Birth year registration is determined by the year a soccer season ends.  An age group can be determined by subtracting the birth year from the year the season ends.  

Year Season Ends – Birth Year = Age Group
2022 to 2023 – 2006 = U17 (example only - not all age groups are listed here)

Fall Season: Mid August - Early November

Training

• 3 training sessions per week

League Play

• Madison Area League: 8 games; 4 travel dates
• Wisconsin State League: 8 games; 4 home, 4 away
• Staff will determine appropriate leagues per team
  

Tournaments

• Minimum 2 tournaments 
• One away tournament
• One home tournament
• Tournaments may vary for older high school teams

Winter Season: Mid November - Mid March

• 2-4 optional trainings per week with paid certified coaching staff
• Winter is focused on the individual and players are not penalized for missing trainings
• We encourage our players to play other winter sports
• Winter training is on a drop in schedule - come to as many as you wish
• Optional winter indoor futsal tournament
  

Spring Season: Mid March - Mid June

Training

• 3 training sessions per week

League Play

• Madison Area League: 8 games; 4 travel dates
• Wisconsin State League: 8 games; 4 home, 4 away
• Staff will determine appropriate leagues per team
  

Tournaments

• Minimum 2 away tournaments
  
• Tournaments may vary for older high school teams

Program Fees

• $1,300 for U11-U15 year round programming (fall, winter, spring seasons)
• $750 for U15-U19 boys and girls high school players
• High school players have the opportunity to add winter training for $125 at registration in the summer or $150 in the fall/winter.
• Multiplayer family discounts will be applied during registration - second and third players will receive $35 off each.

Payment Options

• Pay in full
• Pay $75 down & balance paid out over 4 additional payments plus a processing fee of $10.
• Extended payment plan can be setup for your family if needed. Please contact Jonella Rademacher at [email protected].
• Refund policy link
  

Volunteer Requirements 

• 8 hours required of volunteer service per family (4 hours required for high school boys and girls that play in either fall or spring)
• $200 buyout option

Additional Fees

• Uniform: Fall 2022 is year 2 of the new 2-year Rush uniform cycle so ALL NEW Rush WI West players will purchase home and away uniforms. Estimated price is $180 for youth sizes and $190 for adult sizes (price is for both kits). Each kit includes 2 jerseys, 2 shorts, and 2 pairs of socks. The uniform set will be worn through the spring/summer 2023 season.
• Travel expenses for away games and tournaments are not included in the competitive registration fee.

Mid-season Transfer Fees

In order to maintain consistency for our competitive players and families, players that join after the fall season have these transfer options.

• Pay entire winter training fee + spring season fee
• Pay 30% fall transfer fee + spring season fee
  

What happens in high school?

We want to make it clear that when your player reaches High School, his/her Rush Career is NOT over!  The high school age is still a crucial time for development. While we encourage players to play for their high school, we also recognize that it is difficult to continue development in the high school soccer setting as teams are constantly chasing results and games thus resulting in little training as training is mostly used for recovery between games. So, what does this mean? During their Rush season players will still play in either the MAYSA or State League in addition to 2 tournaments.

Boys (Wisconsin and Minnesota Residents) - When your player is in 8th grade they will finish through June of the spring season with Rush. They will then attend Rush tryouts in June for their 2023 Spring Rush season. They will then play High School soccer from Mid Aug-Mid Nov 2022. They can then choose to participate in our winter training program once High School finishes. If they play another winter high school sport, they do not have to do winter training, it is up to them. Then they will play with Rush from March 2023 through June 2023 and then attend tryouts again in June 2023 for their 2024 Spring season. The cycle then repeats.

Summary

• You are only paying for 1 Rush season with the option of adding winter training
• You are only traveling for 1 season
• Your player is getting closer to being able to drive and they will soon be able to take themselves to training and games 

Please email us at [email protected] if you have any questions. Thank you for reading and welcome to the Rush WI West family.