The Lighthouse Soccer Foundation, Inc., was created to address the issues of insuring that Floridians are provided an equal opportunity to benefit from participation in a team sport that promotes both independence and team spirit - soccer:
“To inspire and promote leadership, teamwork, self-confidence and self-expression through participation in soccer, promoting participation by the economically and physically disadvantaged, fostering health, physical fitness and educational opportunities and firmly implanting in the community the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, integrity, courage, respect of authority and fun of sports.”
“To inspire and promote leadership, teamwork, self-confidence and self-expression through participation in soccer, promoting participation by the economically and physically disadvantaged, fostering health, physical fitness and educational opportunities and firmly implanting in the community the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, integrity, courage, respect of authority and fun of sports.”
Gary Walker
Gary with Jeff Tipping, NSCAA Drrector of Coaching
The Foundation is headed by Gary Walker, who is well recognized throughout the state of Florida and on both sides of the Atlantic as a person who has devoted most of his life to the promotion of the sport of soccer. Mr. Walker has obtained numerous coaching credentials and has studied under Bruce Arena, the former coach of the United States national soccer team. In an attempt to find an ongoing funding source to support soccer in the State of Florida, the Lighthouse Soccer Foundation succesfully completed the application process for the creation of a Florida specialty License Plate in 2005: "Support Soccer".
Contact Gary - gary@supportsoccer.org
Contact Gary - gary@supportsoccer.org
Soccer in America
Soccer is gaining an ever-increasing foothold in America. One factor that contributed to the relatively slow pace of soccer's growth in popularity was the competitive nature amongst various American youth sports programs, primarily centered around community clubs in the pre-teen years and secondary school teams thereafter. Usually popularity for soccer ended around high school, where most kids preferred to play American football, having the perception of more options when entering into the college system. In most regions of the U.S., high school soccer and American football are both played in the fall and a student generally cannot devote time to both. Until the 1980s, most high schools in the U.S. did not even offer soccer at all. Thus, older generations of Americans living today grew up with virtually no exposure to the sport.
As youth soccer programs have grown, increasing numbers of Americans, having played the game in their youth, are now avid spectators. In recent decades, more and more youth sports organizations have turned to soccer as either a supplement to or a replacement for American football in their programs.
Today, soccer is thriving throughout the United States and particularly in Florida, where it is going from strength to strength.
As youth soccer programs have grown, increasing numbers of Americans, having played the game in their youth, are now avid spectators. In recent decades, more and more youth sports organizations have turned to soccer as either a supplement to or a replacement for American football in their programs.
Today, soccer is thriving throughout the United States and particularly in Florida, where it is going from strength to strength.
The Florida State Soccer Association (FSSA) is the official governing body representing U.S. Soccer in the State of Florida . It is a representative body composed of soccer officials throughout the State dedicated to act in the best interests of the sport. FSSA provides a statewide network of affiliated leagues, statewide tournaments, access to national tournaments through affiliation with the US Adult Soccer Association, player accident insurance, liability insurance for member leagues, player development, coaching development, referee development, step-by-step assistance in forming new local leagues, access to FSSA’s network of certified referees and assignors.
FSSA’s mission is to promote physical fitness and administer the game of soccer in all its United States Soccer Federation approved forms, be it outdoor or indoor, among men and women eighteen years of age and over within the State of Florida and to manage all intrastate games leading to National Cups and to support training of coaches, referees and players.
FSSA hosts numerous tournaments throughout the year. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION or contact FSSA President Arthur Mattson at (863) 640 4040.
FSSA’s mission is to promote physical fitness and administer the game of soccer in all its United States Soccer Federation approved forms, be it outdoor or indoor, among men and women eighteen years of age and over within the State of Florida and to manage all intrastate games leading to National Cups and to support training of coaches, referees and players.
FSSA hosts numerous tournaments throughout the year. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION or contact FSSA President Arthur Mattson at (863) 640 4040.
The Florida Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) is a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to fostering the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of Florida 's youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age and competition. FYSA's job is also to make it fun and instill a lifelong passion for the sport in young players.
FYSA has recently transitioned to new software (Got Soccer) for registration, team and club management.
TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) is a community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities, organized by youth soccer association volunteers. The program is designed to bring the opportunity of learning and playing soccer to any boy or girl, age 5 and up, who has a mental or physical disability.
TOPsoccer's goal is to enable the thousands of young athletes with disabilities to become valued and successful members of Florida Youth Soccer and the US Youth Soccer family.
FYSA has recently transitioned to new software (Got Soccer) for registration, team and club management.
TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) is a community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities, organized by youth soccer association volunteers. The program is designed to bring the opportunity of learning and playing soccer to any boy or girl, age 5 and up, who has a mental or physical disability.
TOPsoccer's goal is to enable the thousands of young athletes with disabilities to become valued and successful members of Florida Youth Soccer and the US Youth Soccer family.
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