Athletic, talented, motivated, skilled, ambitious…
Do any (or all) of these attributes describe you?
The UA Soccer Academy has expanded to include league play as part of our
“Total Player Development“ program. In addition to our individual/group skills
training sessions the UASA now offers our members (and selected others) the
opportunity to participate in our Club Soccer program.
Benefits to you:
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- Serious competition. Our teams will participate in appropriate leagues to match
the skill level of our players. You will test your skills against players from
all over Columbus, and potentially from Dayton and Cincinnati as well!
- Serious competition. Our teams will participate in appropriate leagues to match
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- High quality training. Our teams will be trained by professional, licensed,
experienced soccer trainers. You will learn the game well. We follow as close
as possible to the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) “Best Practices” guide
to developing soccer players/teams.
- High quality training. Our teams will be trained by professional, licensed,
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- LOCALLY BASED. You are within 10-15 minutes of your training facilities.
COME HOME to UA for your training.
- LOCALLY BASED. You are within 10-15 minutes of your training facilities.
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- Affordable cost structure. You shouldn’t have to mortgage your house to learn
to play the game of soccer. Our fees are designed to be affordable and reasonable.
- Affordable cost structure. You shouldn’t have to mortgage your house to learn
Tryout information
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Determine your age group (2019-2020 Season)
| Age Group | Birthyear |
| U08 | 2012 |
| U09 | 2011 |
| U10 | 2010 |
| U11 | 2009 |
| U12 | 2008 |
| U13 | 2007 |
| U14 | 2006 |
Find your tryout date/time
| Age Group(s) | Tryout dates | Time | Location |
| U8-U12 | Tuesday, May 28th and Thursday, May 30th | 6:00-7:30pm | Fancyburg |
| U13 and above | Monday, June 3rd | 6:00-7:30pm | Fancyburg |
Offers to join a team can be made to current team members up to 7 days prior to tryouts. Players
trying out for the first time with the Academy can be made offers at the tryout.
Costs
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Costs listed in the following table include:
League fees, referee fees, a soccer “kit” (Home/Away jersey, shorts, Home/Away socks),
training fees and tournament entry fees. All other related costs (i.e. travel, etc.)
are expressly excluded.
| Age Group | Team size | Tournaments | Training days per week | Cost |
| U8-U10 | 7 v 7 | 0 | 2 | $700.00 |
| U11-U12 | 9 v 9 | 1 | 2 | $800.00 |
| U13-U14 | 11 v 11 | 1 | 2 | $900.00 |
The fees are ANNUAL fees. They are payable in three installments.
A $200.00 deposit is required as proof of acceptance of an offer to play. This deposit
is only refundable if a team cannot be formed at (or one year older) your age group. A second payment
will be due by the end of August and the final payment is due before the end of October.
U13-U14 teams that play SPRING ONLY, the fee will be $500
Accepting a position
with the team is a commitment for an entire year (August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020). Please consider this
commitment before accepting a position with any team.
Credit Card payments are accepted for all payments.
Staff
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Girls Director: Mark L. Wise
Mark holds the following licenses and diplomas:
- USSF National B License
- NSCAA Advanced National Diploma
- NSCAA Goalkeeping I Diploma
Mark has been an Olympic Development Prpgram State staff coach. He has over 19
years of coaching club soccer and 15 years experience as a High School varsity coach.
Mark also is the Owner and Head Coach of the Columbus Eagles FC a women’s team
playing in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL), the oldest and largest women’s
soccer league in the world.
