Mt. Laurel United is extremely proud to be New Jersey's 1st TOPSoccer program. US Youth Soccer TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) is a community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities, organized by Mt. Laurel United Soccer Association volunteers. The program is designed to bring the opportunity of learning and playing soccer to any boy or girl, who has a mental or physical disability. Our goal is to enable young, area athletes with disabilities to become valued and successful members of the US YOUTH SOCCER family. Children with special needs, ages 5 to 13, from any area township, are invited to participate. Beginners welcome! The games are schedule for Saturdays, as listed below. Moorestown Friends School has graciously offered their facilities for this program. Moorestown Friends School is located on 110 East Main St., Moorestown, NJ. Sessions may be cancelled due to inclement weather. Please check your email or call 609-267-1561 on Friday evening (the evening before) in case of anticipated bad weather conditions.

MLU trainers run the TOPSoccer sessions and experienced soccer players act as "buddies" for the disabled TOPS children, providing one-on-one support.

Soccer players between the ages of 11-19 who are interested in being buddies, can download the volunteer flyer  and the volunteer registration below.

Please click the on the check for the to view the form	pdf file
Program flyer for players
Volunteer flyer for buddies

Letter from Parent of participant..........

Please from the bottom of my heart...thank you. This was our first time
participating and it was wonderful.
First, you have the most awesome teens and young adults helping out....what a
great experience to see such youthful enthusiasm. It warmed our hearts.
Second...thanks for the networking opportunity for us with other parents with
handicapped kids...we learned a lot from other mom and dads...Third...this was a great chance for my husband to "do something
special" with our son...I do the therapy, he does the dad stuff, but with a
handicapped kid there's not that much dad stuff to do, so thanks...and fourth
and most importantly...my son loved the program....he knew every time we said
"let's go to soccer" what was going on and he was so excited....thank
you...thank you...thank you.... we are so grateful for the good people of the
world who care about those who are down on the chips...thank you again.
 

The parent of four TOPSoccer Buddies wrote:

 “I have four children (9, 13, 14, & 16) who have participated in this program over the last couple of years.  I realize they have already missed a couple of weeks, but, wanted to know if it would still be possible to have them sign up again.  Our schedule has been crazy, but, honestly, THEY keep asking me when they would be able to help out.  I have told you before, I think this is a FABULOUS program for ALL children involved.  Everyone benefits from it!!”

                                           To view TOPSoccer photo album click here

Thank you to  Moorestown Friends School for their support of this program.

updated January 2012