FRONTIER COUNTRY SOCCER ASSOCIATION
2013/2014 COMPETITIVE TRYOUT INFORMATION
FCSA Competitive Representatives
Tryout Field Locations
Member Club's Websites

FCSA Competitive tryout information

FCSA Competitive Coaches information
    Welcome to the 2013/2014 competitive soccer season.  Above are links which will lead you to a complete listing of all approved  tryouts for each Frontier Country Soccer Association (FCSA) team holding a tryout for a competitive team (birthdate between 8/1/02 and 7/31/95).  This listing of approved tryouts reflects the coach and trainer’s name as well as their coaching license, phone numbers (if provided), and tryout location, dates, and times.  In addition to the team contacts reflected on the enclosed list of tryouts, you can contact the club’s competitive representative reflected in the list of club representatives located at the above link FCSA Competitive Representatives for that club’s general competitive tryout information or, contact FCSA at (405) 946-2228 or at email to: administrator@okfcsoccer.com for general FCSA competitive tryout information.  Directions to each club's field locations provided to FCSA can be located at the above link to Tryout Field Locations.  A listing of each club's website provided to FCSA can be accessed at the above link to the Member Club's Websites.

    Competitive soccer is designed to provide an outlet for the more talented player to advance his or her skills further and faster than recreational soccer normally provides. Competitive teams are formed annually for a full year made up of two seasons, Fall/Spring. Coaches are selected and approved by each club, and the local club is responsible for their actions. Competitive soccer does require a higher level of dedication by both the player and the player's family. The cost of competitive soccer will vary from team to team. Although each team's registration fees and trainer fees are reported in this announcement, many teams will have other costs not reported here, such as tournament entry fees, per diem fees, uniforms, goalkeeper training fees, hot-line fees, administrative fees, start-up or affiliation fees, etc. ASK the prospective coaches for a projected cost of being on the team and the number of out-of-town tournaments in which the team will take part.

        You should be aware of the following rules governing tryouts and team formations:
  1. A team official, including a coach or trainer, may only initiate contact with a rostered competitive player for purposes of recruiting that player to their team after State Cup finals however, all contact by team officials must cease once a player has registered with a team at tryouts.  Players and their parents may initiate contact with a coach or trainer at any time.
  2. Offering any inducement of material or monetary value to a player or a player’s family is prohibited; however, waiver of club or team fees and expenses upon proof of financial hardship is allowed.
  3. When you are selected by a team, you should sign a USYSA Registration Form and pay the club fees. Only at that point in time are both you and the team committed to each other for a full seasonal year.
  4. All coaches must contact players who have attended their prior tryouts and advise them of their selection or rejection no later than by the sooner of (a) seven days after the first tryout attended or by June 14, 2013 (for U11 through U19 teams) .
  5. A team official, including a coach or trainer, may not make any false or materially misleading negative statements to a player or their parents concerning a team or coach in the same age group and gender of the team for whom the player is being recruited.
Any violations of the above should be reported in writing to the Frontier Country Competitive Commission at 1235 Sovereign Row, Suite C11, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73108.

        Some items about which you, as parents, need to have a clear understanding:
  1. The Competitive Commission determines the tryout dates in January of each year.
  2. A by-law severely limiting transfers between FCSA competitive teams was passed by the FCSA Board of Directors and is included on FCSA’s website under “FCSA Constitution/Bylaws”.
  3. A by-law instituting a point system for all cautions and ejections (red and yellow cards for players) was passed by the FCSA Board of Directors and is included on FCSA’s website under “FCSA Constitution/Bylaws”.
  4. A by-law was passed by the FCSA Board of Directors requiring a mandatory three-game suspension for any red card (ejection) received for "Violent Conduct" involving physical contact and is included on FCSA’s website under “FCSA Constitution/Bylaws”.
  5. All competitive players are to play 50% of all FCSA league games. It is also the policy of FCSA that coaches adhere to tournaments' participation rules, which may or may not require coaches to play the players 50%. Ask about the participation policy of the team before you sign.
  6. Who handles the team's finances? What are the "up-front" costs (affiliation or start-up fees, uniforms, tournament entry fees, per diem fees, goalkeeper training fees, hot-line fees, administrative fees, etc.)?
  7. Note how many total teams the coach and/or trainer is listed on and be sure who is going to be working with your child.
Remember, you are paying the cost for your child to play. Ask questions before you spend your money.

        Any player that does not qualify under USYSA guidelines as a Under 11 or older player cannot play in the FCSA Competitive League. UNDER 10 AND YOUNGER PLAYERS (birth date after 7/31/03) ARE NOT ALLOWED.

Good luck to everyone and have a great year playing the most exciting game in the world!
Jim Ford, FCSA Competitive Commissioner
gford69@cox.net
FCSA Email:  administrator@okfcsoccer.com
WHAT TO BRING TO TRYOUTS:

WATER, SHINGUARDS, SOCCER BALL, WHITE & DARK SHIRT, ONE CURRENT WALLET-SIZE PHOTO, AND A COPY OF YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE
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