Humboldt United? What's that?
Over the past few months there has been many questions regarding Humboldt United. Essentially the most common question is, What exactly is Humboldt United?
Humboldt United is a soccer club that will field only Division 1 caliber teams. (Division 1, or D1, is the highest level a club team can play. This means they enter the most competitive tournaments and play the most competitive league schedule.)
The reason for Humboldt United to be created is so ALL top players in Humboldt County who have the skill and desire to play D1 club soccer have that opportunity.
In the past Mad River United was the only club in the area competing as the D1 level. Some years the results were good, and others were more disappointing. The fact is that some of the best players in the county were simply not playing for Mad River United because they had spent their whole lives playing in the HYSL system.
Both HYSL and MRYSL felt that in order to field the best possible D1 teams they must work together. From this goal Humboldt United was formed. Not to replace either organization, but to act as a place for both organizations to send their best and most dedicated talent.
It is with this commitment from HYSL and MRYSL that Humboldt United exists and will have the most success on the field.
Currently Humboldt United is being housed under the umbrella of MRYSL simply because of the infrastructure that is already in place from running a Division 1 program in the past. In the future Humboldt United will act as its own entity with impute coming from both MRYSL and HYSL.
By having the two largest and most successful soccer organization standing behind, and believing in Humboldt United, I am confident that this new D1 club will have tremendous success when facing other top clubs from all over the country.
For the 2009 Summer/Fall season Humboldt United will field three inaugural teams.
- U-17 Girls (Coached by Andy Cumbo)
- U-14 Girls (Coached by Sean Connors)
- U-13 Boys (Coached by Sean Connors)
