Representatives from the Greater Louisville Area Soccer Association (GLASA) told the Flower Mound Parks Board that youth soccer participation and tournament activity increased over the past year and that limited field availability is constraining further growth.

Matt Chutchan, athletic supervisor for the town, summarized the contract status and introduced GLASA president David Enderle, who presented registration and tournament data and described GLASA's community programs.

Enderle said GLASA's registered players numbered in the thousands across recreational and competitive programs. For the spring and fall seasons he reported resident and nonresident breakdowns (examples reported in the presentation): spring registrations included 631 Flower Mound residents and 412 nonresidents for recreational play; fall registrations included 834 Flower Mound residents and 371 nonresidents for recreational play. Enderle said GLASA's own registration platform logged 2,057 competitive-player registrations and 834 recreational coaches in the referenced period.

Enderle said tournaments are at or above local capacity: some events capped at about 373'75 teams, and organizers have had to turn away more than 100 teams at peak demand due to limited field and hotel capacity. He said GLASA nets approximately $100 per team for tournaments where it does not have to operate the event directly; the group hires an external company to run many tournaments because GLASA is volunteer-led.

GLASA highlighted community programs funded or supported by registration and sponsorship revenue: five scholarships totaling $6,000 for high school seniors, a hardships program that supported more than 180 families with roughly $10,800 in assistance, a Top Soccer program for special needs players that grew more than 50% since its 2022 start, and Little Strikers programming for ages 2'4 that reported about 95 participants. Enderle also said GLASA maintains a low registration fee (reported at about $142 for fall and spring seasons) with a $12 resident discount and fee waivers for free and reduced lunch programs.

Enderle discussed referee retention and safety work: GLASA has held four referee clinics per year, established mentor programs, increased referee pay to remain competitive in the metro area, and required concussion-identification training for referees.

Board members asked how much income tournaments bring to GLASA after costs; Enderle said the association retained roughly $100 per team on tournaments where GLASA did not operate staffing. When asked about field types, Enderle said additional universal fields (convertible to multiple age formats) and an additional complex like Chinn Chapel would help meet demand. He noted GLASA had donated goals to Chinn Chapel to make it more universally usable.

Board members thanked GLASA staff and suggested the parks department consider field conversions and additional complex capacity as part of capital planning.

No formal action was taken; the presentation was given under the parks board's required annual contract report from the town's youth soccer provider.