MLS GO Soccer

2025 Winter MLS GO Soccer Season (February-March)

Greetings families and friends! Welcome to 2025 - The Coach Sarna MLS GO Winter Soccer League

This Program Description will include the following sections:

1) About Us

2) Quick Points on changes from previous season PLUS Coach and Buddy Requests

3) Mrs. Fields Cookie Dough Fundraiser for ALL families

4) Coaching

5) Scholarships

6) Volunteering

7) 2025 Winter Season Schedule and Information PLUS Practice Schedules and Playoff Brackets

8) Refund Policy

9) Contact Information

1) About Us

We are a 501(c)(3) family-oriented recreation league and are dedicated to bringing families together, strengthening relationships, and building new ones, all-the-while teaching players soccer fundamentals and opening up a safe and competitive environment to play MLS GO Soccer for youth between preschool and 8th grade.

Our mission is that any child who wants to play, will indeed play regardless of their financial circumstances.

We are a high quality league, with our NFL Flag branch having been nominated at the 2022 NFL Flag Summit in New Orleans, LA, as one of the top new leagues in the nation out of approximately 700 other leagues. Again, at the 2023 NFL Flag Summit in Atlanta, GA, we were nominated for League of the Year as well as the Community-Based League of the Year. Ryan Sarna, the CEO and Founder of The Coach Sarna League was also invited as a guest speaker for two different segments at the 2023 Annual NFL Flag Conference in Atlanta, GA.

We are open to the public, so anyone can register for either or BOTH of our leagues regardless of where they live. We have families from all over Solano County, Napa County, and Contra Costa County, and as far away as Sacramento and San Francisco.

Our divisions are separated into All-Boys and All-Girls Divisions and by grade (example All-Girls 2nd grade division or All-Boys 8th grade division).

Being a community-based league, we stress team bonding events, attendance of our community events, and volunteerism amongst our families.

2) Quick Points

Non-volunteer Fee

We are a volunteer-based organization. Therefore, we require every participant to either volunteer OR pay a $40 nonwaivable fee. However, if it is discovered that a parent missed their volunteer day, their family/participants will be prohibited from waiving the volunteer fee in future seasons.

Concessions Stands Volunteer for Vallejo Location (Mi Taquizas Food Vendor Booth)

Trash Duty

Set-Up and Tear Down Crew

Ducky Derby Tickets Seller

Season Cost

We will continue to be the most affordable league in the area and offer our MLS GO Season at $125, which will include an MLS Jersey, MLS Shorts, MLS Socks, and a San Jose Earthquakes Ticket.

Download the GroupMe App

Most of our team, coach, and volunteer communications will come through the GroupMe App. This is a free download from your app store and makes communication with your team and coaches easy.

I will be communicating to coaches via GroupMe this season.

Coach/Buddy Requests

To have a specific coach or player requested (or not requested), please insert first and last names during your registration questions. Otherwise we will organize teams based on school, grade, gender, and skill-level. If a coach is bringing a roster to the league, they will need to email the roster to [email protected] and all players from that roster will need to be individually registered.

Incident Committee

Any incidents from our league that require intervention beyond the regular coaches will be reviewed by our new Incident Committee who will then decide upon disciplinary actions if necessary.

3) Mrs. Fields Cookie Dough Fundraiser

In order to keep our fees low and be able to afford referees, we are going to rely on our wonderful families and community to fundraise together by selling Mrs. Fields Cookie Dough.

We will have prizes available to the top three cookie dough sellers as follows:

1st Place family: Disney Gift Card with amount equivalent of Three 3-Day Passes that can be used for Disney passes, hotel, or food/gifts at the park

2nd Place family: Disney Gift Card with amount equivalent of Two 2-Day Passes that can be used for Disney passes, hotel, or food/gifts at the park

3rd Place family: Disney Gift Card with amount equivalent of One 2-Day Pass that can be used for Disney passes, hotel, or food/gifts at the park

This is a simple fundraiser that does not require our families to collect money or deliver cookie dough as Mrs. Fields will take all payments virtually through their website AND mail customers their cookie dough directly to their homes. All our families need to do is create their custom page through the Mrs. Fields Fundraising Portal and share their link to family, friends, and coworkers. All purchases made through your link will be tracked on your profile and we will update the leaderboard every day. Information on how to get your link will be added soon.

4) Coaching

"A coach will impact more people in one year than the average person will in a lifetime," Billy Graham

Our amazing volunteer coaches are the backbone of The Coach Sarna League. We may have 2,000 kids who want to play soccer, but we need the coaches in order to form the teams and participate.

The Coach Sarna League also has developed a pre-set 8-week soccer practice plan as well as a list and videos of drills for your team(s) to use, or you can make your own practices. We also hold an in-person coach clinic to ensure every coach is in a place to succeed. HERE is a link for everything you need to know, including practice schedules, for caoching each age division.

We are going to do everything in our power to have the best training for coaches so that everyone, whether you are a first-time coach who is new to soccer or have coached soccer for decades will learn and grow under our program. If you or anyone you know are willing to be trained as a head coach or assistant coach, please call/text Coach Ryan Sarna immediately at 707-316-3029.

NOTE: It is important to remember that we are a volunteer-based league, and we rely on families and friends for coaching. In the event that we have more teams than coaches, some teams will be dissolved in order to maintain the integrity of our league. A full refund will be awarded to families in the case of dissolving a team from not having a coach.

5) Scholarships

It is the mission of our league that every kid who wants to play, will indeed play regardless of their financial circumstances.

If your family qualifies as low-income, our partnership with MLS GO offers a scholarship for your family by filling out the MLS GO Individual Fund HERE. Once MLS GO approves your request they will send us a message and we will notify you.

A full scholarship covers the registration fee, jersey, shorts, and socks. It does not cover a non-volunteer fee if you chose not to volunteer in some manner. Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis as well as need (i.e. if we needed more 6th grade girls then the first 6th grade girl on the waitlist would have preference) and only head coaches, LEVI's Stadium volunteers, and MLS GO Fund recipients are guaranteed a scholarship. All other scholarship requests will be on a waitlist until a week before registration closes and we will work through the waitlist based on the amount of LEVI's Stadium Volunteers we have for the summer and fall LEVI's Stadium events.

Easiest way to earn a scholarship if not approved for MLS GO Fund:

Anyone who is willing to become a head coach (HC) can ask for our Head Coach Scholarship that will pay for the registration and gear. This includes any of your friends or family that you recommend becoming a head coach on behalf of your child's team. This is because some people may not be able to coach, but know someone who would such as an uncle, auntie, friend etc.

Become an Assistant Coach (AC) for a team and you will receive a half-scholarship. Just as the head coach position, if anyone from your reference becomes an assistant coach for your child's team then you can claim that AC Half-Scholarship.

Volunteer for at a LEVI's Stadium event (one time per scholarship) for a full-scholarship before registration closes on Sunday. January 26th.

6) Volunteering:

All families will be asked to volunteer with The Coach Sarna League in some capacity OR pay a non-volunteer fee of $40 for the season. The non-volunteer fee is not otherwise waivable without volunteering.

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, if your company or school rewards volunteer time or hours, anything you do for our league can be claimed as volunteer time. We have high school students volunteer in concessions and it counts towards their mandatory volunteer hours for school. We also have people whose workplace pays them for volunteer hours and their coaching/concessions time is compensated by their workplace.

Our league solely operates off of volunteers, including coaches. If you are able to help coach, be certain to fill out the coach registration form under the registration tab on our website or during registration. If you know a relative or friend who may be willing to coach, then share our website and direct them to fill out the tab. We will train any and all coaches regardless of experience.

Other ways to volunteer:

LEVI’s Stadium: This is the primary fundraising source of our league and the more committed and regular volunteers we have the more we can do as an organization. These are events where the adults of our league operate concessions stands together at LEVI’s Stadium. Volunteering at these events with family and friends who are 18+ is the best way to financially support our league outside of donating. This is an all-day volunteer opportunity when we do have these events and are a ton of fun. LEVI’s Stadium Volunteers need all-black shoes, black slacks or slack-like pants, a Coach Sarna League shirt will be given if you do not have a black polo or button up, and fingernails need to be a ¼” or less. Our league uses the GroupMe App for communication.

Concessions Stands Volunteer (Mi Taquizas Food Vendor Booth): Volunteer at the Mi Taquizas food booth at our games taking orders, handing out orders, and pouring refreshments.

Trash Duty: Report to the booth during or after your child's game to get a garbage bag and walk around the fields and parking areas picking up garbage.

Set-Up and Tear Down Crew: Arrive at 730am to help set-up fields OR be present at the conclusion of the day to take fields apart and store equipment in our trailer.

Ducky Derby Tickets Seller: Take at least 10 Ducky Derby Tickets and sell them to family, friends, and coworkers throughout the season. Ducky Derby is a longstanding annual event at The Vallejo Waterfront Weekend at the beginning of October. Essentially, rubber ducks have a number on the bottom matching the tickets sold. The ducks are dropped into the Mare Island Strait at the event where they are carried by the current in what is called "the race". The first three ducks that reach the finish line win substantial prizes that have ranged from a new car, vacation packages, and cash prizes.

7) 2025 Winter Season Schedule:

Our 2025 Winter Season will begin on Sunday, February 12th with our Jersey Distribution Day, and end on Sunday, March 30th with The Coach Sarna League Championship Tournament.

Important Dates:

Sunday, January 26th - Registration Closes

Saturday, February 8th - Coach Training Clinic

Wednesday, February 12th - Jersey Distribution Day

Tuesday, February 11th - Sunday, February 16th - Mrs. Fields Cookie Dough Fundraiser

Sunday, February 16th - Opening Day Weekend

Sunday, March 23rd - Regular Season Ends

Sunday, March 30th - The Coach Sarna League MLS GO Championship Tournament

The game schedule will be subject to our final registrations so we know how many teams we will have. However, once a time is set for your division it will remain so for the whole season. For example, Pre-k - Kinder All-Girls division May run from 9am-10am. 5th and 6th grade All-Boys Divisions may run from 10:45 am - 12:45 pm. 7th and 8th grade All-Boys Divisions may run from 12:55 pm - 2:55 pm. 4th-5th All-Girls Division may run from 3pm - 5pm.

Practice times, days, and locations are determined by the coach and families of each team based on what works best for the team. Every team must have at least one practice per week. No team is allowed to have more than two practices per week.

All games will be on Sundays. Location is currently TBD between either Vallejo or Fairfield

We will be a small-group style soccer league. Our youngest players will be in 4v4 games, our elementary players will be 5v5 and 6v6. Our Middle School Players will play in 7v7 soccer games.

8) Refund Policy

The MLS GO organization does not allow us to return jerseys or other items once delivered. Therefore, families have until January 26th to withdraw for a full refund. Families who withdraw from January 26th until the season begins can request a 50% refund. No refund will be issued to any family once the season begins.

Remember, all orders will be distributed on Jersey Day on Wednesday, February 12th.

DISCLAIMER: MLS GO does not refund anything ordered in the wrong size. Therefore, if you order the wrong size there are no exchanges and you will need to repurchase the item or make due with the size.

Equipment:

As noted above, all registrations include a reversible MLS team jersey, MLS team shorts, and MLS team socks.

9) Contact Information

CEO and Founder Coach Ryan Sarna - For scholarships, general questions, coaching opportunities - Email is best at [email protected] or TEXT 707-316-3029

Head of Officiating and Board President Coach Ken Sarna - For on-field behavior, incidents, rules questions, and general questions- 707-334-2961 or [email protected]

Nina Sarna - For volunteering - 949-910-1364 or [email protected]

Our Commitment:

The Coach Sarna League is a public 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (87-3783328). It is our promise that every child who wants to play ball will play regardless of financial resources. If there is a hardship and you need a scholarship, please contact the league prior to paying for registration.

Best,

Coach Sarna

CEO and Founder

The Coach Sarna League (TIN: 87-3783328)

707-316-3029

"A coach will impact more people in a year than the average person will in a lifetime," Billy Graham

All-Girls Prek to 9th Grade Divisions

Registration closes on 01/26/2025 at 11:59 PM
Season Dates: 02/16/2025 to 03/30/2025

$125.00

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All-Boys Prek to 9th Grade Divisions

Registration closes on 01/26/2025 at 11:59 PM
Season Dates: 02/16/2025 to 03/30/2025

$125.00

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