Harlem Youth Soccer Association

Logo of the FC Harlem Lions

Harlem Youth Soccer Association is a Harlem-based, 501(c)3 [non-profit] youth development organization using soccer as a means of doing social development. The program serves youth in the Harlem/South Bronx community, focusing on boys and girls aged 5–12 and youth aged 13–19. According to Irvine Smalls Jr., 35, the club’s executive director and the only member of the organization who is not a volunteer, "The two goals of the program are to build a community organization that delivers soccer-based, youth development programs addressing the areas of academic enrichment, character and leadership development and healthy lifestyles and to establish the first top flight, inner-city soccer club in the US".[1]

About the logo

The logo portraits as a shield featuring the lion's head which is widely understood as a symbol of strength, the lion also symbolizes other attributes such as courage, strength, honor, and leadership.

References

  1. ↑ "Small Harlem Youth Soccer League Attracts Some Big-Name Friends". nytimes.com. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

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