In celebration of Youth Soccer Month, this week's focus is:
Friendship. Of the four fundamentals of soccer, friendship works
to extend relationships beyond the field of play. Soccer is a
team sport that creates a common thread for players of all
backgrounds to love a sport that is played around the globe.
Playing soccer provides the opportunity to build new friendships
and strengthen existing ones through training, teamwork and
skills drills. "When my family moved from Texas to Oregon, I was
worried about meeting cool new friends, but after my parents
registered me to play soccer, I met more friends than I ever
thought possible," said Cooper Mootz of Lake Oswego, Ore. "The
best part about my new friends on the soccer team is that we
still get to hang out and do cool things when we are not at
practice!" Recognizing the impact and importance the sport of
soccer plays in the day-to-day lives of America's families, US
Youth Soccer, with 3 million members, the nation's largest youth
sports association, is spearhea