| President Alan Blinzler 708 S. Rogers Rd. Ste. C Olathe, KS 66062 913-782-6434 913-782-0417 Email: president@kansasyouthsoccer.org |
Executive Director Robert Riggs 708 S. Rogers Rd. Ste. C Olathe, KS 66062 913-782-6434 913-782-0417 Email: stateoffice@kansasyouthsoccer.org |
By the Numbers
Incorporated – 1983
Registered Players
2006-07 (as of December 31, 2006) – 22,731 (7,943 Competitive / 14,788 Recreational)
2005-06 – 29,350 (10,231 Competitive / 19,119 Recreational)
Key Dates
Workshop/AGM – February or March
Kansas State Cup Championships – June
Kohl's American Cups – September
Kansas Toyota Cup - June
US Youth Soccer ODP tryouts - June and July
Notable Alumni
Andy Gruenebaum – Columbus Crew
Will John – KC Wizards
Ryan Raybould – KC Wizards
Scott Vermillion – Former MLS player with KC Wizards and Colorado Rapids
Did You Know?
· Dwight Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, was born in Abilene, Kansas in 1890.
· Pizza Hut restaurants opened its first store in Wichita, Kansas.
· In 1990 Kansas wheat farmers produced enough wheat to make 33 billion loaves of bread, or enough to provide each person on earth with 6 loaves.
· Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937), the first woman granted a pilot's license by the National Aeronautics Associate, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (1932), and the first person to fly solo across the Pacific was born in Atchison, Kansas.
· Dodge City is the windiest city in the United States.
· At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.
· Kansas was a crucial battleground in the fight over slavery between 1858-1859, and was finally admitted as a free state in 1861, just before the Civil War