Cap City Athletic 1847, the first-year youth soccer club of Lansing, is primed to begin its inaugural season.
Cap City held tryouts this past weekend at the East Lansing Soccer Complex, for which club president Dan Jury said more kids showed up than expected. The club’s new members celebrated their registration Tuesday night with a World Cup watch-party at the Spartan Hall of Fame Cafe in East Lansing.
Jury said the club will field 11 teams with an expected two more after the boys’ high school season.
Allen Drouare and Gayle Durnin, parents of twins on the boys’ under-10 team, said they are excited for their kids to develop skills under great coaches.
The under-9 through under-12 teams will play in the Mid-Michigan Youth Soccer League, while the under-13 and older teams will play in the Michigan State Premier Soccer Program (MSPSP).
If the MSPSP teams qualify, they will earn an opportunity to play in the Mid-West Regional League. Jury said the girls’ under-17 team is good enough and should qualify for the league.
Jury is also coach of the MSU Women’s Club Soccer. In 2012, the team won the National Intercollegiate Recreational Sports Association National Championship. Jury said his experience with the team has helped set standards for creating a winning culture at Cap City.
