Winter Opportunities

Winter Opportunities

IYS WINTER PICKUP

  • Pickup Soccer hosted by Ipswich Youth Soccer at Pingree Fieldhouse Turf Sundays 1/11/2026 to 2/22/2026. Great way to keep legs strong and maintain touch through winter. Will run 1-hour time-blocks by age group, 8AM-1PM, for boys and girls 2nd grade and older. This will be free of charge to all players enrolled in fall or spring soccer with IYS. Register interest via this link so we get an idea of number of interested players.

OTHER LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES

  • Winter Futsal Leagues*
    • Essex County Youth Futsal offers league play at Pingree Gym on Sundays and Tuesdays for G4-HS teams. League play is organized into 2 sessions, 5 weeks November-December and 8 weeks January-March. ECYF offers a “Free Agent” program for individual players to register that do not have a team for league play.
    • North Shore Hounds offers league play at Gordon College Bennet Center for grade K-4 starting in early December.
  • Winter Indoor Soccer Leagues*
    • Danvers Indoor Sports offers Girls and Boys Winter Leagues, for Grades 1 to 8, from November 2025 through early winter.
    • HGR offers 7v7 Winter Leagues available for G4, G6, and G8 age groups at their indoor facility in North Andover. They offer two sessions, one starting early November and one starting late January, each running seven weeks plus at least one playoff week. Boys generally run Wednesdays and Girls generally run Thursdays.
  • Winter Skills
    • Essex County Youth Futsal “Academy” program on Sundays at noon for K-8. The Academy runs 13 weeks November-March. Located at Pingree Gym.
    • Lil’ Kickers program at Danvers Indoor Sports offers soccer training for ages 5-12. Sessions run weekdays and weekends, with each session “open enrollment”.
    • HGR offers “Soccer Footskills”, for U8 to U18 age groups Mondays or Tuesdays, at their new indoor turf facility in North Andover. They offer three sessions (starting early, mid, and late winter), seven weeks each.
    • Skillz Check offers “Goalie Training” and “Skills Clinics” at Danvers Indoor Sports on Thursday evenings for all ages. Sessions start early November, early January, and then again late February.

 

*If you want to lead a team in league play but need help rallying players, reach out to the IYS Board (ipswich@ecysa.org) and we can message our player population to help you fill a roster.