In 1987, Jim Huston and Bob Lyons had a vision. Today, 22 years later, that vision has turned into one of the top club soccer programs in the United States. “Jim Huston and Bob Lyons came ...

In the American Youth Soccer Organization's national games, set to get underway in Southern California this week, the Ninja Smurfs of Arab, Ala., feel a lot like the U.S. men's national soccer team.

Santa Monica's under-12 American Youth Soccer Organization girls soccer team had just lost a postseason game after a nail-biting penalty-kick shootout, and the players thought their season was over.

In the late 1970s, when he was 10, Rob Nissen played for the only soccer team available to kids in his middle-class, New Jersey town. “It cost $20 to join, and you got a T-shirt and you played ...