Competitive Information Sheet

 There is no fee to try out. If you are accepted to a team you must register on line and send in a $65.00 spring fee. Spring competitive soccer requires travel across the state on the weekends between April and June. Most schedules consist of 7 or 8 games and possibly play offs. The $ 65.00 fee is used to pay for team items such as game balls, team fees to join the SuperLiga, paint for the fields, state bond monies, player passes, insurance, fines, and referee fees. The spring fees do not include competitive uniforms, indoor fees, tournament fees or any additional indoor practice time.

You will be asked if you wish to play spring competitive soccer. ( Spring outdoor ball)

If you check this box you also will be asked do you wish to train for spring soccer by playing indoor soccer this winter. LYSA does not consider indoor soccer a separate season. Indoor soccer played at the Hab in Uxbridge Mass., is used as training for our players to get prepared for the spring competitive outdoor season. First preference to team assignments may be given to players who are preparing for the spring outdoor competitive season. 

You may check that you want to play indoor soccer only. LYSA realizes that many players may prefer to other sports in the spring other than soccer but want to participate  playing indoor ball during the winter months. Based on the number of players needed to make indoor teams LYSA may benefit by these players playing in the winter. On the other hand if there are too many players for one team and not enough players to make another team the players signed up to play spring competitive may be given preference. This may also be determined by the player’s level of play.

LYSA  offers a fall recreation program with the goal that all players get to participate. In spring competitive ball just because you try out does not mean you make a competitive travel team. Ratings at tryouts are based on evaluator’s scores, game results, and objective observations .Coaches cannot just pick who they want. Every effort is made to give a player a fair evaluation. and place them in the appropriate division. 

Cost of our competitive program is is follows:

$65.00 to play outdoor competitive soccer. If you wish to indoors it will cost $90.00 a session. There are 2 winter sessions most teams do play both sessions. You must purchase a competitive uniform. The cost is $50.00 and the uniform usually fits for several seasons. Other cost could include additional fees shared by the team to rent indoor field time or space to practice. Fees shared teams to enter and travel to competitive tournaments.

The core players of most teams play together indoors and then continue together as a team in the spring. Please note that the number of players on the  field is much smaller indoors than the 11 vs 11 player in the spring outdoors.  Due to this indoor rosters are smaller then spring rosters. Players may be moved from one division to another in order to complete rosters moving into the spring competitive season. The move can be based on  ranking during tryouts, performance during indoor sessions and coach’s recommendations.