Soccerfest 2022

August 26 - August 28

Soccerfest has arrived!

You have received a lot of information via email. The Soccerfest Website has a more information, . Below is a quick summary of the information sent and a few other bits for quick reference.

I would like to put the weekend in perspective for all club members, both new and returning. This weekend is a competition and the kids want to win. The focus for coaches is to get good preseason insight of the players and the team as a whole. Be sure to reference the Player Affiliation Manual for more helpful information for tournaments.

The biggest point I would like to make is that this is OUR club tournament. We have hundreds of guests that come to this tournament every year. We represent our club and the tournament. Please keep this in mind when you interact with our guests in competition or in passing. Any poor representation is a reflection of our club and this tournament. One bad experience can result in a club of 10 or more teams not returning. In addition, the soccer community is a small one. Bad press gets spread quickly between club directors.

Our Club Board puts in an exhaustive amount of time and effort to make our tournament one of the biggest and best annual experiences every year. Be a part of making the experience great by being helpful to our guests if needed. Consider what is said or how we behave during a match (this applies in any match during the season).

Kick-off ceremony begins at 5pm on Field 1 where our U14 girls will play. Come support them if you can.

Overall, I suggest you settle into your chair, take in the scene and enjoy the play. As a parent, you worked to get your child on the field and now its is time to just enjoy the experience. I hope it is a great weekend for all.

I look forward to seeing everyone this weekend.

Jose Skrobot

Director of Coaching

SAA Sports Club United

Be sure to check your email for a message sent late last night related to weather. It has all the information you need from water breaks to what happens in the case of a weather related delay.

It's going to be warm, bring "too much water"!

Schedules

Schedules have been loaded in the TeamSnap app. You can also gain access to more information online or with the tournament app (see below). Online you can see the standings, opponent results, or if a matched listed as TBA has been assigned. Any match changes due to weather will be real-time online.

Boys

Girls

Which Jersey?

It seems we cannot avoid this question, no matter the event. That is fine. Here is what you need to know. RED is home and Black is away. For league matches, you will see whether we are home or away in TeamSnap. For the tourney, the home and away designation was not entered into the app (we will update for future tourney's). If you use the schedules provided above on the website, you see if we are the home or away team. Do not assume we are home for all matches because we are at Olympic Park for the tourney.

That is the general rule. I will reiterate that this is our tourney and when possible, we will be the gracious hosts and choose to change if there is conflict.

MAKE SURE EACH PLAYER BRINGS BOTH MATCH TOPS, YOUR TRAINING TOP AND BOTH PINNIES TO EVERY MATCH.

Field Maps and Parking

All maps are available online. Click Here

Most matches will be played at Olympic Park. We also have fields across the street at Connelly and nearby at Campanelli, Conant High School and Atcher Park.

Parking at Olympic Park can be hectic to say the least. If you are one of the first matches of the day you should have no problem getting in and out of the lot. Any other time is pretty crazy. My suggestion is to add one or two minutes to your time and avoid the hassle by parking in the garage across the street from Olympic. There is plenty of space and the Schaumburg Police Department has people that will stop traffic so that you can walk across Schaumburg road to the Olympic Park. It really is the best way to go. I would suggest entering the front of the park by Field 1 if you have to drop off a person or have a load of chairs or bags to carry.

Mobile App

The service we use to manage the tournament registration and schedules, Sinc Sports, has an app for your Andriod or Apple phone. Download the app to get real-time scores as they are loaded to the system. There is no cost to use the app

Android app click here

iOS app click here