Academy Soccer's main emphasis is on skill development: the personal technical soccer skills the player needs to advance in soccer.

Commitment level is higher than Recreational league, with travel and as players practice at least twice a week and play on Saturdays. Saturdays and Sundays if at a tournament.

Academy Soccer includes ages 11U & 10U. Boys and Girls have separate teams.

U9s; anyone wishing to register a U9-year-old should contact our Academy Director Greg Bibeau at  gregbibeau@gmail.com

Generally;  U9s need to be in third grade, birth date before June 30th of their birth year.

When their birth year reaches U10 per USYS the players stay at U10.

Players do need to purchase a uniform separately from the program fees. Uniforms are usually updated every two years.

Academy teams will play a travel schedule and play in our local tournaments that are included in the program fees.  Efforts are made to keep travel close to home for matches.

Scheduling is done by the Clubs participating in Friendlies for these age groups. We will know which club site we will be at for Play Dates through the season ahead of time, but actual times of games are provided by host clubs the week of the Play Dates.

U10 Games are played 7v7 goal keepers included.

We are seeking enthusiastic and knowledgeable coaches to join our staff coaches to be trainers and/or match managers. Trainers instill in the players the skills needed to continue playing the best soccer. Match Managers take the players through games reinforcing knowledge learned at training sessions.

 

Ages: 10U & 11U

Academy U9* (see above) U10 

• Players learn technical skills and develop the foundation of their soccer skills needed as they advance to Arsenal soccer and on to upper level teams.
• Players are placed in a pool system that allows for similar like ability players to improve at their pace. Players are divided onto teams that reflects that like ability with other players for tournaments, playing "friendlies" with other clubs usually can be teams of combined abilities, unless host club requests teams of similar abilities.
• There is travel involved for players. While trying to limit long trips it can depend on which clubs are hosting in seasons.

Academy  U11

• Players learn technical skills and develop the foundation of their soccer skills needed as they advance to Arsenal soccer and on to upper level teams.  
• Depending on numbers, players are placed on teams of like ability, preparing to play in league play by 12U.  These teams can pool players from one team to another depending on level of play of players. Typically there is an A team and a B team and so on.
• There is travel involved for players, dependent on which clubs are hosting in seasons.

Commitment Level:

• High
• Recommended Volunteer time for HYSA hosted tournaments
• Recommended Participation in HYSA fundraisers

Suggested Experience:

• None

Season Length:

• Six to eight weeks
• Practice at least twice a week
• Matches on Saturdays. Saturdays and Sundays if at a tournament.

Expenses:

• See Registration Page for program registration cost
• Uniform
• Additional tournament fees, determined by HYSA and parents
• Overnight hotel stays, determined by tournaments attended
• Travel expenses for away games (gas and food)

What is covered by the Registration Fee? :

• Player secondary medical insurance
• Entrance into Arsenal Invitational Classic Tournament (Spring)
• Entrance into Sleeping Giant Soccer Classic Tournament (Fall)
• Field maintenance expenses (mowing, fertilization, aeration, irrigation, line painting, weeding, etc.)
• Administrative expenses
• Coaching stipends (Not Travel Expenses)
• Coaching education expenses
• Equipment (pinnies, cones, goals, nets, etc.)Game balls for the team
• Referee fees

Spring 2025 Registration Notice - Birth years 2013-2016 

Families and Friends of HYSA,

Thank you for your ongoing support of our youth soccer community in Helena.  We want to inform you about some UPDATES to HYSA’s timeline for registering players with birth years 2013-2016 for this Spring 2025.  

MYSA has made some changes to their scheduling procedures for this Spring.  Therefore, HYSA’s registration deadline for Arsenal and Academy will be Sunday, January 12th, at 10:00pm.

Also, spread the word and join us for our HYSA Arsenal-Academy (2013-2016 boys and girls) Spring 2025 NEW Parents Interest Meeting!

When: Monday, January 6th, from 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Where: MT School Board Building (in the Great Northern Town Center)

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the vision and philosophy of our Arsenal-Academy program.  We’re welcoming all parents/guardians of players born between 2013 and 2016, and especially new parents.

Moving forward with planning the Spring 2025 season, we need your player to register by January 12th.  After we close registration, we will finalize teams and rosters.

Click here to register: BirthYears 2014-2016   Birth Year 2013

Dates for season deadlines:

- HYSA Registration for 2013-2016 Arsenal-Academy players closes at 10:00pm on January 12, 2025.

- Select/Classic/Academy Teams must register with MYSA by January 15, 2025.

- A list of all registered teams will be sent from MYSA to clubs on January 20 for review.

- All blackout dates and preferred matchups for Select/Classic/Academy are due to Pete Johnson, our Director of Coaching, by January 23, 2025.

The coaches for each age group from 2013-2016 will be officially announced after teams are registered and we have final numbers of players and teams registered.  (Coaches may be subject to change as we move forward and registrations come in.)

Stay tuned to your email for updates.  

Thank you!

-Greg Bibeau 

Academy Director, and Arsenal-Academy Coaching Staff 

 

REGISTER HERE