About Our Program
We are a 100% volunteer organization that runs a recreational soccer program, a select soccer program and a travel soccer program for the local communities.
- The recreational soccer program includes a Fall season which runs from end of September to December (registration generally begins in July) and a Spring Season which runs from March to May (registration generally begins in January). Regular registration fee is $150.00+$5.00 Credit Card Fee+$3 Service Fee. All applications received during the late registration (Fee is $175.00+$5.00 Credit Card Fee+$3 Service Fee) dates will not be guaranteed a place in the program and will be on first come first served basis. We offer $10.00 discount per sibling up to 4 siblings.
- All practices and games are held at Vineyards Community Park. Games are always on Saturdays and each team practices once a week on either Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday at either 6:00pm ( for younger ages) or 7:30pm ( for U12 and up). The day of practice is decided when the teams are formed. You can choose two days that you cannot practice, and we will not assign you to those days providing we have teams practicing on the remaining days. We try to schedule younger teams at 6:00pm, however, we cannot guarantee practice times. Each team plays one game each week on Saturday. Game times are rotated every week. Currently, we have boys and girls' teams in each of the following divisions: U5, U6, U7, U8, U9, U10, U11, U12 and U14, and Coed teams in the following divisions: HS and U4 (Player must be 3 years old by August 31st, 2023 for the 2023 Fall Season and by December 31st, 2023 for the 2024 Spring Season).
- The All Star program managed by our competitive club Azzurri Storm runs from first week of January until mid-February and it includes 1-2 local tournaments. Currently, there are boys & girls teams in the U8, U9, U10 & U12.
- The Azzurri Storm Competitive program runs from August 25th until Mid-April. Players must tryout & qualify to play on the Azzurri Storm teams. We have teams for the following age groups in boys & girls U7, U8, U9, U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16, U17, U18 & U19
Azzurri Storm staff is composed of licensed paid coaches. All players must tryout and qualify for the appropriate age group team.
The success of the Optimist program depends on the support of all participants in the program, including coaches and sponsors. We provide all coaches with field training sessions and practice plan materials. We also hold two coaches' meetings each season to discuss issues and ideas to help further develop the program. Coaching is a great way to get involved with your children and can be extremely rewarding, so please consider your availability to coach when registering your children in the program. In addition, sponsoring a team is also a great way to help support this community program.
The Optimist Club of Naples has been dedicated to bringing out the best in kids since May 20th,1965
The Optimist Club of Naples is a member of Optimist International, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1919.