Jackson Friends Church Spring Youth Soccer Co-Ed League (Pre K - 7th Grade) 2026

This Co-Ed youth soccer league is for boys and girls, and will take place at Jackson Friends Church for grades Pre K - 7th grade. The league will run March 30th - May 23rd. It will include seven practices and eight games. Teams will practice once weekly (Monday or Thursday, with Tuesday as back up third option, if we have overflow, not a guaranteed night), with games on Saturdays. First practice will be on Monday, March 30th or Thursday, April 2nd (depending on your team). Practices take place at 5:30 OR 6:30 PM and will be one hour in length (except pre-k, which is 45 minutes). We will have one Saturday practice on Saturday, April 11th (nothing April 4th, Easter weekend). Games will normally be on Saturdays, however we will have two weeknight games per team for the season in place of practice. Because of Easter Weekend's timing, we will do the first games in place of practice on April 13th/16th and the first Saturday games will be Saturday, April 18th!!! The only other GAMES in place of practice will be the very last week of the season, May 18th/21st. We WILL play the final games Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, May 23rd to close out the season! Normally we do not play Memorial Day weekend because school is already out, but with Memorial Day being early this year, and school still in session, we WILL play that weekend. Games will start as early as 10 AM and as late as 1 or 2 PM, depending on sign ups.

Cost for Registration differs by division: Pre-K - 3rd Grade is $85 and Grades 4th - 7th is $90. Each registration includes a pizza party at last practice and an end of season gift.

For jerseys, we do TWO DRY FIT JERSEY SHIRTS, to wear on game days. A home jersey (navy) and away jersey (grey). The cost will be $18 to receive the two jersey kit. If you still have a reversible jersey from years past you can use that again this season and borrow a new dry-fit jersey shirt from us for picture night.

This soccer league is recreational and will focus on developing youth's soccer skills, as well as their relationship with Jesus Christ. Youth will learn good practice techniques and develop interpersonal and teamwork skills.

For grades Pre K - 3rd, they play 4 vs 4 or 5 vs 5 on smaller fields without goalies (Pre K - 1st, roughly 30 by 25 yds, 2nd/3rd is 40 by 32 yds). For grades 4th-7th, they play 6 vs 6 or 7 on 7, on the large field with goalies (roughly 60 ish by 40). For more info on rules, check out https://www.jacksonfriendschurch.org/soccer-league-pre-k-7th

*Pre K / 4 Year Olds Info - practices will be around 45 minutes (shorter due to recommended length for this age), and games will consist of four 8 minute quarters. For Pre K, coaches may be out on the field with the kids to help them, but there will be a ref out there as well. K-3rd plays four 10 minute quarters (one refs, coaches off to the sides). 4th-7th plays two 22 minute halfs (one main ref and one or two sideline refs).

There will be two evaluation dates available for the youth to come out and be evaluated before teams are created. Dates for evaluations are Monday, March 16th, 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM OR Thursday, March 19th, 5:15 - 7:00 PM. Youth need only attend one, including Pre-K this year! You may come any time during the 5:15 - 7 PM timeframe (evaluations only take 10-15 minutes per participant). Evaluations will be at Jackson Friends Church, out on the field. IF either date is canceled due to rain/bad weather, our make up date will be Monday, March 23rd.

Depending on the amount of NEW coaches, we MAY have a coaches meeting at Jackson Friends Church on Thursday, March 19th at 7:00 PM, immediately following the final evaluation. IF it is mainly returning coaches, I will meet individually with new coaches and email all coaches, before the start of the season. Anyone interested in helping coach, pleas reach out to [email protected] if you haven't signed up yet online!

All practices and games will be held at Jackson Friends Church, outside on our fields. In the event we have severe weather conditions, practices may be canceled and games will be rescheduled, potentially in place of a future practice.

Thank you for being a part of Jackson Friends Church Spring Youth Soccer League! We are excited to continue to see the program grow! Last season we had 260 participants and we hope to hit 300 this year!