Cougar Soccer Club
Maplewood, NJ
A local community soccer program serving Maplewood and South Orange, NJ. The club promotes youth soccer that is geared for the player who wants to learn, train and play at the very highest levels of competition.
- Founded
- 1965
- Ages
- 3–19
- Plays
- Boys & Girls
- Programs
- 7
Where on the ladder
Level 5 to Level 6
Each level below lists the leagues this club plays in. Your kid's level depends on the team they make. The six levels are our own reading of public league play. They are not an official ranking.
Sanctioned by New Jersey Youth Soccer (US Youth Soccer).
See how the whole ladder worksPrograms
The programs, age by age
These come from the club's site, grouped the way the club groups them. Your kid starts in the one that fits their age.
Mini-Kickers
U4-U5
Mini-Kickers are co-ed sessions that develop fundamental soccer skills through fun games, skills and scrimmage with ESA trainers. Sessions meet for one hour each Saturday.
Kickers
U6
Kickers are co-ed sessions for the club’s oldest pre-schoolers, with a weekday practice and a weekend game session. The program emphasizes touches on the ball, fundamental skills and scrimmage.
Academy
U7-U8 · 4v4
The Academy introduces players to team format, rules, positions and real game play, with an emphasis on sportsmanship and team play. It is the last age grouping leading into Cougar Travel Teams.
feeds into Cougar Travel Teams
Boys and Girls Travel
8-19
Travel teams are talent-specific teams for boys and girls whose players must try out and be accepted each year. The program is an annual commitment spanning Fall, Winter and Spring, with professional instruction and competitive league and tournament play.
NCSA
South Orange Soccer
U11, U12, U13, U14 and U15
South Orange Soccer is a recreational program offering opportunities to players at all levels, with no tryouts and randomly formed teams. Teams participate in the Suburban Youth Soccer League.
SYSL
Cougar Soccer Club Summer Camps
U8 to U15
Morning camps are held weekly in South Orange and are led by Coach Pepe and a rotation of ESA trainers. The camps run from 8 AM to 12 PM.
Day Camps
Cougar Soccer Club runs day camps in South Orange, with full-day, morning-only and afternoon-only options led by professional ESA trainers.
Coaching
Who coaches here
1 name from the club's own staff page. The titles and licenses are what the club lists.
Nick Lombardi
Academy Director & Board Member
Where they play
10 fields
The fields the club lists as its own. Directions open in Google Maps, so you can check the drive before you sign up.
Cameron / Meadowlands Park / Floods Hill
5 Mead St. South Orange, NJ 07079
Chyzowych Field
33 W. Parker Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040
Dehart Park
120 Burnett Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040
New Waterlands Park
30 W. 3rd St., South Orange, NJ 07079
Maplecrest Park
226 Oakland Road, Maplewood, NJ 07040
Memorial Park
580 Valley St, Maplewood, NJ 07040
Underhill Field
40 Burr Rd.Maplewood, NJ 07040
Borden Park
67 Orchard Road, Maplewood, NJ 07040
Orange Park
Use 400 S. Harrison Street, Orange, NJ 07050
West Orange Armory
2 fields aren’t located on the map yet.
Fees
What it costs
What the club charges, from its own price list.
free
Add-ons
$20 Town Field Usage Fee per player, $20 per player fee dedicated to future field restoration and improvements, Save $350 with code WHOLESUMMER, Save 10% with code 3WEEKDISCOUNT, Save 15% before Feb 28 with code EARLYBIRD.
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