The Brecksville Soccer Organization is a volunteer soccer program managed by families in our community without any government subsidies The purpose of our 501(c) 3 non-profit program is to create a great soccer experience. We maintain a fun and nurturing environment where children can learn the technical and tactical skills of soccer to compete at any level a child chooses. Of equal importance is our goal to teach life skills such as teamwork, responsibility and commitment. These life skills go beyond soccer and will help children obtain more out of their schooling as they grow into adults.

We are always looking for coaches who have a desire to teach and help young children. The more coaches we have the more children we can help! In addition parents who wish to help out in a managers role is vital. They keep the coaches free to spend more time teaching the children!

While our organization started out small our first year, we have grown from 14 players to 30. Like starting a business, the Brecksville Soccer Organization had to create organizational infrastructure while fulfilling our mission during our inaugural 2006-2007 soccer year. During our 2007-2008 year, BSO accomplishments were many:

1. Tigers U-10 win the Division II championship to move to Division I this spring;
2. Jaguars U-14 finish in 1st place during their indoor session and won indoor championship;
3. Jaguars U-14 win Off-The-Wall indoor soccer tournament
4. Donated $1,000 to the Brecksville Broadview Heights High School Soccer Renovation;
5. Helped several soccer families by underwriting their program costs
6. Provided an additional soccer tournaments for the players;
7. Purchased a pair of regulation size goals at a cost of $2,800;
8. Purchased basic conditioning equipment and;
9. Raised $500 through a player organized car wash to purchase additional player equipment.
10. Offset partial costs for Parisi Speed training, a program to help teach better running and conditioning techniques in prevention of ACL injuries which are frequent in young female players.

All this was done with no additional city tax dollars.

That is efficiency!

For the 2008-2009 soccer season we are looking to add several teams which will be announce in May. We will need to purchase additional training equipment and soccer goals. Furthermore, we would like to help a few more families in need.

We look forward to another successful year!