Introduction

Real Santa Barbara Soccer Club is the premier youth soccer club on the Central Coast.  We maintain a singular focus on soccer and we collectively share a vision for how youth soccer is played and taught.  The Real SB community of parents, players, and coaches maintain a tight knit group of soccer aficionados.   We focus on youth soccer, pure and simple.

Within Real Santa Barbara the players, our children, are number one. Real SB players are guided by our expert coaches - all of which are licensed by the US Soccer Federation.  Our players develop superb soccer skills and an enduring love for this beautiful game. 

Real Santa Barbara keeps costs down so that players of all backgrounds can comfortably afford our club fees.  We also offer scholarships.  Real SB fields teams in all youth age groups.

For more information about Real Santa Barbara please contact J.P. Verhees, our Director of Coaching, at 805-403-5602 or via email.

Background

Real Santa Barbara Soccer Club was founded in 1995.  We attract players from the Central Coast region including the cites of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Santa Ynez, Santa Maria, Lompoc, Ventura and Ojai.  Our teams compete in the Coast Soccer League which is a part of the Cal South region and is the most competitive region in the country. 

Expert Coaching

The Real Santa Barbara Soccer Club coaching staff possess the most prestigious licenses attainable in the world of soccer and have had notable success throughout the world at the professional, collegiate and club levels.

Our teams play an attractive, attacking style of soccer with variations based on the players’ and team’s abilities.  Our players are expected to be decision makers as regards game play.  Team chemistry is an important part of our success.  Coaching

Values

Real Santa Barbara Soccer Club maintains the following four core values:

1. Fair Play - Our players are taught that fairness is the basis for sport and that the rules exist for the benefit of all competitors.
   

2. Self-Esteem - Our players are coached with positive reinforcement and progress through our soccer program as increasingly confident young adults.
   

3. Competitive Spirit - Our players are expected to give their best when in competition and to work hard, within their team concept, in order to improve themselves.
   

4. Balance - Our players learn that friendship, community and scholastics are important factors in team and personal success.
   

These values are the basis for our club’s successes.