DeKALB – DeKalb’s youth soccer regional commissioner is “cautiously optimistic” that players signing up for the spring season will compete on the same fields they have been on for many years.

When parents press Norden Gilbert DeKalb AYSO’s regional commissioner on where their kids will be playing, Gilbert responds with “we’re working on it.”

Kiwanis Park, which DeKalb AYSO has used for 35 years, is owned by DeKalb School District 428. The school district wants to trade the roughly 41-acre park for about 34 acres of land next to DeKalb High School, which is owned by ShoDeen Construction. Leaders from the homebuilder and the youth league agree the league eventually will have to find a new home.