SCORPIONS SOCCER CLUB HISTORY

The Scorpions Soccer Club was incorporated in 1982. The founding players wanted a more intense soccer experience than was available in Ridgecrest alone, and they wanted to continue to play soccer because they loved the game. For the first few years the club had only boys' teams, but around 1989 a girl's team was added to the program. Over the years our teams have been registered in both AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) and CYSA (California Youth Soccer Association). AYSO play is recreational while CYSA is competitive or select. In some areas, CYSA also has a recreational division, but in our area CYSA teams are all competitive.

Foreign travel has been a part of the Scorpion program from time to time. In the late 80's a team went to Germany, and one went to Australia in the early 90's. In 1998, our U19 boys made a trip to Mexico to visit Ridgecrest's sister city Tepatitlan and played several friendly games. Occasionally individual players have joined special traveling teams for the opportunity to play abroad.