The Value of Street Soccer in Today's Environment
“My position is this: street soccer is the most natural educational system that can be found." - Rinus Michels

By analyzing street soccer yourself, you will conclude that its strength is that it is played daily in a competitive form, with a preference for the match on all sorts of 'street playing fields', usually in small groups. Rarely in street soccer do you see youths busy practicing isolated technical and tactical drills. No, it is always the competitive form, where youth players learn from their mistakes, unconscious of the technical, tactical, mental and physical qualities they are developing through the scrimmages being played.

Playing soccer every day ensures this development. It is a process where it is not necessary for adults to be present. You also learn the team tactical principles without effort through playing the game. Your teammate, higher in the street soccer hierarchy, forces you to comply. Continue Story...

OSYSA ODP Begins in November. Register Now!
2005-2006 ODP Registration is Now Open. Click Here to Register Online.

The process to find the next generation of OSYSA’s State, Regional and National team players will begin on at the district sites during the fall training/identification sessions.  Please see the ODP section of the OSYSA web site (www.osysa.com) for times, locations, details, player registration as well as coaching opportunities. 

The ODP’s primary mission is to identify the best players in the country for youth and senior World Cups and Olympic competition. Emphasizing the success of this process over the years, every member of the 2004 Women’s Olympic Team roster was a product of the
US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program. 

A secondary purpose of ODP is to develop both players and coaches for levels who may not be at the ODP level, and it is this secondary purpose which best explains why the state and regional team selection and training process is critical to the continued growth of the game. 

PASION DE GOL SET FOR THURSDAY AT 5 P.M.
ON RADIO SOL, 1550-AM
Crew Assistant Coach Eduardo "Eddie" Carvacho hosts Pasion de Gol (Passion for Goals), an hour long soccer show every Thursday from 5-6 p.m. on Spanish radio station Radio Sol, 1550-AM. Radio Sol is also the Spanish radio play-by-play home for all Crew home games. The show will be geared toward The Crew and Major League Soccer, as well as the numerous Hispanic players, coaches and administrators around the league and country.

2006 CREW SEASON TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
It's not too early to become a Crew Season Ticket Holder! Join Crew Soccer Nation for the 2006 season by calling 614-447-CREW now!