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Soccer South Soccer Club: Competitive Soccer

 


06-07 U11 Navy Team - 3rd Place Johnston Tournament 10/2006

Back Row Right to Left
Joel Raker, Tony Treager-Survatt, Jakob Sheraden
Josh Breed, Enrique Salcedo, Kendrew Panyanouvong
Front Row Right to Left Dominic Cosimo, Mitchell Phipps, Nick Christiansen,
Blake Agey, Da Char Liu
Not Pictured - Coach Joe Burger, Eddie Rush, Mathew Holmes

 

Program Information

SSSC BLUES Academy is the competitive soccer club affiliated with the Iowa Premier Soccer League (IPSL) which represents youth soccer throughout a large portion of the City of Des Moines and nearby areas. As recreational youth players progress in the game of soccer, some of them begin to excel. Through their natural athletic abilities and enthusiasm for the game, they begin to stand out as players who would enjoy and benefit from a more competitive environment. The purpose of SSSC BLUES Academy is to provide that environment by assembling these outstanding young players into teams that will compete against similarly organized teams from other towns and regions. This high level of training and competition against other quality teams enables young players to reach their highest potential. Tryouts are held each year to select the players to join the SSSC BLUES Academy teams.

Our Mission

The mission of SSSC BLUES Academy is to develop quality soccer players and teams that are competitive on a regional and statewide level. In carrying out its mission, SSSC BLUES Academy coaches and representatives will continually strive to improve our image as a club, to attract and retain quality players, and to develop quality soccer players by continuously improving the quality of training, coaching, equipment, officiating, and playing fields.

Our Goals

The goals of our training and coaching programs are to build character and instill positive values in our players through hard work, responsibility, mutual respect, and teamwork. We also seek to instill in our players a lifelong love and understanding of the beautiful game of soccer.

To achieve these goals, SSSC BLUES Academy provides a club-wide training and coaching program whereby all players and teams learn from all the coaches in common training sessions and training camps. The coaches work in close coordination with each other to deliver a shared philosophy of the game and the systems to play it. We encourage and support our coaches to obtain higher levels of training and licensing, to develop relations with the recreational part of our club where most young players first learn soccer, and to foster player and parental involvement in the planning, organization, and administration of the program. We conduct major fundraising activities to supplement the fees charged to the players in the program.

We ensure that players have the best coaching available. All SSSC BLUES Academy coaches are approved by our Board of Directors & Competitive Committee. Every coach, including assistants, must be licensed. We currently have three coaches with national licenses issued by the United States Soccer Federation and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Support for Our Players

We endeavor in many ways to make sure all qualified players are able to participate in SSSC BLUES Academy Soccer, regardless of their economic situations. We have a scholarship program that provides both financial assistance and uniforms for deserving players in special need. Each spring season we host a tournament and some of those profits are set aside to help these players. Also SSSC BLUES Academy conducts Academy-wide fundraising activities to provide a substantial portion of the Academy income and provide funding for our scholarship program.

In addition, teams, individual families, and players are encouraged to do their own fundraising. Some teams have been successful in raising most or all of their fees for the season through fundraising. Successful fundraising activities include car washes, yard sales, selling ads to the club’s tournament programs, and soliciting team sponsors.

SSSC BLUES Academy Committee Administrators

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Program Info | Mission | Goals | Support of our Players | Administrators

 

 
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