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Macaya soccer camp is a hit with local kids

Camp run by CHS grad grows each year

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More than 100 youth participated in the Dan Macaya Soccer Camp last week at the Ione Street fields in Camas. When Macaya, who played soccer at and graduated from Camas High School and Concordia University, first started the event nine years ago 15 kids attended. The camp has continued to grow and expand each year.

Soccer has become one of the most popular sports in southwest Washington, and Dan Macaya helps to fuel that passion with an annual kids camp.

Macaya started this camp nine years ago as a senior project while at Camas High School. He studied the importance of role-models in child development. Only 15 kids participated. Last week’s camp had 100 kids signed up in advance. Last year there were 130 present.

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