Guest Playing Question (academy u9/10)

If a player has received a release from the player's former club's US Club Soccer roster, what needs to happen for that player to guest play in tournaments with other academy teams? This is an academy (u9), not select, player.

Thanks.

Nothing Academy players are not tied to one team and can play with any team without a release.

Thanks. That seemed like the common sense answer, but common sense doesn't always seem to be the rule in NTX soccer.

footbull wrote:If a player has received a release from the player's former club's US Club Soccer roster, what needs to happen for that player to guest play in tournaments with other academy teams?  This is an academy (u9), not select, player.  

Thanks.

It comes down to whether the team you want to guest play for is registered with US Club Soccer or NTSSA.


If you are guest playing for another team registered with US Club Soccer, you need to make sure you are still not on the online US Club Soccer roster of your old team. If you are, you will need a US Club Soccer Player Loan Form signed by the coach of your old team  OR  get your old team to ask US Club Soccer to release you from their team's US Club Soccer roster, so you can be added to the US Club Soccer Roster of the team you want to guest play with.


If you are guest playing for an NTSSA team, you will have to register your child as an Academy player with the NTSSA home association that you do/should play NTSSA rec, based on where you live. Once you pay their registration fee, they will give you an NTSSA Academy Player Registration Form. Keep the original, and give a copy to any NTSSA academy team that you want to guest play with.

Thank you Coach Dom. I really appreciate the feedback.

To add a layer of difficulty to the hypothetical, assume the player has the US Club soccer release from the old club AND that the new hosting team is also a US Club Soccer team, but is from outside of Texas. Is it possible to be rostered with an out of state team, at least for one event?

coachdom23 wrote:

footbull wrote:If a player has received a release from the player's former club's US Club Soccer roster, what needs to happen for that player to guest play in tournaments with other academy teams?  This is an academy (u9), not select, player.  

Thanks.

It comes down to whether the team you want to guest play for is registered with US Club Soccer or NTSSA.


If you are guest playing for another team registered with US Club Soccer, you need to make sure you are still not on the online US Club Soccer roster of your old team. If you are, you will need a US Club Soccer Player Loan Form signed by the coach of your old team  OR  get your old team to ask US Club Soccer to release you from their team's US Club Soccer roster, so you can be added to the US Club Soccer Roster of the team you want to guest play with.


If you are guest playing for an NTSSA team, you will have to register your child as an Academy player with the NTSSA home association that you do/should play NTSSA rec, based on where you live. Once you pay their registration fee, they will give you an NTSSA Academy Player Registration Form. Keep the original, and give a copy to any NTSSA academy team that you want to guest play with.

footbull wrote:If a player has received a release from the player's former club's US Club Soccer roster, what needs to happen for that player to guest play in tournaments with other academy teams?  This is an academy (u9), not select, player.  

Thanks.

regardless of league(s), if a player has a release, unless specified on release, player should be free to play anytime, anywhere, for anyone

No one can hold anyone hostage in academy. You may play for anyone you wish at anytime. Now to play academy you have to obtain the proper paperwork. If you are on a roster and you wish to play elsewhere they must allow. That is what academy is about.

Am I sensing some sarcasm here? :-)

We went through this when our then 6 year old switched clubs. We actually had to get a release to roster a 6 year old with a different club. Something is wrong with that.

KeeperCommander wrote:No one can hold anyone hostage in academy. You may play for anyone you wish at anytime. Now to play academy you have to obtain the proper paperwork. If you are on a roster and you wish to play elsewhere they must allow. That is what academy is about.

Nothing wrong with US Club Soccer but if you have an Academy Form signed by home association then you will never have to worry about this.

KeeperCommander wrote:Nothing wrong with US Club Soccer but if you have an Academy Form signed by home association then you will never have to worry about this.

If you only played for NTSSA academy teams and you were willing to pay anywhere from $25 to $110 to your rec home association for your academy release form.

footbull wrote:Thank you Coach Dom.  I really appreciate the feedback.    

To add a layer of difficulty to the hypothetical, assume the player has the US Club soccer release from the old club AND that the new hosting team is also a US Club Soccer team, but is from outside of Texas.  Is it possible to be rostered with an out of state team, at least for one event?

As far as I know, there is no rule saying you must live in the state where you are rostered. US Club Soccer is big in the Northeast. States are much smaller and closer together, so it is probably pretty regular to see a players from NJ and NY on the same US Club team roster.

If you need the contact info for our US Club Soccer Regional Rep, let me know.