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Thunder Bay Chill News Release - - www.thunderbaychill.com

Wednesday June 28, 2017

Thunder Bay, ON The Thunder Bay Chill are happy to announce their recent affiliation with
the Richmond Hill Soccer Club (RHSC). The affiliation will share a commitment to Long-Term
Player Development (LTPD), coaching development, referee development, and will provide
opportunities to players in both clubs.

The affiliation was also ratified by Ontario Soccer, as it meets the rationale promoted by the
organization. It provides a talent pathway for players graduating from the affiliated LTPD
program, and will educate parents and players about Ontario Soccers talented pathway.

This is a great opportunity for our Club to give additional incentives to players who select this
path during their playing careers, commented Chill PDL Director Saverio Lento. Players will
be identified starting at U12 from the Chill Club and collaboration with the Richmond Hill
Soccer Clubs Technical Director will then commence. Once coaches, players, and parents are
satisfied with the details, the Chill player can be sub-rostered to the Richmond Hill Soccer Club.
A Chill player who is sub-rostered to RHSC will then have the opportunity to train and play in
OPDL games with Richmond Hill Soccer Club but will keep the Chill as their home club for
regular competition.

Launched in 2014 with the 2001 age group, the Ontario Player Development League (OPDL) is
the province's first standards-based, youth performance development league that combines top
level competition with high performance training standards. This innovative and exciting youth
high performance program is an important component of the overall movement to adopt the core
principles of LTPD in Ontario and Canada.
I think this is a great opportunity for our clubs to share resources while at the same time ensuring
players continue to have opportunity in Ontario, commented Tony Colistro, who is the Chill
Director of Soccer Programs. The affiliation will also allow for coaching opportunity when it
comes to developing training sessions as well as expanding education and building capacity for
all our youth coaching staff. Opportunities to collaborate with other Clubs and to offer more
soccer pathways are important to the growth and success of RHSC; we are so excited to be
affiliated with the Chill and we look forward to growing our relationship! replied Melody
Carroll, General Manager of the Richmond Hill Soccer Club.

About Richmond Hill Soccer Club: Founded in 1968, Richmond Hill Soccer Club (RHSC) is
the largest soccer club in York Region, offering year-round competitive and recreational
programs for both youth and adults. We are an OPDL, Ontario Soccer Gold Standard club who
enjoys working relationships with the York Region Soccer Association, Ontario Soccer, and the
Canadian Soccer Association. We provide a number of development programs for players,
coaches and referees, and have nearly 7,000 players registered annually with our Club. Our
professional staff with qualifications and experience of international scope enable us to take
pride in being a leader in community soccer development.

About the Thunder Bay Chill: The Chill is a Canadian soccer club based in Thunder
Bay, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2000, the team plays in the Premier Development
League(PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Heartland Division of the
Central Conference. It also registers between 1500 2000 recreational players annually with
over 300 players playing competitively between the ages of 8 18. The club plays its home
games at Chapples Park. The team's colours are white and blue.

The Thunder Bay Chill Premier Development League (PDL) team plays in the 72-team
prospect focused PDL which is the top developmental mens league in North America.