Outdoor Recreational Soccer (K-8)

OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL SOCCER

2020 Spring Recreational Soccer

Program Registration OPENS Soon! Register Early for Best Price!

Spring Recreational Soccer League for 1st through 8th Grade

An outdoor recreational soccer program for all skill levels in grades 1st through 8th grade. Registration includes team practices and an 6 game season. Team notification will be after the coach meeting in March 2020.

Parent volunteer coaches needed for each team; please consider volunteering.
Teams are formed based on special requests, participant school and neighborhood. Special requests are not guaranteed and are based on a first come first serve basis by date received.

Practice Days, times and location: Selected by the Head Coach.

Game Dates: Saturday

Remember: Special requests for team placement will be considered carefully, but there is NO GUARANTEE they will be honored. For requests to be considered, the registration should submitted as early as possible. Requests are considered on a first come, first serve priority. Each participant is limited to two requests (eg, friend, coach) per registration. WAA tries to place children based on special requests, neighborhood and school. However, we also have to make balanced teams and and are limited by the number of volunteer head coaches. Please spell names of requested players/coaches correctly.

Spring Recreational Soccer - Kindergarten

The Kindergarten program is 6 weeks of outdoor soccer training and games on Saturday mornings. Each week a WAA trainer will lead all teams in a training session. Volunteer coaches will then organize their team for a 4 v 4 game.

WAA typically has 3 sites for Kindergarten Soccer:
Gentile Field at the WAA Sports Center - 2323 Liberty Street, Aurora (Game time 10:30)
Peterson School - 4008 Chinaberry Lane, Naperville, IL‎ 60564 (Game time 10:30)
Still Middle School - Meadowridge Drive, Aurora, IL 60504 (Game time noon)

Spring Recreational Soccer Skills Training

Individual Professional Skills Training at a GREAT price! 4 sessions, you choose the day of the week that works for your schedule!

Volunteer Opportunities

WAA is a volunteer non-profit organization and depends upon parents to volunteer as coaches in all of our sports. Please consider volunteering as a head or assistant coach for your child's team. Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older.

Head Coach responsibilities include attending coach meeting, contacting player families, scheduling and running team practices and coaching at league games. Coaches may ask for participant parent assistance as needed.
Assistant Coach is responsible for helping the Head Coach with all of the above, and takes over for the Head Coach when needed.

Rules, Equipment & Directions

Equipment

WAA Soccer Kit - $20 Kit contains yellow shirt, green shirt, black shorts and soccer socks. WAA Soccer Kits are available at the WAA Sports Center, 2323 Liberty St. Aurora, IL. Sizes are: Youth S-M-L and Adult S-M-L
Shin guards and socks to cover the shin guards - Any color sock is allowed.
Soccer Ball - Grades K-2 use size 3 ball, Grades 3-5 use size 4 ball, Grades 6-7-8 use size 5 ball.
White or Black athletic shorts (no pockets or belt loops), Gym shoes or outdoor soccer cleats (no metal cleats allowed).

Rules:
- Recreational Soccer Rulebook updated 8/2019
- Kindergarten Soccer Handbook updated 8/2019