We are currently looking to start a soccer program for Special needs children. Our goal is to have the program in place for the 2010 Fall season. There are some local families that have already shown great interest and we would love to here from more parents. We will be researching ways to organize and fund this program to make it the best possible experience for the children.

Jennifer/Ken Maglish have suggested this new soccer program and they hope that we can get the response to make it a reality. Please contact Jennifer/Ken Maglish 219-766-3146 or Joe/Caren Furdeck 219-766-0018 if you have special needs child that would like to join our league.

This season we will be holding a coaches clinic at the Kouts soccer fields. The clinic will be instructed by Graeme Langford from Manchester, England. Graeme has been working in the Midwest for Chicago Fire Camps and Training for 18 months, working with players aged 4 through 18. As well as working with the Crown Point Youth Soccer Club’s U10-U14s since the spring. He spent last fall working for Northbrook Spartans Soccer Club in Illinois where he worked with U14 and U16 teams. Over the summer Graeme ran some of the Chicago Fire Camps and Training’s Elite camps where the best players from around Illinois attend to continue there improvement over the summer. Graeme coaches with Three Lions Futbol Club in Northwest Indiana (link listed under affiliates) and has been holding one on one and group sessions with players here in Kouts.

Those of you who are currently coaching and those that may be interested in coaching, please join us. This will be a basic training session to give coaches an idea of what they should be teaching at their age level. We will be holding two sections U8-U10 and U11-U14 and dates will be announced within the next few weeks. The sessions will be free to coaches. Contact Joe/Caren Furdeck 219-766-0018.

We are offering these sessions to improve the level of play and the understanding of the sport for our local youth. We encourage players that are looking to advance their training to tryout for local Premier Clubs like Three Lions FC and NWI United FC (link listed under affiliates). We are not suggesting that we want to loss players to others clubs, however we feel that by expanding their skills and bringing them back to our league, it will only encourage others to want to learn. Kouts Youth Soccer League will continue to try and improve your child’s soccer experience.

YES.......Its that time of the year.......SPRING SOCCER!!!!!!! The Kouts Youth Soccer Board met on January 22nd and everyone was excited about this year. As we have done in the past, we are looking to improve the players and fans soccer experience here in Kouts. We have some projects in the works, which we will post on the website as they get closer.                                                                    

Registration starts on February 9th and ends on February 26th. We are having a registration night on the 9th at Cornerstone Church from 5-7p.m. If directions are needed, contact Jackie Anweiler 766-2950. We are also having our final sign up night February 26th in the hallway outside of the Kouts Gym during the JV/Varsity Basketball game. This year we are organizing an equipment drop-off/exchange during both registration nights. If you have any soccer cleats, shin guards, shorts etc. that a family member has out-grown, we would love to make it available to other families.