SPOTLIGHT ON OUR MEMBERS
Massachusetts Youth Soccer is an association of over 300,000 Members. While we are proud of the countless services and programs we provide to the youth of Massachusetts and the opportunities we provide to all children across the state, we are most proud of our Membership. It is all of the Coaches, Administrators, Volunteers, Players and Parents that make Massachusetts Youth Soccer the envy of organized youth sports throughout the country and even throughout the world. It is our Members in each town, on each team, in each club, in each League that enables us to touch so many lives. This page will celebrate the root of Mass Youth Soccer's success - our Members...
PAUL NARDIZZI OF FRAMINGHAM
Soccer Helps Him Keep His Balance
Like most fathers, Paul Nardizzi works hard to find a balance between his family and professional lives. He does it with an infectious sense of humor and the game of soccer.
Paul’s life as a professional comedian demands time away from his wife Elena and four sons. He has been a guest on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central and numerous television comedy specials, has appeared in countless comedy clubs across the country and has even found time to author several books the latest of which, Things That Might Annoy a Yankee Fan, was released in October. Despite the rigors of life on the road, Paul has carved out time to earn his National D-License from Mass Youth Soccer and to coach both boys and girls at the youth, high school and college level.
Paul grew up in Dedham where he played youth soccer for 10 years. He played for the Dedham High School Mauraders and went on to play for the Bentley College Falcons, the Stoughton LASA League team and the Cape Cod Crusaders. Paul has brought his passion for the game home to Framingham and his sons Bryant, 14, Bryce 13, Jarod, 11 and Trevor, 10. Paul continues to play in adult leagues and his boys all play on local and travel teams. Paul’s love for the game runs so deep, that he built a soccer field in the family’s back yard. A homegrown field is a common sight in Massachusetts, but the Nardizzi field is made of artificial turf.
Finding the balance between his life on the road as a comedian and his family life in Framingham is no small task, but Paul Nardizzi seems to have made it work with his humor and his love for the beautiful game.