TOPSoccer Provides Soccer for Athletes with Challenges
 
The Orcutt United Soccer League (OUSL) in association with California Youth Soccer Association-South (CYSA-S) will be beginning a new program designed to promote soccer for athletes with physical and/or mental disabilities. The TOPSoccer program (The Outreach Program for Soccer) is a community-based program providing soccer opportunities for any athlete that is unable to participate in recreational soccer.
 
The TOPSoccer program is open to any player with any disability, ages 4 and up. There are no requirements to be met and no player is ever turned away. One of the goals of the program is to bring a better understanding between all athletes, regardless of ability.

Rick Velasco, Orcutt United Soccer League President and recently selected as District VII Commissioner was the catalyst in the programs inception. He has attend several Cal South TOPSoccer Coaching Workshops and has earned a TOPSoccer Coaching Certificate. Velasco holds a National "D" Coaching license, National Federation High School (NFHS) Diploma and has completed the Cal South Risk Management Program.
 
This program is run entirely by volunteers. For information about registering an athlete or helping with the progam, contact Rick Velasco at 621-3522 rvelasco-ousl@verizon.net or Kathi Rowley at 714-1187  bigeasykr@yahoo.com