SPRING 2013 REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!! Registration for the In-House and Travel Programs for the Spring 2013 season is now open! The first games of the season will be the weekend of April 6 & 7th with practices starting the week of March 25th for Travel teams and April 1st for In-House teams... weather permitting. Players will be placed on teams on a first-registered, first-served basis, and for Travel players, all those who have attended player evaluations the previous Spring 2012.

EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT! Now through January. 15th at Midnight, you can register your players at a $5 discount per player. Regular fees apply beginning January 16th. For Travel players, a late fee of $25 per player applies beginning Feb. 16th, and registration will close by March 1st.

FEES

Mini-Martians Program (Ages 4yrs)..  ...........$50

InHouse Program (Ages U5-U10).................$65

Travel Program.......................                  .........$100

BIRTH CERTIFICATES: New players to the Mars Area Soccer Club program must provide a copy of birth certificate, NO EXCEPTIONS.  No child shall be rostered to a team without it.  Copies of birth certificates can be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

New Travel players must also provide a photo of the player for player pass.  This can be done on the registration site under the Player Profile Window.  Just click on the empty photo box and upload a photo from your computer.

VOLUNTEER POLICY: Parents must choose a volunteer category when registering to avoid the $40 opt-out fee that will automatically be added to your account.

NO PAY NO PLAY POLICY: Payment must be received prior to the first game of the season or players will not be permitted to practice or participate in games.  Player passes will be withheld weekly until payment is submitted.  Thank you in advance for making payment on time.

QUESTIONS?

IN-HOUSE:.....For In-House, please contact Aaron Wollerton This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

TRAVEL:........For the Travel Program, please contact  Cristine Henderson  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

GENERAL:......For questions in general, please contact Cristine Henderson This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Looking forward to seeing you in the Spring!

PLAYUP IN THE INHOUSE PROGRAM

Play-up is defined as a player moving from his/her given age group into any older age group.  Play-up is strictly forbidden in the InHouse Program.  MASC does not endorse Play-up except for extreme cases.  Play-up at this age is not warranted based on the player’s mental & physical development.  The programs are specifically designed and mandated by the United States Youth Soccer Ass’n (USYSA).

The PA West Age Charts are provided by the USYSA and dictate a player’s given age group.  The age charts are designed to encompass not just Western PA but all of the United States.  They do not follow a given school system age break because school systems in other parts of the States are not consistent with this portion of the U.S. or do not operate in the traditional school system breakdown. Some schools run programs well into the summer, or run programs for 8-10 weeks with intermittent breaks of 2-3 weeks at a time.  The USYSA Age Chart is designed to break the age groups by mental & physical development.  Therefore, any family moving from PA to TX will be embraced by the same age group under the USYSA.

Play-up is considered for two reasons only:

1. The player is a physical detriment to one's own age group (occasionally)
2. The player has extreme skill development that is exceptional to one's own age group (very rare or never)

No parent can dictate play-up to the Program.  Play-up is considered ONLY by the Age Group Commissioners of both the given age group and the older age group.  Play-up is then discussed with the coach of the team, the In-House Coordinator and President of the Club.  Play-up must be agreed to by all parties for consideration and would be effective the following season.  All agreement is made prior in writing, with sign-off by all parties.  Play-up may only be considered if there is space in the age group being considered for transfer.  No player from a younger age group will replace a player in his/her given age group if the team rosters are at maximum levels.  Finally, play-up must be initiated with a Play-up consent form (provided only by a Board of Director of Board Staff under consent of all parties), which must be notarized and signed by both parent and Club.

No play-up form will be accepted under any other terms or conditions.