Mini Kicks is MN Rush's youth pre-competitive program.  We introduce soccer to our youngest players in a fun environment.  Our goal is to help young players learn to love soccer and prepare for the tournament or league play leagues as they grow older.  Coaching will be provided by Tetra Brazil coaches and may be added by other MN Rush Coaches.

For 2021, we are expanding on our program even more, and expanding the training options.  We will offer one day a week or two days a week training, as well as preferred training times.

Matching players skills and experience is extremely important in this age group.  Because of widely varying skills in players at this level, we will be doing assessments of players during the first week of the program.  Please plan on the fact that coaches will make recommendations for team changes after these assessments are completed - initial team formation is not final, and we will try to avoid asking players to change practice days and/or time.

The 2021 MN Rush Mini Kicks Spring Season starts the last week of April.

All newly registered players will need to get an official Capelli Minnesota Rush Mini Kicks Developmental Kit Uniform! 

There are no additional tournament or player fees, other than the optional uniform if your player does not already have one.  There may be one or two days where we play outside of Rochester, but that will be very limited.

The most important consideration here is for the players to have fun with soccer.  Although there are games, they are structured more for activity and fun.  If you have an U8 child that wants a more competitive environment, they could consider "playing up" on a U9 Competitive team instead of playing in the Mini Kicks program.  Talk with Angelo Tartaglia if you have questions on this.  You child could be practice only on a U9 team, or play tournaments on a U9 team.  This would require an assessment by coaching to make sure the player is ready for this step.

Age Groups:
- U5/U6 Coed
- 1 or 2 day a week training
- Class size max 10

- U7/U8 Girls or Boys
- 1 or 2 day a week training
- Genders will be separated- if low numbers we will combine groups
  - Class size max 10