BUSC Newsletter

January 28th, 2026

As we kick off a new year, we’re excited to welcome January and all the opportunities it brings. A new year means new goals, new projects, and a renewed sense of purpose across our entire club. This is a time to reset, refocus, and build on the progress we’ve made together. We’re incredibly thankful for our players, families, coaches, and supporters who continue to make our community so special. We can’t wait to share what’s ahead as we step into an exciting year full of growth, development, and new BUSC moments.

Newsletter Highlights

Ribbon Cutting Event

Poker Night

Friends of Futsal

Boys Impact

Join our Board

Rec Awards

Spring Futsal

Referee Clinic

Regional Coaching Education Event

Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns. See you on the field!

Kevin Crow, Executive Director, kevincrow@busc.org

Join us for our official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on our new facility; Tri Valley Futsal

We hope to see our BUSC families there to celebrate this monumental moment.

Did you know we have a Facebook page dedicated to BUSC Alumni? We share fun memories, alumni events, and more!

Be sure to join the page and get all of the latest alumni information.

Thank you to everyone who donated to our Friends of Futsal fundraiser during December! Because of your incredible support, we’ve officially reached 50% of our goal.. This milestone is huge! We’re so proud of how far we’ve come, but there’s still important work ahead to continue building a space that will welcome BUSC alumni, current families, and new members of our community for years to come.

Donations are still open, and every contribution makes an impact.

Looking to get more involved with the club? We are always looking for additional board members to join us! Follow the link below to learn more and apply!

Spring Futsal is here. Fast-paced play, tons of touches, and serious skill development.

📅 Feb 21 – May 10

👟 U8–U10

📍 Tri-Valley Futsal Center

Interested in becoming a soccer referee? Join our first free clinic of the year!

We would like to take this time to introduce to you a new coach education initiative led by PDP technical staff - Benjamin Ziemer, Justin Selander, and Jovan Yamagishi. We will be starting a new program where we bring to you the U8-U12 coaching methodology that addresses the importance of teaching age specific characteristics, fundamental concepts and principles of the game for these players using the T2P2 - technical, tactical, personality, and physical development framework. It will also touch upon an effective training environment and provide a simple training plan often used at the regional Player Development Program (PDP) setting.

Our next coaching clinic will be in Region 3/4 on Thursday, January 29th from 5-8pm at Stanford Medical Sports Complex, West field, thanks to the collaboration of Ballistic United Soccer Club.

Address: 

7001 Pleasanton Ave

Pleasanton, CA 94566. 

This is open to all Region 3/4 club directors and coaches, especially toward your grassroots U8-U12 coaching staff as well as any keen recreational coaches.

Primary focus is on:

• Effective Training Principles
• Progression of the stages of the training
• Content - teaching aims - exercises
• Players qualities and behavior
• Coaches qualities and behavior

Schedule will be:

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM - Pre-Training Introduction

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM Field Training #1 

6:30 PM - 7:45 PM Field Training #2

7:45 PM - 8:00 PM - Q&A

We are hoping that this will be one of many free U8-U12 coaching education programs to come from us as we feel these are the age groups that need the most attention to kickstart their love and joy for the game, while nurturing proper technique with and without the ball. We hope you will join us, even if it is for part of the time, and do send this information on to the rest of your coaches in your club please. We understand that it may be another night of training at your club, but hopefully you can see the benefit in your coaches attending this event to feel stimulated and gain valuable knowledge from the instructors from the PDP technical staff.

Exciting news! BUSC is now offering exclusive spirit wear, allowing you to showcase your support for your club with pride! Grab your gear and represent your team in style.

Make a gift to BUSC any time to support our important programs. Pick where you want your gift applied, or make a gift to the BUSC General Fund for your gift to be used where it's most needed.

Thank you for supporting BUSC!

Ballistic United Soccer Club Website