The Skyline Club Soccer League is a program of the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle. Its purpose is to form a league of travel soccer clubs in the west-central Virginia region surrounding Charlottesville. The league is a sanctioned travel league of the Virginia Youth Soccer Association. The league opened play in the Fall of 2005.
MISSION
The mission of the Skyline Club Soccer League (SCSL) is three-fold.
1) To develop travel soccer in west-central Virginia
2) To strengthen the soccer club structure in west-central Virginia communities.
3) To provide a mechanism for the most advanced players in west-central Virginia to gather together, through SOCA, and compete in the best available league (VCCL) in Virginia.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The Skyline Club Soccer League will adhere to these guiding principles.
1) Provide a travel soccer league dedicated to the west-central Virginia Region.
2) Provide competitive opportunities for players aspiring to an advanced level of play beyond Recreational Soccer.
3) Promote club development by sanctioning only one league member per community.
4) Maintain a regional identity that will ensure reasonable travel distances for member clubs.
5) Utilize SOCA’s resources to provide professional management of travel soccer for soccer clubs in west-central Virginia.
6) Foster positive relationships among clubs in west-central Virginia.
7) Establish standards that raise the level of the game of soccer in west-central Virginia.
8) Provide clear avenues of promotion for premier players in west-central Virginia to play in the VCCL through SOCA’s premier teams.
GOALS
Goals for the Skyline Club Soccer League will be as follows.
1) Provide divisions in age groups U10-U18 boys and girls.
2) Provide efficient, effective and professional management of travel soccer for the west-central Virginia region.
3) Develop clubs in the west-central Virginia region into stable, well supported organizations with viable, long-term futures.
4) Foster a soccer culture and greater interest in the game throughout the region by developing healthy and friendly competition within the region.
5) Establish mutually supportive relationships between SOCA and other clubs in the west-central Virginia region.
6) Provide a successful model for growth for soccer clubs in west-central Virginia.
7) Facilitate premier playing opportunities for talented players in communities previously without access to the Virginia Club Champions League.
8) Strengthen west-central Virginia representation in the VCCL by encouraging elite players to play together on SOCA’s premier teams.