About Us

Purpose

  • To foster the sport of youth soccer in the City of Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana.
  • To provide a stable administrative organization to develop, implement and manage youth soccer teams, leagues and related activities.
  • To expand youth soccer as a sport for children of all ages in the Knox County area and surrounding areas including the eastern side of Illinois.

Membership

  • US Soccer Association, Fall 1996
  • Indiana Youth Soccer Association, 5954 N. College Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 255-0491
  • Soccer Association for Youth

History

  • Affiliated with YMCA under Roy lnglis, Fall 1991, and again Spring 1992, games played at YMCA
  • Affiliated with Vincennes University, Fall 1992 - Fall,1994 season (3 years), games played at VU
  • 1993-95 Association formed with parent advisory board Fall 1994
  • Incorporated, February 16, 1995
  • Not-for-Profit status, 1996
  • Games played at Lincoln High School Fall,1995 - Fall, 1997 (3 years)
  • Moved to South Sixth Street and created the "Soccer Complex" 
  • Games played at The Soccer Complex South 6th Street Road Fall, 1998 - present.  (25 years and growing)

Future Vision

Our current park has about 13 acres, with up to 13 soccer fields. Fields 1-4 are 22 yards x 30 yards, fields 5-8 are 35 yards  x 45 yards, and fields 9-13 are 35 yards x 50 yards up to 50 yards x 70 yards..

In the future, we would love to have a 40-acre park, home to:

  • Soccer fields
  • Walking track
  • Horse shoe tournaments
  • Basketball courts
  • Tennis courts
  • Regional soccer tournament that could pull in 100 teams from all over the Mid-west

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