Competitive Spring Season

What makes Rochester FC different from other clubs in the area?

  • Trained Coaches

  • Ladder system that allows youth to grow within the club

  • USL 2 Pre-Professional Men’s Team - allows our youth boys an opportunity to play at the highest pre-professional level in the nation

  • USL W Pre-Professional Women’s Team - allows our youth girls an opportunity to play at the highest pre-professional level in the nation

  • Longer season (February through mid-July)

  • Adidas Gear

  • Online Fan Store

  • Professional club connections

  • Scholarships for youth that qualify

 

Season: The youth team season will start in February and go until mid July.

Indoor: Two days a week of soccer training at indoor facility from February -April. This will allow players to work on footwork, agility, awareness, creativity and other soccer specific skills.

Outdoor-April-August: Three to four days of soccer training. The training session are competitive and are developed to improve player abilities. Training will be held at a Rochester training field (to be determined). Training days are decided by the coach. Recommended training days are Mondays-Thursdays with games on weekends.

Games: We will plan on attending 5-6 tournaments (25-30 games) from April-July. These tournaments could be in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Decisions on tournaments and locations on tournaments are with the coach of the team. Coach may schedule a meeting with parents/athletes to get input on location of tournaments. Additional exhibition games will be scheduled with academy teams. This would include 5- 8 additional games.

Uniforms: The athletes will be provided with home/away uniforms, training shirt and shorts and a backpack. This cost for the uniforms will be determined soon. This will be covered separately through our Adidas/Soccer.com store. We estimate this cost to be $250-$300 for two seasons.

Activities: Teams will have gatherings together and participate in activities outside of soccer. This will help the players meet our semi-professional players and other players in our programs. All youth players have free entrance to our semi-professional team games that will be held at RCTC.  

Communication: Team communications will be done through TeamSnap and email on occasion.

Coaches: Coaches will be determined once the teams have been finalized. All of our coaches are experienced and solely dedicated to their individual teams.

Costs: $925 —Included in the costs are: Training equipment, training facility rentals, game field rentals, referee fees, US Club registration fees, coaching fees and tournament fees. Fees for each team may differ depending on the tournaments selected and the number of tournaments. The season cost covers the entire season.

Cost breakdown:

  • US Club Tournament Team Year 1: Season cost $925 + Uniforms (home/away/training kit and backpack) $300= $1225

  • US Club Tournament Team Year 2: Season cost $925 (if you already have unforms from year 1, you don’t need to repurchase new uniforms) = $925

USL Academy cost TBD and will be shared before committing (Estimate $1350-$1700). Travel commitment to multiple states and a longer season.

The season starts in February and goes until mid-July, six and a half months of soccer. Uniforms are not included in the cost. Uniforms will be purchased every two years.