Northwoods Youth Soccer

Home

Welcome to the Northwoods Youth Soccer Association website. Here you will be able to learn more about the club, find directions to our fields, see when the registration dates are for each of the three sessions, and print off the 2008 player registration form for your child and access the adult background check.

Northwoods is an organization that offers competitive soccer with other towns from either the Arrowhead Youth Soccer Association (AYSA), out of Duluth, or the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association (MYSA), out of the Twin Cities. Teams play half of their games home and half of their games away in either league. AYSA away games stretch from Duluth to Hibbing and to the East Range. Our club strives to provide a fun atmosphere for all athletes in a positive learning environment. Our club is proud to have many teams continuing on into the Final Four Tournament every year. Check out our latest results, from the past three sessions.

!2008 Home Games are now up!

Register now for Session II

For players with birthdays between 8/1/95 and 7/31/96.
Register via the mail by printing off the registration form and mailing it to:

Northwoods
PO Box 115
Grand Rapids, MN 55744

(Registration form is located on the links page or by clicking on the word "form" above.)

!!WHAT ARE YOUR SUMMER PLANS? HOW ABOUT A SOCCER CAMP!!!

Check out the camps page for 4 soccer camps coming to the Grand Rapids Area!

Come learn from the #1 world's coaching method or from your very own Grand Rapids college soccer players

To NYSA Parents

Here is a brief explanation of the changes we agreed to make for the summer 2008 season.

NYSA in cooperation with the Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department will be offering a "house" league for players U9 thru U12 beginning during the spring and summer of 2008. Children in this age group will register for soccer through parks and rec. and be full members of Northwoods and the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association(MYSA). Teams will be organized for small sided games which are strongly endorsed by MYSA and the U.S. Soccer Federation. Travel outside of the Grand Rapids Area will not be necessary with the development of a house league. Players will play with age appropriate sized soccer balls, fields and goals. The small sided philosophy allows each player to have more fun, more contact with the ball, be more involved in each game and develop greater soccer skills at an early age. It is also hoped that parents without a soccer background will be more interested in coaching when the team sizes are smaller and more manageable.

Questions can be directed to Jeff Lightfoot

A special Thank You to all the supporters of NYSA soccer by their donations to
help provide new jerseys to all the NYSA soccer players.
They are:

Lake Homes Realty
People in Business Care
Keith and Janet Anderson
Anderson, Ophoven & Stauffer
Tim Flood
Mary Jo & Lee Jess
Figgins Transport
Dr. Gaalaas
Grand Rapids Vet Clinic
Lake Country Furniture
Crystal Lake Home
Blandin Paper Co.

Session	Registration Information
Session I	Late May through July
	Ages 11-19
	Registration in Jan
Session II	August 1^st through 1^st weekend in October
	Age 13 (Birthday between 8/1/95 - 7/31/96
	Registration mailed in by May 25
Session III	Late August through October
	Ages 13-15
	Registration in August

Session	Season Final Results
Session I	U-13G Silver took 4th
	U-13B took 1st
Session II	U-12G took 2nd
	U-12B took 1st
	U-13B took 3rd
Session III	U15B2 took 1st
	U-15B1 took 3rd

If your child does not fit into NYSA's registration categories, there are other options to play soccer in the Grand Rapids area.
YMCA and the Grand Rapids Recreation Department offer soccer to children grades kindergarten through 5th grade.
The YMCA offers soccer in the spring, and the Grand Rapids Recreation Department offers soccer in the fall.

To learn more about playing YMCA soccer in the spring, please call (218) 327-1161.
To learn more about playing Grand Rapids Recreation Department soccer in the fall, please call (218) 326-2500.