{"id":72,"date":"2015-04-10T19:46:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T19:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T00:46:59","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/?page_id=72","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">Hello!! Thank you for visiting our website. The Galveston County Youth Soccer (GCYS) is a member of the Bay Area Youth Soccer Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baysa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BAYSA<\/a>) and the South Texas Youth Soccer Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stxsoccer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STYSA<\/a>). All of which are under United States Youth Soccer Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usyouthsoccer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USYSA<\/a>), the United States Soccer Federation (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ussoccer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USSF<\/a>), and Federation International de Futbol Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FIFA<\/a>).GCYS is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to develop, promote, and administer the game of soccer among players under 19 years of age in the Galveston County area. The club teaches good sportsmanship, encourages healthy competition, and the development of good soccer skills, in a safe environment. The goal is for all children in the club to have fun learning and playing soccer.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-444 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/new_logo_gc_blue1_-1-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"new_logo_gc_blue1_ (1)\" width=\"95\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/new_logo_gc_blue1_-1-265x300.jpg 265w, http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/new_logo_gc_blue1_-1.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/forms\/GCYS_Constitution_06-04-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE for GCYS&nbsp;Constitution &amp; Bylaws<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/baysa-logo2012-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-596 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/baysa-logo2012-small.jpg\" alt=\"baysa-logo2012-small\" width=\"93\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/baysa.org\/handbook-%26-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE for BAYSA Handbook (2018\/2019)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-544 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/169-300x60.jpg\" alt=\"169\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/169-300x60.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/169.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"STYSA\" href=\"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/?page_id=585\">CLICK HERE to learn more about STYSA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"STYSA vs Club Soccer\" href=\"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/?page_id=589\">CLICK HERE to see the FACTS about STYSA and Club Soccer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello!! Thank you for visiting our website. The Galveston County Youth Soccer (GCYS) is a member of the Bay Area Youth Soccer Association (BAYSA) and the South Texas Youth Soccer Association (STYSA). All of which are under United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA), the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), and Federation International de Futbol Association (FIFA).GCYS is a non-profit organization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445,"href":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/2445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcysoccer.org\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}