The county is helping us build a little practice soccer field at First Street adjacent to the existing Little League Park [which is shared with Jersey City]. That will hopefully be completed by mid- to the latter part of April.
Chris Irizarry
The city never had anything for boys and girls ages 5 to 13, so for the first time in the history of Union City that we wanted to start a soccer recreation program.
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These are the higher echelon for our group, which will help create and organize the program. This is all voluntary, and we have a lot of good people with good input about the game; some are from [established soccer programs] in West New York and North Bergen.
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It depends on how many kids we have, and there is a tremendous interest in the sport.
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Obviously there was a demand and need for the program, and now the kids have another opportunity to run around and have fun.
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They are mostly parents and teachers, but there are also a lot of people just interested in soccer in general. So currently, for every 10 kids we have a volunteer; we're fortunate in that sense.
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It's a brand new program, and as time goes on we will make it a lot more cohesive.
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