Indoor soccer: fast paced, fun-filled and enjoyable. Indoor soccer is so enjoyable that a total of four teams from Freedom play. For Sophomores Matt Pavlick and Nick Kanschat, this deal is perfect for them during the off-season. Kanschat says it is “perfect practice during the winter.” All you have to do is make a team, sign up, show up at the Tri-County Soccer Arena and be ready to play. To make a team, you just have to find kids around your age who are willing to play soccer. Another thing the kids have to worry about is finding a coach, but the majority of times, some of the kids’ dads coach their team. One of the steps to playing indoor soccer is the cost and commitment. The games run from October until the beginning of March. The cost is $120 for 12 games over a few months. For older kids, the games often start at 10 or 11 at night. They only last an hour, which is a very fast game. There are two halves to the game, which only last 24 minutes. This compares to an outdoor game, which in this case, the halves last 40. Lastly, the amount of time the players have for halftime is only five minutes. Another difference between indoor and outdoor is how often the players get to sub-in. For an outdoor game, the players usually sub in every five-10 minutes; if not, some kids don’t even get a break, it all just varies. Indoor games are different because subs go in about every three minutes. One of the major reasons indoor is very different from outdoor is that the teams don’t practice. When you play indoor soccer, all you have to do is show up to play. Another fun aspect of indoor soccer is that you don’t even have to be good at playing soccer. Kids who never play for a school team enjoy playing indoor for fun. There is a team made up of some Freedom seniors. Seniors Scott Johnstone, Derek Fajtak, Connor Yarzebinski and Josh Herdt are a few examples of kids who don’t play outdoor soccer, but play indoor because it is fun. Their team name is “The Dynamos.” There are four complete teams made up of kids from Freedom. One of them is loaded with freshmen who call themselves “Freedom Football.” There is also a sophomore team, and they are called “Freedom Bulldogs.” The last team is made up of juniors, which doesn’t have a set team name. The junior team doesn’t contain all juniors, though, and the same goes for the sophomore team. Pavlick plays on both of those teams, and Freshman Madi Daubenspeck plays on the sophomore team. “I do like it better than outdoor, though, because it’s more fun to play. There’s no pressure to win; we’re just having a fun time,” Pavlick said.