Middlebury
Soccer Association
MISSION STATEMENT
The Middlebury Soccer
Association, Inc. (MSA) is dedicated to promoting youth soccer by
providing all children the opportunity to play the game in an organized program
at appropriate levels with these objectives:
Encouraging enjoyment
of the game
Fostering team spirit
Building soccer skills
Building confidence in
every player
MSA is also committed to encouraging constructive
involvement of parents and supporting excellence in coaching.
MSA is a non-profit corporation dedicated to youth
soccer. MSA is operated by a board of directors who also serve as officers. The
board meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except December) at the
All Middlebury soccer families are welcome and encouraged
to attend board meeting. Please call one of the officers to confirm the date
and time.
MSA is a member club of the Connecticut Junior Soccer
Association (CJSA) Northwest District. Many of the policies and procedures we
follow (such as roster size and classification of players by age) are dictated
by CJSA. MSA players are registered with CJSA.
The soccer program is open to all interested players
and MSA will make every reasonable effort to provide players a place on a team.
MSA offers fall and spring seasons, with a professional
camp in summer and professional coaching during each playing season.
Players are classified by age with those up to age
eight playing on the “in-house” teams and older players on “travel teams.”
Travel teams play teams in the same age group from
other Northwest District towns. Travel teams can have two Divisions. Division
II emphasizes participation over competition with each player playing at least
half the game. Division I is more competitive with no playing time requirement.
If a Division II team wins their Division, they are automatically moved to Division
I by CJSA.