The 2021 Girls’ Soccer Camp Guide

The GSN Camp Guide is a super popular piece for us every year. We take pride in clearing the smoke from the campfire to provide you with a good look at the best girls’ soccer camps in the country. Our process is simple and thorough: we reach out to camp directors to learn about their programs or get referrals from people who have been there, done that. If this was a normal year, this list would have been out in February, and three times as long. But, with the lingering effects of COVID-19 and the ever-changing rules and restrictions we all face, it’s been challenging to put together a list that’s current and gives girls a variety of choices based on their skills and interests.

Each of the camps below is confirmed except one, at the time of this posting. Barring another surge, here are some camps that are opening their programs to girls this summer!

Berkshire Soccer Academy for Girls

Location: Otis, MA
Dates: Multiple Sessions!

There’s simply no camp on this list, in the U.S., in the world (??) like Berky. For two weeks in the beautiful Berkshires, campers will experience top soccer training, a nurturing environment, camp fun, and many new friendships.

Fixtures of the Berky itinerary include soccer, evening activities, and electives. Arts and crafts, paddleboarding, archery, and orienteering are just a few of the awesome electives socceristas can choose from. In addition to these everyday features, camp goers will get visits from pros (past guests have included Rose Lavelle, Brandi Chastain, and Heather O’Reilly) and special events like the opening and closing campfires.

A summer at Berky is fun, transformative, and educational with and without a ball at your feet.

COVID-19 Information: To protect your investment in the event that you need to cancel for ANY reason, including a reason related to Covid, you can elect to participate in our Camper Assurance Program (“CAP”).   If you purchase CAP (cost is $150/session) and cancel, your entire investment will be returned either in cash or as credit toward a future camp session for your child or a sibling.

SoccerGrlProbs Camps

Multiple Locations:  Ohio, Texas, California, Connecticut and Illinois!

SoccerGrlProbs, with their aim to encourage the well-being and positive self-image of female athletes everywhere, is heading to camp! Spanning the country, the SGP’s ladies are making camp happen in a state near you! You know them, you love them, why not camp out with them?

SGP has partnered with PS90 to bring camps around the country for lady ballers ages 10-18. These camps are the first of its kind to have an all-female staff and player residential camps coached by Licensed D1 athletes, pros, and coaches.

Girls Leading Girls

Location: San Francisco, Oakland/East Bay, Sonoma/North Bay
Dates: Various

Started in San Francisco in 2014, Girls Leading Girls is the first-ever all-girls soccer organization with all women coaches. Through empowerment, collaboration, and skill-building, GLG seeks to train young women in leadership and life skills through soccer. They offer a variety of summer camps for all ages and skill levels run by licensed women soccer coaches.

Their camps for more serious socceristas include technical training and an immersive college experience with SF State University players. For those interested in mixing up their soccer with other activities, GLG has an art & soccer summer camp where art and athletics become one.

15% off if you register before April 30th. REGISTER HERE

Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy

Location: Highstown, NJ
Dates: New Jersey: June 27 – July 1, 2021 California: July 11 – July 15, 2021

The Julie Foudy & espnW Sports Leadership Academy offers a unique, transformational summer soccer camp experience for girls 12-18 years old. The three-day camp — located in both NJ and CA — is grounded in personalized instruction, leadership training, guidance from world-class role models, college prep, and of course, fun.

A typical day at JFSLA includes two soccer sessions, a leadership skills development workshop, and guest speakers/leadership activities. Participants will close out camp in a fun and intense fashion when they hit the field for the JFSLA World Cup.

Carolina Girls Soccer Camps

Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Dates: Multiple

UNC; it’s an acronym synonymous with excellence in women’s soccer. Legendary coach Anson Dorrance and his best of the best staff offer several camps in the summer for socceristas ages 6-18.

These camps are designed to prepare the highly motivated, rising stars of the soccer world for the tactical demands and specific ball skills necessary to become the kind of world-class player UNC is famous for. Shooting, heading, serving, dribbling; the camp touches on it all and then implements 11v11 and small-sided games for players to gain confidence in wielding their skills in a realistic setting. All the while, players are evaluated by staff coaches and provided with comprehensive feedback about their performance throughout the week.

Tiger Girls Soccer Camp

Location: Clemson, SC
TENTATIVE Dates: June 13-16, 2021 for Ages 9-13 + July 22-25, 2021 for Ages 13-18

Still waiting on confirmation on this one. If you feel like more of a tiger than a Tarheel (uh, for more info on what a Tarheel even is, find that here), then the Clemson women’s soccer camp might just be the right fit for you.

The Tiger Girls Soccer Camps offer programming for two different types of players. One, for ages 12-14, provides an enjoyable, fundamental-focused setting for the rising student-athlete. The other, for girls 13-18, seeks to prepare the college-bound player looking to play at the DI, DII, DIII, or NAIA levels. Goalkeeper-specific camps are also available.

COVID-19 Information – Due to the coronavirus situation, we will be taking registrations for future events with $0 down and automatic payment scheduled closer to the date of the event as detailed during registration.

Elite 11 Soccer Camps

Location: Hudson, OH
Dates: July 18-22, 2021

Five-and-a-half to six hours of soccer each day. First-rate facilities. Small groups based on age, skill, experience, and position. These are just a few of the things that have helped Elite 11 Soccer Camps gain a reputation as some of the finest instructional soccer camps in the US.

Top instruction combined with an emphasis on fun creates a rich soil for players of all levels to build their individual skills to take back to their teams. Five days/four nights in the campus dorms in Hudson, Ohio with evening social activities makes for a holistic and balanced summer soccer experience. Want to bring a friend? You can request her as your roommate!

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