Fall 2024 Soccer Programs

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Please scroll down for all program descriptions, schedules, and age group birth years.

Trainers for all 3rd - 12th grade recreational traveling teams: The Club provides professional trainers from United Soccer Academy to lead practice sessions each week, along with trainer appearances at several league games.

Professional trainers from USA Soccer also lead program sessions in all Pre-K through 2nd grade age groups with the help of parent coaches. Players will learn new skills and tactics each week and put them to use in multiple scrimmages each session.

Registration Pricing - Fall 2024

• Early registration pricing for all GRSC fall programs is $230 ($200 for Parent & Player) through July 7, 2024. 
• Regular registration pricing for all GRSC fall programs is $280 ($250 for Parent & Player), and starts on July 8, 2024.
• Competition Development Program for 1st & 2nd graders: This OPTIONAL program is $75. Scroll down for more information about the Competition Development Program.
• Scroll to bottom of page for the GRSC's fall 2024 Refund Policy.

• NOTE: a town-mandated $20/player fee will be added to each registration bringing the total early registration fee to $250/player and the regular registration fee to $300/player. This fee is being imposed on GRSC Families by the Borough of Glen Rock to fund future repairs and replacement of the artificial turf at Faber Field.

All registration fees include weekly professional training with United Soccer Academy, GRSC jersey, soccer ball, and socks.

Updated for Fall 2024 - Revamped Curriculum for Parent & Player Program for 2-to-3 Year-Olds!  GRSC's updated Parent & Player Program is a fun and positive introduction to soccer for our youngest players and their parents/guardians!  Our program engages youngsters with entertaining activities that promote motor skill development and cognitive ability.

With a parent participating by their side, kids will have fun learning basic soccer skills like chasing, running, kicking and listening. Parent and child will be participating in dynamic, virtually non-stop soccer and agility and games.

Classes are 35 minutes and meet once a week for 8 weeks. Adult Participation is required.

Each participant will receive a jersey, soccer ball and medal.

-- Children aged 2-3 years participate in our Parent & Player Program and learn basic soccer skills like chasing, running, kicking and listening.

-- Children aged 3-5 (Pre-K) focus on developing their soccer abilities through fun weekly activities, games, and scrimmages. 

-- Players in Kindergarten through 2nd grade spend the first half of each session continuing to develop soccer skills and tactics, with the second half of each session devoted to games against other teams in the session.

-- Players may "play up" or "play down" in their age group so they can participate with with their classmates. In certain instances, we may ask for additional information about the player to determine appropriate program placement.

-- All sessions are led by professional trainers from United Soccer Academy with assistance from parent coaches/team managers.

Equipment

-- Every player receives a GRSC team jersey, soccer ball, socks, and end-of-season participation medal.

-- All players must wear shin guards.

-- Players provide black shorts.

-- Soccer cleats are optional but recommended. The turf will be wet after rain, morning dew, and melting frost. Cleats help prevent players from slipping.

Days, Times and Locations

All sessions will be held on the Lower Faber artificial turf field:

-- Parent & Player (2-3 yr olds) Session 1: Saturdays 11-11:35am

-- Parent & Player (2-3 yr olds) Session 2: Saturdays 11:45am-12:20pm

-- Pre-K (3-5 yr olds) Session 1: Saturdays 11am-12noon

-- Pre-K (3-5 yr olds) Session 2: Saturdays 12noon-1pm

-- Pre-K (3-5 yr olds) Session 3: Sundays 2:15-3:15pm

-- Pre-K (3-5 yr olds) Session 4: Sundays 3:15-4:15pm

-- Kindergarten Session 1: Saturdays 9-10am

-- Kindergarten Session 2: Saturdays 10-11am

-- 1st Grade Boys (Division 7 Boys): Sundays 1:30-3pm

-- 1st Grade Boys Competition Development Program: Tuesdays 4-5pm (Scroll down for more information)

-- 1st Grade Girls (Division 7 Girls): Saturdays 1-2:30pm

-- 1st Grade Girls Competition Development Program: Thursdays 4-5pm (Scroll down for more information)

-- 2nd Grade Boys (Division 6 Boys): Sundays 3-4:30pm

-- 2nd Grade Boys Competition Development Program: Tuesdays 4-5pm (Scroll down for more information)

-- 2nd Grade Girls (Division 6 Girls): Saturdays 1-2:30pm

-- 2nd Grade Girls Competition Development Program: Thursdays 4-5pm (Scroll down for more information)

Season Start Date 

All Fall 2024 Parent & Player, Pre-K, 1st grade and 2nd grade programs are scheduled to start the weekend of September 7-8, 2024.

Season End Dates

-- The Parent & Player and Pre-K programs run 8 weeks and end Saturday, October 26th or Sunday, October 27th, 2024. However, the programs may end November 2nd or 3rd due to the Halloween Parade or session cancellations due to the weather.

-- The Kindergarten, Division 7 (1st Grade) and Division 6 (2nd Grade) programs run ten weeks and are scheduled to end the weekend of November 9-10, 2024. 

NOTE: Season end dates may be extended an additional week if there are session cancellations due to weather earlier in the season.

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COMPETITION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM for all 1st and 2nd Graders

The Glen Rock Soccer Club is excited to re-introduce our Competition Development Program - an OPTIONAL program exclusively for 1st and 2nd graders already registered for the Club's fall 1st or 2nd grade clinic programs.

-- What is the Competition Development Program? This optional program entails one additional practice session per week for 1st and 2nd grade boys and girls in addition to their regular Sunday clinic. Players will practice with a professional trainer each week who will introduce players to new soccer skills and tactics, and help improve existing skills and players' understanding of the game of soccer. 

Based on each team's performance, skill level, and player availability, the goal of the teams is to participate in one or more small mini soccer tournaments called festivals.

-- When and Where are the Practices? The boy's team will practice Tuesdays after school from 4-5pm starting September 10, 2024 and the girl's team will practice Thursdays after school starting September 12 2024 from 4-5pm. All practices will take place on the Lower Faber artificial turf and grass fields.

-- How much does it cost? The Competition Development Program is $75 in addition to the standard registration fee.

-- Who is Eligible? Any 1st or 2nd grade player currently registered for either the 1st or 2nd grade  weekend clinic programs with Glen Rock Soccer Club this fall.

-- How Many Teams/Players will there be? There will be at least one boys team and one girls team. Each team will have a maximum of 14 players. Team registrations are first come, first served. If there is enough interest, we will consider adding additional teams.

-- What is the Commitment? The Club expects players to participate in all or most sessions for the entire season. While we realize and absolutely understand that things come up and players will miss an occasional extra practice, players who habitually miss the extra practices will be asked to withdraw from the team so a player on the wait-list can join and participate. A full squad of players each week makes for a much better practice session. We would also want as many players as possible to attend any soccer festival.

-- You mentioned Soccer Festivals above. What are those? Soccer festivals are small mini-tournaments. Teams play 4 v 4 against teams from other clubs. At each festival, teams will play four, 20-minute games in a two hour period. The festivals we may participate in are all on Saturdays and the times are currently TBD. The festivals in which we would participate are in October.

-- Questions? Please contact us at glenrocksoccerclub@gmail.com.

-- Children in grades 3 - 12 join recreational travel teams and play games against other towns in northwest Bergen County while continuing to develop skills and tactics. 

-- There are no tryouts to participate on a GRSC recreational travel team and all players are guaranteed to play at least half of every game. 

-- Players may "play up" into the next age division, but cannot "play down" if they have aged out of a division. 

-- All teams have a midweek practice and weekend game.

-- Midweek practice sessions for 3rd - 12th grade recreational traveling teams will be run by professional trainers from United Soccer Academy. Trainers will also attend several weekend games for all teams.

Equipment

-- Every player receives a GRSC traveling team jersey and socks. Coaches are supplied a team equipment bag including soccer balls, cones and first aid kit. Players keep a team soccer ball at the end of the season.

-- All players must wear shin guards and black shorts.

-- Soccer cleats are optional but strongly recommended. The turf will be wet after rain, morning dew, and melting frost. Cleats help prevent players from slipping.

Practices 

All practices are run by professional trainers. Teams have one practice each week and each session is 90 minutes. Practice day and time will depend on the individual team. Practice sessions start the week of September 2, 2024 and run though the week of November 11, 2024.

-- Division 5 (3rd/4th Grade) Boys:  Wednesdays 6-7:30pm on the lower soccer/lacrosse field at Glen Rock High School

-- Division 5 (3rd/4th Grade) Girls: Tuesdays or Thursdays 5-6:30pm on the Lower Faber small artificial turf field

-- Division 4 (5th/6th Grade) Boys:  Wednesdays or Thursdays 7:30-9pm on the lower soccer/lacrosse field at Glen Rock High School

-- Division 4 (5th/6th Grade) Girls: Tuesdays 6-7:30pm on the lower soccer/lacrosse field at Glen Rock High School

-- Division 3 (7th/8th Grade) Boys: Thursdays 7:30-9pm on the lower soccer/lacrosse field at Glen Rock High School

-- Division 3 (7th/8th Grade) Girls: Tuesdays 7:30-9pm on the lower soccer/lacrosse field at Glen Rock High School

-- Division 2 (9th - 12th Grades) Co-Ed: Tuesdays 6-7:30pm on the lower soccer/lacrosse field at Glen Rock High School - Program Not Running Fall 2024.

Games

League play in the Northwest Bergen Soccer Association (NWBSA) for the Fall 2024 season begins either September 7, 2024 (girls' teams) or September 8, 2024 (co-ed high school teams and boys' teams). Games are played on Saturday mornings or Sunday afternoons according to the following schedule:

-- Division 5 (3rd/4th Grade) Boys: Sundays, 1pm or 3pm

-- Division 5 (3rd/4th Grade) Girls: Saturdays, 9am or 11am

-- Division 4 (5th/6th Grade) Boys: Sundays, 1pm or 3pm

-- Division 4 (5th/6th Grade) Girls: Saturdays, 9am or 11am

-- Division 3 (7th/8th Grade) Boys: Sundays, 1pm or 3pm

-- Division 3 (7th/8th Grade) Girls: Saturdays, 9am or 11am

-- Division 2 (9th - 12th Grades) Co-Ed: Sundays, 1pm or 3pm - Program Not Running Fall 2024.

Game schedules, dates and field locations for all traveling teams are located on the Northwest Bergen Soccer Association (NWBSA) website: www.nwbsa.org.

Season End Dates

The season runs 11 weeks and finishes the weekend of November 16-17, 2024. Certain weekends will not have games scheduled.

In the Glen Rock Soccer Club and Northwest Bergen Soccer Association (NWBSA), division of play is determined by date of birth, which runs from August 1st through July 31st of the following year. 

For the 2024-2025 seasonal year, the age group birth dates are:

• Division 2 Co-Ed (9th-12th Grade) - 1/1/06 to 9/30/10 or 9th grade in fall 2024
• Division 3 (7th/8th Grade) - 8/1/10 to 9/30/12 or 7th grade in fall 2024
• Division 4 (5th/6th Grade) - 8/1/12 to 9/30/14 or 5th grade in fall 2024
• Division 5 (3rd/4th Grade) - 8/1/14 to 9/30/16 or 3rd grade in fall 2024
• Division 6 (2nd Grade) - 8/1/16 to 9/30/17 or 2nd grade in fall 2024
• Division 7 (1st Grade) - 8/1/17 to 9/30/18 or 1st grade in fall 2024
• Kindergarten Clinic - 8/1/18 to 9/30/19 or Kindergarten in fall 2024
• Pre-K Clinic (ages 3-5) - 8/1/19 to 9/30/21 (fall season) or 2/28/22 (spring 2025 season)
• Parent and Player (ages 2-3) - 10/1/21 to 9/30/22 or 2/28/23 (spring 2025 season).

All players may "play up" into the next age division, but recreational travel team players cannot "play down" if they have aged out of a division. However, players in the Pre-K through 2nd grade programs are able to "play up" or "play down" to participate with their classmates. 

The Club also needs your help as a Coach, Assistant Coach, or Team Manager! Be a part of a rewarding, fun experience with your children. Volunteer with a friend!

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For more information on the Glen Rock Soccer Club's competitive travel program, FC Glen Rock, please click here.

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