About Us
NW United is select soccer in the Skagit Valley, Stanwood, Camano and the San Juan Islands. Storm and the recreational clubs in each community comprise the Skagit Valley Youth Soccer Association
- Officers, Trainers, Committees
- The Merger
- 2008 Coaches
- Storm ByLaws of 2007
- Driving Directions to our Fields
Our Purpose: To promote friendships and love for the game of soccer among young people in the Skagit Valley, Stanwood, Camano, and the San Juan Islands.
Our Mission: Provide high level supervision, training, administrative and logistical support to develop the tactical, technical, and mental ability of all players and coaches. And to promote sportsmanship through youth soccer.
Our Vision: How Does it Relate to Recreation Soccer? All players enter our sport by way of recreation soccer. There, players learn important individual and team skills, enjoy personal friendships, and achieve some success. Usually around the age of 10, the recreational player and his/her family may consider whether to continue in the recreation arena or try “select soccer.” Select soccer caters to the more competitive nature of some athletes, to those who want to play more, and to those who seem to have progressed faster. It frequently involves a greater personal interest in developing skills and learning the game. Almost always, it involves more time and family support and higher fees. The major reason for this is that, while rec play is limited to a season of a couple of months, select play typically runs for nine months. In select play, sons and daughters find skilled teammates and opponents as well as high-level coaches, trainers and administrators.
Rec soccer is the vital foundation of NW United. For soccer in our area to be successful, we need a healthy relationship between recreational soccer and NW United. In the best of worlds, recreational, select, and school soccer complement each other. NW United tries to nurture these relationships by keeping rec league coaches informed of our activities and providing them with information and training they can use with their own teams. We expect to do more. Also, as rec teams and players grow, some rec coaches become interested in assisting teams at the select level.
If rec players are interested in playing select soccer, we hope their coaches will discuss this with them. The entire soccer family–-recreation, select, school-–benefits from a shared vision and close cooperation that focuses on the development, enjoyment, and satisfaction of each of the thousands of Valley soccer players. We encourage rec leagues coaches to contact us to discuss our vision–and theirs.
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