday, players will be informed in person if they should return for a second session that runs from 3pm-5pm on Monday. Players invited to the Varsity pool are not guaranteed a spot on Varsity (or JV), but should show their best.

Tuesday, August 22nd – Tryouts will be later: 4-6 JV Pool; 6-8 Varsity Pool. Players who show well may be asked to return for the later session.

Wednesday, August 23rd – 4-6 JV Pool; 6-8 Varsity Pool. Roster invitations posted by 9pm.

Planning dates ahead

Some important dates are coming including:

June 15th – Girls Soccer inventory Blitz 3pm
July 11th – Summer Sessions begin (confirmation to follow)

August 10th – Paperwork complete including Final Forms, Physical Form, and ISD Payment Portal fee
If incomplete, ask for help from Kerri Bunch, Athletic Coordinator from 8am-2pm BEFORE Aug. 10. Don’t forget to add the ASB membership to your shopping cart so that Soccer shows up as an option.

August 21st – 1st Day Tryouts 11-1 returners, 1-3 new players, 3-5 by invitation – (see additional post)
August 22nd – 2nd Day of Tryouts: 4-6 JV Pool; 6-8 Varsity Pool
August 23rd – Last Day of Tryouts: 4-6 JV Pool; 6-8 Varsity Pool; Roster invitations posted by 9pm
August 24th – First Day of Practice: 4pm-6pm; JV & JVC 4-6pm
August 25th – Practice: JV & JVC 4-6pm; Varsity Jr. Spartan Camp 11-1; Training Varsity 5:00-6pm
August 26th – Saturday Practice: Varsity train 9-11, Brunch, 12-2. JV training 10-12. JVC 11-1.
August 28th – Normal Practice Schedule. Varsity Uniform Distribution after practice.
August 29th – First Day of School – Practice Schedule – JV & JVC 3:30-5p; Varsity late 6-8.
August 30th – First Wednesday – JVC Practice after school 3:30-5. Parent Night likely 6pm; Soccer breakout in Stadium Varsity vs. JV inter squad 7:30pm (after parent meeting in stands)

August 31st  – Normal Practice Schedule
September 1 – Normal Practice Schedule OR First home game
September 2, Saturday – First Games? vs. tbd OR morning training
September 4th, Labor Day – Varsity and JV evening Practice
September 5th, Tuesday – Second Game Home vs. tbd

September 15th, Friday – Home game vs. Gonzaga Prep Picture Day (to be confirmed) – All 3 teams: JVC 3:15, JV 3:45, V 4:15

2023 Summer Sessions starting July 11th

Please join us for Summer Workouts to prepare you for playing six days a week in the fall. Please link here to sign in and complete registration. We will begin on July 11th from 10-12 with informal registration if we can’t get the online registration in place. Once we’re up and running, the cost is $200 for all sessions. It will also ask you to join Booster Club (and you won’t have to rejoin in the fall). Details below.

Kiara Williams. Ki, a former Skyline Women’s Soccer State Champion (‘08) and collegiate athlete for Arizona State University, will be running sessions at Skyline High School twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from July 11th through August 17th. We will meet each day before 10am outside the weight room. Sessions should run from 10am to just before noon. Please bring running shoes and soccer cleats. Please also dress for the weather and bring your own water bottle for hydration.

The 12 dates will be: July 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27 and August 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17.

The cost associated with summer sessions will be paid for when families join the booster club and donate $200 for 10+ sessions. If you have any questions, please reach out to our summer parent liaison Terri Reilly via email at: terrireilly2@comcast.net . Please FOLLOW the Skyline Women’s Soccer Web Site to get the latest updates.

Preseason Meeting ‘23

The best way to stay informed is to click on the ‘follow’ button at the top of this blog and look for updates to tryout information. And if you’d like to meet the coaches, get answers to questions, or just say hi, come to the summer sessions!

Summer Senior Practices start after the 4th of July

    Join the player-led sessions for informal workouts and get-togethers. The first session will likely be Wednesday, July 5th. 10-11am at Skyline. To stay in touch, get on the reminder list. Here’s how to add yourself to this group run by senior student-athletes. Send a text to 81010 with the message @429d8k or click on this link to join the group.

Summer Sessions – Starting after July 11th –

    Planning is in the works for twice-a-week sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 11th through August 17th. There will be a cost associated with the 12 90+minute fitness sessions. Information to follow.

The players we want to be Spartans

If you are wondering the essential criteria used to evaluate players during tryouts, here are the fundamentals:

Fitness level – It may not seem like much, but the high school season demands that you’re ready to play at a high level six days a week. This is roughly twice as much as you’re playing with your club team. Show up in shape and ready to run. How long does it take you to go from Discovery Elementary to Skyline? Just a question.

Technical skill – players demonstrate proficiency with receiving, distribution, and finishing to enhance their efficiency. The best players are able to maintain possession with an effort to take risk to penetrate defenses. Possession without attacking purpose is worthless unless we are protecting a lead. Coaches are not impressed by players who consistently dribble through multiple players or who seldom complete a penetrating pass. Coaches are impressed by players who consistently look for a penetrating pass and play it or choose to attack on the dribble when that is the right decision to make.

Tactical understanding – players recognize opportunity and seize the moments where their opponents are weakest. Communication, coordination, and collaboration among teammates is essential; the best players use their leadership and voice to maximize the abilities of those around them to see greater success for the team. Movement, vocal leadership, and work rate are essential to demonstrate a strong tactical understanding of the game.

Character and Leadership – players are expected to be ready to play on time, to assist in the setup and breakdown of equipment, and to play a role in helping others be prepared to play. Older players who know how things work are expected to support younger players who are learning the ropes. In terms of the tryout, players should assume that they are being evaluated at all times (because they are). Players are expected to play at the highest intensity level and to demonstrate their best play and best character whether or not they think the coaches are evaluating them at that moment. The best athletes inspire others, support risk-taking on the field, and celebrate the success of the team to encourage others to be at their best while respecting their opponents. Part of demonstrating a strong character is being ready and willing to learn and adapt based on feedback from teammates and from coaches. Be kind, encourage others, and be coachable.

The best overall description of ‘what are the coaches looking for’ would be this: We want players who demonstrate a high level of technical skill to allow the team to play efficiently while in possession. The best players perform under pressure because they are willing to take risk at the right time to create scoring opportunities for their team. In addition, they help organize their team through their communication and leadership. The best players are coachable learners who show a commitment to their team through their own work rate and their vocal support of their teammates.

2023 Preseason Meeting

It was great to see many of you celebrate our part in the historic run with Skyline’s Women’s team winning the 4A Washington State Soccer Title in the fall and the Men’s team winning in the spring.

I hope you’re getting excited for a chance to get back on the field in the fall. We’ll be having a Preseason Meeting at 3pm on Monday June 12th at Skyline. This is an informal meeting to help organize Senior Practices and gather input for Summer Sessions. More details will follow here.

I know that it is particularly tough for incoming frosh players to make this meeting, so don’t sweat it if you can’t come. The agenda and all relevant info will be posted here for anyone who has missed the session, so no worries if you can’t make it.

2022 Parent Night at 6pm in Gym

The Team Store is up and running.  It closes September 1st!  

at roughly 7pm, we will move to the Stadium for the Soccer-specific meeting

Here are some important dates for the program:

Inter squad: Tonight! in Stadium
August 31st – First Wednesday – All 3 teams 4:15-6:00
September 1 – Picture Day – All 3 teams: JVC 3:15, JV 3:30, V 4:15
September 2 – Normal Practice Schedule
September 3, Saturday – First Games vs. Kentwood
September 5th, Labor Day – Varsity and JV evening Practice
September 6th, Tuesday – Second Game Home vs. Wenatchee

• Typical Game Times: JV 5:30 & Varsity 7:30 
• Full Schedule – online link through school or
  The blog – skylinewomenssoccer.wordpress.com

Spirit Packs and SWAG: To order, go to the team store asap. The store closes September 1st. Each player will need a pair of green socks and a pair of white socks (last year’s will work).  We would like to have players wearing Skyline gear at practice – we encourage you to buy two t-shirts to make that simple.  In addition, please encourage all of the fans in your family to buy gear.  In addition, please support our “Pink Out” games – we can wear pink for our home games in October.

Student eligibility requirements: First grade check is with the grading period ending near the end of September. Please work with your student to ensure that their grades stay high throughout the first month – this is when the most surprises happen.

• GPA 2.0
• Passing 6 classes
• Players are eligible after Ten Practices
• Players attend all classes the Day Of Game [You can’t sleep in and then play!]

General Player Expectations: Players should anticipate any problems & bring solutions
Academics come first
Be present and productive at practice
Exemplary conduct at school and school events
Positive attitude and work ethic

If your daughter has conflicts or concerns:
Help her be proactive – ask yourself:  How can my daughter handle this? How can she start the communication? Can she send an email and cc’ us as well (so we can guide her through it?)

Role of parents at games:
Be supportive, be positive
Encourage the team
If your daughter is injured at a game, speak w/coach before you leave the game

Busses:

All JV/Varsity ride to game
Often a 3:30-4:00pm departure
Varsity will ride back together
No bus to Redmond, Issaquah or Eastlake

Please help support our program by volunteering:
• Help at the concession stand
• Help to plan the banquet
• Organize pasta feeds [V/JV]
• Be a parent/coach liaison
• Help with team-specific needs

• Varsity:
  o Coordinating game film
  o Organize the bus food
  o Schedule the pasta feeds
  o Coordinate Senior Night
  o Be the announcer at home games
  o Recording the Stats during games
  o Reporting scores/stats to the press

Please support our program by donating:  We are asking each family to join the Skyline Booster Club c/o Skyline Women’s Soccer.   Click here to join.  The Skyline Booster Club helps us by assisting in our fundraising (like our Junior Spartan Camp), purchasing new equipment, and supporting us via grants (like the stadium nets behind the goal). If we can get the families of 35 players to join, they will continue to support our fundraising and consider us for grants in the future. Please join Booster Club now to begin the year.

Please support our program by fundraising:

• We are asking each family to fundraise by selling Brown Bear Car Wash tickets.
• Your check donation to the program is payment for these tickets. You may choose to sell them for $10/each or use them yourselves. There is no need to return any money to us.

Where does the money go?

With the help of boosters we hope to ensure the highest quality of play and success of the program.  Each team benefits.  We are using fundraised money to pay an additional coaching stipend.  We have guaranteed summer fitness and strength-building sessions for the girls. All Players in our program will wear the same uniforms.

Our goal is:
To ensure the health and safety of players
To protect and maintain equipment
To provide for equipment needs of the program

Booster funds will help us pay for our needs:
• New tryout jerseys
• A Stipend for an Assistant Coach
• Additional equipment
• We need three new Game Balls

The new stadium net behind the goal was in part funded with Women’s Soccer Booster funds. Booster funds were also used to fund our Stadium Shelters for player benches.

Breakout: Signups for Team/Booster Responsibilities
Intersquad begins

https://skylinewomenssoccer.wordpress.com/

2022 Skyline Soccer Rosters

Congratulations to the student-athletes listed below. It was a difficult placement process because there were so many quality players to select from. Players who make one of the teams below should arrive on Thursday for practice starting at 4pm. If you see your name on a roster and want to know more about your placement, please speak with your coach at practice. If you do not see your name on a roster and would like to email coach Braman to learn why, please email him by noon tomorrow, August 25th. He will try to respond before 4pm.

Skyline Varsity Roster (18+2inj + Mgr)

Ari Ellison
Mie Cairns
Brooklyn Crandall
Kristen Baisler
Ali Evans
Emily Fojo
Pippi Huang
Ashley Roni
Sophie Zhang
Sydney Seigel
Meg Reilly
Ashley Seigel
Macen Staley
Liv Rohleder
Peyton Wilson
Narna Wilairat
Emily Broel
Kora Hulst


Rhen Ericson (inj)
Mads Loucks (inj)
Jillian McBride (Manager)

Junior Varsity Roster (20+1 Mgr)

Saviah Bowers
Ashley Butz
Hailey Butz
Sidney Culbert
Genevieve Diffloth
Haley Engstrom
Genevieve Heinz
Sydney Hunter
Abigail Jason
Quinn Manley
Aubrey Meyer
Reed Moore
Avery Mullen
Swathi Nair
Hadyn Nakashima
Arya Oskouian
Mason Parker
Sasha Rana
Madison Stamberger
Kaitlyn Truong

Cecila Hulst (Manager)

JVC Roster (22)

Alyssa Arnesen
Ashlyn Avant
Avery Clayton
Elise Coughlan
Natalie Foreman
Abigail Gallinger
Abigail Haapala
Riley Iyer
Mikayla Rose Mirador
Mazzy Meyer
Naomi Morato
Lauren Pattillo
Lilly Perry (GK)
Victoria Sicilia
Gracie (Lauren) Brenner
Liz Correya
Riya Puri
Aleise Robertson
Anna Schmidt
Lauren Seigel
Avery Salmela
Olivia Yang