Valley Futball Club (VFC) is a soccer club based in the Corvallis area.
The club was formed with a vision of supplying the opportunity to play competitive soccer for any Kid or group of Kids. VFC offers boys and girls, coaches, and parents a competitive option.
The Teams of VFC are unique in a number of ways:
* Each team has control over most aspects of their own team, i.e. coaching staff, league choice, tournament options, fees, uniforms, etc. * Costs are very affordable. * Fee waivers are available. * The VFC club is established to assist with each team's registration and other clerical needs. * Teams can form and play for one season or for long term. * VFC is an option for a summer only team (even post season AYSO). * VFC is an option for High School players for off-fall season play.
We have opportunities for volunteer coaches and boys and girls of all ages to have fun with soccer. We would be glad to answer any questions and/or help set you or your team up for competitive play. If this sounds interesting to you as a player or coach, contact us via the below information.
We're here to support the sport of soccer and the kids who play it!
Valley Futball Club Information
Valley Futball Club (VFC) is a competitive soccer club that believes in developing each player to the best of their playing ability; which means everyone plays. VFC Board Members, along with the interactive support of our parent groups, makes VFC a positive, affordable soccer experience for the youth of the Willamette Valley.
VFC and each of the individual team's management groups ask that each of our players:
* Be respectful to all coaches, teammates, opponents, and officials * Attend all practices and scheduled games unless excused by their coach or team manager * Work hard to improve their individual skills and to contribute to the overall success of the team * Maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0-2.5 in school
We ask that each of our player's parents and our spectators:
* Be respectful to all coaches, players, opponents, and officials * Maintain positive support and cheering from the sidelines * Cheer for the team as a whole and not individual players * Do not offer instruction to the players during games
Each player should have a water bottle, shin guards, soccer shoes, and a ball for practices and games.
A player must submit a certified copy of their birth certificate (NOT hospital certificate) along with payment for Playing Fees upon acceptance of invitation to join a Valley Futball Club team.
Typical Club Soccer team year with OYSA:
There a two "seasons" along with associated tournaments for OYSA Classic Club soccer. They are Fall league and Spring league. Here are some of the specifics in chronological order starting at Fall league:
1. Tryouts for the year (early-May)
2. Spring/Summer Tune-up Tournaments (May thru July, and even beyond):
a. For fun and to get the team knowing each other, their positions, getting in shape, etc. b. Typically more optional for players but July tournaments become more critical to prep for qualifiers.
3. Qualifying Tournaments (early to mid-August):
a. Important to attend as this sets the stage for the rest of the season, b. Sets the teams into their brackets for the Fall league, c. CQT (or just QT's) are held on one 3-day weekend to set Classic 1, Division 2 and some of Division 1, d. PQT (Premier Qualifying Tournament) is held the next weekend to set rest of Division 1, Premier Silver and Premier Gold.
4. Fall league (Sept and October):
a. Considered the primary season with 14 games played by most teams, b. runs from early September thru end of October, c. a Saturday and Sunday game most weekends, d. teams placed in brackets based on how they do in the Qualifying Tournament (called CQT and PQT) in early August, e. the actual record from the Fall league doesn't affect which tournaments you can sign up for, but it does help teams determine which tournaments their team can/should compete in.
5. Fall Tournament (November):
a. There are two possible tournaments team may enter after Fall league: Presidents Cup or State Cup. b. Presidents Cup occurs over 3 weekends in November. c. Presidents Cup is geared toward teams who play in Classic or Division 1 or 2 brackets. d. Presidents Cup has winners decided by the end of the third weekend. e. State Cup has its preliminary rounds over 2 weekends in November. f. State Cup is geared toward teams who play Premier Gold or Silver (maybe some Division 1). g. Those State Cup teams doing well in the preliminary rounds in November will go on to the final rounds in April.
6. Winter Indoor (December and January):
a. Very much optional, b. For those who just can't get enough soccer, c. Not usually coached or managed by the Fall crew. Other parents usually take this on.
7. Spring league (March and April):
a. This is primarily tune-up for the State Cup finalists, but other teams are welcome to sign up as well. b. Runs from late February thru April, c. A Saturday and Sunday game most weekends (none over Spring break), d. 8 games played by each team, e. Practices will likely start up 2 weeks before the first games.
8. State Cup Finals (mid-April and early-May):
a. This is the big one! You win this and you have bragging rights as the best team at your age level in Oregon. Very tough to win. b. If you win you get to go on to Regionals and eventually Nationals, but that is exceedingly rare. I think there has been only one Corvallis based team to do so in recent history. c. Runs over several weekends in mid April and early May.
Then you do it all over again starting with May team tryouts. As you can see, soccer could be all consuming and for some players that is OK. Others may choose to do other things during the winter and spring timeframes and it is typically a team consensus decision unless the team is in the State Tournament. Obviously if there are not enough boys interested in playing then no team can be formed.
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