Welcome to the Columbia Windham Soccer Alliance Micro and Mini Micro.  We hope you find this information useful, helpful, and friendly.  Our club provides recreational and competitive opportunities for hundreds of children in grades K – 8, and in 2009 even began a program for Pre-K children.  Our club’s overall main mission is to teach soccer and to stress both the fun and fitness aspects of being involved with our sport.  In addition, we teach teamwork, fair play, and sportsmanship.  Finally, as our children get older, we encourage the community building between the towns and residents of Columbia and Windham.

Micro (Grades K – 2) Soccer is town-based and offered in both Columbia and Windham.  Micro Soccer is co-ed, and players are provided with a beautiful World Cup-inspired international jersey.  We stress the fun elements of sports and teach individual ball control and ball skills.  Depending on the number of children, teams are formed by grades, and parents are asked to step up as team coaches (working with a coaching leader who provides drills and skills).  The 2nd grade focuses more on team play on the larger fields, and players are taught positions (not that they necessarily learn them!).  In fall of 2009, CWSA began to host Mini-Jamborees, in which the 2nd grade teams visit each other in their respective towns.

In the fall of 2009, our club offered for the first time Mini Micro for pre-k children.  Started initially as a pilot program in Columbia, Mini is now offered in both Columbia and Windham.  The complete focus of Mini Micro is on ball control and games with a soccer ball.  All parents are asked to participate to play with their own and other parents’ children.  All players are outfitted in a tee shirt.  No teams are formed, but players spend some time shooting into goals.