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2021 Seasons

Adult COED

  • Starts May 3 (plan is for 32-40 games in 4-5 flights)
  • 50 players/support per cohort limit (adjusted easily as per AHS regulations)
  • 9v9 format: 90 minutes
  • Two games each week: Monday & Friday
    – Southside locations (grass fields, smaller nets)
    – Join as a team (16-18 player squad recommended) or as an individual (assigned to a team)
    – If a team is short players, you can play on other teams (as needed)
  • Format is the same as the open leagues (eight games, two referees, four teams per division, etc.)
    – Teams will be re-seeded after each flight
  • Participation is fully insured
  • Two referees for each game
  • Rules and Code of Conduct posted on our website
  • A cup and medals will be awarded for top three teams at the end of the season
    – An additional summer’s-end tournament is also planned for a cup and medals
  • An online payment plan will be offered: both for full teams or individual players
    – Two payments during the month at approximately $50 (per payment) per player
    – Players can pay per flight, without having to commit to the whole season

This allows for players to take a break for lifestyle (vacation, etc.), and allows teams to continue to recruit or change teams (as needed). It allows players to enjoy a complete season within a 1 month period in the case of AHS shut down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prices:
$1800 / Team
$100 / Player

Open Men and Open Women

  • Starts May 4 (plan is for 32-40 games in 4-5 flights)
  • 50 players/support per cohort limit (adjusted easily as per AHS regulations)
  • 9v9 format: 90 minutes
  • Two games each week: Tuesday & Thursday
    – Southside locations (grass fields, smaller nets)
    – Join as a team (16-18 player squad recommended) or as an individual (assigned to a team)
    – If a team is short players, you can play on other teams (as needed)
  • Eight games per month (we call this a flight), with one week off between flights
  • Participation is fully insured
  • Two referees for each game
  • Rules and Code of Conduct posted on our website
  • There will be four teams per division, per month
    – Teams carry points forward for an end of season tally
  • A cup and medals will be awarded for top three teams at the end of the season
    – An additional summer’s-end tournament is also planned for a cup and medals
  • Teams will be re-seeded to the next flight (repeat cycle): the top two teams move up
    – New teams can join each month
  • An online payment plan will be offered: both for full teams or individual players
    – Two payments during the month at approximately $50 (per payment) per player
    – Players can pay per flight, without having to commit to the whole season

This allows for players to take a break for lifestyle (vacation, etc.), and allows teams to continue to recruit or change teams (as needed). It allows players to enjoy a complete season within a 1 month period in the case of AHS shut down.

 

Prices:
$1800 / Team
$100 / Player

Cohort COED and Snow Soccer*

  • Starts May 1 (actually the plan is to start playing as snow soccer when allowed as per AHS and continue into the spring/summer and adapting within the maximum cohort sizes allowed)
  • Seven games weekly (every day, in locations across Edmonton and St. Albert)
  • Format will be a minimum of 6 vs. 6 and a maximum of 12 vs. 12 per field, per night
    – no goalies, and a fun-first atmosphere, pylon/flag nets (and max. shooting area) to limit hard blasts
    – (if more people sign up on a given night, multiple fields at the same location may be used)
  • An online payment plan will offered or a drop in fee:
    – Prepay $50/month and you can play up to seven times each week (depending on weather, location limits/RSVP and other schedule changes); otherwise, the drop in fee is $10 per game
    – Pinnies (and when necessary, lights) will be provided to designate each side (teams emailed out approx. one hour prior to the game based on registered participants). Warmup music, flags, markers and practice/game balls also provided
  • *Registered participants in the Open or Coed leagues can also play Cohort Soccer without additional fees (provided they RSVP each night they choose to play)
  • Format management (participants per cohort and maximums) will follow AHS cohort regulations

Players sign up to be part of the cohort and RSVP for each game they want to attend. Since this is a cohort group, participants can choose to take a break for lifestyle (vacation, etc.), but cannot bring other players who are not registered and RSVP’d in the cohort (as per AHS regulations).

Frequently Asked Questions

  • I want to make a team but I don’t want the hassle of chasing down fees.

Each player can pay online towards team fees as an option. You don’t chase anyone.

  • That’s pretty cool you came up with the 4 week, 2x games/week as a season called a flight

Thanks, we think so, too. But…what’s your question?

  • What if some of my roster drop out or can’t afford the player fees?

Recruit and replace. We manage a wait list, too.

  • What if our team can only play 2 of the 5 flights?

That can be done. We designed the program to best handle the pandemic uncertainties whilst giving max game time for players in concentrated pockets.

  • I registered my team elsewhere, but we want Spartan now.

We hear that often and thanks. Can you get a refund? We have rapid onboarding to help your team join.

  • 18 players required?

No, you can have a smaller roster.

  • Can I have more than 18?

No, but you can recruit more players and replace as needed for each flight of games.

  • Can I charge players more than what is posted towards the team fee?

You charge what you want. Be upfront with your players.

  • Can I subsidize the team fees and spread the balance amongst players?

Yes and we can set it up as you wish for online player payments.

  • What if there is a shutdown mid way thought a flight?

We delay until they allow us to continue.

  • How does a shut down overlap with the next flight?

It doesn’t. Unplayed games per flight are applied against the next flight.

  • What if the whole summer season is under pandemic and we only play 1 month?

That’s why we devised the flight concept so that we can pivot quickly, enjoy games in a compressed format, and bunker down as per AHS.

  • Do our players get to play for free in the cohort program on other days?

Yes

  • Do the players in the cohort program get to play as a sub on our team if we are short?

No. The cohort players would need to upgrade. You can recruit them.

  • I have a team of 12, how does the team fee work?

The team fee doesn’t change.