The Ontario Soccer Summit 2017 kicked off with a bang on Friday night.
The early part of the day featured Laws of the Game seminar as coaches were brought up to speed on the new FIFA rules coming down for this year as well as a District Administrator workshop.
An Executive Director and General Managers met to discuss the challenges that they all face while several technical sessions took place.
The highlight of the day though was Jason deVos, Director of Development for Canada Soccer, who spoke a number of hard facts about the challenges facing our province and Canada. Coming with a theme of telling uncomfortable truths, the session included a look at the coming plan for development for coaches and players in the year ahead.
His full talk will be available on OntarioSoccer.net on March 13.
The day concluded with a Kick-Off reception hosted by event partners Durham Region Soccer Association where attendees had a chance to network and share their learnings from the day.
Thank you @jasondevos for sharing the @CanadaSoccerEN vision for our game pic.twitter.com/IahUgRcE2p
— Ontario Soccer (@OntarioIsSoccer) March 4, 2017
@jasondevos just crushing it with hard-hitting but compelling presentation at @OntarioIsSoccer summit. #leadership pic.twitter.com/CBWXvfFJQt
— Paul Varian (@paulvarian) March 4, 2017
Look who greeted me as I entered the @OntarioIsSoccer Summit! @PSCAllAbilities @PickeringSoccer @BlindSports @Sport_Durham @AccessibleGC pic.twitter.com/C7tqL7vQO8
— Matt Greenwood (@MattGreenwood74) March 3, 2017
A look at the prizes that can be won at the Ontario Soccer Summit, courtesy of @torontofc @SouthamptonFC @CanadaSoccerEN! #PlayInspireUnite pic.twitter.com/JHjpgp6xVD
— Ontario Soccer (@OntarioIsSoccer) March 4, 2017
#PlayInspireUnite @OntarioIsSoccer pic.twitter.com/EoEM1FrdhZ
— HB (@hollieebabs) March 4, 2017
Great presentation from @England John Peacock at @OntarioIsSoccer #OPDL Summit. "It's about people." pic.twitter.com/JDeRTwkw7a
— Stephanie J. Geosits (@Batherup) March 3, 2017
Thank you to our partners @DRSASoccer for hosting the Kick Off Reception #PlayInspireUnite pic.twitter.com/kGs3airiH1
— Ontario Soccer (@OntarioIsSoccer) March 4, 2017