Compton United Soccer Club Overview

Overview: Compton United Soccer Club was created to fill the absence of sanctioned, quality youth soccer programs in the inner city.  CUSC utilizes its ‘Five Stages of Development’ to grow players into leaders; athletic, academic, character, leadership and community.

As we develop soccer players into top level competitors giving them opportunities not normally afforded to youth from a community such as Compton, we will take all opportunities to maximize the platform that soccer gives us to develop these youth into college recruits, college graduates, great parents and spouses and business and community leaders.

Location Served: Currently in greater Compton, CA, a community known all around the world for its crime, drugs and gangs, with future objectives to establish sister clubs in other disadvantaged urban communities.

Participants: Boys and girls ages 6-19 living in and around the greater Compton area.

Key programs:

•  US Soccer Competitive Club Teams
•  USYSA Youth Developmental/Recreational Teams
•  Sanctioned Futsal Teams
•  Youth Futsal Recreational League
•  Creation of Compton United Youth Soccer Academy (currently in planning stages)
•  Academic Tutoring
•  Annual College Night
•  The Crash Elite Leadership Mentoring Program
•  Urban Youth Soccer Leadership Academy (Summer Camp)
•  International Youth Leadership Soccer Trips (i.e. World Cup 2010 in South Africa)

Impact: Since its inception in 2002, Compton United has engaged over 200 children and youth.  A vast majority of these participants come from very challenged and/or troubled homes and soccer has provided a vision for the future.  Recently, a 17 year old competitive team player was quoted as saying, “Before Compton United I never even thought of college”.  Now he is ready and prepared to go.