Game results have updated! Go to Standings to see where your team stands.

The 7th Annual Iowa 3v3 Soccer Challenge has male and female, competitive and recreational divisions, ranging from age 8 to adult, held at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines. The entry fee is $180* per team through June 3 or $195* through June 10. Early registration for the 2012 Iowa 3v3 Soccer challenge ends June 3. Sign up now to save money and take part in summer soccer fun! The registration deadline is Sunday, June 10, 2012.

For further information and registration details, go to http://www.iowa3v3soccer.com. You may also e-mail the Tournament Director at 3v3director@visionsocceracademy.com.

Check out the standings link to see where your team ranks. To get specific scores from a game, simply click a team’s green hyperlink.

Just a friendly reminder to everyone that YELLOW CARDS DO ACCUMULATE.  For every three yellow cards, a player cannot participate in any game until after their next scheduled game is played.  For specifics, please refer to the CICS League Official Rules.

Just a reminder that games this Saturday, 5/5 are split between Ankeny and Cownie fields. Please make sure to check your team’s schedule so you know where to go.

Also, the field location in Ankeny has changed to Field #20 (the larger field), for the weekends of 5/5 and 5/19.

The games scheduled for this evening. Thursday, 4/19, are cancelled. We will work with Team Captains to to reschedule.

Reminder: It’s up to the field managers at Cownie and Ankeny whether we play or not. Although it’s not raining now, it has been all morning, and the decision to cancel is up to them and what is best for the preservation and quality of the fields.

Frequent heading of a soccer ball isn’t good for your brain (here’s why), but it’s not all bad news for participants of the world’s most popular sport: Soccer players are significantly smarter than, well, pretty much everyone, according to a new study in PLoS ONE.

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by Cassie Shortsleeve April 12, 2012, 12:27 pm EDT
Men’s Health Online

HEADS UP to the 4:00 pm Games at Ankeny: The weather is looming and we have been informed by Prairie Ridge Complex that the 4:00 games will start on time, but could be delayed and/or cancelled due to weather, depending on when the storm rolls in. You could be asked to wait it out in your cars and/or they could also call the game once lightening strikes. Be safe.

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Ankeny+IA+50021

Everyone’s been itching to play this spring with all the nice weather! Don’t forge that you cannot play in the CICS League unless you are officially signed up. Although the early bird registration discount has expired, you can still sign up. Make sure to always have a copy of your registration receipt with you at the games AND a picture ID. Best of luck this season to all divisions and teams!

Take advantage of the early bird registration $10 discount. Reminder, the discount ends at 11:59pm on MONDAY, April 9.