New Members

Why Affiliate?

Becoming an affiliate of ASA means joining an ever growing infrastructure that aims to provide members with the tools and support to reach their goals. We understand that every league and club faces different challenges and offer many different services to meet those challenges.

Learn more about our risk management process here.

Advantages of membership in ASA include:

Centralized Communication
Online Registration
Insurance: General Liability, Accident
Directors and Officer’s Coverage
Eligible for ASA State Cup and sanctioned tournaments; USASA National Cup Program
Eligible for Coaching Education, Certification, and Development Projects
League Administration Support and Consultation
Digital Media Exposure: Website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Annual General Meeting and Workshops
Special Offers to Members from ASA Sponsors
Referee Support

Become a Member:

Develop Bylaws to govern your organization and institute a Board of Directors
Affiliation form will be completed every year on our Registration Platform GotSport in order to be a sanctioned member.
Contact Jennifer Pfeiffer, ASA Executive Director, for more information.

Current and Returning Members

Returning Member Forms

Each member must complete a new Affiliation Form at the beginning of each year to be a sanctioned ASA member. It is located on your club account in GotSport with a $125 fee.

Updated fees 2023-2024 – This document contains all fees associated with being a member of ASA

Player and Team Forms

Interstate Permission Form

Player Release and Transfer

Guest Player Form

Certificate of Insurance – Players Health

Tournament and Friendlies Forms

To host a sanctioned ASA tournament you will need to download, fill out and upload the Application to host, Tournament Hosting Agreements, and your tournament rules to:

1.Application to Host

2.Tournament Hosting Agreement

Upload the ABOVE TWO DOCUMENTS Here for Approval 2024-25 GotSport Tournament Registration

Once the tournament is completed, you will need to immediately submit red cards and injury reports to Jennifer

The Post tournament payment with the ASA Post Tournament Report is due 14 days after the final date of the tournament in GotSport.

A late fee of $100 will be posted to host organization Gotsport account after 30 days.

Friendlies – We have limited Referees in Alabama, same as everywhere across the country – more games than available referees. Friendlies are not part of a sanctioned league nor a sanctioned tournament which is a priority for game assignments. You will need to be approved for Sanctioning Friendlies starting in 2025-2026 seasonal year. The form will be available in June 2025 as we change to the new seasonal year.

Club Development Resources

BETTER ENVIRONMENTS = BETTER PLAYERS

ASA offers the below resources to member clubs to help develop club environments. To request access to a file, click on the links below. Our Technical Director, Kevin Laux, will verify your ASA membership and give you access to the file to copy and use. Support with using each file is also available by request.

Additionally, eligible Club Directors can take US Soccer’s Club Technical Leadership courses, a pathway specifically designed to educate and license club leadership.

CLUB IDENTITY AND BELIEFS

CLUB IDENTITY FRAMEWORK
This document guides the Club Leader to form a unique, individual club identity beginning with Mission & Vision, and includes philosophical approaches to learning, teaching, and player development.

CLUB ASSESSMENT TOOL
A modified version of US Soccer’s Club Assessment Tool used to help a club assess it’s environment to a high standard.

COACHING DEVELOPMENT

PROFILE OF A COACH
Template that can be used to develop your club’s own Coaching Profile. The Profile is the job description and can be used for coaching development, observations, and assessments.

COACHING METHODOLOGIES
Table of coaching/training methodologies including descriptions and what they may be well suited for.

COACHING STRESS & COPING STRATEGIES
Description of common stressors in a coach’s life along with coping strategies at the individual and club level that can help coaches maintain a healthy lifestyle. From the USOPC Quality Coaching Framework

COACH WELLNESS QUESTIONNAIRE
Survey to use when assessing a coach’s overall wellness in the job. From the USOPC Quality Coaching Framework

COACH READINESS ASSESSMENT
Spreadsheet/roster used to help you determine how to best lead each individual coach based on their level of readiness within the tasks of a coach.

COACHING OBSERVATION – COACH VS PLAYER CENTERED ASSESSMENT
Form used to observe, document, and distinguish coaching behaviors into Coach-Centered or Player-Centered.

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

AGES & STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
From US Soccer’s Player Development Framework – the developmental characteristics of each age group.

US SOCCER’S PLAYER DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS:
The Developmental characteristics for each age group, developmental goals and objectives, and the US Soccer Game Model:

STARTER GAME MODEL
Template used to create your own game model – how your club aims to play the game in the 4 moments

CREATING COACHING POINTS
Template to formulate coaching points that help players learn to recognize cues, which trigger actions, and the reasons why these behaviors are important