CABOSA / Shreveport United

What the club offers

Recreational soccer is open to boys and girls from about ages three through eighteen. Teams are formed with volunteer coaches using coach or friend requests when possible (not guaranteed), along with school and neighborhood grouping. Most recreational games take place at Cargill Park on Saturdays, with occasional weeknight or Sunday afternoon matches. The recreational track also includes a high-school-age league for 15U–19U, with families asked to name the player’s high school during registration so players land on the correct league team. Beyond the core fall–spring seasonal year (August 1 through July 31), the club also runs Center of Excellence, soccer camps, summer youth leagues, winter youth leagues, TOPSoccer, and an adult 18+ league.

Shreveport United Academy sits between recreational and full competitive play. It targets roughly under-eight through under-ten players with three organized training sessions per week led by licensed, experienced staff, a player-centered development approach, and heavy use of small-sided work. Players are grouped into birth-year pools for boys and girls rather than fixed single rosters, which allows flexible lineups for different events. Academy pools also enter teams into the in-house recreational league one age group up for a stronger challenge, and they take part in festivals, scrimmages, and tournaments.

Shreveport United is the competitive arm inside CABOSA. Coaching staff carry USSF, UEFA, or United Soccer Coaches licenses with substantial youth experience. Competitive teams may play in the Louisiana Competitive Soccer League, the Red River National Premier League, and other events, including travel inside and outside Louisiana. Age groups are split into juniors and seniors, with dedicated goalkeeper support, parent education, a fall competitive high school league option, college recruiting resources, and tryouts each cycle for placement.

For adult soccer, the club fields a men’s side in the Gulf Coast Premier League (summer; USASA-sanctioned pathway) and a women’s program in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (summer), extending the player-development pyramid for college-age and adult players.

Where the club trains and plays

Recreational league play is centered on Cargill Park in Shreveport. Competitive training for eleven-under through fourteen-under teams runs three evenings per week at Cargill Park; fifteen-under through nineteen-under teams train there twice per week. Shreveport United tryouts and many competitive activities also use Cargill Park, with check-in near the walking path and parking at the top of the hill as directed on tryout days.

The CABOSA / Shreveport United office is at 3837 Gilbert Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana 71104 (across from Ki’ Mexico). Office hours are typically Tuesday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., closed Monday and Friday unless updated for a season.

Mission, philosophy, and pathways

Core programs emphasize teaching sportsmanship, discipline, leadership, teamwork, and physical fitness through soccer while providing facilities, training, administration, and support across ages. The mission is to give every child who wants to play a chance regardless of current skill level, build a lasting love of the game, teach fair play and citizenship in a team setting, and develop individuals through strong coaching. Youth sports touch many families in the region, and the club invests in facilities and coaching so children can grow as players, students, and neighbors.

For Shreveport United’s older age bands, the club has aligned with a school-grade registration window (August 1–July 31) for the 2026–2027 cycle and beyond so teams match how players progress through school alongside partners such as LCSL, NPL, regional premier, and Plano-style schedules. Directors of coaching make placement decisions using prior-season evaluation, tryout performance, and the current U.S. Soccer age chart, with play-ups requiring director approval rather than tenure alone.

Registration, fees, and next steps

Recreational registration runs through GotSport; new players need a digital birth certificate. For a recent spring season, the club advertised an opening promotional registration rate of $110 across a three-day Black Friday window, then a standard fee of $135 beginning December 1, with deadlines such as a mid-January cutoff for returning players to hold a spot and late registration afterward only when space remains. Uniforms are not bundled into that registration: families buy a blue home jersey and a white away jersey from the club’s Score supplier and may add black shorts and socks or use their own.

Competitive tryouts also register in GotSport, with separate program links for eleven-under through fourteen-under and fifteen-under through nineteen-under. The club asks everyone to register by April 1 to avoid tryout-related late fees, assigns boys to an earlier evening block and girls to a later block during the May tryout windows for that cycle, and holds closed sessions beyond the field gates. After team offers go out, families have seventy-two hours to complete club registration in GotSport or face a $150 late fee; acceptance deadlines and fee steps are confirmed alongside invitations. Weather changes and reminders may go out by email to registered families and through Shreveport United’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.

For recreational questions, email TabathaMatlock@cabosa.org (recreational administrator) or AlexisHobbs@cabosa.org (recreational director). Competitive leadership includes Matt Cluderay as eleven-through-fourteen director of coaching, Mark Matlock as fifteen-through-nineteen director of coaching, and Ashley Autin as club registrar.