Welcome to Coldbrook Travel Soccer!

News

With the season quickly approaching, we want to begin shifting our focus to the future. We are again looking for new members to join our Board of Directors as many of our current volunteers have players that will be aging out soon.

Our approach this time around is to post all of our open or soon to be open roles, in hopes of finding qualified candidates looking to help our club continue to grow. If you are interested in any of these roles or have questions, please send us a message on FB or email : info@coldbrooksoccer.com.

Scheduler – The Club Scheduler handles all communications to/from the coaching staff and RSU 22 with regards to field availability and scheduling of practice sessions. Additionally, they’re responsible for the coordination of field scheduling for all home games along with the Referee Coordination for said games along with any other Coldbrook events requiring RSU 22 field usage.

Referee Coordinator – The Referee Coordinator works with the local Referee Assignor to ensure all CTSC games have appropriate referee coverage; provides game assignments to selected referees and acts as referee advocate on Board of Directors. Works directly with the Scheduler or can be done by that person as well.

Secretary – The Secretary shall keep the minutes for the Board of Director’s meetings and post these minutes on the website after approved by the Board, be custodian of the corporate records and see that the seal of the Corporation is affixed to all documents, keep a register of the post office address and telephone number of each director; and in general, perform all duties incident to the office of the Secretary and such duties as from time to time may be assigned.

Risk Management Officer – The Risk Manager shall be responsible for ensuring the club’s compliance with USYSA and Soccer Maine requirements as well as industry guidance and best practices for minimizing the club’s risk. This includes ensuring that insurance coverage and policies are current and that club members, especially board members, coaches and other team personnel, are knowledgeable of and adhere to their role in minimizing risk for the club.

Communications Director – The Communications Director works to ensure that all communication platforms, including social media, are kept up to date with club communications, policies, and announcements. They will also draft and distribute all club communications and gain approval of said communications from the Board of Directors.

Fundraising Chair- The Fundraising Chair will focus on the fundraising efforts of the club. This may include, but are not limited to, sponsorships, donations, grants, and scholarships. They may develop a subcommittee of non-Board members to assist in organizing and executing on fundraising activities for the club.

Roster spots still available!

We still have roster spots available for the following age groups and can take players until the end of July:

U-9 girls has 1 space available
U-10 girls has 3-4 spaces available
U-11 girls has 1 space available
U-12 girls has 2 spaces available

There are no spaces available for any boy’s players, but we are still in need of a coach for our U-12 boys team.

Coach Needed Immediately!

We are currently looking for a Head Coach to lead our U-12 Boys this upcoming Fall season. Commitment would be from the beginning of August until around Halloween with practices 2x per week and games on Sundays. Please share will anyone interested or contact us to apply immediately! **UPDATE – This position has been filled**

Final Player Evaluations U-14

Final Evaluation scrimmage for our U14 Girls will be held on Thursday, June 27th @ 4:30 on the Hampden Academy Upper Baseball field located next to the Track. Please ensure no one walks on the track while making your way to the field as it was just resurfaced this week and is off limits to the public. All girls in 6th or 7th grade may also attend this event to ensure we have sufficient numbers.

Final Evaluation scrimmage for our U14 Boys will be held on Saturday, June 29th @ 3:00 on the Hampden Academy turf field. If for any reason we have to move the event, we will contact everyone via email and post on our FB page. All U-13 boys are invited to attend and play as well.

2024 Player Evals Rescheduled

Unfortunately, this week’s weather caused some cancellations that resulted in us being pushed from the schedule for all fields in Hampden and Hermon HS did not have enough field availability to host our event. With that being said, we will be moving our make-up evaluation session to the Reeds Brook Middle School soccer field and it will be held next Wednesday, June 5th, starting @ 4:30pm for our youngest ages.

U-8 to U-10 (age as of 8/1) = 4:30pm – 5:30pm

U-11 & U-12 = 5:30pm – 6:45pm

U-13 & U-14 = 6:45pm – 8:00pm

As a reminder, please have your player prepared for the start of their session with their shin guards and cleats already on, so that we can begin right away. Bring plenty of water to the session and GK’s should bring their gloves for U-11 and above, if they desire being seen at that position. No need to bring balls as we will have plenty.

Fall 2024 Registration is Underway

We are currently taking registrations for all teams for the upcoming Fall 2024 season with Coldbrook Travel Soccer. If you would like to register your player for a team, please do so before May 23rd so they can participate in our Player Evaluation session.

https://system.gotsport.com/programs/526408K88?reg_role=player

For any parents or adults looking to coach one of our teams this Fall, please register your interest using the link below and someone will contact you.

https://system.gotsport.com/programs/97604193S?reg_role=coach

Fall 2024 Player Evals Scheduled

Player Evaluations for the upcoming Fall 2024 season with occur on May 23rd at the Hampden Academy Turf field located behind the school.

U8/U9/U10 players will start at 4:30pm and end by 5:30pm
U11/U12 players will start at 5:30pm and end by 6:30pm
U13/U14 players will start at 6:30pm and end by 7:30pm

If you player would like to be considered for an older age group, they should plan to attend their age and the next age above theirs. This will especially be needed when changing from one session time to another (example: going from U10 to U11 or U12 to U13). If your player cannot make their session time, then please message us on FB or email president@coldbrooksoccer.com to notify us.

*Please should attend the age group they will be in during the season (Example: If a player turns 13 in July, but is 12 when evaluations occur; they would still be considered a U-14 player for the season. Use their age on 8/1/2024 as a reference point.)

Registration Requirement – Birth Certificates Needed

In an effort to assist with our validation process and update our compliance regulations to match those established by Soccer Maine, we are requiring that each player have a copy of their birth certificate added to their Gotsport account prior to 6/30. This will allow our Board the opportunity to validate each player’s account, not only for this season, but for the remainder of their time with Coldbrook or potentially any club using the Gotsport system prior to team submissions in July. Once it has been completed, it won’t be necessary again. Any player without a birth certificate on file will not be able to be validated for the upcoming season and may forfeit their roster spot.

Instructions to on how to add your birth certificate to your GotSport account for validation can be found here or below:

Log into the GotSport account used to register your player
click “Account” in the top menu bar and then “Family”
Select your player or follow for each if you have multiple players
Select “Documents” & then click the “+ New Document” button
Select “Birth Certificate – Coldbrook” from the dropdown list
Upload a file (picture, scan doc, etc.) Ensure your player’s name and date of birth are both clearly visible
Save

Player Registration is still OPEN! Closes June 18th at Midnight!

For all players looking to participate in our 2023 Fall Travel season, you must by fully registered in GotSport by June 18th or risk losing your spot. We have completed our evaluation process and begun to compile our rosters for the upcoming season. We will allow registrations to most age groups, but a couple ages have already been closed or changed to wait-list status:

U-14 Boys (13 yrs old) – Closed
U-13 Boys (12 yrs old) – Need players
U-12 Boys (11 yrs old) – wait list only, please contact us directly
U-11 Boys (10 yrs old) – Open
U-10 Boys (9 yrs old) – Open
U-8/9 Boys (7-8 yrs old) – Open
U-14 Girls (13 yrs old) – Closed
U-13 Girls (12 yrs old) – wait list only, please contact us directly
U-12 Girls (11 yrs old) – Open
U-11 Girls (10 yrs old) – Open
U-10 Girls (9 yrs old) – Open
U8/9 Girls (7-8 yrs old) – Need players

If you know any players within the ages above listed as Still in Need or Open, please reach out to them and help us fill out our remaining team rosters. Thank you all for your time and we look forward to a successful season!

Player Evaluations Fall 2023 – May 18th – FIELD CHANGE!!

Player Evaluations for the upcoming Fall 2023 season will occur on May 18th and now be located at the Hampden Academy Turf field.

U8/U9/U10 players will start at 4:30pm and end by 5:30pm
U11/U12 players will start at 5:30pm and end by 6:30pm
U13/U14 players will start at 6:30pm and end by 7:30pm

If you player would like to be considered for an older age group or has been playing up a year, they should plan to attend their age and the next age above theirs. This will especially be needed when changing from one session time to another (example: going from U10 to U11 or U12 to U13). If your player cannot make their session time, then please message us on FB or email president@coldbrooksoccer.com to notify us.

Please arrive about 15 mins prior to your session for check-in and have your cleats and shin pads already on!