Gretna Soccer Club

Originally the Gretna Youth Athletic Association and now the Gretna Soccer Club has been in existence for nearly 30 years.

We break our teams down into the following:

• U3-U4 GSC Kinder Kickers
• U5-U6 GSC Micro
• U7-U8 GSC Developmental
• U8-U19 GSC Select (U8-U10 GSC Junior Select, U11-U19 GSC Select)
• U9-U19 GSC Recreational

For more information on these programs please Click on each specific Link on left hand side.

GSC Select (U8-U19)
Our Select Program started in 2003. The Gold Program is broken down into GSC Junior Select (U8-U10) and GSC Select (U11-U19). A GSC Junior Select team chooses to play in a comptetive league ENSA (Eastern Nebraska Soccer Association) and is typically made up of players with similiar abilities to compete at this level. At the U11 level, Select teams are all made up via the tryout process, and this then becomes a select team, with the Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Director of Coaching and a team of evaluators helping to form these teams.

Over the past few years the Gretna Soccer Club Select program has gone from strength to strength and we will continue to do so by building on the recent successes of the club. These include:

• Four Gretna teams to win the NSL (Nebraska Soccer League) Premier Division - U15G Gretna Magpies (Fall 2008, Fall 2009) & U18G Gretna G-Force (Fall 2008, Fall 2009)
• First Gretna team to make the Nebraska State Cup Final
• More teams than ever before participating in the NSL Premier Division (in four years this has gone from 1 in 2006 to 8 teams in 2010)
• More Gretna Soccer Club players than ever before obtaining College Soccer Scholarships.
• More teams than ever before in the Gretna Soccer Club Select program,  in the 2010/2011 season there will be 40 Select & Junior Select teams

In the past 3 years we have had over 20 Gretna Soccer Club players that have achieved a College Soccer Scholarship. These include:

Girls
Amy Stigge - Bellevue University (Gretna La Nina)
Karissa Gregory - Benedictine (Gretna La Nina)
Mackenzie Leahy - Dana College (Gretna Remix)
Brittany Reed - Dana College (Gretna Remix)
Kristin Jones - Rockhurst (Gretna Remix)
Merydeth Cummings - Northwest Missouri State (Gretna Remix)
Ramsey Miller - College of St Marys (Gretna Remix)
Lindsey Lambert - Washburn (Gretna Remix)
Kelsie Grgurich - Doane College (Gretna Remix)
Paige Wischmann - Bellevue University (Gretna Remix)
Kara Naumann - Wayne State (Gretna Remix)
Megan Michel - Hastings College (Gretna La Nina)
Kelsey Stark - Doane College (Gretna G-Force)
Emily Fleming - Concordia Univeristy (Gretna G-Force)
Kailey Stoupa - Morningside (Gretna Real)
Sarah Nordstorm - UNO (Gretna Remix)

Boys
Alex Zimmer - Bellevue University (Gretna Gunners)
Jared Wilmert - Dana College (Gretna Gunners)
Zach Zenor - Dana College (Gretna Gunners)
Brian Krajicek - Nebraska Wesleyan (Gretna Gunners & Gretna United)

• More Gretna Soccer Club players than ever before to represent the state of Nebraska for the Nebraska Olympic Development Program (ODP) - 15 players in 2009, 13 players in 2010.

95 Girls
Jade V (Gretna Magpies)

95 Boys
Ben K (Gretna Jackals)

96 Girls
Jocelyn S (Gretna Crew & Gretna Santitas)

96 Boys
Cody O (Gretna Jackals)

97 Girls
Rachel H (Gretna Santitas)
Elle K (Gretna Santitas & Gretna Shockers)
Elaina M (Gretna Shockers & Gretna Super Eagles)
Logan M (Gretna Crew)
Malia R (Gretna Flames)
Annie S (Gretna United)
Nicole W (Gretna Crew & Gretna Shockers)

98 Boys
Jacob K (Gretna Crush & Gretna United)
Brenden O'D (Gretna Crush)

98 Girls
Sierra A (Gretna Shockers & Gretna Santitas)
Ellen B (Gretna Flames & Gretna Crew)
Callie H (Gretna Shockers & Gretna Flames)
Josie K (Gretna Shockers)
Ana H (Gretna Chaos)

GSC Kinder Kickers (U3-U4)
To answer the demand of the public Gretna Soccer Club now offers the GSC Kinder Kickers program. This is the starter level, of Under 3 and Under 4 age groups. This is an In-House program, consisting of just Gretna teams. We play other Gretna teams, all on our own fields. Our club controls the schedule of this league. Teams will play once a week and prior to the game go through activities to help introduce the Kinder Kickers to the game of soccer. These are coed teams, and along with Micro are the only coed teams in the club.

GSC Micro (U5-U6)
GSC Micro consists of Under 5 and Under 6 age groups. This is an In-House program, consisting of just Gretna teams. We play other Gretna teams, all on our own fields. Our club controls the schedule of this league. These are coed teams, and along with the GSC Kinder Kickers are the only coed teams in the club.

GSC Developmental (U7-U8)
Our GSC Development age group provides a great foundation for development before moving to the GSC Junior Select, GSC Select Program or GSC Recreational Program. These teams will practice together with our Director of Coaching & Assistant Director of Coaching once every two weeks and follow a curriculum and practice plans that follow a logical progression throughout the year.

U7-U8 GSC Developmental teams generally participate in the Sarpy County League. This league is made up of five clubs (Gretna, Papillion, Springfield, LaVista and St Columbkille).

GSC Recreational (U9-U19)
As a club we want to offer an opportunity for everyone. Those not willing to make the committment to the GSC Select program are offered the opportunity to play on one of our GSC Recreational teams. Also for those not quite ready for the GSC Select Program the GSC Recreational program is a great opportunity for you to hone your skills before moving up to the Gold Program. We have been known to have players start in the GSC Recreational program before moving up the GSC Select or GSC Junior Select Program and becoming one of the top players on the top GSC Select team for that age group.

U9-U12 GSC Recreational teams generally participate in the Sarpy County League. This league is made up of five clubs (Gretna, Papillion, Springfield, LaVista and St Columbkille). We use fields from each club, therefore travel is limited to these 5 locations.

U13-U19 GSC Recreational teams generally participate in the ENSA League. This league consists of any club within a 30-40 mile radius of Omaha. So clubs from Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Blair, Elkhorn, Papillion and Bellevue generally compete in this league.