RSC 2050: Chop Wood, Carry Water

Building an organization out of the garage is a hallmark of the American Dream. 

But only an open system like the one NISA is trying to develop empowers any club anywhere to build a top-level club from the (garage) floor up.

RSC 2050: A Renewed Purpose

When we founded our club in 2014, our purpose was pretty straightforward: Create a club that was inclusive, community-based, and sustainable. 

In other words, create a youth program that is relatively affordable and family-friendly, is focused on improving our local and state soccer culture and ecosystem, and develops a model that lives beyond the first generation of our players and coaches.

Six years later, we're proud of the following accomplishments:

• Our relatively low registration fees have helped our club's members save at least $800,000 in registration fees (not to mention countless hours and funds that would otherwise be accrued with regular out-of-state travel)
• We've worked with our fellow Maine-based clubs to help grow our statewide league by more than 30% over the last five seasons
• And our first generation of players are now alumni of a club that has fourteen girls' and boys' teams spanning age groups from 10U-18U.

We've met every metric for success we established for our fledgling club six years ago--and yet we still lack the same purpose that exists for most every other club in the world.