April 29th, 2020

Spring 2020 Season is Canceled. Refund Information.

It is with great disappointment that we provide you with this notice about the cancellation of the 2020 Spring Soccer season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes, but is not limited to all games (of all types), practices, clinics, training, tournaments, in-person meetings, and Coaching Education Courses. This applies to both our travel and in-town programs.

All Wakefield fields remain closed until July 6, 2020 for any type of activity.  Please do not go to fields to shoot around or play pick-up games, etc.

WSA may offer summer recreational playing opportunities, but all is dependent on state and local health rules.  Currently, we are planning for a full fall season.  

In the meantime, for fun training challenges and activities, follow our Instagram acct @wakefieldsoccer, Facebook page, and/or check in on the website at https://www.wakefieldsoccer.org/training-at-home/

We will now process reimbursements for spring registration fees.   A credit for any future soccer registration has been applied to your SportsManager account for all of your spring fees.  If you would prefer a refund check instead, please submit a request through this REIMBURSEMENT FORM no later than JUNE 1, 2020.

​​​​​​​Thank you for your patience as we work through this process.

Be Safe, Stay Healthy !  

WSA Board of Directors

April 29th, 2020

Update on the 2020 Spring Season

Dear WSA parents, players and coaches,

First and foremost, we wish you and your family safety and health as we currently remain in very uncertain times. It is with great disappointment that we provide you with this notice about the cancellation of the 2020 Spring Soccer season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes, but is not limited to all games (of all types), practices, clinics, training, tournaments, in-person meetings, and Coaching Education Courses. This applies to both our travel and in-town programs.

All Wakefield fields remain closed until July 6, 2020 for any type of activity.  Please do not go to fields to shoot around or play pick-up games, etc.

WSA may offer summer recreational playing opportunities, but all is dependent on state and local health rules.  Currently, we are planning for a full fall season.

In the meantime, for fun training challenges and activities, follow our Instagram acct @wakefieldsoccer, Facebook page, and/or check in on the website at https://www.wakefieldsoccer.org/training-at-home/

  We will now process reimbursements for spring registration fees.   A credit for any future soccer registration has been applied to your SportsManager account for all of your spring fees.  If you would prefer a refund check instead, please submit a request through this REIMBURSEMENT FORM no later than JUNE 1, 2020.

Thank you for patience as we work through this process.

Be Safe, Stay Healthy !

WSA Board of Directors

April 27th, 2020

Training At Home

WSA is providing online videos that players can be doing from their home to continue getting touches on the ball.  Content will be added each week to continue to provide players ideas on how to train on their own.  Follow this link to view our Training At Home Program: https://www.wakefieldsoccer.org/training-at-home/

We will also be posting on our instagram account @wakefieldsoccer with challenges, games, and other soccer related content.  Please follow us and feel free to tag us with your training at home videos so we can continue to connect as a soccer community.

April 5th, 2020

WSA – COVID-19 Update

Dear Wakefield Soccer Association Families and Friends,

I hope this message finds you and your family healthy and well. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with an update of Wakefield Soccer Association (WSA) and how this relates to the start of the Spring 2020 season. The ongoing decision to delay the start of all youth soccer sports has been driven by a few different factors, The State of Massachusetts imposing a stay at home advisory, the Town of Wakefield’s closure of all fields, parks, and recreational areas and school administration has closed all schools.

For our Travel players, ECYSA has delayed the start of the season along with Mass Youth Soccer Association placing all youth soccer activities on hold until and including Sunday, May 3, 2020.

Our in-town programs, Tots, Pre K – Kinder, and Grades 1-2 Academy, fall under WSA’s structure and guidelines.  Taking all of the above information into account, these programs will also not kick off until after the postponement date of Sunday, May 3, 2020.

Our Director of Coaching, Mackenzie Arment, has spent the last couple of weeks putting together the framework for at-home technical skills for our players to stay active and sharp with their soccer skills during this time: https://www.wakefieldsoccer.org/training-at-home/.  Moving forward, the plan will be to send out an updated curriculum periodically and Mackenzie will continue with this approach until circumstances change.

WSA’s finance committee, as well as the board of directors, have met virtually to discuss the spring season and how to best proceed.  As of right now, the plan is to continue our holding status.  In the event we are allowed to kick off our spring season at the beginning of May, as currently outlined, we feel as though our members will be afforded, with a few changes, a near-normal soccer experience.  Additionally, we will determine how to best provide refunds for missed sessions.

On behalf of the WSA Board of Directors and members of the Finance Committee, I would like to thank you all for your continued support during this time. We are committed to being a part of keeping your child healthy, focused and above all else positive during this whole situation. We are all on “One Team” as we work through this together.

Stay Healthy,

All the best,

David Dube’

President

Wakefield Soccer Association