Texas Lightning Soccer - Principles and Objectives

Texas Lightning Soccer is an all youth club which wasopportunity to study at their chosen school like Duke
organize for the development of youth soccerUniversity, Texas A & M University, West Point
programs. The Lightning Soccer Youth Club is basedAcademy, University of Southern California, Radford
in Arlington, Texas and consists of young soccerUniversity, University of South Carolina, Louisiana
players coming from different areas of Dallas.State University, The Naval Academy and Brown
The club aims to train and develop the youth to beUniversity. Almost 300 players have benefited from
able to compete in various levels of competitionsthe scholarship program.
such as in regional division, state division and nationalAs a commitment to serving for the welfare of the
collegiate soccer tournaments. The club also wants toyoung soccer players of the community, the club will
help build the personality of each of its members incontinue to create more developmental programs
terms of discipline, self motivation, social responsibilitysuch as leadership training, skills training and team
and sportsmanship. They will serve as a guide inbuilding. It will not focus only in sports development
making the youth players a productive citizen of theand educational programs but will also provide values
community through sports. In its commitment for theformation to its members. It will continue its
development of the youth, a scholarship program isobjectives to showcase the talent of the youth in
provided to those deserving members and given thethe field of soccer.