Challenge Team Managers

Everything Team Managers need to know before, during and after the season!

I. Risk Management and Abuse Prevention Training (Required)

All head coaches, assistant coaches, team managers, and any other adult with a role on a Challenge team must be "risk managed", which means complete and pass North Carolina Youth Soccer Association (NCYSA)'s Risk Management/Abuse Prevention system. This must be done before practices start and you MUST notify your area administrator so they can begin the process of Risk Management and perform a background check.

Please contact your Age Group Administrator for the NCYSA Risk Management/Abuse Training application.
Patty Scharville at [email protected] (U9-U12 age groups)
Lindsey Todd at [email protected] (U13-U18/19 age groups)

In response to the federal law enacted on February 14, 2018, all team officials are required to complete the Abuse Prevention Training video and quiz prior to being added to a challenge team roster and to be validated with their team official card. Team officials are required to complete the child abuse training program and a background check before they can volunteer/coach/represent NCFC Youth.

II. Team Dues & Budget Guidelines

Challenge teams have team dues which cannot exceed $250 per player each year. View an example team budget too.
Team Dues

III. Survival Guide

The printable guide reviews everything Team Managers need to do before, during and after the season, including tournament information.
Survival Guide

IV. Team Bank Account

NCFC Youth teams are required to create an independent bank account to conduct business on behalf of the team.
Team Bank Account

V. Tournament Request Form

Teams must fill out a tournament request form if they are attempting to play in the 3rd or 4th tournament of the season, an "out of season" tournament.
Tournament Request Form

VI. Notification to Travel

You will need to complete a Notification to Travel form anytime your team intends to play outside the state of North Carolina.There is a fee associated with this form, and must be completed online from the NCYSA website. Please do this as soon as you have registered for your out of state tournament.
Notification Travel Form

VII. Sanctioned Tournaments

List of sanctioned tournaments in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia.
Sanctioned Tournaments

VIII. Roster

Rosters are generated by NCYSA then red-stamped by one of our registrars once players have been carded.

IX. Uniforms

Fall 2021 marks NCFC Youth's first year of our 2 year adidas uniform cycle. All NCFC Youth players are requited to purchase the uniform kit online through soccer.com. Once teams and players are loaded into the soccer.com database by each team's manager families will receive an email from soccer.com with their team's ordering uniform template.

Please do not go onto soccer.com before receiving the email to order the uniform.

X. Policies

Read more about Challenge Policies including refunds, coaches expense, insurance, and try-outs.
Policies