Youth Competitive Soccer (Rep)
The Competitive (or Rep) program is for players with outstanding soccer skills who represent the Markham Soccer Club in various competitive leagues. Players include both boys and girls born between 1993 and 2003 inclusive. We have many teams in the U8 to U18 age range for boys and U8 to U18 for girls.
Contacts and Team Results
For Team Contacts please click on the "Competitive Coaches" button in the drop down menu.
Director
Director of Rep Operations: Ian Parker
The Commitment
Competitive teams generally practice twice per week. The amount of travel depends partly on the age group and the level of the team. Competitive teams usually enter a few weekend tournaments. Most of them operate year round and play in indoor as well as outdoor leagues.
Where do they play?
The U8 to U11 teams play in the York Region Youth Competitive Soccer League.
Our boys competitive teams from U12 and up play in the Central Soccer League. They play teams from York Region, Toronto, Durham Region and occasionally from Huronia.
Our girls competitive teams from U12 and up play in the Central Girls Soccer League. They play teams from York Region, Toronto, Durham Region and occasionally from Huronia.
The goal for all of our competitive teams is continuous improvement and advancement, and for teams from U14 and up, to gain promotion to the OYSL (Ontario Youth Soccer League), the highest level of competition in Ontario.
In addition, we have two U21 Women`s teams in the Ontario Women`s Soccer League (OWSL) for 2012.
The Cost
The basic registration fee plus a competitive player fee. The extra fee is necessary because of the higher cost of registration, uniforms, fields and referees for competitive teams.
Player Selection
Competitive team tryouts are held in the spring and fall. These are advertised in the Economist and Sun and on this website. To obtain a better understanding of details for a given team, you can contact the team manager. Please visit the boys or girls contact page for contact information. The spring tryouts are usually held from February to March at Mount Joy.
Long Term Player Development
Across Ontario the OSA is introducing the " Long Term Player Development" Plan. As stated by the OSA the goal "is to make the game more fun than ever before for the recreational player and to provide better development opportunities than ever before for those with aspirations for a future in the sport. LTPD is a key aspect of ensuring that will happen." For further information on the LTPD, please click on the logo.