For Children Born Between

September 1, 1999 and September 1, 2003*

7-week season beginning April 20

(2-week preseason beginning April 6)

REGULAR REGISTRATION received by March 8, 2008 Fees:   1 child =$30; 2 = $60; 3 or more = $70

LATE REGISTRATION after March 8, 2008 -                   Fees:    1 child =$40; 2 = $80; 3 or more = $100

 (Registrations after March 15, 2008 will be placed on a waiting list and assigned to teams if there is room)

U5 level for those born between September 2, 2002 and September 1, 2003

U6 level for those born between September 2, 2001 and September 1, 2002

U7 level for those born between September 2, 2000 and September 1, 2001

U8 level for those born between September 1, 1999 and September 1, 2000

Spring developmental league will teach fundamental soccer skills in weekly Sunday afternoon sessions prior to in-season games.  All children are welcome to join.  Everyone plays under mandatory play rules. 

TO:        Parents of Spring 4v4 Recreation Program soccer players
FROM:  Attleboro Youth Soccer, Recreation Director

REGISTRATION

WE STILL HAVE OPENINGS FOR PLAYERS in every age bracket, but we may impose a wait list for applications submitted after March 15.  We will continue to let kids enroll, but only until all spots are filled (equal to the number of t-shirts we order).  If you know of any friends, neighbors or other folks looking to still enroll, please have them visit our website at www.attleborosoccer.com and download a form.  Have them send the registration to our P.O. Box, but also send an e-mail to ays_recreation@attleborosoccer.com so we keep a placeholder for their kids in the system.

ALSO, WE STILL DO NEED COACHES and ASSISTANT COACHES.  If you know of anyone who can help with games, please think of nominating them to us.  We especially are recruiting assistant coaches to help coaches and would like to have at least one assistant coach per team.

BIRTH CERTIFICATES
If your child is new to Attleboro Youth Soccer or you have never filed a birth certificate, we do need it now.  In order to be consistent with league guidelines, we are to have a birth certificate for every player.  If you have not yet sent your child's certificate in, please do forward yours to P.O. Box 641, Attleboro, MA 02703 as soon as you can.

LOCATION OF FIELDS
If you are new to soccer in Attleboro, the Recreation Program games are held in the Dodgeville Fields off South Main Street (Route 152) south of the center of Attleboro, across from St. Stephen’s Church.  The spring sessions are scheduled for lower Dodgeville.  Please be sure to leave ample time to find parking when coming to the fields.  Please also do not park in the St. Stephen’s parking lot or on any private property adjacent to the fields.  Please do note that there is plenty of parking in the tennis courts on the other side of the pool at the fields...

EQUIPMENT
It is mandatory that all soccer players wear shin guards for every game.  You should be able to buy age-appropriate shin guards at local sporting good stores.  If you find it financially-difficult to obtain these, please contact me as noted below and I will see if we have extras in our equipment storage.

Beyond the shin guards, it is recommended that kids wear soccer socks and up to parents whether you want to provide cleats.  We will provide each child with a team t-shirt before the regular season begins. 

BRING A BALL
When your kids do come to preseason or in-season sessions, they should bring their own ball.  Although coaches may have extra balls available, your child should make it a habit to have his/her own ball at every session.  In order to learn the game, he/she needs to have his/her own ball at home to practice some of the moves learned in the sessions.  We will schedule a ball distribution time in the future for any parent that finds it financially difficult to get an age-appropriate ball. 

PRESEASON
We plan on having two preseason skill-building sessions in April dependent on the weather.  The preseason sessions are currently scheduled for April 6th and April 13th.

The skill building sessions are set up so that kids can shake off the winter cobwebs and have group practice sessions prior to the April 20 beginning of the seven-week season.  During both the preseason and the regular season, supercoaches will direct kids as they progress from one station to another around the soccer fields.  The preseason and regular season sessions will be on Sunday afternoons.

REGULAR SEASON

There will be seven scheduled games beginning the weekend of April 20.

Teams have not been assigned yet since we are still recruiting coaches and there is no need for teams during the preseason.  We anticipate having coaches recruited and children assigned to teams during mid-April.  Once assigned, coaches will contact parents to arrange distribution of your child’s t-shirt.

RAIN POLICY

If the forecast calls for steady rain or the fields are unplayable in the opinion of the AYS Recreation Director, the games may be cancelled.  A notice about the cancellation of games will be put on the Attleboro Youth Soccer website – www.attleborosoccer.com – website as early as possible (usually by 9 A.M.).  An additional message will be placed on the soccer hotline at (508) 226-7627, but we ask that only coaches call this number to limit the number of calls to the hotline. 

DOG POLICY

Although we may personally like dogs, we cannot allow any dogs, except for seeing eye dogs, on the Dodgeville or Poncin-Hewitt Fields, or in the parking lots, even if leashed due to the number of children who play on the fields.  Although we understand that certain breeds may be gentle, we need to enforce this policy for all dogs.  Please refrain from bringing dogs and please understand if a league volunteer asks you to remove a dogs from the fields.

MISCELLANEOUS

We do not schedule team pictures for the spring 4v4 league but will have them in the fall.

We will have online and regular registrations for our fall league but only after the spring season begins.  You should see flyers announcing the fall registrations sometime in the middle of May.

Thanks in advance for all the times you will be bringing your kids to practices and games.  In the time that I have been a coach for my son’s soccer teams, I have had some of my most memorable experiences.  We want to work with you to make it a memorable season.

If you have questions, please e-mail ays_recreation@attleborosoccer.com and someone will get in touch with you.

Recreation Director
Attleboro Youth Soccer