SPRING 2024 RECREATION SOCCER
The recreation program will be returning this spring for all children! Sign ups are already underway and players can register during "Regular" registration, or "Late" registration periods this coming season. For more information, please see the details below.
NEW COMMUNITY BASED RECREATION
This coming season we will be going to a community based recreation soccer program. Each of our 4 major communities will have their own teams. St. Pauls, Red Springs, Rex-Rennert and Parkton will all have their own teams in each age division. Teams will practice in their own areas during the week and will only meet in St. Pauls on match days to play matches. This will make it much more convenient for each community to practice and meet with their soccer players, and reduce travel to game days to only Saturday mornings. Each community will be responsible for nominating and electing their own coaches, and coaches must be able to register with NCYSA as a coach by completing a background check and completing the Safe Sport Training that is required for all NCYSA coaches. Each community must also field a U7-U8 age division first, and then they are eligible to field a U9-U12 team. No community can field only a U9-U12 age division team. You can either field a U7-U8 only, or BOTH U7-U8 and U9-U12. Communities can also field MULTIPLE teams if they choose to do so, as long as they at least have 1 U7-U8 age group. We encourage communities to have as many teams as possible in their age groups. For more information, please see the rules for the recreation soccer league here. If you are interested in becoming a coach for your community then contact us as soon as possible at [email protected] and let us know.
REGISTRATION DATES
REGULAR REGISTRATION DATES: December 1st - December 31st ($10.00)
LATE REGISTRATON DATES: January 1st - February 26th ($20.00)
DATES OF PLAY
April 13th -Match Day 1
April 20th - Match Day 2
April 27th - Match Day 3
May 4th - Match Day 4
May 11th - Match Day 5
May 18th - Match Day 6
May 25th - Match Day 7 - End of Season Games for U7-U8 , U9-U12 Tournament Day
HOW TO SIGN UP
Parents should sign up their players using our online registration form and making payment with debit or credit card. To sign up simply click the link below and sign up and make payment.
Sign Up Online: https://leagues.bluesombrero.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1189890
Sign Up In-Person: Players can sign up in-person by coming to St. Pauls High School 648 N Old Stage Road, St. Pauls NC 28384 any day between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. and speaking with "Ms. Ana Jacinto" in the main office. Player registration forms can be provided and parents can sign up in person.
AGE DIVISIONS
U7-U12 soccer programming will be offered this fall only. Children born 2012 to 2017 (boys and girls) will be eligible to register for our program.
DATES OF PLAY
April 13th - May 25th (updated)
WHO CAN PLAY?
Any boy or girl who is born 2012-2017
COST TO PLAY
The Club Fee is $10.00 for per child. Late registration fees of $10.00 per player begin on January 1st.
Players are also responsible for purchasing their own uniform which can be used in the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.
Players that purchase their uniform in the Fall will only have to pay the Club Fee of $10 depending on if they register during regular registration.
Service Fee: $3.00
Our online service provider, Sports Connect now charges a $3.00 service fee for every registration, whether cash, check, or credit card. Please be aware of that, as unfortunately there is no way for us to avoid that charge. If paying online that fee will be added during the checkout process. The Service Fee is also non-refundable.
Uniform Purchase Fee: If a parent or player does not want to purchase their uniform through Soccer.com, and wants to pay the club to order their uniform for them, there is a $20 Service Fee that is added for having to purchase the players uniform.
PURCHASING UNIFORMS THROUGH SOCCER.COM
Uniforms must be purchased by parents directly from Soccer.com.
Upon registering this year, when your player is assigned a team, you will be directed to Soccer.com to purchase your team uniform. Soccer.com will be our uniform provider for both the recreation and the classic soccer program.
Soccer.com is a premier provider of soccer apparel and equipment in North Carolina, and by partnering with them we will be able to provide a quality soccer uniform for all of our participants.
INCLUDED IN THE KIT
- 1 required uniform
- 1 required pair of shorts
-1 required pair of socks
Additional items are available for purchase in the recreation program, and players can have their uniforms customized for an additional fee if they choose to.
PLAYERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR FULL UNIFORM ON MATCH DAY! Players without their uniforms will not be allowed to play.
UNIFORMS CAN BE USED IN THE SPRNG 2024
Players that have participated in the Fall and are returning to play in the Spring 2024 can use the same uniforms when playing! They will be assigned to the same uniform team in the Spring and will use the same color uniforms. This helps reduce the overall yearly cost of player participation.
PROOF OF AGE REQUIREMENT FOR FIRST TIME PARTICIPANTS
All FIRST TIME participants must provide a proof of age document. This is ONLY REQUIRED ONCE in the history of the player in our program. Documents that are allowed are the following:
1. Birth Certificate or copy of birth certificate
2. Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card issued by the Uniformed Services of the United States
3. birth registration issued by appropriate government agency or board of health records
4. passport or copy of passport
5. alien registration card issued by the United States government
6. certificate issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service attesting to age
7. a current driver's license
8. an unexpired federal, state or local government identification card
9. certification of a United States citizen born abroad issued by an appropriate government agency
FIELD LOCATIONS
Teams will train locally at St. Pauls community park (Clark Park) if they are a St Pauls based team, and teams from the Rex-Rennert and Red Springs area will practice at Rex-Rennert Elementary.
All matches will be played on Saturday at Dr. Raymond B. Pennington Athletic Complex in Lumberton on Saturday mornings at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
