Ihave been involved in youth soccer now for over 25 years, both coaching and administrating. We have been in a deficit of fields for over 25 years.

Currently, we are 50+ fields short, and the situation is only getting worse with more people/businesses moving into our community. The last flat field built was Moana Springs in 2012. It was built from private donations and, to this day, is maintained 100% by Great Basin Youth Soccer League (GBYSL). We have lost Governors Bowl, part of O'Brien Middle School, part of Vaughn Middle School and 30% of Moana Springs to the new pool.

Currently there are no plans from the city of Reno, Sparks or Washoe County to build major flat field complexes. Twenty years ago, I was on the plane with then-Sen. John Ensign, and we talked about the Mill Street pro

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