The Fall River Youth Soccer Association (FRYSA), with more than 800 players on 66 teams, held its final games just before Thanksgiving, 2005. The Association promotes healthy activity and strives to develop players at all levels of play  by building and improving their skills, confidence, fitness, initiative and a sense of teamwork. It also promotes and encourages high standards of sportsmanship and fair play. The Association also advocates for more and better playing and practice fields throughout the City. The FRYSA is a member of the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association (Mass Youth Soccer), a non-profit corporation dedicated to the task of promoting and enhancing the culture of soccer in Massachusetts, the second largest state youth soccer association in the United States with more than 185,000 registered players.
 

(Top row, center) Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr., welcomes parents and children at one of the games this fall. Parents and other volunteers make youth soccer possible in Fall River and anyone with an interest in volunteering in any one of the available positions is urged to e-mail the Association.