Youth Soccer (K-8TH Grade)

Welcome to our 9th season of youth soccer here at White River Sports! With over 150 kids participating each season, we want your child to be involved, too. We promise we will provide a place for your child to engage in healthy athletic competition.

2013 Youth Soccer Schedule

• Registration Opens: Monday, January 14, 2013
• Evaluations: Monday, March 11 - Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | 5:30 - 7:00pm (All players must attend an evaluation. All evaluations at WRS are an open-house format, and take approximately 45 minutes.)
• Registration Deadline: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
• Coach Training: Saturday, March 16th from 9-noon or Wednesday, March 20th at 6:30pm
• First Practice: Week of March 26, 2013
• NO PRACTICE DURING SPRING BREAK WEEK:   April 1 - 6, 2013
• Practices resume:  Week of April 8
• First Game: Saturday, April 13, 2013
• Picture Day: Saturday, April 20, 2013
• Service Project:  May 12 - 25, 2013
• No Games or Practices Memorial Weekend:  May 25 - 27, 2013
• Practices Resume:  May 28, 2013
• Final Game Day & Awards Celebration: Friday & Saturday, May 31 & June 1

Game Schedules 

• Games will be played on Saturdays in ONE HOUR time blocks.  First games start at 10am.

• Download the the Game Schedule pdf here

  Download the Game Make Up Schedule pdf here

  Download the Season Ending Tournament Schedule pdf here

  
  

  2014 Dates Announced:

• Registration Opens: Friday, January 10, 2013

• Evaluations: Monday, March 3 - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 | 5:30 - 7:00pm (All players must attend an evaluation. All evaluations at WRS are an open-house format, and take approximately 45 minutes.)

• Registration Deadline: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
• MANDATORY COACHES TRAINING: Saturday, March 8, 2014 | 9-noon 
• COACHES SKILLS CLINIC:  March 11 or 12, 2014 | 6:00pm
• First Practice: Week of March 17, 2014
• NO PRACTICE DURING SPRING BREAK WEEK:   March 28 - April 11, 2014
• Practices resume:  Week of April 14, 2014
• First Day of Games: Saturday, April 12, 2014
• No Games or Practices Memorial Weekend:  May 23 - 26, 2014
• Practices Resume:  May 27, 2014
• Final Game Day & Awards Celebration: Saturday, June 7, 2014

More About Youth Soccer

When is the WRS Youth Soccer Season?

Early March - Early June

How long is the season?

Ten weeks (practice and games)

How many games and how long are they?

Currently, our season is seven games long and each game takes approximately one hour to play.

What is the duration and frequency of practices?

Practices are currently one hour long, once a week.

When and how do we register?

Registration is preferred to be done online and begins in January, ending in mid-March.  If you would prefer to register manually, please contact our office at 773-2233.

How old does my child have to be to participate?

WRS is a grade-based program, not an age-based program. We offer leagues from kindergarten through eigth grade for both boys and girls. Operating off of our fiscal calendar which runs from August - July, a boy/girl must be in Kindergarten during the season in which they are playing to participate.

What is the registration cost? What does it include? What do I need to buy?

Your registration fee of $80, includes a team jersey, shorts, socks, and more. All team equipment for practice and games in regard to balls, goals, cones, practice jerseys (pennies), etc., is provided by the league. Players will need to have their own cleats and shin-guards, soccer cleats are recommended but not required.

Do we have to be members of the church?

Participants in the league are not required to be members of White River Christian Church or of any church. The league is designed as a community league open to anyone, regardless of church affiliation.

Do you keep standings?

We do not keep standings, however, we do have a tournament for 4th-8th grade teams at the end of the season. The league is designed to teach and emphasize fundamentally sound soccer, provide players the opportunity to compete, while emphasizing a Christ like attitude.

Can I coach in the league?

Anyone is eligible to apply to coach in the league, however, we do complete background checks on all coaching applicants and reserve the right to accept or decline coaches on the basis of our discretion.