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Post by retired_thibodaux_coach on Feb 2, 2018 8:50:07 GMT -6
I was having a discussion and how to start up a club soccer program got brought up.
I had no idea and neither did the other coach.
Now I am curious to how one can start up a club program from scratch.
does anyone know or have any ideas?
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Post by kevin on Feb 2, 2018 8:58:57 GMT -6
There's a list of what LSA requires here: www.playlouisianasoccer.org/about/how_to_become_an_lsa_affiliate/Setting up a Louisiana non-profit isn't too terribly complicated. But knowing a lawyer who can help you with the paperwork would be nice. I don't know the exact costs, but it's not that high. Getting 501c3 status is more complicated, but that doesn't need to be done right away. I'd imagine that getting the fields would be the most difficult part. |
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Post by time2retire on Feb 2, 2018 9:36:00 GMT -6
Why not just ask Rick?
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Post by retired_thibodaux_coach on Feb 2, 2018 10:20:06 GMT -6
Rick?
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Post by retired_thibodaux_coach on Feb 2, 2018 10:21:47 GMT -6
There's a list of what LSA requires here: www.playlouisianasoccer.org/about/how_to_become_an_lsa_affiliate/Setting up a Louisiana non-profit isn't too terribly complicated. But knowing a lawyer who can help you with the paperwork would be nice. I don't know the exact costs, but it's not that high. Getting 501c3 status is more complicated, but that doesn't need to be done right away. I'd imagine that getting the fields would be the most difficult part. appreciate it! thanks for the help! do any clubs use high school fields for practice or play? |
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Post by ksig3 on Feb 2, 2018 10:24:12 GMT -6
Rick Rosado. The director of the Thibodaux Soccer Association.
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Post by retired_thibodaux_coach on Feb 2, 2018 10:28:16 GMT -6
thanks
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Post by dme1214 on Feb 2, 2018 11:29:34 GMT -6
I was having a discussion and how to start up a club soccer program got brought up. I had no idea and neither did the other coach. Now I am curious to how one can start up a club program from scratch. does anyone know or have any ideas? I believe there is a clause in LSA policy that a new member organization has to have a Rec league registered through Lsa for 2 years before it can start competitive soccer, you must also maintain 75 players throughout the process to stay eligible. It's Lsa's way of protecting the existing clubs |
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Post by Fastest fat dad on Feb 8, 2018 8:32:20 GMT -6
Exactly. Those rules are in place to discourage competition and to allow the cash cow to keep feeding. God forbid some new coach/club comes along and can increase the level of play and win a state championship from one of the big 4
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Post by deltachartersoccer on Feb 20, 2018 11:28:58 GMT -6
Does anyone know if it is required to be a part of LSA to compete in tournaments and in scrimmages? I want to start a travel team in our area (nearest club team is 70 miles away). Where I'm from you just put together a group of players and pay a tournament fee or a league fee and you're good to go.
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Post by Hattrick on Feb 20, 2018 12:20:11 GMT -6
Exactly. Those rules are in place to discourage competition and to allow the cash cow to keep feeding. God forbid some new coach/club comes along and can increase the level of play and win a state championship from one of the big 4 Yep agree, |
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Post by Timbertwin on Feb 20, 2018 12:34:19 GMT -6
Tournaments require you to be a member of some type of US Soccer affiliated organization. The same would be true for scrimmages as the insurance to cover participants is the key
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Post by deltachartersoccer on Feb 20, 2018 13:10:37 GMT -6
Tournaments require you to be a member of some type of US Soccer affiliated organization. The same would be true for scrimmages as the insurance to cover participants is the key Even for an unrestricted tournament? Like the Red Stick Tournament in BR? It says recreational teams could play. |
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Post by dme1214 on Feb 20, 2018 15:24:12 GMT -6
Tournaments require you to be a member of some type of US Soccer affiliated organization. The same would be true for scrimmages as the insurance to cover participants is the key Even for an unrestricted tournament? Like the Red Stick Tournament in BR? It says recreational teams could play. Rec teams are still under Lsa and it’s insurance. The other option is a US Club affiliation. Not sure what is all involved in that but I’m sure they have a website |
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Post by laffysoccermom on Feb 20, 2018 17:39:11 GMT -6
You might be able to find a club that may allow you to register players under them to use their LSA membership for a nominal fee.
Otherwise, check out US Club Soccer although I hear their insurance is not as good. LSA has excellent supplemental insurance if a player gets hurt. It pays what your insurance doesn’t cover less a &500 deductible. It wasn’t too hard to deal with either. Thankfully we only had to use it once.
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Post by historian on Feb 27, 2018 19:26:09 GMT -6
Does anyone know if it is required to be a part of LSA to compete in tournaments and in scrimmages? I want to start a travel team in our area (nearest club team is 70 miles away). Where I'm from you just put together a group of players and pay a tournament fee or a league fee and you're good to go. Are you guys really 70 miles away from Alexandria? |
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Post by laffysoccermom on Feb 27, 2018 20:14:25 GMT -6
You may be able to start a rec program and register through LSA. Technically my daughter’s travel team is rec in that we didn’t go tryouts. Many of our girls have played on select teams in the past and went this route for various reasons- financial, less time commitment, not interested in playing at next level, friendship. We play in tournaments in Louisiana and ‘Mississippi. To my knowledge, our manager has never had issues getting us into tournaments.
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Post by deltachartersoccer on Feb 28, 2018 8:26:07 GMT -6
64 miles to be exact!
I'm currently working to get it affiliated with LSA. We'll be playing soon, hopefully. Still need some guidance as to which tournaments we can register and teams to play if anyone would like to send some suggestions my way!
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Post by laffysoccermom on Feb 28, 2018 10:16:41 GMT -6
Are you going to have a girl’s team or just boys? One thing you might want to try to get friendlies is talk to surrounding clubs and let them know you would like to play traveling opponents after league games. It would allow them to get another game in after traveling. You may be able to play the local team too.
If you are Rec, you can probably enter the Open Cup in Baton Rouge. Getting into tournaments isn’t hard but it can be difficult to find tournaments that have older age groups at an appropriate competition level. It’s kind of hit or miss depending on who goes. We have played same tournaments and competed well one year and got blown out of the water the next.
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Post by deltachartersoccer on Mar 5, 2018 9:21:29 GMT -6
Are you going to have a girl’s team or just boys? One thing you might want to try to get friendlies is talk to surrounding clubs and let them know you would like to play traveling opponents after league games. It would allow them to get another game in after traveling. You may be able to play the local team too. If you are Rec, you can probably enter the Open Cup in Baton Rouge. Getting into tournaments isn’t hard but it can be difficult to find tournaments that have older age groups at an appropriate competition level. It’s kind of hit or miss depending on who goes. We have played same tournaments and competed well one year and got blown out of the water the next. We'll have both 18U boys and girls. Also a 14U coed rec team. That sounds like a good idea. If you have any contact info you could send my way that would be great! I don't care about the competitive level though to be honest. Tough is good! |
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