Minisink Valley Soccer Club

Parents

Welcome to the Minisink Valley Soccer Club and thank you for supporting your community athletes. Whether this is your first year or 10th, please take the time to read this seasonally updated page thoroughly. It contains all the necessary information for the season and will include updates as we improve our program. 

Registration

You must register your player, each season, via our website at www.MinisinkValleySC.com which will direct you to the GotSport registration. For optimal user experience, we recommend completing the registration process on a desktop or laptop computer, as the GotSport platform is not optimized for mobile devices. 

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Requirements

  • You will be invited via email to join a team on TeamSnap once registration is completed and teams are formed. Accept your invitation to TeamSnap.com and create an account. Emails will be sent to the same email as in your Gotsport account.You can download them to your phone from you app store and use www.teamsnap.com. 
  • In the TeamSnap app mark your player’s training and match availability.
  • Add Photo to Teamsnap so coaches can identify players.
  • Abide by the MVSC Code-of-Conduct that you agreed to at registration. All all rules and regulations
  • If you need someone to pick up your player or someone is not allowed to pick up a player, please fill out and hand to the coach the Player Pick Up Authorization Form.
  • Purchase appropriate player equipment.
  • Arrive early for training and matches.
  • Do not coach from the sidelines! Players are working on specific lessons each week and you may not know the coach’s intent. Cheer them on with the terms from the week’s lesson.
  • ZERO TOLERANCE for talking to a referee or a coach during matches. You will be fined, suspended, and possibly banned from matches or the club!
  • Parent Checklist for specifics of all above.

Volunteers Needed

The earlier you coach your player the easier it is for you to learn along with them. We will give you all the tools you need, no experience necessary. All you have to do is follow the lesson plan alongside the division commissioner. You just need to be willing to learn and help your team. Your player registration will be FREE. If we do not have enough Volunteer Coaches, to make teams for your age group, we will have training sessions on match days or we may roll registration to the next season. 

Each season we need the following volunteers. 

  • Division Commissioners
  • Head Coach
  • Assistant Coach 
  • Youth Coaches
  • Youth Referees
  • Field Maintenance and painting for each field
  • Opening Day and Season Set Up
  • Volunteer Management
    • Youth
    • Adult
  • Fundraising
  • Recruitment
  • Etc..

Volunteers Need to Register Separately 

Register for this season’s program. Player’s Fees of volunteer coaches will be credited to the next season or refunded at the end of the season. 

Weather

Soccer is played rain or shine, cold or hot. Please dress appropriately for the weather. Practices and games are only canceled if the fields will be damaged, are deemed unsafe, or there is lightning.
 

Fans On The Field

For the safety of our players and in compliance with league and insurance policies, parents are to remain on the designated sideline, opposite the player zone, and cannot be behind the goal lines. Only credentialed coaches and assistant coaches are authorized to be on the field. Anyone on the field will be asked to move off to the sidelines. If you refuse to move you will be suspended and possibly banned from future matches. 

Schedules

Club wide schedules can be found on our events page. Your team’s training and game schedules are on your TeamSanp app. You can import the entire scheduel to your phone from the app and use www.teamsnap.com. You will be invited via email to join a team once registration is completed and teams are formed.

Practices

  • Practices are 2x a week for both recreation and travel. 
  • Practice days and time depend on field and coach availability. There is no way to schedule them until registration is closed, teams are made, and coaches can provide availability. 
  • If you want a specific practice day and time, please volunteer to coach. 
  • Practices typically start at 5 or 5:30pm and are 1.5 hours or until dark. 
  • Travel teams will have lights for fall practices. 
  • Coaches will be give a practice plan that they must follow for the better development of individual players and the club as a whole. 

Games

  • Recreation games are Saturday mornings starting 9am.
    • Times are subject to registration numbers, age divisions, and field availability.
    • Times may change each season.
  • Elite Team games are Sunday mornings typically 10am to 3pm start times.
    • Times are set by HVYSL every year and cannot be changed.