AcA Community Soccer

Acadia Community Soccer is a grassroots, volunteer-based program that is focused on providing a fun and affordable soccer program to community youth between the ages of 3 and 12 years of age. We aim to develop physical fitness levels, team playing skills and foster a culture of inclusivity and relationship building within the community.

2024 Soccer Season

KEY DATES

  • Registration: February 8 – April 15

  • Coaches’ Clinic: Saturday April 27th at 12:00pm

  • Practices will begin the week of: May 6th (weather permitting)

  • Games/practices end Thursday: June 27th

  • Picture day: Thursday May 16th

  • Season Wrap-Up Party: June 27th

FIELDS

  • Ecole de la Source

SCHEDULE

  • U4 Wednesday 6:00-6:50pm

  • U6 Wednesday 6:00-6:50pm

  • U8  Tuesday and Thursday 6:30-7:30pm

  • U10/U12 Tuesday and Thursday 6:30-7:30pm

BE PREPARED

  • Come with shin guards, runners or cleats, snacks and water bottle

  • Plan for rain and cold and bring clothing appropriate for the weather

  • Arrive a few minutes early to find your team

Register for soccer

Registration will be open FEBRUARY 8th

2024 Fee Schedule

In addition to the fees outlines below, all families must also hold an ACA family membership at the time of registration.

If you require financial assistance for soccer, please visit: Jumpstart or KidSport. 

Registration Fee – $75.00

What’s included: 

One night per week (Wednesday) 
6:00-6:50pm – Field TBD
Soccer jersey, shorts, socks & team/individual photo

Registration Fee – $75.00

What’s included: 

One night per week (Wednesday) 
6:00-6:50pm – Field TBD
Soccer jersey, shorts and socks & team/individual photo

Registration Fee – $105.00

What’s included: 

Two nights per week
(Tuesday & Thursday. 1 practice, 1 game)
6:30-7:30pm – Field TBD
Soccer jersey, shorts, and socks & team/individual photo

Registration Fee – $95.00

What’s included:

Two nights per week
(Tuesday and Thursday. 1 practice, 1 game)
6:30-7:30pm – Field TBD
Soccer jersey, shorts, and socks & team/individual photo

Registration Fee – $105.00

What’s included:

Two nights per week
(Tuesday & Thursday, 1 practice, 1 game)
6:30-7:30pm- Field TBD
Soccer jersey, shorts, and socks & team/individual photo

Are you interested in coaching soccer?

We rely on parent volunteers to coach the youth soccer teams. Each team requires a coach and assistant coach, or alternatively, co-coaches. If you are interested in coaching your child, you will receive a discount on your registration fee. In the checkout process, please indicate that you want to be a coach, and once confirmed by the soccer coordinator, you will receive a refund for $10. There is a coach training session at the beginning of the season, as well as support throughout the season. If you have questions about being a coach you can email soccer@acadiaca.com . We greatly appreciate your support to volunteer as a coach and make the soccer season possible!

All coaches will receive a Coaches’ Clinic to prepare them for the season. The clinic will be graciously given by our friends at Calgary City FC!

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Parent Responsibilities

Volunteering Roles: Soccer Program

The below roles are specific to the Soccer program (April to June). You are welcome to select multiple roles, the choice is up to you.

    • Provide technical and practical skills to the children on the team. This is a hands on role as you will be required to set up drills and actively participate on the field.

    • Coaching guides will be provided by ACA

    • Attend coaching clinic in April

    • If coaching U10/U12, coaches will be required to provide a format for games, set up lines/positions, and actively coach children during the game.

    • Find a delegate if you will be away

    • No soccer experience required for grassroots soccer

    • Provide technical and practical skills to the children on the team. This is a hands on role as you will be required to set up drills and actively participate on the field.

    • Coaching guides will be provided by ACA

    • Attend coaching clinic in April

    • If coaching U10/U12, coaches will be required to provide a format for games, set up lines/positions, and actively coach children during the game.

    • Find a delegate if you will be away

    • No soccer experience required for grassroots soccer

    • Maintain roster information from the ACA Soccer Coordinator to the coaches, team equipment manager and other volunteers as needed

    • Maintain communication of schedules and game cancellations with parents through TeamLinkt app

    • Know the field location and team number you are playing against prior to each game

    • Manage photos, including working with photographer/Soccer Coordinator to organize player names and jersey numbers

    • Pick up pictures and medals from ACA Soccer tent and distribute to team at end-of-season wrap up party

    • Collect equipment for your team from the League Equipment Coordinator

    • Ensure required equipment is brought to each practice/game

    • Set up and tear down equipment at each practice/home game

    • Return equipment at the end of the season to the League Equipment Coordinator

    • Report any missing or damaged equipment to the League Equipment Coordinator

    • Work with ACA Soccer Coordinator to develop a plan for uniform sorting

    • Coordinate uniform sorting helpers on sorting day

    • Deliver uniforms to team managers

    • Assist with sorting through boxes of uniforms, organizing jerseys and assigning them to teams

    • Coordinate with team managers to deliver their uniform packages

The overall success of any ACA Event or Program depends upon our volunteers. When registering for outdoor soccer, it is appreciated that all families provide one parent volunteer in support of the ACA Youth Soccer Program from April to June. 

    • Collect equipment from ACA storage facility

    • Sort equipment into age groups and teams

    • Distribute equipment to team equipment managers

    • Return equipment to ACA storage facility at end of the season

    • Help with continuous improvement regarding league equipment management

    • Collect line painting equipment from ACA storage facility and distribute to field markers

    • Provide back-up in case in-season field markers are not available

    • Collect line painting equipment at end of season, inspecting to ensure they are ready to use next season and return to ACA storage facikity

    • Sort through equipment from last year

    • Determine what equipment needs to be ordered

    • Prepare equipment packs for the upcoming season

    • Normally completed over two to three days, 2-3 hours each day

    • Paint lines and number fields at least 1 week prior to the commencement of the season

    • Painting instructions will be provided by the ACA

    • Maintain line quality throughout the season

    • Plan ahead for line painting to ensure lines are clearly visible each week

    • Refresh lines every 2-3 weeks depending on weather

    • Required on first and last day of season

    • Arrive prior to the appropriate age group start time

    • First day: help families find their field, teams and hand out any unclaimed equipment and uniforms

    • Wrap-up: be at the field to meet food/beverage deliveries. Hand out food, drinks, medals and photo packages to team managers

    • Help put up and tear down tent(s)/tables

    • Lend any assistance necessary to event coordinators of end-of-season wrap up party

    • Oversee the Police Information Check (PIC) process for coaches who volunteer with ACA Soccer, with support from ACA Soccer Coordinator

    • Help improve the process and update guidelines

    • Liaison with the Calgary Police Service (CPS)

    • Support ACA and volunteers during the PIC process

    • Track and manage CPS applications, including monitoring PIC related emails as needed by

      • Cross referencing coach volunteer lists, such as previously submitted PICs, newly submitted copies of PICs and/or the CPS database

      • Proactively sending out reminders to coaches who have not completed a PIC/VPSC

      • Tracking and reporting to the ACA Soccer Coordinator each coach’s status

Cancellation policies

Weather and Game Cancellations

Parents: check your TeamLinkt app at 4:30pm as all contact will be done through the app.  If you do not receive a cancellation notification by 4:30pm, the game is on.

Reasons for cancellations are (but not limited to):

  • Smoke advisory of 7+

  • Safety – wet, slippery conditions or lightening potential

  • Cold – if it is too cold, it is not fun for anyone

  • Field Conditions – the integrity of the fields need to be considered

  • Miscellaneous – other reasons not listed are at the discretion of ACA

Air Quality Health Index and outdoor soccer

As suggested by the Alberta Soccer Association:

  • 3 or less –  practices and games proceed as normal

  • 4 to 6 – adjust exertion intensity, duration and increase resting periods

  • 7 or above – cancel practice or game

For up to date information visit: Calgary Air Quality Health Index

Refund policies

Once soccer registration closes there is a lot of time and expense that goes into organizing the playing season. For this reason, we have a simple but fair refund policy:

  •  registrations cancelled prior to March 15th, receive a full refund minus a $15 admin fee

  • registrations cancelled after March 15th, receive a 50% refund

Register for soccer

Registration for 2024 outdoor soccer is now closed

Please email soccer@acadiaca.com for any questions