Soccer

Soccer is probably the world's most popular sport for children and adults around the world. Similarly, it is one of the most popular sports for Special Olympics athletes. Charles County has seven 5 a-side Unified Sports ® teams at the elementary school level.

Unified sports® allows athletes with and without mental retardation to train and compete on the same team.

Special Olympics offers four playing formats in the Soccer program.

Individual Skills: designed for athletes with lower ability levels or are not able to compete on a team. Athletes are run thru a series of three events (dribbling, shooting, and run and kick). The athlete is awarded points for each event. The points are added together to get a total score.

5 a-side team play
7 a-side team play
11 a-side team play

Unified play is offered in each of the three team sports.

Soccer is contested at the Special Olympics Maryland Fall Sports Fest held the last weekend in October. See the Calendar for dates and times.

2002 Charles County Unified Soccer Tournament

Division A:
Berry Elementary • Gale-Bailey Elementary • Eva Turner Elementary

Division B:
Gale-Bailey Elementary • Berry Elementary

2002 Fall Sports Festival Results
The Fall Sports Festival was canceled in 2002 because of the Sniper shootings that occurred in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area.