Forest Heights Soccer Club

Forest Height Soccer Club (FHSC) fields soccer teams from 1st to 5th grade in the Portland Youth Soccer Association (PYSA) League. FHSC also supports a Kindergarten / Pre-K Soccer program on Sunday afternoons.  5th grade is in partnership with LYS and Hillside, Ainsworth, and Skyline.

The fall season runs from late August to end of October and the spring league runs from early April to mid-May.

For 1st-5th Graders, all games are on Saturdays. In the fall, teams practice one to two times per week. FHSC has limited opportunities in spring for team practices. 

Our home turf field is adjacent to Forest Park Elementary School (9935 NW Durrett St, Portland, OR 97229). All FHSC team practices are at the Forest Park Elementary School turf field unless specified elsewhere. 

FHSC requires families to purchase a team uniform for first to fifth grade age groups. Uniforms are NOT required for the Kindergarten Program. For Kindergarten families who do not purchase a uniform, please send your child to practice with a comfortable shirt and shorts.

FHSC families can purchase uniforms (and any other gear) from Tursi’s Soccer — ask for the Forest Heights Soccer Club uniform in-store:

• Downtown Portland at 825 SW 14th Ave.
• West Portland at 8805 SW Canyon Ln.
• Online at Turi’s Forest Heights Soccer Page with convenient pick-up OR shipment to your home

The cost of the uniform is $44.25 and includes a navy blue Nike jersey, shorts, and socks.  Please contact us for any questions on uniform purchasing.

Our community’s soccer program is wholly dependent on the volunteers that dedicate their time to coach our children.  Luckily, many generous parents in NW Portland recognize the value of community soccer, and happily take on the responsibility of developing our young athletes.

If you are a parent that knows how to play soccer and values youth sport, please consider volunteering as a Head Coach for FHSC.  There are several benefits to coaching:

• Personal growth, developing your soccer knowledge and mentoring skills
• Involvement in your local community and your child’s peer group
• Satisfaction in seeing the development of your team’s skills
• Stronger motivation from your own child in the sport, due to your involvement
• Role modeling community involvement and generosity for your players

If you are NOT a parent that has soccer skills, you can still help your child’s team in crucial ways!  Managing energetic young players is impossible without assistant coaches.  If your players team has more than 6 children for each coach, then your child is probably having a sub-optimal experience.  Volunteer as an assistant coach to run activities in smaller groups, manage problems for players, and help kids keep their attention on the activities and games.

Even if coaches may appear to have it under control in your child’s age group, there is always room for more parents to help out. Parents can offer to set up nets or cones for practice and games, ref the sideline, or help mange subs on one of the two 3V3 or 4V4 games. It is also helpful to have a team parent or manager who can do all of the team communications and help with end of the season celebrations. Please contact the head coach in your age group if you are willing to help out your team in any of these ways.

For inquiries about volunteer opportunities contact: forestheightssoccerclub@gmail.com