Manitoba Soccer officials are mulling a plan that would make soccer less competitive for youth by 2014. (CBC)

Manitoba Soccer Association is mulling big changes to its program that could mean more of a concentration on fun and fitness and less of an emphasis on winning.

And it could mean the end of scoring and rankings in the area's soccer games in three years time.

The group is eyeing 2014 as the year that it implements Canada's Long Term Athlete Development plans crafted by Canadian Sports Centres, a movement whose goal is to "increase sport's contribution in Canadian society recognizing sport as an important part of everyone's life by promoting each child's healthy and logical development in a sport or physical activity. "

Association head Hector Vergara said it's his group's aim to get children back to the basics of having fun in sport.

"Ninety per cent of the soccer that's played in this country is recreational. And the kids play because it's supposed to be fun. They're not playing because they're going to be going to national competitions at the age of eight," Vergara said.

A task force will study all aspects of the league's program from coaches' training to the lengths of the seasons.

If the association goes through with the plan it could also mean no scoring for children under the age of 12 as well as no playing for league titles. And Vergara predicts all youth sport will focus more on skill development and fun in the future.

'You have to weigh winning at all costs and going for the trophy, versus what is in the best interests of that player," he said. "And we understand that, and the Canadian Soccer Association understands that this is going to take some education."