The growth of the club has also brought more success to teams and individual players. Last year, 15 Celtic Storm players signed to play Division I soccer, making a total of 27 since 2000. Two teams also won the state club titles in their age groups. As more and more teams have success with club soccer, that, in turn, has carried over to the high school game.

This year, the Timpanogos girls' soccer team is enjoying its first-ever winning season with a 5-1 record. The T-Wolves have already beaten Springville, Mountain View and Timpview — the latter never having allowed a Timpanogos goal in previous seasons.

"I didn't understand how big it was for the girls," Timpanogos coach Natalyn Lewis said. "With the win came a total change in attitude. I think our success has largely come from the girls being good players. All I had to do was get them to play together. The girls are coming in better-trained and more knowledgeable because of the club season."

That was exactly the goal Bretzing had when she first formed the club seven years ago.

"I'm glad it has taken off and helped," she said. "I'm thrilled to see that more high school teams are starting to be successful. I'm glad to be apart of something that is benefiting so many people."

Not only has Celtic Storm benefited the players, but it has also turned into a coaching hotbed.

Many coaches who started with the Storm are now coaching at Division I schools — Smart at UVSC, Jeff and Bobby Ginn at Iowa and Laurel Sipson Roderick assisting at Utah. Storm coaches have also gotten involved in the high school scene — head coaches such as Springville's Mikelle Roth, Orem's Jen Rawlings and Timpanogos' Lewis.

As the coaches continue to instill success in youth soccer players in Utah Valley, Smart is first to credit Bretzing for just how far the sport has come.

"Robyn Bretzing and the coaches she brings into the club is the reason Utah Valley competes," she said.