U4-U10 Rec League

NMCYS is a non-profit volunteer organization that teaches soccer and life skills to children and young adults. Our organization embraces our three-tier approach to soccer as teaching, fun and exercise. We teach soccer with an emphasis on child development and sportsmanship. We are honored that you have entrusted us to help shape your child's future.

The soccer fees pay for the equipment, field maintenance, field painting, uniforms, referees, insurance. We are able to keep our costs down because everyone in our organization volunteers their time for the children.

What we ask from the parents is to consider volunteering to coach, paint fields or distribute uniforms. Coaching is where parents can make the difference as we cannot coach all of the teams we have without your help. We provide practice plans and tips to make practices run smooth, the time commitment is approximately 2-3 hours max per week.

Please consider coaching your child's team as we don't want to have to limit the kids that can play because we don't have coaches for the teams. You'll find that you will get as much out of coaching as your child does from you coaching their team. It is a great way to spend quality time with your child and build memories for years to come.

Siblings of the same division will always be assigned to the same team unless requested otherwise by a parent. We are happy to move a child from his/her division to another division up in age to allow them to play with their older sibling.

We use the random assignment of players to teams method. We do not accept requests to play with other players. The only way to change this is to coach a team, as a coach, you can select one individual to play on your team. (Usually reserved to have their parent as an asst coach.)

Can I coach my child’s team?

We would love you to coach! If there is an opening for a coach we will notify you. If you aren’t sure please just call us and we can see if coaching would be an option for you.

Can I request specific teams or teammates?

Only coaches have the ability to request one specific teammate, that is primarily used to request a child's parent as an assistant coach.

When and where are practices?

Practices times and locations are decided on by the coach. Practice fields are in Romeo, Bruce, or Washington unless approved by the NMCYS Board. Generally, you can expect practices to be for an hour or hour and a half sometime between 5:30 and 8:00 pm Monday Thru Friday. (No practices are allowed on Saturdays or Sundays)

We cannot tell you before the season starts when or where your practice will be.

What is your refund policy?

100% refunds are available prior to the first game.

When are games?

We schedule our games on Saturdays but every season we usually have at least one-weekday game. Memorial weekend we do not play so we play games during the week. In the fall we do a weekday game so we finish prior to Halloween.

Where are the games?

Games for all divisions Under 4 thru Under 12 are held at the Bruce Twp. Park/Harvest Church Soccer fields at 299 East Gates Romeo MI 48065

Under 14 and Under 19 games play half of their games at Croswell Elementary and half of their games are against other leagues locally; Rochester, Clarkston, Oxford, Madison Heights, Royal Oak.

Can I put my company’s name on team shirts?

That would be awesome! If you would like to sponsor a team just contact us for details.

How do I become a paid referee?

Contact us for details. Check out our referee page for more information.

What about snacks for my team?

We like to let teams decide together if they want to do snacks for a team. REMEMBER-a coach needs to focus on coaching. So please offer to be the team parent who will coordinate snacks for your team.

What division will my child be in?

We use the age of your child on Aug 1, 2023 to determine age division.

Under 4 is for players age 2.5 - 4 years old (Co-ed)

Under 6 is for players age 4 - 6 years old (Boys and Girls teams)

Under 8 is for players age 6 - 8 years old (Boys and Girls teams)

Under 10 is for players age 8 - 10 years old (Boys and Girls teams)

What equipment does my child need:

U4 Division - tennis shoes or cleats, shin guards, size 3 ball, water bottle, snack

U6 Division - tennis shoes or cleats, shin guards, size 3 ball, water bottle, snack

U8 Division - cleats, shin guards, size 4 ball, water bottle, snack

U10 Division - cleats, shin guards, size 4 ball, water bottle, snack