The Rosevelt Soccer Club is celebrating its 10th season, so over the next ten weeks we'll be celebrating ten of the club's milestones over the last decade.
No. 2: MSPL Success
When our club was founded in 2014, there was concern that there may not actually be a Maine State Premier League (MSPL) in 2015.
Two of the biggest youth soccer programs in Maine had decided to exit the state-based league and enter dozens of their teams in New England-based competitions, and there was some chatter that the remaining clubs in Maine may either follow those programs out of Maine and/or may not be able to collectively roster enough teams in enough different age divisions to constitute a viable league.
Fortunately, that proved not to be the case when our club made its MSPL debut in 2015 and fielded U13, U16, and U18 Boys teams. And over the last ten years, the MSPL and our club have both grown in quantity and quality.
In 2015, there were eight age divisions, 11 clubs, and 41 teams in the MSPL.
And in 2015, our club's three Boys teams went 7-7-2 with a 27-32 (-5) goal differential in those 16 recorded games. The MSPL didn't organize playoffs or league finals that season, but none of our three teams finished in the top two spots of their respective age divisions.
This spring, there are 15 age divisions, 12 clubs, and 115 teams in the MSPL.
And in 2023, our club's eleven 12U-19U Boys and Girls teams went 41-18-7 with a 100-36 (+64) goal differential in those 66 recorded games. Six those eleven teams earned a spot in their league final, with three of those teams winning their league final.
In between those two bookend seasons, both the MSPL and our club have experienced consistent growth in quantity and quality, and we're looking forward to those trends continuing on and off the field!
- John C.L. Morgan
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