The 2024 fall season is over for 1,501 competitive and recreational Crusaders Soccer players. By the end of the season, combined, the two programs played over 900 games.
A number of our competitive teams are participating in tournaments throughout San Diego County in December and January.
Dec. 7-8, 11 Recreational Pre-Competitive/All-Star teams participated in the La Jolla All-Star tournament. Six of our teams were in the finals and three teams were champions of their division. The 11 Pre-Competitive All-Star teams will also participate in the Escondido All-Star 2025 New Years Kick Off tournament Jan. 4-5.
Registration for the Crusaders Soccer 2025 Recreational spring season will open by Dec. 17 for all boys and girls born between 2020 and 2011.
The eight games season will run from Sunday, March 9 through Sunday, May 4, with no games on Easter Sunday. Register by midnight, Dec. 31 to receive an early registration discount. Go to cruzadossoccer.org for more information and to register a soccer player for our 2025 spring recreational season.
One major objective of Victor Melendez, the Director of Coaching, is to implement stronger support for the Crusaders Recreational program.
Victor has hired Modesto Guariniello as the Director of the Crusaders Recreational Program. Guariniello comes with exceptional, and extensive credentials for coaching soccer players at all levels of play throughout the past 30 years in Europe and the United States.
Guariniello stated “In the past five weeks, in making my rounds to all the fields with recreational games, I had the pleasure of meeting many recreational coaches, players and their families.
Every recreational coach is a valuable volunteer for the success of our recreational program. One of my objectives is to work directly with the coaches throughout the season, to provide helpful information to assist the coaches to improve the soccer skills of their players. I will be holding monthly sessions with the recreational coaches to provide key training skills to enhance the training of all the players on their team. I am excited for the opportunity of working with our recreational coaches who volunteer their time to coach and positively develop a soccer team season after season.”
Tryouts have already begun for the 2025 competitive teams. Boys and girls born in 2019, 2018 and 2017, tried out the week of Dec. 2. Competitive tryouts for boys and girls born between 2016 and 2011 will begin the week of Feb. 10, 2025. More information will be posted soon on our website at crusaderssoccer.org.
If you are looking for a unique holiday gift for a soccer player, consider a three-day soccer camp the week after Christmas and/or the week after New Year’s. Camps are for all boys and girls will be held at Pershing Middle School in San Carlos.
Winter Competitive Level Soccer Camp #1 will be Dec. 26-28 for all Boys and Girls born 2019 to 2008 from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
Winter Open Level Soccer Camp #1 will be Dec. 26-28 for all Boys and Girls born 2019 to 2011, from noon to 2 p.m.
Goalkeeper Camp #1 will be Dec. 27-28 for all boys and girls born 2019-2011, from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
Winter Competitive Level Soccer Camp #2 will be Jan. 2-4 for all boys and girls born 2019 to 2008 from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
Winter Open Level Soccer Camp #2 will be Jan. 2-4 for all boys and girls born 2019-2011 from noon to 2 p.m.
Goalkeeper Camp #2 will be Jan. 3-4 for all boys and girls goalkeepers born 2019-2011 from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
The cost for each camp is $150 for all players affiliated with the Crusaders Soccer Club and $200 for all boys and girls not affiliated with the Crusaders Soccer Club.
Go to crusaderssoccer.org for more information and to register a player for a winter camp(s).
CAPTION: The 13 team members of the Crusaders Girls 2016 Recreational Pre-Competitive/All-Star team and their coaches, L to R, Sean Savage and Jason Benesch show off their individual medals and trophy for winning the Girls 2016 Division in La Jolla All-Stars Tournament on Dec. 7-8. Their next challenge is the Escondido All-Star 2025 New Year’s Kick-Off on Jan. 4-5. (Foto de cortesía)
