AS ONE OF THE MORE SUCCESSFUL Birmingham-based clubs over the last three decades, Briarwood Soccer Club (BSC) is more than just a soccer program. Founded in 1981, Briarwood Presbyterian Church established BSC as a local ministry to use soccer as a way to teach children about the word of God. While the program now boasts dozens of teams with children from all corners of Birmingham on their rosters, Briarwood Soccer Club had very humble beginnings. “It was very elementary at the time it was started,” says Ryan Leib, Director of Coaching for Briarwood Soccer Club. Leib said a group of committed parents essentially started the club because they wanted to have a good place for their kids to play. Briarwood hired Leib as director of coaching Nonserum sit, explitatem in 2002 — the first full-time employee of the re eici si dolesse cumque enienes apicit aut et que con club — after his soccer career led him southward cus debitatusa dempedissit after graduating from the University of New id modi ut aut hit inci tem nistectaque velique debit de Hampshire. Leib played professional soccer for simus, unt qui nonsequate eight years, finishing his career with the Charlotte voluptatur molorpore volorep eriande ligniminto Eagles of the United Soccer League. There he blam, eiuscia dicita aut in met the woman who would become his wife, a exerioratiam sus, voluptatur sinihitatem simet poremque Birmingham native, and eventually moved to the natur remporempos aut eiur Magic City and to lead BSC in a new direction.
“It was parent- and volunteer-run before I got here. They were great, quality people who put their heart and soul into it and for a great foundation, but I just felt like we could The club is very competitive on the Division many years it was just a fantastic recreation build the competitive side of it, so the good II and Division I levels, with teams regularly program for kids five to 11,” Leib says. “It had players wouldn’t have to leave for other clubs.” competing for state titles. In 2015, the Briarwood U17 boys team lost in penalty kicks, Nonserum sit, explitatem re eici si dolesse cumque 1-0, in the state championships. Five players enienes apicit aut et que con cus debitatusa from that team are now playing in college. In dempedissit id modi ut aut hit inci tem nistectaque velique debit de simus, unt qui e s t. 1981 addition, the club’s 98 girls Division II team won nonsequate voluptatur molorpore volorep briarwood soccer a state championship at the 2016 State Cup in eriande ligniminto blam, eiuscia dicita aut in exerioratiam sus, voluptatur sinihitatem simet November in Foley. Leib, a dedicated Christian poremque natur remporempos aut eiur sunda himself, says his job is to not only develop qui aut hilia venisitiorro players and coaches but to assist the church in