Soccer net storage compartment

A storage compartment for a soccer net of a type having an operative position supported on right and left upstanding goal posts and a top cross piece connected in spanning relation therebetween, said storage compartment comprising a first U-shaped compartment member connected to extend rearwardly of said goal posts and cross piece such that side walls of said U-shape bound therebetween a first portion of said storage compartment, a net-support member pivotally mounted in said first portion of said storage compartment having in attached relation thereto a length portion of a peripheral edge of a soccer net, a second U-shaped compartment member bounding a second portion of said storage compartment pivotally connected to partake of opening and closing movement with respect to said first U-shaped compartment member having in attached relation thereto another length portion of said peripheral edge of said soccer net, said opening movement of said second U-shaped compartment member resulting in corresponding opening of said soccer net preparatory to the use thereof, and said closing movement of said second U-shaped compartment member against said first U-shaped compartment member defining a storage compartment of said first and second cooperating storage compartment portions, whereby when not in use said soccer net is in a storage condition in between said first and second U-shaped compartment members following the closing movement of said second U-shaped compartment member.