Menace Youth Night is only a week away! Next Saturday (June 4th) the Menace will be hosting the Des Moines Internationals, and all the youth soccer players in the Des Moines and surrounding areas. The Menace are getting pretty excited about this game and are you are as well! We are having a special guest this night as well, Alberto Aspe will be joining us from 7- 7:45 PM.

-       All Players wearing a jersey, get in FREE

-       All coaches with a Coaches ID get in FREE

We are really looking forward to a great night of soccer to celebrate the game of soccer and the youth players in the state of Iowa. Hope you can join us in what should be a memorable evening!

Kick-off is at 7:30, can’t wait to see you there!

Don’t cook on Monday, June 6th. Join us for our semi annual spaghetti supper. And celebrate the end of the spring soccer season!

Monday, June 6th
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Carlisle Rec Center (1220 S. 5th St., by the Aquatic Center)
$5 per person/$25 per family

New this year, we’ll be drawing door prizes all night long, so get it on your calendar.

Believe it or not, it’s time to register for fall soccer season!

Please visit the registration page and get your son or daughter registered for the fall season.

Note that registration fees have been raised $5 for each age group, but we still offer multi-player discounts. Limited scholarships are also available.

Register early to assure that your player will have a team in the fall. Players are assigned teams on a first-come-first-serve basic. That’s why we really appreciate it if you don’t wait until the deadline to register. Late fees are applied on June 15th because that’s when we start assigning teams. For the fall season, we have to move quickly…we only have two weeks to organize teams, find additional coaches when needed, and turn in the appropriate paperwork to Greater Des Moines Junior Soccer League.

Fall is also the season when players move up because of age, so it creates a variety of coaching shuffles, too. As our coaches move up with their children, we find we really need new parents to step up at the u6 and u8 age groups, so please consider coaching. It doesn’t require any special knowledge of soccer…just the willingness to learn and the desire to help children learn to love the great game of soccer. If you’d like to coach, contact our director of coaching, Ken Sadler, for more information.

If you have any questions regarding registration, contact Dawn Payne.

Please check your calendars now and go online to sign up for a shift or two.

This is, by far, our leading fundraising event each year, and it allows us to NOT have door-to-door selling, so please plan now to take part this summer.

Please contact Lisa Wilson 989-0031 with any questions about the event. 

Coach Sadler’s u10-u12 training session for tonight, Friday, April 15th, has been canceled because of weather. The next u10-u12 session is schedule for Tuesday, April 19th, at 6:00 in the bowl south of the high school gym.

A great crowd showed up on opening night of the high school soccer season in Carlisle on Tuesday, April 5th, to watch the Carlisle High School boys and girls teams take the pitch. The girls beat Knoxville 1-0 while the boys went down to defeat against Knoxville, 10-1.

The girls lost a rain-soaked affair at Perry 2-0 the following night.

This year’s varsity and JV teams include several players who have come up through the Carlisle Soccer Club.

To keep up with the girls game reports and future games, check out the Carlisle Girls Soccer website.

The Complex has changed a little bit since you left the last game last fall. We’ve installed our new sign at the new entrance and put up a new fence in the northwest corner of the complex to separate the cars from the fields.

That means that the new entrance is at the center of the complex. So, when you arrive at the complex from the west, drive east, past the old entrance to the center gate. When you enter, turn right. You can park facing the fence - to the south - or facing the road. Please enter through the center gate and exit through the west gate.

We have six marked handicapped spaces near the pass through gates…please leave those for our guests who have handicapped tags on their cars.

At the far west side, there is a chain in the fence for emergency vehicle access, so please do not park in front of that area. There’s also a no parking zone near the concession stand so that vehicles can get through that area. There are no lines on the dirt and grass, so please use common sense when choosing where to park.

And if someone asks you to move your car, assume that they are doing it for a good reason and smile! We want to make this a great experience for EVERYONE that comes to Carlisle, including those from out of town.

Click here to go to the Greater Des Moines Junior Soccer League field directions page so you know how to get to those away games this spring!

More than a dozen hearty souls showed up on Saturday morning, March 26th, to get the soccer complex ready to greet players, their families and other visitors the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd.

The set goals, installed nets, placed goals and player benches, finished setting the new parking lot, marked fields and cleaned up the grounds.

Thanks to the following for giving up their morning:

David Gutierrez
Terry Krchil
Ryan Woodruff
Joe Fortelka
Ken Sadler
Ben, David and Jenetta Dawson
Mark and Carson True
Rob Brewer
Troy Alleman
William, Gaylene and Katy Rick

The Ricks also dropped off four bags of cans to be redeemed for the Club. Remember, We have a large bin near the entrance for you to put your redeemable cans and bottles. All proceeds go back into the complex.

See you on the 2nd and 3rd!

The U.S. Soccer Foundation has awarded a grant to the Carlisle Soccer Club, Inc. to support the first phase of its irrigation project.

The U.S. Soccer Foundation is the Major Charitable Arm of Soccer in the United States. On January 14th, 2011 it awarded 63 grants totaling $2.5 million to non-profit organizations serving youth in 30 states. Since its inception, the U.S. Soccer Foundation has awarded more than $54 million to groups, both large and small, in all 50 states.

The 2011 grant awards reflect the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s focus on improving the health and well being of children in underserved communities. The awards will support programming, coaching and equipment for players and the construction of safe playing fields that will facilitate the continued growth of soccer in the United States.

“This grant confirms and supports the work we’ve been doing for the past three or four years to create a fantastic soccer facility in the Carlisle area,” says Mark True, Club president. “We upgraded our well pump and motor last year, and this grant will help us complete the next step….automatic irrigation for about one-quarter of the complex.”

“We’ve also reconfigured the new parking area, installed part of the fencing and installed a new permanent sign at the main entrance to the complex as indicated in our master plan completed last year.”

The grant is in the form of a $13,000 irrigation equipment voucher from Hunter Industries. Volunteer project managers are currently working with local vendors to create an installation schedule with the hope that the system can be installed by this summer.

“The U.S. Soccer Foundation is proud to support each of these projects that keep our youth active, healthy and engaged in activities that provide a positive alternative to negative influences,” said Ed Foster-Simeon, President & CEO. “By supporting the development of programs and safe playing fields, we help ensure that children in underserved communities have easy and affordable access to quality soccer programs that support their physical and personal development.”

The U.S. Soccer Foundation receives support provided by members of its Partners Resource Center, a team of soccer industry leaders that includes Eurosport, Hunter Industries, Musco Sports Lighting, The Toro Company, and Sport Court.

The Foundation awarded 17 Footprint Fields Grants to develop new FieldTurf soccer fields in communities across the country. The Footprint Fields program, supported by adidas, FieldTurf and MLS W.O.R.K.S., Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative, is aimed at growing the game of soccer and providing safe, sustainable playing spaces in underserved communities.

About the U.S. Soccer Foundation
The U.S. Soccer Foundation is the Major Charitable Arm of Soccer in the United States. Established in 1994, the U.S. Soccer Foundation has invested more than $54 million, supporting projects in each of the 50 states. The U.S. Soccer Foundation supports programs and field building projects that provide low income and at-risk youth in urban communities with soccer programs that promote education, healthy lifestyles, leadership and positive alternatives to drugs, crime and other at-risk behaviors. For more information, or to donate online, please visit ussoccerfoundation.org/donate.