Please keep in mind that soccer is a team sport and when a player is placed on a team, the team relies upon the player to participate in the team practices and games. Melrose Youth Soccer requests player attendance at a minimum of 80% of all regular season games.
In most cases, games will be on Saturdays and during the season, players should do their best to be available. Kindergarten games may be either morning or afternoon. Grade 1 games are usually in the afternoon. Grade 2 games are usually in the morning. Games for the City Program for Grades 3 through 6 may be any time on Saturdays. Games for the Travel Program may be any time on Saturdays and occasionally on weekdays with generally half of the games being out of the city. (Please see the
City Program vs Travel Program page for more info.)
Players should also plan to attend most practices (there are no practices for Kindergarten). Coaches choose the days and times so the practice schedule won't be known until after teams are formed. Since our City Program teams are generally based on school affiliation, if a schedule conflict arises after the practice schedule is determined, contact the
appropriate grade coordinator to see if there is a team change that would resolve that conflict. Our Travel Program teams are generally based on competitiveness and there are not usually changes available but you can contact the
appropriate travel coordinator to check to see what can be done.