KC Blaze Soccer Club is a not-for-profit youth soccer organization based at 13510 W. 115th Street, Olathe, Kansas. The club fields boys and girls teams for surrounding communities and describes participation in strong state and regional tournament play. Public materials split programming between KC Blaze-North (Missouri) and KC Blaze-West (Kansas), including academy-style work and highly competitive travel teams.
The club states it is committed to providing a superior inclusive soccer experience through volunteers and soccer professionals who run training. It intends to promote honor, integrity, teamwork, diversity, perseverance, confidence, and sportsmanship on and off the field. The about page also lists goals such as helping players reach their full potential, building self-confidence, developing individual skills and team tactics for state, regional, and national levels, and assisting college-bound players with scholarships, while emphasizing character, self-esteem, and sportsmanship. Values messaging highlights development, progression, leadership, respect, service, inclusiveness, ambition, perseverance, and using soccer to build character, honor, responsibility, compassion, and discipline.
The tryouts hub references 2025 official tryouts with separate information for KC Blaze-North (Missouri) and KC Blaze-West (Kansas). Families exploring a roster spot can use the online player inquiry form on the Looking for a Team page, which collects player name, date of birth, gender, address, contact information, and general metro area (Northland, West, South, or East).
ID Sessions are advertised as a free way for players to train in front of professional coaches, open to all abilities and club affiliations, with no release required from a current club. The club lists teams from about U6 through U19 and notes local, regional, and national competition levels. Spring 2026 North ID Sessions use the turf field at Northland Christian School, 10500 N. Trailblazer Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64155, with a published weekly cycle from early April through mid-May. Spring 2026 West ID Sessions are hosted at Basehor-Linwood High School, 2108 N. 155th Street, Basehor, Kansas 66007, with parallel spring weeknight dates. Details and registration links live on the North and West ID session pages.
The Mini Me program is marketed for U3 through U6 players with birth dates between August 1, 2019 and July 31, 2023. Registration is handled through PlayMetrics from the Mini Me program page.
The Summer Skills and Shooting Camp is open to boys and girls ages 5 through 19. The posted example schedule runs four evenings (June 15 through June 18) from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with a listed cost of $129 at Happy Rock Park, 7600 NE Antioch Road, Gladstone, Missouri 64119. The curriculum emphasizes advanced technical footwork and fitness with the ball, 1v1 attacking and defending, moves and fakes with decision-making context, and speed of play, balanced with leadership and camaraderie. Registration is available through PlayMetrics.
The KC Blaze Youth Summer Soccer League targets team entries for ages 6 through 15 in a coach- and parent-led format focused on off-season touches and small-sided play. Example game windows published on the league page include Wednesday evenings between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. and Saturday mornings between 9:00 a.m. and noon, with dates such as July 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, and 25 listed for a given season, all at Happy Rock Park in Gladstone. Team fees are tiered by registration deadline (for example, $550 per team if registered and paid by May 31 versus $600 after June 1 in the published fee table) across U8–U9 4v4, U10–U12 4v4, U13–U15 6v6, and high school U16–U18 6v6 brackets. Multiple PlayMetrics registration entry points appear on the summer league page; families should confirm the active program link for the year they are joining.
Contact information published sitewide includes mobile 828-406-2014, email chrstpo@aol.com, and the Olathe mailing address above. Program-specific pages link to PlayMetrics for Mini Me, ID-related flows, summer camp, and summer league registration.
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What age groups and program levels does KC Blaze Soccer Club offer?Public ID session materials reference teams from about U6 through U19. The Mini Me offering targets U3 through U6 with defined birth-date windows. The youth summer league page lists brackets from U8 through high school U16–U18. The summer skills camp welcomes ages 5 through 19. Tryout information is organized separately for KC Blaze-North and KC Blaze-West.
How do KC Blaze-North and KC Blaze-West differ?The tryouts page directs families to KC Blaze-North tryout details for the Missouri side and KC Blaze-West tryout details for the Kansas side. Spring 2026 ID Sessions use Northland Christian School in Kansas City, Missouri for the North series and Basehor-Linwood High School in Basehor, Kansas for the West series, reflecting a two-branch footprint across the metro.
What are ID Sessions and who can attend?ID Sessions are described as free training opportunities where players can be evaluated by professional coaches. They are open to all players regardless of ability, state, or current club, and the club states that a release from another club is not required to participate.
Where does KC Blaze hold summer camp and summer league play?The Summer Skills and Shooting Camp and the youth summer league both list Happy Rock Park, 7600 NE Antioch Road, Gladstone, Missouri 64119, as the location for the published schedules and team play.
How do families register or ask about a team spot?Mini Me, summer camp, and summer league pages link into PlayMetrics registration flows. The Looking for a Team page hosts a player inquiry form for families who want staff follow-up. Tryout and ID pages provide branch-specific links for the next evaluation cycle.
What values does KC Blaze emphasize for players?Mission language on the about and tryouts pages stresses an inclusive, competitive experience alongside honor, integrity, teamwork, diversity, perseverance, confidence, and sportsmanship. The values section adds development, progression, leadership, respect, service, inclusiveness, ambition, perseverance, and character traits such as responsibility, compassion, and discipline.
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