Recreational Soccer

2022 Ohio Soccer Outlook: Player Develoment U5-U9

My oldest son had a lot of natural talent. He was born an athlete, he was able to hit and throw a baseball at 18 months, he was kicking...

2022 Ohio Soccer Outlook: Grassroots Soccer and Loving the Game

Grassroots soccer is the game we love in its most basic form where players are learning and loving the game through play. Although the...

2021 Soccer Outlook: Ohio Soccer Association Part 1

In December of 2020 we brought you a summary of the merger of Ohio North and Ohio South USYSA State associations. We reached out to the...

Ohio Soccer Association: Merger of Ohio South and Ohio North

The United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) is the largest youth soccer organization in the US. In Ohio up until now we have had...

Soccer in The Time of Covid: Why can't we use the bleachers?

Why are the bleachers blocked off? We could spread out more if we could use the bleachers. This is true, social distancing would be...

A letter to Soccer Parents who ignore sideline rules:

Good morning Soccer Parent, Your son had an incredible game this weekend. All of his training, commitment and hard work is coming...

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What is Offside?

First let me start by saying: it's "Offside" not "Offsides". By definition a player is in an offside position when they are positioned...