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Danville
Soccer Association has recreation leagues that play
in the spring and fall each year. Children from 4-14
play on about 100 different teams and over 1500 children. There are girls' teams
and mixed teams (girls may choose which they prefer).
Age
brackets are two years wide, and are named in standard
youth soccer fashion: under-6, under-8, under-10, under-12,
under-14, under-11 girls, and under-14 girls. The age
is that on August 31.
Coaches
are all volunteers, usually parents of a child on the
team. Referees are almost all volunteers, also typically
soccer parents. Training clinics are available for coaches
and referees at the beginning of each fall season.
Communities
throughout the county have various age groups of teams
that practice locally and play their games on Saturdays
at the Danville Area Soccer Complex on Winter Avenue
in Danville. These local teams are administered through
a volunteer community representative of Danville soccer.
Teams
play games in age-matched leagues is September, October,
and April, and play a tournament in early May (no tournament,
standings, or scores kept for under-6). All participants
win a plaque and medal, with silver and gold to the
teams in the championship game.
League
fees buy jerseys, socks, game balls, field equipment
and maintenance, and year-end trophies.
The
Recreational league is run entirely with volunteers
as coaches, referees, line judges, concession workers,
field maintenance workers, and administration.
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