By JAY WILSON
Registrations, for the Crusaders Soccer Club’s recreational fall season are increasing rapidly. Games schedules have been revised by Cal South and the Presidio Soccer League begin on Saturday, Oct. 3. All boys and girls born between 2016 and 2006 are eligible to participate. Over 300 competitive players are already actively training. Each competitive team holds two training sessions during the week with a third training session on every Saturday.
You can see the competitive teams practicing on the Pershing Middle School turf fields as they prepare for their season, which will begin on Oct. 3. Every player and accompanying adult entering the field must have their temperature taken and are practicing social distancing in compliance with COVID-19 protocols.
The Crusaders Soccer Club has also been conducting professionally coached soccer camps at Pershing. The next camp is for recreational players who are registered for our fall program. The soccer camp will be taught by professional coaches from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Aug. 18, 19 and 20 at the Pershing fields. Visit crusaderssoccer.org for more information and to register for the camp.
Free Friday Night Clinics begin at 5 p.m. and continue through August at the Pershing fields for all registered recreational and competitive players born between 2006 and 2013. These one-hour clinics emphasize skill development with fun. The players will learn new skills with a great mix of intensity.
“We most assuredly thank all the members of the Crusaders Soccer family for all your cooperation in helping us restart and bring soccer back to life in our community,” states the club in a press release. “And a special shout out to Linda Hernandez, Emma Rivera, Christi Laumakis, Crystal Woods and Karen Nance who continually staff the check-in tables for the multiple training sessions Monday through Friday and the Free Friday Night Clinics.”
Through the effort and expertise of Rene Miramontes and Victor Melendez, director and assistant director of coaching respectively, the new training drills are working well, and comply with all the COVID-19 protocols. The drills are proving to be very successful and well received by the players, coaches and parents. CSC’s mission is to develop life skills in children through the game of soccer, with the aim of forming leaders on and off the field.
Modified versions of the training drills will be used by each of our recreational teams if social distancing is still required when they begin training sessions.
Be on the lookout for the new Crusaders Soccer t-shirts recognizing the club’s 50th year in youth soccer in the communities of Grantville, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro and San Carlos. Visit crusaderssoccer.org for more information.
— Jay Wilson writes on behalf of Crusaders Soccer Club.
