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Volunteer Coaches Needed
Our crying need is for coaches!  If you are interested in coaching, please contact the Parks and Recreation Department and let us know of your interest.  If you feel coaching is too much, but would be interested in serving as a manager, please let us know.  We can let you know if there is already a team from your grade level and school, and get you "networked" with them, or, if there is a not a team, help you get started with organizing your own.  Get in touch with us now! By phone 314-984-6966 or email Don LaChance.

Kicks n' Grins (K & 1st grade individual registration)

The Kicks ‘n Grins Soccer Program offers children currently enrolled in kindergarten and 1st grade an exciting opportunity to learn about the game of soccer in a non-competitive environment. Participants meet each Saturday at Kirkwood Park for six weeks beginning September 26th. The sessions will be one hour, and will include instruction and scrimmages. These sessions are supervised by volunteer parent/coaches, with the assistance of the recreation department staff. Participants may choose either 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m. class times. Teams are divided by school and grade as much as possible.

R-7 School District fee is *$30 for Kirkwood residents and *$40 out of district. Fee includes a team shirt. Shin guards and soccer or tennis shoes are recommended. For more information, call the Kirkwood Community Center at 314-822-5855.  Or fill out this form Registration deadline September 23rd.
Rain out line is 314-822-5860.
* Get a $30 rebate if you volunteer and are accepted as a head coach, call 314-984-6966 for more information.

Youth Soccer League (2nd - 8th Grades teams already formed)

The Kirkwood Parks and Recreation Department is proud to sponsor the Youth Soccer League.  The league features recreational soccer play for youth who will be in grades 2-8 during the upcoming school year.  The Kirkwood School District is not a sponsor for this program.

Teams will be divided by grade from the second through sixth grade when possible, while 7th and 8th grade teams may participate in the same division together.  In all leagues boys and girls play together.  Teams in the 2nd through 5th grade are required to have 20% of their roster, or a minimum of three (whichever is greater) female players as active participants.  Coed divisions for teams in grades 6-8 which meet these requirements will be offered.

 Each team will be scheduled for six to eight hour-long games during the season that will run from September 26 through November 21  Most games will be played during the day on Saturdays.  Games are scheduled at Kirkwood Park and Kirkwood School District fields.

A fee of $250 for resident teams, and $265 for non-resident teams will be assessed each team at the beginning of the season.  This fee covers officiating, field costs, game balls, and awards.  Teams are responsible for their own uniforms and practice equipment.

For this program, the Parks and Recreations Department serves as organizer of the league structure only.  Players and their parents are encouraged to form their own teams by talking to classmates and neighbors.  If players have no success in finding a team, they can call the Parks and Recreation Department office to be placed on an unregistered-players list.  Such players will be placed on teams if and when positions become available.

Teams must be registered by Tuesday, August 15th for returning teams New Teams please call 314-984-6966 .  Registration materials are available by calling the Parks and Recreation Department office at 314-984-6966.

Parents interested in coaching or organizing a team are encouraged to call the Department as soon as possible so that additional information can be forwarded to them.  A COACHES/TEAM MANAGERS meeting will be held at the Kirkwood Community Center on Tuesday, September 8th, from 7:00-8:30 p.m.  If you have any questions regarding the program, please call 314-984-6966.