Cincinnati Hills SAY is an Area member in good standing in the SAY Soccer Organization with over 1500 players playing soccer in both the Spring (March-May) and Fall (August-October) seasons.

Cincinnati Hills SAY members include the following communities:

• Mariemont
• Madeira
• Terrace Park
• Deer Park
• Eastgate
• Fairfax
• Indian Hill

For more information click on the About Us and Mission links...

Season Update

Welcome to the Spring 2012 Soccer Season!

The CHSS Spring 2012 soccer season will commence mid April and end at the end of June.

Our eight participating soccer Districts include:

- Deer Park
- Eastgate
- Fairfax
- Indian Hill
- Madeira
- Mariemont
- Reading Soccer
- Terrace Park

As always, we continue to look for ways to improve the quality of our program. We continue to focus our efforts on three core areas of our program; coach training, referee certification and parent/spectator compliance with our SAY Area code of conduct.

- Coach Training: All coaches are required to be SAY certified. All member Districts are required to be 100% compliant. As such, all coaches have attended small group training clinics in which they have been instructed on the Laws of the game, skills training, player development and coach conduct.

- Referee Certification: All referees are required to attend a Cincinnati Hills SAY Area-wide training program. This involves both on and off-line training in addition to on-field experience and evaluation. Referees are required to attend a re-certification class each year to keep their referee license current.

- Parent/Spectator Compliance: One of the biggest issues we continue to face is a lack of respect and sportsmanship on the sidelines. Our main purpose is to provide a fun and rewarding experience for all participants. This requires an understanding of the Laws of the game in addition the positive encouragement of all players in addition to respect for both coaches and officials. Commencing this Fall, we have developed a Parent/Spectator agreement which one parent of each player participant is required to sign. This acts as a contract with the organization and is an important reminder of the real purpose of a recreational soccer organization.

In order to continually improve the soccer experience, we need and appreciate your input. As such, please let us know how we are doing. Feel free to contact your District representative or send me an e-mail directly at jh.ferguson@yahoo.com.

Thank you for participating in our soccer program and have a great Spring Season!

All the best,

James

James Ferguson
President - Cincinnati Hills SAY Soccer

Latest News...

CHSS Moving To "Smaller" Side Soccer - Fall Season 2011
Cincinnati Hills SAY Soccer (CHSS) is pleased to announce some important changes in the soccer league this Fall season that will provide a much more robust soccer experience for players at the passers (U-7), wings (U-10) and strikers(U12) playing levels.

Consistent with the trend in youth soccer across the country, CHSS will be moving to smaller teams at the strikers (U12) levels and below which will result in more touches on the ball while making it easier for coaches to proactively instruct their players given the fact there will be fewer on the field during game time.

The changes are as follows:

- Passers (U7) will move from 7v7 to 6v6 (minimum 4 players on field)
- Wings (U10) will move from 9v9 to 8v8 (minimum 5 players on field)
- Strikers (U12) will move from 11v11 to 8v8 (minimum 5 players on field)

Field sizes will be modified slightly to accommodate the smaller teams but ball sizes will stay the same.

We are confident that our players, coaches and spectators will enjoy this new format.

Sincerely,

James Ferguson
President - Cincinnati Hills SAY Soccer