Northern Lights Soccer Club was formed in 1985 and our mission is to provide quality recreational and competitive soccer programs for youth ages 4 to 19 in the communities of Andover, Anoka, Coon Rapids, Elk River, Ramsey and surrounding areas. Our soccer programs are affiliated and regulated by Minnesota Youth Soccer Association (MYSA), United States Youth Soccer (USYS) and we are a division of Anoka Ramsey Athletic Association.

We encourage you to check back often as we continue to add features to our website for both our recreational and traveling soccer programs.  On the left side of this page you will find links to the programs we offer as well as forms, documents and other information you may find helpful.  Visit the ARAA home page and you will find a calendar that has our current and future events.

If there are features that you would find helpful or information that you are looking for and you can’t find them here, please feel free to email the ARAA Soccer Commissioner by clicking on the "Soccer Committee" link on the left side of the page and then selecting the email address of the NLS President.

On behalf of the Minnesota Revolution Soccer Club and Northern Lights Soccer Club’s Board of Directors, we are pleased to announce the merger of two leading soccer programs in the northern suburbs – Minnesota Revolution and Northern Lights Soccer Club.

We are excited about this transition as we leverage the strengths of both programs into one, creating a soccer club that services over 2,000 players on an annual basis.  The most streamlined and cost effective way to form this union while maintaining strength, integrity and recognition in the communities we serve was to maintain the Northern Lights Soccer Club (NLS) name.  Northern Lights Soccer will continue to operate under the Anoka Ramsey Athletic Association’s umbrella of sports to maintain our status as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  The effective date for this merger will be 8/1/08.

Parents and Coaches Together (PACT) is an educational program developed at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethical Education and Development. The program is based on the latest research from developmental and sports psychology and is designed to help coaches and parents to get on the same page in successfully creating a positive and nurturing climate in Minnesota youth soccer.

MYSA/PACT™ helps coaches and parents realize their unique roles in fostering athlete intrinsic motivation, developing character, optimal performance, well-being and satisfaction. This program helps develop the potential of youth soccer to all it can, and should be!

Together with Minnesota Youth Soccer Association, Northern Lights Soccer Club will be hosting mandatory MANDATORY seminars for parents that have kids in our U12 traveling program.  Also, all NLS coaches are required to attend the coaching segment of this training event.  Details are as follows:

As a affiliate member of Minnesota Youth Soccer Association, Northern Lights Soccer Club has adopted the new online registration for criminal background checks of all our volunteers.  These checks will be done once per fiscal year (August thru July).  Use the links below to register as a coach, assistant coach or board member.  You will need to contact our director of risk management and obtain the login and password.

Click here to link to the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association website and complete the background check.