Real Colorado EDGE Soccer Club opens new training facility - #lakewoodnews

Real Colorado EDGE Soccer Club has moved to a new facility on the Arvada-Wheat Ridge line, minutes from Stenger Soccer Complex on W 58th Ave. in Arvada.

"Our staff has been working diligently the past two years in searching for a facility to provide our membership with an indoor training center for all of our members to utilize year-round, regardless of availability and the weather outside," said David Kramer, the club's director of soccer and business development. "We are very excited to be able to offer RCE players, coaches and families a state-of-the-art training environment to further the development of our players."

EDGE Soccer, with 2,500 participants each year, has been offering youth soccer in Arvada since 1969 for players ranging in age from 4-19.

"We're a staple in the Arvada community and we pride ourselves with providing soccer opportunities to all kids," Kramer said.

Arvada resident Jenni Gomez, whose two children play with the club, said she loves how the club approaches soccer in a holistic way.

"EDGE, I feel, is nurturing the kids as a whole," she said. "It's not just for the sake of their skill, but their character and maturity, too."

The organization began plans to move a year ago from its Simms Street address after receiving news that the building had been sold to a new owner.

The new facility --; located at 4955 Miller St., unit 201 --;includes all administrative and coaching staff offices, as well as an indoor Futsal court.

Futsal is a growing trend in the United States. It is played exactly like outdoor soccer, but indoors with a smaller ball and on a hard surface, much like a basketball court. Unlike indoor soccer, futsal does not allow players to use walls for rebounds.

"There's so many kids that play soccer now a days --; they play outdoors for nine months of the year and when they come inside they want to replicate it as best as they can," Kramer said. "We don't want them to go indoors for a couple months and have to retrain them when they come back. Futsal forces them and enhances their technical abilities."

The new facility officially opens Nov. 1, but some players have already given the new court a test run.

"It takes it to a whole new level of developing foot skills," said Gomez, also a volunteer coach. "It allows them to be creative. When my son started doing futsal, it took his foot skills to a whole new level and really changed his game."

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