Here’s the information that you need to know:

1. All of our games are at Richard Barry Park in Huntersville.

2. Our official team hotel is the Hampton Inn & Suites in Huntersville, NC. It is a short drive to the field from the hotel. If you are not staying there, please let me know where you’ll be so I can keep track if any need to contact you arises.

3. Our first game is Saturday at 8:00AM and you need to be at the field by 7:00A for this first game.

4. Uniforms: we will be wearing our Chelsea Training jerseys as our warm up for each of our games and for this first game – let’s go with the black uniforms.

Game One (8:00A) – Chelsea Warm up Jersey + our black uniforms

Game Two (5:00P) – Chelsea Warm up Jersey + our white uniforms

Game Three (TBD) – Chelsea Warm up Jersey + TBD

5. Contact number – my cell phone is 404-556-1357 and if anything comes up while we are there – please call me.

6. Snacks – I’d like to see if we could get some snacks organized for the boys – would someone mind taking the lead on this for me? Let’s just focus on Gatorade and fruit.

7. Team Dinner (Saturday Night) – for anyone that can – or is staying in town – part of our budget factors in an entertainment fee that will be used for dinner on Saturday night. To keep it equitable, the team fees will cover the player and his parents only – you will be individually responsible for any siblings or friends that are present. I will coordinate a place this week as I have a co-worker who lives in Huntersville and he will suggest a good place.

I wanted to send everyone the hotel information for the VisitLakeNorman.org Kickoff Classic on August 20th and 21st (below). The tournament requires you work through their travel partner to stay (just at the CASL Shootout does for teams traveling in from other areas) so I have held 11 rooms for us at the Hampton Inn & Suite in Huntersville, NC (closest to the tournament site).

Here’s the specifics:

* The rooms are “held” for us – not reserved – so each family will make individual reservations.
* If you want to split the room costs with another family and have two stay together – just work that out with them individually.
* Some people have mentioned driving up Saturday/Sunday morning – I can’t stop you from doing that but please remember that we could have early AM games, you need to be there at least 45 minutes early and it is a 2 hour+ drive from Raleigh to Huntersville, NC.
* Reservations are due by August 5th – however, we won’t know the schedule until the 8th (there is a reason they do this for a living). That said, you can cancel up to 72 hours in advance – so if you think you need a room, I’d grab one before the 5th and then cancel if you want later.

I’ve gone through the process myself and it is very easy. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Hampton Inn and Suites Huntersville

10305 Wilmington Street
Huntersville, NC 28078

Each family will need to make their reservations by either calling the hotel at 704.947.5510 and ask to make a reservation under the North Meck Soccer Club Kickoff group name or using the following link to book their room:

Reservation Link: Hampton Inn and Suites Huntersville – North Meck Soccer Tournament

(once on the link click “Book a room” and then click “Continue” to make your reservation in the group block)

Dates: August 19 -21, 2011

Rate: $105/night (rate includes breakfast)

Rooms: Queen/Queen Rooms

Cutoff Date: August 5, 2011

Cancellation Date: Please give the hotel 72 hours notice should you need to change or cancel your reservation

We are confirmed by CASL to play in the VisitLakeNorman.org Kickoff on August 20th & 21st in Huntersville, NC.   More information to follow once all of the teams are confirmed, but plan on a one night stay at a minimum.

Christian