Fees and Refund Policies
Total Futbol Academy Player Fee Payment and Refund Policy 2023/24. Total Futbol Academy offers an optional payment plan via credit card through our online registration service Sports Connect for player fees as a convenience. Players may elect an installment plan with final payments completed before June 1, 2023. Each installment payment shall add an additional $5.00 processing fee when paid by credit card in addition to a $3.00 Sports Connect processing fee. This fee covers processing fees charged by Stack sports and credit card companies and is not refundable. For players who join the club before June 1, 2023, player fees and player fee payment plans must be paid in full by June 1, 2023. No player ID's will be released to play the Fall SoCal season if funds are due to the club. Total Futbol Academy club soccer requires a more defined refund policy: A player’s acceptance onto a team has the effect of denying another player an opportunity to play on that team. Therefore, the registration fee is non-refundable except in the case where the club cannot perform. In that case, the registration fee is fully refundable. Costs immediately accrue to the Club for goods and services based on player headcount including but not limited to field costs, insurance, coach training and licensing, league fees and operational expenses. Fees for participation in the club cover the entire soccer year. A player who accepts an invitation to play with the Club commits to pay the entire fee for the full soccer year. If, after you have paid player fees and we are unable to place your child on a team or a team is unable to form, we will refund the player fees paid. Refunds for credit card transactions will be minus a $25 credit card transaction fee. No refunds, partial or full, will be made to players who choose not to participate after July 1, 2023, for any reason, including players suspended from the program. The only exceptions are: (1) In the event that a player has a season ending injury or illness, the Total Futbol Academy Executive Board, hereafter the board, may consider a partial refund after review of records provided by the treating physician or facility. (2) Families that relocate more than 20 miles or farther away from the Total Futbol Academy Club after payment and before the conclusion of league season. The board may consider a partial refund in these circumstances on a case by case basis. Except for season ending medical injuries(must provide physician note)or relocation requests, fees are not refundable after July 1, 2023. (3) Full refunds will be provided if the club cannot field a team for the player. Please note that refundable amounts are time sensitive. Costs accrue to the Club for services provided to the team based on player headcount each month. Consequently, the refundable amount will be affected by the date you request the refund, not the date of the event. In all refund considerations for players on a team 50% of the annual club fee is reserved for club overhead cost and is non-refundable. Only payments received over 50% of the annual club fee are eligible for refund. All refund requests must be submitted in writing to the Chapter President via email at [email protected]. Refund requests for competitive soccer players will be based on the following: Written requests received before July 1, 2023 may receive up to 50% of the eligible annual club player fee. Tournament registration fees for tournaments played are not refundable. Player fees paid by credit card will incur a $25 transaction fee before refund. All refunds are at the discretion of the board. Please allow 30 days to process the refund. Total Futbol Academy offers a payment plan for player fees as a convenience. If a player chooses to leave the club mid-season, the financial commitment must still be fulfilled. No player ID's will be released if funds are due to the club including the value of any scholarship offered to a player. Players on any amount of scholarship must pay the value of the scholarship in full for player to be released for transfer after the July 1 2023 deadline.