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Saint Mary's Soccer warns of field shortages as travel teams expand into regional leagues

2169233 · January 30, 2025
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Club director Maria Scott told the Recreation and Parks Board that Saint Mary's Soccer has 2,600 participants across programs and is increasingly constrained for playable game and practice fields as teams move into higher-level regional leagues.

Maria Scott, director of operations for Saint Mary's Soccer, briefed the Recreation and Parks Board on growth in youth soccer, field and practice-space constraints, and the club’s interest in expanded county athletic infrastructure.

Scott said the merged Saint Mary's Soccer (which combined with Northern Soccer League two years ago) serves about 2,600 participants across recreational, rec-plus and travel programs. She gave season averages: a “kitty cake” program for U-4 and U-5 with about 220 participants per season; recreational play from U-6 through U-19 averaging about 1,420 participants…

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