Boca Raton FC’s Lower Division Soccer Summit set for March 30-31
Boca Raton FC will host the first-ever Lower Division Soccer Summit the weekend of March 30, the club announced Monday. The event is invitation only and will be held at a to-be-determined location in Boca Raton, Fla.
Inspired in part by Chattanooga FC’s Summit for American Soccer in 2018, the Lower Division Soccer Summit hopes to — per the event’s registration portal — “(follow) their example and (bring) together the soccer community to ‘open the conversation’ about the challenges, goals, and our collective history of both success and failure. In that way, the Lower Division Soccer Summit is a microcosm of the long term goals of the Summit itself. We’ve taken lessons from Summit for American Soccer and are putting best practices into place to achieve even more success!”
The Saturday, March 30 session will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and feature an array of speakers covering topics such as financial stability, player registration and movement, community engagement, marketing, ownership models and more.
Soc Takes contributors Nipun Chopra and Kartik Krishnaiyer will make appearances, with Chopra guesting on the panel and Krishnaiyer moderating it. Other speakers include Boca Raton FC vice president of soccer operations Pedro Heizer, play-by-play commentator Conrado Guilietti, Lakeland Tropics general manager Andrew Ross (unconfirmed), Boca Raton FC head coach Jim Rooney, Himmarshee FC president Derek Reese and The Soccer Tour’s Steve Bernasconi.
Following breakfast on Sunday, the meeting will conclude from 9 a.m. to noon. Attendees are then invited to grab lunch at a local Brazilian rodizio steakhouse.
It’s $65 to attend, which covers lunch on Saturday and snacks items. Attendees are responsible for covering travel, accommodations and all meals beyond Saturday’s lunch. There will also be a happy hour Friday evening for early arrivals to get acquainted, sponsored by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission.
While the Lower Division Soccer Summit is an invitation-only affair, those interested are encouraged to request an invitation via the event’s registration portal at the club’s official website. For logistical reasons, the event will be limited to representatives from a maximum of 40 organizations.
Join Boca Raton FC the weekend of March 30 to celebrate all things lower-division soccer while also delving into some of the obstacles facing lower-league clubs at the inaugural Lower Division Soccer Summit. The event’s official tagline is “let’s open the conversation.”
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