Travel soccer differs from Rec in that you and your player are making a significant commitment to the Club and your team. Every player on the team has a more rewarding experience, and develops more quickly, when every player and parent honors that commitment.
Attendance and Timeliness: Except for compelling reasons (e.g. school event, health, family vacation), your player is expected to be at every practice (on the field and ready to play at the start time), and every match (home or away, on the field ready to warm up 30 minutes before the match start time).
Match Scheduling: Matches will vary in start time from week to week, usually on Sunday, but occasionally on a Saturday. Your team manager will work with opposing teams to determine match times as far in advance as possible, but occasionally you may not know the start time of a match until just a few days prior.
Practice Scheduling: Generally, practices are either 5:00 or 6:30, on either Tue/Thu or Wed/Fri, each week. You will be informed as to your team's practice schedule about a month before the start of each season. Because we are juggling coach and field availability, we cannot use parent preference to set or change practice times.
TeamSnap: Before the start of the season in September, you will receive instructions on how to download and use TeamSnap, the app we use to communicate amongst parents and coaches on each team. This is where you will get practice and match times / locations (with maps), and be able to chat with parents to ask questions, arrange carpools, organize parties, etc. Most importantly, parents must update the availability of players for every match and practice so that the coach can plan (for example, finding players to fill in for absent players)
Parent Volunteers: Each team must designate volunteer parents to fill the following roles:
- Assistant Coach: helps the primary coach on the sideline during games, acts as backup if the primary coach is delayed or absent.
- Team Manager: represents the team at Club meetings, ensures team is running smoothly
- Team Scheduler: coordinates with coach, Club scheduler, and opponents to set match times and update TeamSnap
- Game Day Coordinator: brings equipment, match card, player and coach passes, and referee fees to matches