Kangaroo FC’s Kids Turn Hops Into Large Leaps

The littlest joeys from the Kangaroo FC youth soccer club in the Chiba Prefecture bed town of Matsudo have won regional tournaments, going from tiny hops to large leaps befitting the team’s monicker.

Kangaroo FC’s team of first graders have taken home the Yachiyo Okamura Cup in the past.

Kangaroo FC has been around since 1981 and looks to be a youth team powerhouse.

Nor do I know why a club from a city best known for being a bed town community for commuters to the capital chose to be the kangaroos.

It’s possible the team chose the kangaroo because it evokes jumping, speed, and protecting younger players.

And the club shares its motif with Australia itself, whose national soccer team is called the Socceroos. Kangaroo FC operates boys’ and girls’ age-based teams from kindergarten through to U-12.

The teams compete in leagues operated by the Matsudo Football Association, as well as in regional youth tournaments.

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