Recreational League

The Port City Soccer Club offers a developmental league for children ages 3-13 (Under 4 thru Under 14 age groups) in the fall and the spring.  Games are played on Saturdays at the beautiful Olsen Farms Soccer Fields located on Murrayville Road. The 2008 Fall season games begin on September 6th and ends on October 25th, 2008. Practices for the Fall season begin on August 18th, 2008. Children practice once per week (the day and practice location is decided by each coach and also dictated by field availability) traditionally from 5:15-6:15, with their respective teams. Optional training sessions (free clinics), held bi-weekly during each season and led by our professional coaching staff, are available for every child in the club if they desire.

Our league is unique. We specialize in the development of young soccer players! Participants are offered a fun and challenging learning environment that other soccer leagues cannot match! Each season the number of participants will be limited to ensure that each child is offered the best experience possible. One of our goals is not to be the biggest soccer club.....it is to be the best! Our primary mission is simple....to teach sportsmanship, character, soccer skill, and a passion for playing the game to our local youth!

Port City Soccer Club coaching philosophies and curriculums  are designed by our professional coaching staff for all age groups. Coaches are provided a curriculum with each week's practice session and topic. Coaches utilize our curriculums to ensure that each child is being taught in the same manner and that they are learning age appropriate skills.  End-of-season skills tests provide our players and coaches with realistic and fun goals to strive for! Our Port City Soccer Club staff coaches are on site during recreational practices to lend a hand to our volunteer coaches and to ensure that curriculums are being followed. Children who participate in the Port City Soccer Club are a part of more than a soccer league. They are a part of a FUN, EXCITING, AND CHALLENGING SOCCER SCHOOL!

As you can see below, another huge benefit of participating in the Port City Soccer Clubƒs Developmental League is the low coach to player ratio per team. Anyone who has previously coached younger players (ages 10 and younger) will surely understand that lowering the coach to player ratio makes the practice and game environment more manageable and creates an accelerated learning environment for the kids. A smaller number of players at practices and at games means each player touches the ball more and makes more game-like decisions. It also allows parents on the sidelines to actually see the ball without a swarm of kids around it and more playing time for each kid. This is why they participate. TO PLAY!!!

Recreational League Highlights:

• Age appropriate curriculums, designed by our professional coaching staff,  for coaches to follow at each practice!

• Small sided play!

• Coaches' training from the best coaching education program in the area!

• Beautiful lighted facility at OLSEN FARMS

• Professional coaching staff is on hand for recreational practices!

• End of season skills testing in the U6 and older age groups!

• FREE Skills Clinics !

• End of Season Skills Testing !

• Camps !

Click below for a great slide show on the benefits of small sided play.

How Will Small Sided Games Impact You?

Click here to register your child for our 2007 fall youth recreational league!
 

Age Group	Gender	# of Players on the Field	Field Dimensions	# of Players on a Team	Game Length
U4	Co-ed	3v3 no goalkeepers	30 x 25	6-7	4 Six Minute Quarters
U5	Co-ed	3v3 no goalkeepers	30 x 25	6-7	4 Seven Minute Quarters
U6	Co-ed	4v4 no goalkeepers	30 x 25	7-8	4 Seven Minute Quarters
U7	Co-ed	4v4 no goalkeepers	30 x 25	7-8	4 Eight Minute Quarters
U8-U10	Co-ed	6v6 w/ goalkeepers	50 x 35	8-10	2 Twenty Minute Halves
U11-U12	Co-ed	8v8w/ goalkeepers	75 x 50	13-14	2 Twenty Minute Halves