AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with MLS GO to launch a co-ed youth soccer program for children ages 4 to 12, the department announced.<\/p>\n
The initiative brings a new soccer experience to city recreation centers, with participants receiving a reversible Austin FC jersey, shorts, socks and shin guards as part of registration.<\/p>\n
Registration costs $50 for City of Austin residents and $70 for non-residents. Financial aid is available<\/a> for eligible households.<\/p>\n Regular registration runs from Aug. 2 to Dec. 26, with late registration available from Dec. 27 through Jan. 9 for an additional $10 fee. Practices begin the week of Jan. 11, and games start Saturday, Jan. 30.<\/p>\n The program is divided into four age divisions: U6 for children born in 2020-2021, U8 for those born in 2018-2019, U10 for those born in 2016-2017, and U12 for those born in 2014-2015.<\/p>\n Three recreation centers (Dove Springs, Dittmar and Montopolis) will also offer a U4 division for 4-year-olds; all other locations begin enrollment at age 5.<\/p>\n Registration is available online at austintexas.gov\/parksonline<\/a> or in person at any Austin community recreation center. More information is available at austintexas.gov\/youthsports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with MLS GO to launch a co-ed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-382468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}