NE COMETS ARE GRANTED TAX EXEMPT STATUS // CONGRATS TO U16 ON THEIR RUN AT REGIONAL LEAGUE // U13 SEMI FINALISTS AT MATCH FIT INVITATIONAL AND MANHATTAN TOURNAMENTS // U14 ARE DIVISION 1 AND FINALISTS AT BALTIMORE JUNIOR SHOWCASE // U18 WIN MAPS WINTER SHOWCASE // EMAIL OMER@NECOMETS.COM FOR MORE INFO

THE COMETS WELCOME FERNANDO AND RUI FERNANDES TO THEIR COACHING STAFF

RUI, A NATIONAL CHAMPION AS A UCONN PLAYER (IN 2000), BRINGS EXPERIENCE AS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA  AND SOUTHERN CT STATE UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT COACH, AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL PREMIER AND BLACKWATCH PREMIER HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE

FERNANDO, A FORMER NY/NJ METROSTARS PLAYER, BRINGS OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AMONG OTHERS, HE COACHED AT SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY (ASSISTANT) AND SOUTH CENTRAL PREMIER

REGISTER FOR TRYOUTS

Monday, June 18
The Sports Zone - 29 Trefoil Drive, Trumbull, CT

REGISTER FOR TRYOUTS

The Comets brought over 200 people over to Wolfe Park in Monroe to celebrate the Spring Fling with lots of great food, fun soccer matches and family festivities.

Click here to view some of the pictures or here to upload and comment on the Facebook group.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR DOING SO MUCH TO HAVE MADE THIS EVENT SPECIAL FOR US ALL!!!

Over 70 players attended the clinic sessions. Do not stay behind as we take teaching foot skills a step further...

The U18/19 girls won their 8-team bracket this weekend at the MAPS Winter College Showcase in Fort Dix.

The Comets wish to congratulate the following players who will be playing in college in the fall of 2011:

Shelby Burnett – Farmingdale State College

Hayley Coppola – Tiffin University

Ali Ferro – Endicott College

Jill Gonzales – Wentworth Institute of Technology

Jaclyn Hylwa – Lynchburg College

Amy Klopp – Connecticut College

Shelly Mirmina – Albertus Magnus College

Amanda Roke – Albertus Magnus College

Jess Radecki – Albertus Magnus College

Rebecca Senetcen – Sacred Heart University

"The Comets are not a soccer-mill like a lot of other programs. It is a team, a family really, that has an overriding goal of making each girl a better soccer player and a better individual."

Feeling confused? Not sure what to eat? Click here to learn more.

5 reasons why women make better soccer players than men...read more about it here.

Brain injury is the last thing on your mind until it is the only thing on your mind

So I ask again, why would anyone be against protecting young soccer players from head injuries?

The 11+ has three parts:
Part I: running exercises at a slow speed combined with active stretching and controlled partner contacts;
Part II: six set of exercises, focusing on core and legs strength, balance, and plyometrics/ agility, each with three levels of increasing difficulty; and
Part III: running exercises at moderate/high speed combined with planting/cutting movements.