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Speaker 1: Robert cifa Ajico and his wife Alessandra founded Somerville United

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Speaker 1: FC as a way to offer free to play semi

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Speaker 1: pro options for players in the area. The team is

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Speaker 1: a nonprofit and Robert says they're focused on developing players

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Speaker 1: instead of profits and in a city like Summerville, there's

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Speaker 1: no shortage of talent waiting to be found.

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Speaker 2: Lots of diversity, you know. It doesn't like mimit from

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Speaker 2: South America, from Africa, from Europe.

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Speaker 1: Player tryouts or in the coming weeks, they've even had

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Speaker 1: agents reaching out as well. They'll compete in the APSL

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Speaker 1: starting this spring, which is the fourth tier of US soccer,

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Speaker 1: a league with promotion and relegation. With lower leagues of

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Speaker 1: US soccer growing in popularity, Alessandra thinks this will help

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Speaker 1: appeal to New England's passionate sports fans.

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Speaker 3: Part of our excitement too is in Summerville, to create

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Speaker 3: that community, to have people supporting the team, to be

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Speaker 3: just as excited when we're doing well, and really that'll

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Speaker 3: also boost the players as well to do their best,

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Speaker 3: so that's something we're really looking forward to.

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Speaker 1: They're planning on adding a women's team later this year

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Speaker 1: as well. From Somerville. Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's news radio