We’re wrapping up our intial season of TriCounty Futsal and we’d like to know what you think?

We ask that you be constructive in your critique and give us ideas on how we can make it better.  Tell us the things you liked and things you think can be better. 

Our goal is to make this as nice an experience as we can for you and your players.

CLICK HERE to begin the survey.  Note:  This will take you to a site outside of the TCF website.

You will only be able to do one survey per computer.

TriCounty Futsal is a new organization where the three largest local youth soccer clubs in southern Maryland have collaborated to take their programs indoors for the winter months.  St. Mary’s Youth Soccer, Waldorf Soccer Club and Calvert Soccer Association will work together to register, schedule and manage multiple teams from each area and facilities located in each of the neighboring counties.

Registration for this exciting adventure is now open!

We have been receiving emails and calls concerning some things.  We have started this FAQ to hopefully provide you with some answers.  This way you don’t have to wait on a response.

Q:  When will the season start and finish?
A:  The first game will be Friday, December 2nd.  We will then take a break for the holidays.  Season will end no later than March 4. 2012.  Some teams may play until then, others may finish a little earlier.  The Calendar on the TCF web page is updated.

Q:  Can we register our player as an individual?
A:  There is no way to register single players, this is intentional.  The different organizations (CSA, SMYS, and WSC) may be able to help you identify a team for your player to join.  Please refer to the TCF Coordinators here for that info.

Q:  Where will games be played?
A:  Each county has a facility where games will be played.  All of those locations are listed here.  Travel and RecPlus teams will play approximately 5 home games and 5 games at any of the away locations.  Recreational teams will play all their games at their home court.

Q:  Why are Unaffiliated teams charged more?
A:  The participating clubs (CSA, SMYS, and WSC) determined the charges for use of their home courts.  If an Unaffiliated team wishes to use the facilities of one of these clubs, there has been an additional $100 surcharge added to fees.  Reasoning for this is simple, within all clubs there are overhead costs that aren’t generally covered by registration fees, but rather absorbed by the club’s operating budget.  The additional $100 surcharge will help defray those costs.

Q:  Where are the rules?
A:  Last year when all of these clubs played cross-county games one of the shortcomings was a consistent set of rules for each site.  With that said, we have almost completed the consolidation of the rules for each site so that we have a complete set of rules that will apply at all locations.

Q:  Who will we play?
A:  The goal is to have specific gender and ages play each other, as well as level of play.  However, that will depend soley on the final registration.  In a perfect world, we would have only boys playing boys, girls playing girls, travel playing travel, etc.  In reality, there will be some mixing of these rules, partially because some coaches want to play tougher competition to enhance development, and partially because of who registers.  We will do our best to avoid uneven matchups.

Check back as we’ll add more FAQs as they come in.