‘225’: Making the pitch for indoor soccer

When Jason Kelly got to Baton Rouge several years ago, the Buffalo, N.Y., native was surprised and happy to find a thriving soccer community. But he was aware of a lingering feeling that something was missing, especially during the interim periods between seasons for the adult league he played in around Baton Rouge. So Kelly, one of the LSU soccer program’s biggest advocates and someone who isn’t shy about preaching anything soccer and his love for the game, hatched an idea. That idea eventually blossomed into the Premier Soccer Center, an indoor soccer facility that opened last December in St. Gabriel and has stayed busy ever since. “I did my research and went and looked at facilities in other cities, and I noticed it was really succeeding in other cities,” Kelly says. “I just felt with the hot summers and the cold winters here, and with all the LSU students in town, that we could rally people together to play in an indoor league and give them a brand-new experience.” Read the full 225 feature story by Randy Rosetta here.