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Do You Enjoy SOCCER?
The Falcon Soccer Club wants YOU!
The Falcon Soccer Club of Wheaton was founded as a not-for-profit, private and
independent soccer club in January, 1989. It has the express purpose of giving more young
people in School District #200 an opportunity to learn the game and to participate in
competitive, traveling youth soccer. Today, the Falcon Soccer Club is the largest private
and independent soccer club in the Wheaton area. The Falcons, originally founded as a
"feeder" club to Wheaton North High School, accept interested and qualified
young people as participants from throughout the local communities including Wheaton, Glen
Ellyn, Warrenville, Winfield, and Carol Stream. The Club fosters family involvement
including activities such as an annual picnic, parade participation, and trips to
Professional Soccer games.
Programs:
The Club programs are instructionally oriented.
Outdoor Traveling:
The Club fields traveling soccer teams in the NISL and the IWSL, which are selective and
geared for the skilled player. Tryouts are held in May or June for various age levels,
starting at the Under-9 age level. Candidates from the tryouts are selected and offered
opportunities to participate on a Falcon traveling team the following Fall, practices
starting in August. Tryout schedules are published in the local press, made available to
surrounding park district offices, District #200 schools, and printed in the Wheaton Park
District Summer brochure. There is no fee to tryout.
The traveling teams that are developed from tryouts have volunteer coaches and
interested parents who are sponsored for Illinois Senior Soccer Association state
licensing. These volunteer coaches are paired with highly qualified, paid professional
instructors, a concept brought to DuPage County by the Falcon Club. During the outdoor
seasons (Fall and Spring) teams practice typically twice per week, once with the
professional instructor. Each team plays a 10-week game schedule on Sunday afternoons.
Traditionally, half of the games are played in Wheaton and the other half are played at
the opposing team's home field. Teams optionally play in regional invitational tournaments.
There is a seasonal playing fee.
Indoor Program:
The Club fields indoor soccer teams during the winter. These teams are smaller in numbers
of players than the outdoor traveling teams. The teams traditionally play their indoor
soccer on the pro-sized artificial turf indoor soccer surface at Glen Ayre Club on North
Avenue in Wheaton. There are two sessions of play covering the months of November through
March. There is a fee for each session.
Instructional:
The Club conducts instructional programs for non-traveling team young people who are
interested in improving their soccer skills. This program is generally for those
interested in preparing for traveling team tryouts in May or June. Professional
instructors are employed for this program. The majority of trainees tend to be in school
grades 1 through 3 and playing on park district recreational soccer teams. There is a fee
for this program which includes a special Falcon tee-shirt. The Club works with the Glen
Ayre Club to provide summer camp clinics and has included swimming, lunch, and optional
tennis.
Officials Development:
The Club seeks qualified adult / high school age people to become officials for the two
traveling leagues and the Wheaton Park District. The Club will sponsor, as a registered
Falcon official, their successful completion of the required referee licensing exam for
certification, and subsequent re-certification as a referee for traveling league
competition. The traveling leagues and Wheaton Park District compensate officials for game
officiating.
Affiliations:
The Club is an affiliate member of the U.S. Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) and the
Illinois Youth Soccer Association (IYSA) through its participation in The Northern
Illinois Soccer League (NISL) and in the Illinois Women's Soccer League (IWSL). The Falcon
Soccer Club is a charter member of The Wheaton Soccer Association, a coalition of parties
interested in promoting soccer in general.
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