Chris Greatwich has been training recreation, travel and STA teams at Morris United for the last 2 years. Chris is also an accomplished international player for the Philippine National Team and was recently called up by the Philippine national team to participate in international friendlies in Asia.

The Philippine National team will be playing a friendly against the LA Galaxy, featuring David Beckham, Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan. The game will be televised live on the Fox Soccer Channel this Saturday (12/3) at 6:30am.

Get up early or set your DVR to see Chris in action with his National team against the MLS Champion LA Galaxy!

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Last year at our annual uniform drive we collected enough uniforms for 36 teams!

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In previous years the uniforms were sent throughout the world via many organizations. Grassroots Soccer brought soccer uniforms to South Africa where they set up soccer leagues. In order to play in the league players had to take classes about AIDS. There is now a new Morris United soccer league in the Ukraine. MUSC Rec Uniforms have also been sent to Colombia, Turks & Caicos, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago.

This year we are going to give coaches a bag to collect uniforms. At the end of the games we will collect shirts, shorts, socks and even cleats. (Please tie the cleats together) So please wear a shirt under your uniform this week and consider donating your uniform to a good cause. We will even take Morris United uniforms from previous years... so clean out those closets.

We are also looking for help on the last day of the season if you would like to get involved at Frelinghuysen and Alfred Vail. Thank you in advance for supporting the uniform drive.

Offsides is one of the most difficult rule in soccer to lean and master. Even at the World Cup the call is not aways enforced correctly! According to Law 11 in FIFA's "Laws of the Game" offside is defined as follows:

It is not an offense in itself to be in an offside position.

A player is in an offside position if:

• he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent\

A player is not in an offside position if:

• he is in his own half of the field of play or he is level with the second last opponent or he is level with the last two opponents

A player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee, involved in active play by:

• interfering with play or interfering with an opponent or gaining an advantage by being in that position

There is no offside offense if a player receives the ball directly from:

• a goal kick, a throw-in, or a corner kick

Sounds simple? Here is a short video to help you understand offsides:

• http://www.dynamic-thought.com/OffsideClicketteLo.html

For the complete rules of soccer please refer to the "Laws of the Game" on FIFA's website.

Congratulations to the U11G Shooting Stars for winning the Piscataway tournament!
The team went 4-0 in games played. Click image to enlarge.

Registration for Fall 2011 MUSC Rec soccer is STILL OPEN, and will be until Sept 10th.

We will accept registrations for each division until we are sold out, at which time, you will be placed on a waiting list.

We will make every effort to place every child interested in playing, right up until our season opener on Sept 10th, 2011.

Before you can register your son or daughter for soccer, you must first create family profile with sportssignup.com. If you played MUSC rec soccer last year, no need to create a new profile, just log in with the same e-mail and password you used in 2009. Your ID (e-mail) and password for the MUSC Sportssignup.com registration can be used for future registrations with Morris United Rec soccer or to shop at the soon to come, MUSC Store.

The New Jersey Youth Soccer F License class has been scheduled for:

• Dates and Times: Fri. Aug 26th (6:00pm-9:00pm) and Sat Aug 27th (9:00am-2:00pm)
• Location: Frelinghuysen Middle School.

Full attendance on both days is mandatory in order to receive your coaching certificate. The Friday session is a classroom environment, so bring paper and a writing utensil. The Saturday session is outdoors and able participants will be playing soccer, running drills, etc. Everyone must bring a soccer ball, water and lunch for Saturdays session.

Registration for the F License will open approx July 20th, and all registrations are submitted online.

The new MUSC online store is now open!  Partnering with Sportssignup.com and powered by Eastbay, visit the brand new MUSC Store to purchase hoodies, sweats, caps & shirts!  The site is password protected and secure allowing for credit card payment on all orders.  If you don't have an MUSC password, just create a new user account with an e-mail and password. Click here to access the store!