Youth soccer.
Leagues by age group, small-group classes from 18 months up, and camps through the year — one programme, U6 to U19.
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Your kid wants to play soccer — or you want them to try it. Either way, there's a place for them here: leagues by age group from U6 to U19, small-group classes that start at 18 months with you on the floor beside them, and camps that run through the year. It's all in central Ohio, and the season your kid falls in love with the game doesn't end in November.
Every coach they'll have trains under our Director of Coaching, so Tuesday's session means the same thing as Thursday's. Start with what's open above, or find their age group and go from there.
Leagues
Two kinds, depending on the time of year and what your player needs.
Competitive
Winter · November – late March
Competitive indoor play for club teams who want to keep their season going through the cold months. Games on Saturdays and Sundays.
- For
- Established teams
- Play
- Sat & Sun
Developmental
Spring, summer & fall
Built for touches and guidance. Coaches talk players through the game while it is happening, and what they took from it matters more than the scoreline.
- For
- Individual players
- Teams
- We build them
Classes
Training in small groups — one pathway that starts with your toddler on the floor beside you and runs to an invitation-only group.
Micros
18 months – 3 years old
You're on the floor with them. Movement, balance, first contact with a ball.
Minis
3 – 5 years old
Their first time without you. Listening to a coach, taking turns, and a lot of touches.
Juniors
5 – 8 years old
First real skills. Control of the ball, and the start of wanting it.
Academy
8 – 12 years old
Decisions under pressure, not just technique.
Select
8 – 19 · by invitation
Small invitation-only groups for players who are ready for more, under our most senior coaches.
Camps
Day camps when school's out, skills and specialty camps while it's in — every one of them coached rather than supervised, by the same people they see every week.
Youth soccer FAQs
At 18 months, in Aspire Micros — you're on the floor with them. From age 3 they train without you, and leagues start at U6.
Winter is a real season here — training runs all year, and every class and league card shows exactly where it meets.
No. Developmental leagues take individual players — we build the teams — and classes meet your kid where they are, from their first touch.
A season of league play runs a little over $100 per player. Classes are priced by how much you commit — from a single class up to a monthly membership. Camps are priced by the day. Exact pricing sits on each programme's page, next to what is open.
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Saad Abdul-Salaam
“Every kid walks in at a different place — some are here for the fun, some for the competition. My commitment is the same either way: meet them where they are, and grow them to their full potential.”
A former Columbus Crew player and nine-year MLS veteran, he most recently coached the Crew Academy U18s to the first national championship in Academy history.
What makes Aspire coaching different
Run by real soccer people
Coaches who played the game at a serious level and have spent years teaching it — not seasonal staff hired for a school break.
One curriculum, written down
Every group is taught from the same written plan, age by age, so a session means the same thing whichever coach leads it and whichever night you come.
Every ambition, same commitment
Here for the fun or chasing the next level — groups are matched by level, so both get a session pitched at them, not at the average.
The same faces, year on year
Camp coaches are class coaches are game-day coaches — every one cleared on SafeSport, a background check, CPR and concussion protocol.
What it costs
A season of league play runs a little over $100 per player. Classes are priced by how much you commit — from a single class up to a monthly membership. Camps are priced by the day. Exact pricing sits on each programme's page, next to what is open.
Ready when they are.
See what's open in soccer — registration takes a few minutes.