Upward SocceR
Registration for the 2025 Season: June 1-30th.
IMPORTANT UPWARD DATES:
First Practice: August 5th or 7th
First Game: August 14th or 16th
Last Game/Celebration: Sept. 25th/27th
(Game/Practice date depends on division)
(At registration, please enter your cell number as “mobile” to ensure you receive text message updates)
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR UPWARD SOCCER
COST: $35 per child (includes jersey, socks, gift). Optional shorts are also available at checkout.
AGES: 3 years old to 8th grade. (Must be 3 years old by first practice 8/6.)
FORMAT: 1st-8th grade divisions will practice on Tuesday or Thursday evenings depending on their particular team and play games on Saturday mornings at 9 or 10. The 3-year-old through kindergarten league will practice (20 mins) and play their games (30 mins) on Thursday evenings.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS:
Jersey Sizing Guide | Sock Sizing Guide | Optional Shorts Sizing Guide | Coach Application |
Get Involved!
No experience is needed to coach Upward soccer. All materials, skill/drills, etc will be provided. Parent coaches are welcomed! (All volunteers voluntarily submit to a background check, and coaches participate in a background check and training session.)
I’d Like to Coach! | I’d Like to Be a Volunteer! (Sign up sheets coming soon)
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WHAT IS UPWARD?
Founded in 1995 out of a church in Spartanburg, South Carolina, founder Caz McCaslin had a passion for sports and a deep desire to reach his community. He created a sports experience, that met the unmet needs of children and their families, focused on the sports experience and sharing the love of Jesus Christ. This vision for one community quickly grew into a team of individuals committed to supporting churches everywhere to maximize their unique resources and personalities to serve and meet the needs of their communities. Today, there are over 2,800 Upward sports experiences across the U.S. serving hundreds of thousands of young athletes playing basketball, soccer, cheerleading, volleyball, and flag football. What began as a local, recreational basketball league focused on reaching the surrounding community with the message of Jesus Christ has grown into a nationwide movement helping churches use sports to engage their local communities with the gospel.
Desiring to reach young children and families, Ridgeview began an Upward soccer ministry in 2021 and has an average annual enrollment of 130 players.
