About
Soccer in Region 919, Harrison Township, MI
You can set a soccer ball down on any corner in the world and have friends. It is a global sport that Americans have embraced in record numbers… because it’s fun even with a beginner’s skill. It’s also a game you can play and enjoy for the rest of your life (U-5 soccer is one of the fastest growing levels in the U.S.!)
With children’s natural joy in running and kicking, soccer builds on these two skills and adds in techniques to control the ball and work as a team. It also encourages creative decision making and strategic thinking. And it’s a fast game that keeps each player moving the entire time. In Harrison Township’s AYSO there’s no spending the game on the bench!
Harrison Township’s AYSO has age appropriate small-sided games. A full size soccer team has 11 players on the field. But smaller-sided teams for younger children allow more touches on the ball and a more successful soccer learning environment.
Harrison Township’s AYSO small-sided games emulate classic “street soccer” where children of many skill levels choose up teams and play together for a fun neighborhood game. This is a similar environment to where many of the greatest soccer players in the world developed their skills. Small-sided games continue as excellent development.
AYSO is a community-based soccer program and the community league is called a Region. A Region may be barely a hundred players‚ or several thousand. Each AYSO Region may have different playing seasons, registration dates and fees based on local factors. The Region is the heart and soul of AYSO. Harrison Township is Region 919. We are a soccer organization with happy, healthy kids as our passion! Our Region is made up of parents and kids who want to be part of the action and have a hand in contributing to the success of the whole community.
Every decision, every rule and every program has “what’s good for kids” as its basis. Every girl and boy stepping on a soccer field for the first time can have fun. AYSO’s child-first approach also makes it one of the finest player development programs. Everybody likes to win, but developing successful players and people is what’s fundamental in AYSO. Volunteers drive the Harrison Township AYSO program. We are all in it for the kids. Sign up and volunteer your time, your enthusiasm and your love of the game so others can come to love Soccer as well!