CSI SOCCER JEROME — The long-awaited regular season debut for College of Southern Idaho soccer will not occur at the originally-planned site. Now, more than a year later, after plans were launched, CSI will host its home openers at 1 p.m.
(women) and 3:30 p.m. (men) Thursday against Colorado Northwestern Community College at Jerome High School.
Not across town at the unfinished site of a 17-acre park in Jerome's south side, which includes the home of future College of Southern Idaho teams. No physical address appears at the site. Not yet, at least.
You only know if you know. No scoreboard, no bleachers, just some fence, a large parking lot, a few fields and a smattering of construction equipment across the site. No signage indicating the home of College of Southern Idaho soccer.
All the signs of a work in progress. City administrators and CSI faculty expected a fall 2024 completion date when plans were officially announced in May 2023. "We knew everything would have to go absolutely perfect and there could be no unforeseen problems or issues in order to meet that timeline," Jerome City Administrator Mike Williams told the Times-News.
Williams said he expects a fall 2025 opening for the park with the 2025 CSI home opener as the official first event. "It is unfortunate that it is not ready," CSI Athletic Director Daequon Montreal told the Times-News. "Obviously with the inaugural kickoff to our first season, we would have loved for it to be on our home field and do that.
Agai.