Richmond Neighborhood Soccer Association (Ginter Park/Bellevue a.k.a. Northside) offers an excellent Recreation Soccer Program for all players U4 to U15.   General information is provided when you click "learn more" or you may call 804.644.5425 ext. 310, 311 or 313 for more information.     Register Online here!           Printable Application here! 

Spring 2007 Season

The Spring 2007 practice season will start in early March, and matches will begin Sunday March 18th, 2007.  The season will end on Sunday May 20th, 2007.  All matches are played on Sunday afternoon.  There will be approximately 8 matches played. 

Soccer Orientation Day March 18th, 2007

Sunday , March 18th, 2007 will be our orientation date for the Spring 07 Richmond Neighborhood Soccer Association players and familes.  Returning players & coaches, new registrants & coaches are encouraged to attend and Join the Fun! 

We will accept late registrants at this time.  Please check in at the club table near the tennis courts.  Be prepared to pay for the season at the time of registration.  All players should be dressed to particpate in a soccer clinic.  Click here to register online for new registrants!

 Below is the schedule for orientation.

Age Group	DOB;s	Time	Location and Directions click here!
U4, U5	Aug. 1, 2001 to Jul. 31, 2003	1:30 p.m.	Seminary fields to the right of the tennis courts
U6	Aug. 1, 2000 to Jul. 31, 2001	2:30 p.m.	Seminary fields to the left of the tennis courts
U8	Aug. 1, 1998 to Jul. 31, 2000	3:30 p.m.	Seminary fields to the right of the tennis courts
U10 & U12	Aug. 1. 1994 to. Jul. 31, 1998	4:30 p.m.	Seminary fields to the left of the tennis courts

 Recreational Age Groupings

RKYSC will use the age designation adopted by the United States Soccer Federation that governs state and local clubs.

Program	Coed (DOB Range)	Girls (DOB Range)	Match Length	Ball Size	# Players on field
Little Kickers
Under 4 (Mini)	08/01/02 - 07/31/03	Not applicable	4 six minute quarters	3	3
Under 5 (Mini)	08/01/01- 07/31/02	Not applicable	4 six minute quarters	3	3
Under 6 (Mighty)	08/01/00 - 07/31/01	Not applicable	4 8 minute quarters	3	3
Junior Kickers
Under 8	08/01/98 - 07/31/00	Not applicable	4 12 minute quarters	3	5
Under 10	08/01/96 - 07/31/98	08/01/96 - 07/31/98	2 25 minute halves	4	6
Under 12	08/01/94 - 07/31/96	08/01/94 - 07/31/96	2 30 minute halves	4	8
Under 14	08/01/92 - 07/31/94	08/01/92 - 07/31/94	2 35 minute halves	5	11
Under 16	08/01/90 - 07/31/92	08/01/90 - 07/31/92	2 40 minute halves	5	11
Under 19	08/01/97 - 07/31/90	08/01/97 - 07/31/90	2 40 minute halves	5	11

Practice

Practices vary by age group.  At the U4, U5 and U6 level, practices are 1/2 hour before their Sunday game.  Practices for the U8, U10, U12 and U15 age groups may be held at the Seminary fields at Brook & Westwood.  

Recreational teams are guaranteed 1 night of practice field location a week. Most coaches set up practice times after work hours (i.e. starting anywhere from 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. and ending 1 to 1.5 hours after the start time.) The length of practice will depend on the coach. 1 hour to 1.5 hours is normal for U8 and older.

The league supports varying practice locations to reduce field usage for matches.

We offer special skills training by top trainers/professional players FREE to our members. Two (2) goal keeping sessions will be offered, as well as three (3) skills sessions will be offered. Training dates will be announced later. In the Fall of 2006 these sessions were conducted by Eric Dutt and Kofi Nti, Professional Players, and Kyle Lessig, Youth National Coach.   Team training sessions are also available upon request.  Please contact Tish Schrock, Recreation Technical Director to schedule a team training session.

Equipment

All players are encouraged to bring a ball and labeled water bottle to practice. U4, U5, U6, & U8 use a Size 3 ball. U10’s  & U12’s use a size 4 ball. All ages older use a size 5 ball. Shin guards are mandatory at practice and socks are to cover the shin guard completely. It is not necessary for the players to wear soccer cleats. They can play and practice in regular tennis shoes, (although preferably not white ones as they get dirty very quickly!)  Earrings and jewelry are NOT PERMITTED.

Games

All matches are scheduled on Sundays. Due to our new affiliation with the Richmond Kickers, there may be an opportunity for U10 and older teams to have some matches scheduled on Saturdays against the Chesterfield County Division of the Richmond Kickers (Still to be determined)  There may be a few situations where a make up match due to rain may be rescheduled during the week (this is not often not likely to be made up).

The games for U4, U5, U6, U8 and U10 co-ed leagues will be played on the Seminary fields at Brook and Westwood.  The games for U12, U15 and U10 girls will be played on Richmond City fields, primarily Bryan Park. 

Fees

 
The Spring 07 Registration early registration  fee is $60.00 This fee does NOT include the NEW uniform price (see details on uniform pricing below). To register for both Spring 07 and Fall 07, the fee is $90.00.  If you register your player after February 1st,2007 the fee will be $85.00 plus the uniform fee if needed.

A $5.00 discount is applied to each additional player in the household registering with our league.

Uniforms

New uniforms this year!!! RKYSC has obtained an outstanding agreement with SCORE to provide the following kits:  U8’s and older will receive 2 jerseys, 1 pair of shorts, and 1 pair of socks for a minimum price of $35.00 per uniform kit! U4’s, U5’s and U6’s will receive 1 jersey, 1 pair of shorts, and 1 pair of socks for a price of $20.00.  

Replacement Uniform Pieces are available to be ordered after the league has started should something get “lost”.  Please call us at 804.644.5425 ext. 310, 311 or 313 to request a replacement piece.  Payment must be received before an order will be placed.

Jersey: $12.00 each Shorts: $ 8.00 each Socks: $5.00 a pair

Registration

Registration for the Richmond Neighborhood Soccer Association may be completed by downloading the paper application and submitting it to our office.  Click here for the paper application!

Payment for the program is expected at the time of submitting the registration form.  Special requests may be noted on the form but are not guaranteed.  Please indicate the coaches name from last season on the form.  The application, registration fee and uniform fee must be mailed to our office:

RKYSC / Attn Recreation RNSA

2001 Maywill Street, Suite 203

Richmond, VA  23230

Placement Notification

Each player/ parent / guardian will be notified within 1 week after the coaches meeting. This meeting is held at the end of February.  Should you not be notified of your placement by the 1st week in March, please contact Tish Schrock.

Trophies/Awards

Recreation players have earned an award/trophy for their efforts. The cost of this award is NOT included in the player fee. Each coach/team manager should arrange with the parents ordering the team trophies to be given to each participant at the end of the season. It is highly recommended (not mandatory) that each team has a gathering to recognize the efforts of ALL players on the team for the season.