Montclair United Soccer Club's Recreation League program provides a forum for learning a fun game; allows children to meet and play with other children from around the area; promotes good sportsmanship; provides friendly competition; and provides instructional opportunities for players to develop soccer skills.
Recreational League Basic Info:
Registration fees are $140 per player (Early bird registration only $125 before September 1st, 2024).
Most Recreation League teams are coached by volunteers.
Registration fees are non refundable.
2024 Fall Recreation League soccer season:
If you have registered for programs in grades 1-9, you will be contacted on or before September 23rd by your child's coach. He/She will inform you when and where practices and games will be held. Practices are set at the discretion of the volunteer coaches. The first games of the season will be played on Saturday, September 28th. All games are scheduled for Saturdays. There are 9 consecutive weeks in the season, with the last games being played the Saturday before Thanksgiving. There will be no make up games for games that are cancelled due to weather, field conditions, or public health issues. Game schedules are not usually published until just before the start of the season and are dependent on field availability, coach availability and the number of teams in a division. Game schedules will be posted on line as soon as they are finalized. In the Fall, Boys' teams will play in the morning to early afternoon, while the Girls' teams will play from around noon into the evening on Saturdays In the Spring, Boys' teams will be scheduled to play from the about noon into the evening on Saturdays, Girls' teams will be scheduled to play from morning to early afternoon on Saturdays. Coed teams usually play in the early afternoon or early evening based upon field availability. All games are approximately 55 minutes long.
Kinder Kickers and Little Strikers meet once a week on Saturdays ONLY beginning on September 28th
Kinder Kickers and Little Strikers will play at Nishuane School field. Sessions begin at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 and Noon. You select the time when registering.
Kinder Kickers must be 4 prior to October 1, 2024.
Teammate requests are not guaranteed. Registration fees are non refundable.
Game schedules are not usually published until just before the start of the season and are dependent on field availability, coach availability, and the number of teams in a division. Game schedules will be posted on line as soon as they are finalized.
- Kinder Kickers and Little Strikers - a co-education program for children ages 4-6. Our Kinder Kickers and Little Strikers program is held on Saturday mornings only, in 55 minute sessions. There are no practices during the week. Children must wear sneakers or cleats and shin guards. Sessions are held at Nishuane School field.
- Grade 1 & 2 - same gender teams for boys and girls. Games are played using a 6v6 player format, without goalies. Teams usually hold one practice during the week and have a game on Saturdays. MUSC provides a team jersey, shorts and socks. Players must wear cleats and shin guards for games and practices. Games are held in various locations around town during the fall and spring seasons.
- Grades 3 & 4 - same gender teams for boys and girls. Games are played using a 8v8 player format on a small sided field. Teams hold one practice during the week and have a game on Saturdays. MUSC provides a team jersey, shorts and socks. Players must wear cleats and shin guards for games and practices. Games are held in various locations around town during the fall and spring seasons.
- Grades 5 & 6 -same gender teams for boys and girls. Games are played using a 8v8 player format on a small sided field or 11v11 on a full field, dependent on enrollment and volunteer staff. Teams usually hold one practice during the week and have a game on Saturdays. MUSC provides a team jersey, shorts and socks. Players must wear cleats and shin guards for games and practices. Games are held in various locations around town during the fall and spring seasons.
- Grades 7, 8 & 9 - co-educational teams. Games are played using either a 8v8 player format or an 11v11 player format dependent upon each season's team formations and registration numbers. Teams usually hold one practice during the week and have a game on Saturdays. MUSC provides a team jersey, shorts and socks. Players must wear cleats and shin guards for games and practices. Games are held in various locations around town during the fall and spring seasons.
A NOTE ABOUT HOW TEAMS ARE FORMED IN THE RECREATION LEAGUE:
Each season we turn lists of approximately 1100 Children into approximately 80 teams.
We only work from the web site when creating teams.
You need to make teammate requests on line, NOT through emails.
We never consider player's coach requests.
We make sure that teams have a balanced number of players from each grade where applicable.
We make sure that teams have a balanced number of players of each gender where applicable.
We make sure no one team is comprised of all travel players.
We do not keep entire teams together from one year to the next, but may keep them together from fall to spring if possible.
You can't possibly imagine how impossible it would be to sit with hundreds of emails trying to sort out car pools for 1100 children via emails.
Many children often play on teams with no, or only one friend when they start the season. It is good for them. It encourages new connections and allows them to make new friends. When you sign children up for swim class, track, day camp, art class, dance class, music lessons, lacrosse, or basketball, they make new friends. We believe that MUSC has found a great balance.
If two children sign up before teams are formed in the fall, and they want to be together, we try to make it happen. After that, we believe we are helping them to make new connections in the community and grow as confident individuals.
We hope this helps you understand our guidelines and process for team formations.
Registration fees are non refundable.