TOPSoccer Season Underway

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Back from a hiatus, the TOPSoccer program has returned for a spring session at Weston’s Morehouse Town Park.

The program is for young athletes in grades K–8 with physical or learning disabilities. Each player is paired with a volunteer buddy who is with them at all times on the field.

TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) was launched in 1991, designed and now administered by US Youth Soccer, the nation’s largest youth sports organization. It is all about fostering physical and emotional growth, learning about being part of a team, and building social skills, fitness, and self-esteem. More important, it is designed to be fun.

Each one-hour session features fun games, drills, and small-team soccer games. The program runs at Morehouse on Saturdays from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.

The spring TOPSoccer season is already underway. At press time, upcoming dates are May 17 and 31, plus another date yet determined to make up for an early season rainout.

It’s $50 for the season. Kids can be registered here.

At that same link, volunteers who would like to be TOPSoccer buddies can sign up to be part of the program. Buddies should be in seventh grade or higher.

Players need to wear sneakers or cleats and bring a soccer ball and water bottle. Parents must stay at the field for the entire session.

For more information about TOPSoccer, email Eric Serotta.