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
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
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: Application to Host Tournament Hosting Agreement
Upload all Paperwork 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 Lynn
The Post tournament payment with the ASA Post Report Tournament 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.
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:
- US Soccer Player Development Framework for U7 & U8
- US Soccer Player Development Framework for U9 & U10
- US Soccer Player Development Framework for U11 & U12
- US Soccer Player Development Framework for U13-U17
- US Soccer Player Development Framework for U17+
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