WHO ARE WE?  39 years and growing strong! Developing our core from the community, the Cary Soccer Association is an established, leadership-centered youth development soccer program for children and young adults (ages 4 through 23). Our dedicated staff and coaches provide an environment that nurtures and develops a passion for soccer.

OUR MISSION:   To nurture the love of soccer through engaging leaders that inspire and develop young athletes into confident individuals by building teamwork, confidence, fitness, and individual skills. Players in the Cary Soccer Association achieve success both on and off the field.

Our leaders base their coaching practice on the following guiding principles:

GUIDING PRINCIPLES:

1. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:   Each player is offered the opportunity to develop skills, learn tactics and strategies to advance their individual game, with a parallel focus on developing young leaders that work together in the best interest of the team and organization.
2. TEAMWORK:  Players learn constant respect for the sport and each individual on the team. Every individual should feel like an important part of the team regardless of role and performance. Our teams win together and fail together.
3. COMPETING RESPECTFULLY:  Competing is not about winning or losing. Competition is an internal motivation that inspires us to play hard, do our best and find satisfaction in what we do and how we do it.
4. EVERY COACH MATTERS:  Whether the coach is a volunteer or a professional, every coach works for the benefit of the player, the team, and the organization. Above all their core objective is to inspire and motivate all those around them.
5. COMMUNICATION AS A FRAMEWORK:  Communication is an essential life tool that has the ability to make or break any individual or team.  Respectful communication is modeled and expected at all levels (coach – player / player to player / coach – parent / parent – player); including fostering a positive and productive parent-club relationship.