South Windsor Soccer Club was started in 1987 to offer soccer programs to the youth of South Windsor. That first year had over 300 players registered. Today there are over one thousand youths of all abilities playing in a variety of soccer programs including an in-house recreation league, TOPSoccer and full Travel program.

The goals of the Club are to encourage the growth of soccer and to implant firmly in the all members of the Club the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty and respect for authority.  

 Mailing Address: South Windsor Soccer Club, P.O. box 641, South Windsor, CT 06074

The Spring Silent Sidelines weekend will be observed May 19 & 20 (the third weekend of May). The goals of Silent Sidelines Weekend are to:

1. develop our players to make decisions on the field without sideline intervention. 
2. improve the players’ communication on the field by reducing the outside noise level. 
3. support our youth referees by eliminating dissension from the sidelines.

This rule was drafted and passed at the request of a CJSA player. We need to help our players develop without the continued interference from the sidelines. The objective is to promote greater awareness of this development by coaches and parents as well as the players and referees.

We are requesting that all spectators remain silent on these weekends. For the sake of our kids, we are asking for one weekend where we stand back and just let the players play. We would like to provide each player at least one game of their season that is free of the distractions caused by spectators screaming and yelling at them.

This program was first sponsored by CJSA in September 2000 and was successful. Many players stated they enjoyed the opportunity to communicate with their teammates and be heard. One player, Tommy Schanzer, enjoyed the experience so much that he spearheaded a movement to bring back Silent Sidelines each season.

The guidelines are simple. Spectators are to be quiet, talking in a normal tone to the person next to them. What is to be avoided are comments that can be heard by players, referees or opponents.Applause is permitted and encouraged.

The program works. It has increased the awareness by both coaches and parents of the players’ development. In addition, it has increased referee retention.

Your help is needed. We are asking everyone in CJSA to promote and support Silent Sidelines Weekend and give the game back to the kids.

(The above message is a modification of Andrea Duffy’s May ‘02 Presidents Message.)

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2012 REGISTRATION DATES: 

Spring Soccer registration is:
Jan. 15th to March 1st. 

Fall Soccer registration is
May 15th to July 1st. 

$25.00 Late fee applies to all registrations received after March 1st or July 1st.

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