WUSC Spring League
Who: Kindergarten through 12th Grade Soccer Players Register online today!
What: Spring is the time for indoor soccer and futsal at WUSC. Games will be played at the Tualatin Indoor Soccer Center 15 minutes from Wilsonville and West Linn. The field is the size of an ice hockey rink and has small goals built into the end walls. The field is made of astro-turf and is surrounded by plexi-glass and fiberglass walls.
Plans are for Willamette United teams (to play futsal this spring. But, depending on how many teams from other clubs join the spring league, Willamette United and TIS may offer traditional indoor soccer league play in addition to the futsal league for some age groups.
Indoor soccer uses the entire field, including the walls. There are no off-sides rules and substitutions are made on the fly. There are 6 field players and one goalie for 3rd - 5th grade games; 5 field players plus a goalie for 6th-12th grade games.
Futsal is a 5v5 version of soccer that's played on basketball-sized courts, without the use of the sidewalls. Substitutions are made on the fly and the game emphasizes ball possession and ball handling, due to the fact that each player gets at least 80 touches on the ball per game. The short pass and team work is heavily emphasized. Futsal dates back to the 1930s and is played worldwide at every level.
The following is a summary of the program formats for the spring 2012 season:
Kindergarten players - A skills' session will be hosted by the club's staff coaches every Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. Staff coaches will supervise parent volunteer coaches for the Saturday futsal games. The game format will be 3 v 3, no goal keeper. Training session dates will be March 14th, April 4, 11, 18, 25, and May 2, 9, and 16.
Game dates will be March 17, April 7, 14, 21, 28, and May 5, 12 and 19.
Fees are $100. Online registration closes March 10, 2012.
Grades 1-2 - A skills' session will be hosted by the club's staff coaches every Wednesday from 5-6 p.m. Staff coaches will supervise parent volunteer coaches during the Saturday futsal games. The game format will be 4v4, no goal keeper.
Training session dates will be March 14th, April 4, 11, 18, 25, and May 2, 9, and 16.
Game dates will be March 17, April 7, 14, 21, 28, and May 5, 12 and 19.
Fees are $100. Online registration closes March 10, 2012.
Grades 3-8 - Depending on the number of Willamette United and other club's teams, either Futsal or Indoor games will be played on Saturdays, Sundays and possibly some week-days in a league format. There will not be any weekly practices. The game format will be 6v6, with a goal keeper. Games will have 22 minute halves. All players must play at least 50% of each game, unless there is an injury or disciplinary action. Teams may be of combined grade levels, i.e. 3rd & 4th; 5th & 6th, 7th & 8th. Teams will be gender specific.
Games will begin the week-end of March 17th and end the week-end of May 19th.
Fees are $75. Online registration closes March 10, 2012.
Grades 9-12 - High School Co-Ed teams will play indoor soccer and not futsal. There will not be any weekly practices. Games will be played on Saturday evenings. Willamette United will organize no more than 5 teams for the season, with 10-12 players per team. The teams will play in Tualatin Indoor Soccer Center's Adult Co-Ed Bronze League. Games will begin the week-end of March 17th and end the week-end of May 19th.
Fees are $75. Online registration closes March 10, 2012.
Where: For more information about Tualatin Indoor Soccer Center, please go to the website at http://www.tualatinindoor.com.
When: The 2012 season will run for eight weeks and will begin March 14th and end May 20th at the latest. There will be no training sessions or games between March 19 - April 1. (Spring Break)