Celebration, FL:  Celebration Youth Soccer officially announced this morning a new partnership and affiliation with the Florida Tropics Soccer Club. As part of this partnership Celebration Youth Soccer will become known as the Celebration Tropics. The Celebration Tropics will work closely with the Tropics senior management and Youth Club Operations.

The structure of the Celebration Tropics will remain the same with the Recreation Program and Academy Program. This partnership will offer the club opportunities to at all levels, but most importantly allow us to focus on delivering on the goal of a positive community soccer experience to all players, parents and families under the Tropics organization.

“We are excited to extend our brand and player pool to Celebration. We have seen the tremendous growth the area has gone through over the past few years and are excited to now have some of those families playing for the Tropics organization. Like our other youth partnerships, the executives for CYS believe in the same core values for development and structure of how a youth Club should operate. We look forward to welcoming them to the Tropics family,” said Tropics GM Andrew Ross.

An important benefit to the Celebration Club is participation for the Academy/Competitive teams in the established, well-organized Greater Central Florida (GCF) Soccer League. This has been an aim for the club for a number of years and both sides have worked diligently recently to assess all opportunities, and to ensure that any agreement was in the best interests of both parties.

"Partnering with the Tropics will be great for our community. It will help us grow and continue to allow us to focus on delivering a positive soccer experience for kids and families in our community," said CYS Club President Lee Moore.

Additional benefits to the youth Club will include:

- Training clinics with professional Tropics players.

- Collaboration with local, like-minded soccer professionals to deliver the best youth soccer experiences.

- Pathway to professional game for aspiring players.

- Club days/trips to professional indoor/outdoor games.

Visible changes will be seen around the club, including a change in logo and Academy team uniforms. Behind the scenes the Club will continue to work on creating a framework to improve coaching, development, a fun experience and building a community soccer club that everyone is proud of.

Florida Tropics: Tropics Soccer Club is a professional soccer organization based in Lakeland, Florida. The Tropics operate a Major Arena Soccer League Franchise (Florida Tropics SC), a USL PDL franchise (Lakeland Tropics), and a WPSL franchise (Florida Tropics SC Women’s). The Tropics youth club umbrella includes Lakeland Tropics FC, PCU Tropics, and now the Celebration Tropics. The Tropics are owned and operated by Central Florida Sports Ventures, LLC headquarter in Lakeland, FL. More information can be found at TropicsSoccer.com.

 Celebration Youth Soccer: Celebration Youth Soccer was formed almost 15 years ago by a dedicated group of parents who wanted to deliver a better soccer experience. Celebration Soccer Club has grown consistently and provides a great soccer experience to over 350 kids each Spring and Fall Season and developed an Academy Program with multiple age groups that has consistently enjoyed success in the leagues, tournaments, and competitions they have entered. Celebration Soccer Club is a non-profit organization whose mission is to foster the physical, social and emotional growth and development of youth through the game of soccer.