Q: When will I be contacted about my child’s team for the fall season when I register in the spring / summer? 

Around the first week in August, the club holds a meeting where the team rosters are handed out to the coaches. Coaches will then contact their players to let them know when practices will begin (day/time/location).  

**Note: If you have not received a call from a coach by August 20th, contact the club registrar by e-mail (tracytonsoccer4@yahoo.com). It is possibly that a coach may be on vacation, there may not be enough players to field a team at your players age group, or the club may still be looking for a coaching candidate for that team. 

Q: How are teams formed? 

Teams are formed in the following ways:

  1st: Players that request to return to the same team that they were on the previous year and are signed up by June 30th are placed back on that team.

  2nd: Players that request to play on a team (requesting to play for a coach or to play with a friend). If the player is in the correct age group and if there is room on that team, then they are placed on that team by the first request date. REQUEST MUST BE IN BY JUNE 30th. There is NO guarantee that the request can be honored.

  3rd: As needed to make a team or to fill out a team.

Note: Players are placed in their age group unless it’s been requested that they play up (they must pay the fee for that age group), it is approved, and there is room for them to play up.  

Q: Why can’t my child play with their best friend, they both are in the same grade at school? 

Players are placed on teams by their age not the grade that they’re in. Players can not play down. WSYSA Rule 206.2 (Player Age Definition)

Q: Why do I need to provide a copy of my child’s birth certificate or other legal proof of age? Can I use a Hospital, baptismal or religious certificate? 

Tracyton Soccer Club is required to have a copy of the legal proof of age on file in case of a question of the player age. WSYSA Rule 204.7.2. Proof of Age: States that a player shall provide proof of age upon initial registration with an affiliated organization of the WSYSA. Any player may be called upon to provide said proof of age to a member association registrar or the WSYSA registrar upon request.  Hospital, baptismal or religious certificates will not be accepted. 

Q: How often and where will my child practice? 

Each individual coach will sign up for a practice field (Fairgrounds area or a local school). Coaches will also pick the time and days (normally twice a week) that their practices will be held, during the first coaches meeting. 

Q: What does my registration fee pay for? 

Your registration fees helps to pay for uniforms, shorts, socks, pennies, goals, nets, balls, flags, field paint, referees, insurance, coaches clinics, and field use for practices and games. 

Q: What does the “U” means? 

It stands for under. This means that all players on the team were under that specified age on August 1st of the seasonal year. 

Q: What equipment do I need to buy for my child to play soccer?

Your child will need shin guards and a pair of soccer shoes (NO Football or Baseball shoes that have a toe cleat). An appropriate size soccer ball is always welcomed as well!  

Tracyton Soccer Club provides uniforms, shorts and socks for each player to wear for their games. Players get to keep the socks; uniform shirts and shorts must be returned after the season to the coach, who will return them back to the club. Coaches are provided a limited number of balls and cones. It’s strongly recommended that each player have a ball to practice with at home. 

Q: Who coaches the teams? 

All of our coaches are volunteers with many of them being a parent of a player. All coaches must pass a Washington State Youth Soccer Association’s risk management program. There is training available for coaches through WSYSA. 

Q: What’s the different between a “Select” team and a Recreation team? 

Select: These are teams that start out at U11 and you have to tryout for them. Tryouts are usually held during March through May. Select teams have the opportunity to play in many tournaments around the state during the summer and their season is longer.

Recreational: The use of tryouts, invitations, recruiting, or any like process to roster players selectively to any team on the basis of talent or ability is prohibited. Recreational teams have a 10 game fall season and possibly will play in one or two tournaments. Their season is over in November or December. 

Q: May players wear earring if they are taped? 

WSYSA rules do not allow players to participate in games if they are wearing jewelry. This includes “taping” of the earrings. 

Q: What does the WSYSA insurance cover?

WSYSA insurance provides secondary coverage for medical expenses incurred during the course of a WSYSA sanctioned activity that exceed benefits available under any and all other available insurance plans. WSYSA insurance includes a $250 deductible for each occurrence, regardless of any deductible paid under any other insurance plan.