WANT TO MEET THE INDOOR TEAM? See the RosterMovie or the RosterSlideshow. Here is the Google Calendar of our Games/Practices/Training. ************** FOR RIDES TO THE SOCCER CENTRE.... If you need a ride to a soccer centre, you MUST sign the list outside of Mr. Chalifoux's room 134 by 2:05 PM in the afternoon so the correct number of taxis can be ordered. ALSO, ATTENTION: Check out the photo albums of the Friday Tryout, Monday Tryout and this Friday's Exhibition game against the U18 Girls, Tier 1 West Raiders that just came back from the Canadian Nationals.
Game Days and Practice Days...
About the Try Outs and the Indoor Season...
Unfortunately, there is only one Co-ed Team per school (no Senior/Junior or Male/Female individual teams). This is because in our league, other schools have a difficult time finding players and coaches even for ONE indoor team. (We could easily field 2 teams.) There will be a minimum of 8 females and 12 males on the team plus two extras... so 22 players in all. There has to be at least 2 females on the field at all times. Coach Diaz will dress only 15 players (3 complete rotations) and 2 goalies for each game. Who gets to play will be based on the individual athlete's performance, team dynamics, attitudes, attendance at practices and meetings. Coach Diaz made it quite clear at the meeting that "slackers" or those that "can't make it to a practice or meeting because..." won't play. (I know Ian Diaz from club soccer... and he runs a VERY disciplined team and expects top performance and commitment from his athletes. That is why he has taken both youth and adult teams to the Nationals). Anticipated costs and fees are online. Didn't Make the Team?
About Overlapping Seasons with Other Sports...
The seasons for volleyball and football overlap considerably with indoor soccer and they extend for about another month into the indoor soccer season. Often it is longer because Shep is in the playoffs and finals. Basketball is a better fit for the volleyball and footballers, since it starts just as the other two are winding up. Swimming is in total conflict and athletes must make a choice. Indoor Soccer has the same conflicts in the Spring with rugby and outdoor soccer where students must make a choice. Many of our soccer players are able to be full participants in Cross-Country Running (In fact Michelle Holmes, Julian Chalifoux and Kate Wallace were at Canmore for the Provincial Championships) or Track & Field because much of the training can be individual training and not "team" dependent. Coach Judy Nicolas...
Past City Champions - Archive 
Here are a few "futball" shots and movies.
RULE... unless you hear from a coach or the manager that a game has been cancelled or rained out, the ONLY reason not to show up is if the fields are officially closed according to the online announcement for Edmonton (after the 4:00PM update), or telephone the proper area. Otherwise show up at the field regardless of the weather.... or else we default the game!
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Shep has many elite and highly skilled athletes that perform well in many sports but the difficult decision that these young people have to make is to choose which sport they prefer if there is an overlap of seasons. All of the Ross Shep Tbird teams play at such a high level, it is not fair to the coaches and other team members if one individual spreads themselves out too thinly.
Ross Sheppard has been so fortunate to have Ian Diaz join our Special Needs staff and be willing to offer his coaching skills to our Tbird Soccer program and as the newly appointed technical director of the Ross Shep Women's Soccer Academy. He also is a celebrated player having been a player on the Canada’s Men’s National Beach Soccer going to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has recently played for the Edmonton Scottish and Varsity Green & Gold, both Alberta Major League teams. Mr. Diaz also plays professionally as mid-fielder with the winning Edmonton Drillers, Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League 2007-08 champions! He was chosen in 2005 as the coach of the elite U15 Girls Edmonton Force Super Y team. Mr. Diaz just got back this October from the Canadian Youth Soccer Nationals with his U18 Girls West Raiders team.
I'm the team manager / teacher sponsor / photographer for the Indoor Soccer season. Although I've taught Physics, Science and Math at Shep for over 33 years, I have developed and interest in "futball" through the passion of my son for the sport. With my science background I have acquired a unique perspective on the techniques and skills of soccer. I've also co-ordinated / managed a number of club teams and dealt with arranging tournaments. I do NOT make decisions as to who gets on the team or coaching, but I am involved with communication, student behavior, discipline and act as an observer of player/coach relations, take photos, update the webpage and hustle the team on and off buses! I also see myself as a buffer or as a "safe" person for the players to "vent" their anger or frustration rather than do so in front of the team and/or coach. In this way, I can discuss matters with the coach and athlete AFTER things have calmed down... bringing them together hopefully with much better outcomes and understanding. 
Denis.Chalifoux @ epsb.ca