The following nomination was received via the online nomination process prior to the published cut off date of November 1st, 2009:

From MSYSA AGM Book - page 20

President Report

Sohail Qureshi, President MSYSA

February 2010 will mark the end of the second year of my first term as president of this association. This past year

MSYSA has seen a number of accomplishments. Of particular interest MSYSA is proud to announce that our team of

MSYSA, Saginaw Township Soccer Association, Saginaw Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Saginaw Valley

State University has been awarded the 2012 US Youth Soccer Regional Championships! Our goal from the beginning

was to secure this bid for our state and the Saginaw area. US Youth Soccer estimates that this event will generate an

estimated $7-8 million dollars in revenue for the local economy in the year 2012. I would like to thank MSYSA

Executive Director Tom Frisbie and Event Manager Sarah Shiguango for their work and collaboration with our partners

on this project. I would also like to thank Michigan Soccer Association State Referee Administrator Carlos Folino and

Pete Morrissey for their work to help secure this bid. This is a big project for MSYSA and our partners in the Saginaw

area and I am looking forward to seeing it come to fruition.

Our state cup finals continue to spread the MSYSA mission to new areas of the state. This year we had finals in East Lansing

and our first state cup finals held indoor in Pontiac. Both of the spring and fall semis, quarters and finals were highlighted on

the sports show State Champs on MyTV20. Please continue to look for MSYSA on State Champs. MSYSA introduced a new

E-newsletter this year called Heads-Up. The e-newsletter is a great way to keep up to date on important topics and dates. If

you have not been receiving this in your email please contact the State Office. As I write this MSYSA is in the process of

finalizing both our Process Improvement Study and our agreement with Hartland Township for our new state facility. Both of

these projects are very complex and have taken considerable time to accomplish and in the end I feel our members will be

happy we deliberated to make these projects the best they could be.

MSYSA Executive Director Tom Frisbie is wrapping up his fourth year in his position. I would like to thank him for his

dedication and leadership and, at times, his ability to handle my many ideas and projects! Tom and his staff continue to

provide outstanding services, programs and events for our membership. I would like to give special thanks to each of them

Tom Frisbie, Sarah Shiguango, Adam Keller, Char Patterson, Barb Sarkesian and Melissa Campbell. I would also like to thank

our Director of Coaching Bryan Thorp for managing a steep learning curve in his first year of service. I am quite certain that

when our search committee took our time to hire Bryan we made the right decision. In his first year Bryan has shown that he is

a capable leader both at the state and regional level. We as a membership should feel lucky to be able to say that he is our

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MSYSA continues to be a strong leader in our region. Although there will always be challenges ahead for us I believe with our

members and volunteers we can meet those challenges with success. Any adversity allows for opportunities to make our

association stronger from recreational programs through premier. With the individuals we have in place at the State Office, on

the Board of Directors and on our committees, please be assured that MSYSA will continue to be a leader in our state and our

region for many years. This we could not make happen without the efforts and hours of hard work of our volunteers,

administrators and coaches. Thank you for all of your dedication, hard work and sacrifice during the past year. If there is

anything I can do to be of service please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Sohail Qureshi

President