sent 11/5/24

Transition Time

With this fall wrapping up, we are so grateful for your involvement this season!  This season was a big step forward for the Club as we continued to grow and saw the launch of the Tava Soccer Association, in which eight of our thirteen teams played.  Welcome to our quarterly Community Newsletter.  We will share a list of upcoming events, a glance at the state of the Club, and any relevant action items.  Read on!

Upcoming…

• Our Colorado Springs high school boys tryout for the spring season is on Friday, 11/15, from 5:30 to 7pm and Saturday, 11/16, from 10:30am to noon at The Vanguard School.  You can register for that tryout by clicking here.
• We are working on having a team in Woodland Park for high school boys as well.  If that is something you are interested in, you can complete the same tryout registration form linked above and receive more info later as we work through the details.
• Registration for the Winter Futsal League closes on Sunday, November 10.  For more info or to register, you can click here.
• Interest forms for the summer mission trips are open.  Current 8th through 12th grade students can join us in Tres Rios, Costa Rica in June and current 6th through 8th graders can join us for our first ever “local trip” in July.  To learn more about either trip and complete an interest form, click here.  There will be an interest meeting in December.

State of the Club

This season was the first ever season for the Tava Soccer Association.  Anglers had eight teams competing in local leagues under this association (Triton, Poseidon, Leviathan, Kraken, Hydra, Endurance, Integrity, and Humility).  This may seem trivial from a Club perspective, but this new soccer association, founded by Anglers Foobtall Club, is one of the most critical pieces to our future.

The vision for Tava Soccer started with a handful of local clubs dreaming of an alternative to the Colorado Soccer Association leagues.  Anglers was at the center of this conversation, leading the way.  While a handful of other clubs connected to the vision, none besides Anglers were ready to take the plunge into the unknown this fall.  Some even dropped out late in July as we were prepping for the new season.  Despite the challenges the Tava Soccer Association faced this fall, we are very pleased with the first iteration.

If you competed in one of these leagues this fall, you know it was not totally ideal.  There was a lot of playing the same opponents, and the vast majority of the teams were Anglers teams.  This is not our ideal either, but this season, we were able to provide a proof of concept to the region and made a good case that local soccer is feasible.  We also gained valuable insight that is shaping our evolving vision for Tava.

There will be continuous tweaks as we look to grow not only Anglers, but also Tava Soccer in the coming seasons, but we are excited to be the first movers in a long-overdue shift in youth soccer, focusing on local play and a healthy environment for families.  Thank you for being a part of something completely new and unproven.  Even looking back one year, I am amazed to see how far we have come in that time.  As always, there is more to come!

Action Items

• If you have not already completed the feedback survey for this season, we would greatly appreciate your thoughts.  You can complete that form by clicking here.  The deadline is Saturday, 11/9.
• We will be opening registration for the spring season in a few weeks.  You can expect an email to your team with info for the spring.  The decision deadline will be January 19.

Thank you to our sponsors!

We are a nonprofit, crowdfunded organization. We rely on our growing community of supporters and sponsors to help fund our vision.  If you or your business want to support the work of Anglers, email our Executive Director! We would love to share more about our vision and financial goals.

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