Getting kicks

Youth soccer wraps up its fall season By Billy Armendariz Headlight Staff Tournament play concluded this past weekend for another successful fall season of the Deming Soccer Association. Fall play drew more than 285 players, aged 4 to 13. “It’s one of the largest turnouts we have had for a fall season in recent years,” said DSA President Lloyd Valentine. The association accommodated 32 teams during the season, and tournaments began two weeks ago, with each team guaranteed two matches. Scores were kept for the older teams (U11 and U14), but scores were not kept for the Youngers teams. “We started to keep score for the older kids to make the matches a bit more competitive,” Valentine said. “We also allowed headers and tackles for the older kids. We hope this will help them if they intend to play at the high school level.” The growth of the fall season prompted the DSA to add a new field for the older kids. There are now two U11 fields to go along with a U14 field.

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