Through its elementary school age programs, Millennium Soccer Club (MSC) provides instruction in fundamental soccer skills and offers its participants an opportunity to play in a variety of small-sided soccer games. The middle school age program was implemented in 2003 to provide players from these programs an opportunity to participate on traditional soccer teams that play in leagues sponsored by the Madison Area Youth Soccer Association (MAYSA).

Elementary School Program:

The elementary school age program enables 2nd-5th graders to play soccer with other kids from their neighborhood on six Saturday mornings during both the fall and spring. Millennium provides each participant a uniform (jersey, shorts, socks) and shin guards. Each week, 2nd and 3rd graders work for about 45 minutes in small groups with their coaches to develop their soccer skills. Their coaches are primarily high school students from Edgewood, Memorial, Verona or West, many of whom play for their hi school soccer teams.

Following their practice session, they then have an opportunity to practice their skills playing in a small-sided game (4v4 or 5v5) against one of the other groups. After the games have concluded, the players and coaches meet with the program coordinator for their neighborhood site to briefly review how things went with their practices/games and to emphasize the importance of having fun each week as they try to become better soccer players. The 1½ hour session for the 2nd and 3rd graders is followed by a similar session for 4th and 5th graders.

Each neighborhood site has a coordinator who solicits help from school staff and parents to coordinate player registration at the beginning of the fall and spring seasons and to assist with administering the Saturday morning programs at each site. /to the top

Middle School Program:

The MSC board recognized that many of the kids “graduating” from the elementary school age programs needed an opportunity to continue playing soccer as middle school students. MSC launched its middle school age program to enable players to participate at a more competitive level by playing on traditional soccer teams. In their MAYSA leagues, Millennium teams have an opportunity to play other teams in their age groups throughout the Madison area. Our teams also participate each winter in one of the indoor leagues at Break Away Sports Center and have an opportunity to play in at least one MAYSA-sponsored outdoor tournament each year. /to the top

Board of Directors:

President:
Tom Grogg tgrogg@charter.net (608) 233-0554

Vice President :
Jen Vena jenvena@charter.net (608) 256-0047

Secretary:
Jack Connelly cronkelly@aol.com (608) 255-6626

Treasurer:
Dan Wood dwood@madison.k12.wi.us (608) 845-8399

Fundraising Coordinator:
Rob Summers rsummers@kw.com (608) 695-5201

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