Wings Soccer ClubMinnesota's Premier Soccer Organization!
Wings Soccer Club is dedicated to providing a fun soccer playing experience, while facilitating individual players to develop excellent soccer skills. Wings SC trainers and coaches are selected for their commitment to the players and love of the game!
**Tournament Update** Wings SC offers both Recreational and Competitive Soccer Programs. Our Recreational Soccer is for those players ages 4 to 8 that are learning the game of soccer. Our Competitive Program is for players ages 8 to 19. The players work on development of skills at the appropriate level, yet play at a higher competitve level than rec programs.
The schedule will be coming by May 10th! Teams that registered prior to May 1st should have received a confirmation email regarding registration. If you did not receive an email, please contact the Wings SC office via email at annette.johnson@wings-sc.org. We look forward to seeing you on the fields! Keep an eye on the website for important updates!
Wings Outreach!
Start gathering your used jerseys, shorts, balls, and gently used soccer shoes. Wings SC will be partnering with Lupient Auto in collecting unused soccer gear and sending it to those in need in Africa! We will have collection sites at the Wings Invitational. We will also accept donations at the Wings Office prior to the Invitational. For more information, please contact the office ~ annette.johnson@wings-sc.org or 763-535-4536. 
If you are interested in playing on our teams ~ please send in a registration form (available under the Forms web page).
Upcoming Events!
Wings SC announces plans for interum DOC position!
The Wings SC Board announces the names of three well recognized leaders in Minnesota Youth Soccer to take the helm of Wings SC as interum DOC. Please refer to the message from our President found at the bottom of this page.
Competitive Soccer openings! If you are interested is playing soccer this summer ~ now is the time to register! We are still in need of players for some of our teams! Call the office to check for openings! We would love to have you join in on the fun!
Boys teams needing players include U9, U10, U14C2, U15C3, U18C2 and U19C1.
Girls teams needing players include U12C2, U13C3, and U16C1.
If you are interested in any of these teams - please contact the office at 763-535-4536.
10th Annual Wings Invitational to be held May 16-18, 2008! Plans are underway to make this the best Tournament yet! Our tournament now is offering U15 and U16 Boys and Girls Brackets! Our U9's and U10"s will play at our home fields and our U11's to U16's will play at the NSC. Sign up early to reserve your spot! We offer great competition and years of experience hosting the best tournament in town! For more information, click here.
Wings and Wayzata Form Academy Alliance!
March 2008 -- The Wings Soccer Club (Wings) and Wayzata Soccer Club (Wayzata) have agreed to collaborate in forming a U13, U14/15 boys and girls soccer academy program, to be called the
Wings SC to host first annual Wings College Showcase!
Wings SC will be hosting the college showcase up at the National Sports Center on June 27-29. This event is for U15 to U17 boys and girls C1 and Premier teams! College coaches from the Midwest area are invited. For more information...
Recreational Soccer Registration begins! If you are 4 - 8 years old and want a great experience with soccer, sign up today! Players that are 4 - 6 years old will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm - 7:30pm, and the players that are 7 or 8 years old will play on Mondays and Wednesday from 6pm - 7:30pm. There is more information on our Recreational Soccer page...
Wings SC to host 4th Annual Girls College-Prep Soccer Clinic. The clinic will be July 21-23, 2008 from 8:30am to 12:00pm at the Wings Soccer Complex (Hosterman Middle School fields). This event is open to all MYSA registered girls entering 10th, 11th, and 12th grade during the fall of 2008. (you do not need to be a member of Wings SC.) For more information, including coaches attending, please click here.
Due to the unprecedented demand for the clinic, we will be closing registration early. We will be accepting all registrations postmarked on or before May 10, 2008. Any registrations postmarked after May 10, 2008 will be returned to you. In addition, we will not be forming a waiting list.
If you are a dedicated, compassionate coach, Wings SC would love to talk to you. We are always looking for coaches that love the game, enjoy working with players, and want to work for an excellant organization! Please fill out the Wings Coaches Application and contact Wings SC at 763-535-4536.
Dear Wings Players, Parents, Coaches and Families:
Wings is excited to announce the involvement of Dave Alberti, Steve Bellis and Ian Barker to assist the Club in its transition to naming a new Director of Coaching. Each of these individuals is a well-recognized leader in Wings and the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association. Both individually and collectively, they bring immediate leadership and recognition to our program. They will work closely with the Wings Board and our Registrar Annette Johnson in leading our great program through this interim period.
Many of you already know Steve Bellis as he spent nine years as the Director of Coaching and Player Development for Wings. Since leaving that full-time position to become the Head Soccer Coach for the Womens’ team at the College of St. Catherine, Steve has remained close to the Wings program and has continued to coach at least one Wings team each season. In this transition phase, Steve will oversee Operations and Programming for the Club. He will run the Wings Soccer Camp this summer, will be involved in scheduling of the Rec and travel programs, and will assist our coaches and Wings staff in running the Wings Invitational. He also will have regular ‘office hours’ at the Wings office.
Dave Alberti has nineteen years experience as a youth soccer coach and has been with Wings for eleven years. Dave has chaired the Wings Coach and Player Development Committee since 2002. In addition to having been selected as the Section 2AA Coach of the Year, Dave also has spent eight years as the varsity girls’ high school coach for a number of local programs. In the interim period, Dave will oversee Wings Coach and Player Development within the Club. This will include overseeing travel tryouts next August, scheduling rec and travel teams, and serving as a liaison between Wings coaches and the Wings Board of Directors. Dave also will work on behalf of Wings with the Wayzata Soccer Club as the two clubs complete their first year of the jointly-created West Futbol Academy for some of our elite players at select age groups.
Ian Barker will consult with Wings on a number of issues during this transition phase. In particular, Ian will train our Rec coaches and assist with this summer’s recreational program. He also will work with other coaches to help train and advance their coaching techniques. Ian has been the Mens’ Varsity Soccer Coach at Macalester College since 2003 and also serves as the Assistant Head Coach of U.S. Youth Soccer for the Region II Olympic Development Program. Ian formerly served as the Director of Coaching and Player Development for the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association. In the past, Ian also has assisted Wings in the creation of the Wings Recreational Soccer Program and the opening of the Wings Soccer Complex.
With the addition of Steve, Dave and Ian, the Board and I are very excited about the future of Wings Soccer. We are fielding more than 50 travel teams and will have an additional 450 children ages 4-8 in the Recreational Program. We fully expect this to be a great year!
Lastly, we wanted to alert you to several upcoming events that we encourage you to place on your calendars. First, the Tenth Annual Wings Invitational takes place May 16-18 and will feature nearly 200 teams from across the State. In connection with the Invitational, Wings has partnered with the Lupient family to collect used soccer cleats, uniforms and balls to donate to African children with an interest in soccer. This partnership with Lupient is a great opportunity to benefit those less fortunate than us and to spread goodwill through the game of soccer. In case you have not heard about this program, please see your manager who will have more details. Also, the Wings Banquet will take place on June 13. This is a great opportunity to support your Club and promises to be a wonderful evening.
Thank you again for your support of Wings Soccer. We are excited about the future of our Club! If you have questions, feel free to check the Wings website at www.wings-sc.org or call the Wings office at 763-535-4536.
Go Wings!
Sincerely,
Kevin Johnsrud
Wings Board Chairperson
