Local soccer leader finalist for national Hometown Heroes award, $10,000 prize

Longtime Millennium Soccer Club leader Haley Brisky is a finalist for a USL Hometown Heroes Award, and needs your vote by midday tomorrow to bring home the $10,000 prize, which she said will be invested into soccer for kids. Voting is open now at this link, and will close Wednesday at 11 am. Brisky is currently treasurer of the club, and served the last three years as president. She s been involved in one way or another for more than 12 years, she said. Millennium Soccer Club hosts Saturday clinics and games in the spring and fall for kids in first through fifth grades. Games take place in five locations around Madison, so travel isn t an issue for families, and no player pays more than $15 for the whole year. That s a far cry from the typical hundreds or thousands of dollars it costs to join some other clubs, on top of other costs like uniforms and travel. Our goal is to make soccer as accessible as possible, so we are removing all of the barriers that exist in traditional clubs to t