Locate the Best Soccer Summer Camps Seattle for Youth
Soccer in Seattle is exploding. Seattleites are proud of their team the Seattle Sounders, a FC’s Major League soccer team and many fingers are crossed that Seattle will be able to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022, while they wait eagerly when the FIFA makes their announcement in December 2010. Recently Mark D. Fefer of Seattle Weekly made an anti-soccer remark in the paper, only to learn that residents of Seattle proudly and loudly defended their love of soccer. Soccer is serious business in Seattle.
So you see soccer is a highly loved sport by the residents. It’s also a sport that children love and parents are more than happy to get their child involved. All over the region you can find numerous youth soccer programs and soccer camps throughout the metro area. Police Sergeant Manuel Garcia started a soccer camp for the underprivileged youth that started with six kids and now has 256 children between the ages of 5 to 17. Then Seattle teen Katriona Anesini was overjoyed when she learned that not only did she win a place at the Coca-Cola International Soccer Camp, but she will also be able to attend this year’s World Cup in South Africa.
Youth soccer is definitely a growing phenomenon in Seattle with no signs of stopping. There are 16 local youth soccer clubs in just Seattle alone and parents can learn more about each club or find the club closest to them at the Seattle Youth Soccer Association. Then for the greater regions in Washington there is Washington Youth Soccer which gives parents statewide information, resources and event schedules.
Soccer camps are popular during Spring Break and summertime. There are options of half-day and full-day. Depending on the soccer camp. The camp can be as short as one day or a full week. At Arena Sports there are programs for children as young as a few years and they also provide the famous summer Lil’ Kickers Soccer Camp for children 3-5 years old.
As the child becomes older they have more options and learn greater skill in the competitive yet rewarding field of soccer. Youth soccer offers academies, clinics and camps all at different pricings. Then there is the annual Sounders FC Youth Fantasy Camp held in August for children between the ages of 7 – 14 years old. Not only are they trained by top coaches, but they meet with players from the Seattle Sounders, watch as the team trains and receive complimentary tickets to a Seattle Sounders game.
Soccer is booming in Seattle right now and children are riding the wave. This wonderful sport teaches teamwork, healthy competitiveness and is better for a growing child’s body than hours of video games. Boys and girls of all ages have all shown a love for soccer and the adult soccer lovers look on with pride as the children carry the torch.
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