Ridge Youth Soccer club was started in 1997 as the Ridge Youth Sports Association. It was the first sports organization created to serve the growing Four Corners Area along US 27. RYSC serves families from Orange, Lake, Osceola and Polk county. In the last twelve years RYSC has continued to grow despite the lack of a public park in the area. The club currently uses three facilities to host both practices and games. Our locations include Wallaby Ranch, Four Corners Charter School and added this spring, Westside K-8 school. We offer programs for both recreation and competitive level play. We are members of US Youth Soccer, Florida Youth Soccer Association, and United Soccer Association. Our recreation program serves all players age 4-17 and our competitive and academy teams serve advanced players ages 7-17 who come out to placements in June of each year. The Recreation program is the most popular and gives players the foundation they need. Our recreation Fall seasons run from September to November for all players age 4-7 and September to December for all players age 8-14. Our High school age recreation teams play a shorter season to condition players for High school soccer in October. Our Spring Season is an in house instruction program for all age groups. It starts in Late March/ Early April and finishes the weekend before Memorial Day. All teams age 11-14 travel throughout Polk county playing other area clubs and end the season with the Judge's Cup tournament in December. All younger age groups practice and play in our in-house program in the Four Corners area. The Academy teams are available for our 7-9 year old players wishing to prepare for play in a competitive environment. Each player is placed in an academy group that ranges from 10-50 players depending on placement. Coaches hold practice for the group together working on key footwork, passing, shooting and game tactical skills. These teams begin each season with a USA league wide pre-season festival in early October. After that they play every other weekend in mini festivals throughout Region C. This is a developmental program and team records are not record to promote learning skills over competition. The Competitive teams are for advanced players age 10-18. Each player attends competitive placements in Late May/Early June and each coach decides the best fit for each player. Our teams start with conditioning practice over the summer and will participate in a pre-season tournament before their season with the USA league begins. High School competitive season takes a break to allow players the opportunity to participate on their local High School teams. Each team will participate in the Region Cup tournament in February (or State Cup depending on level of play). For more information about the club please use the menu tabs on the left.