Traveling (Competitive) soccer is a great environment for competitiveness and high-level skills training.  Any players considering making the jump to a traveling team should be made aware of the following:

• Traveling soccer can be more expensive than recreational soccer.  It can incur costs from professional coaching,  increased practice time and travel expenses.
• There is no guarantee of playing time. The best players play.
• There is an increased chance for high-level development. 
• You may be required to try out and will be placed on a team according to ability.
• Rules are generally more closely related to high school and college soccer.
• Keep in mind, Travel soccer is organized by birth year NOT by grade.

Competitive soccer is for our traveling teams that play 8 games (4 home 4 away) in the Spring from early April through May 2023. The league they play in (called The Super Liga) is run under the rules of USA Youth Soccer and is for players who want to push their skills against players from other towns. We build our rosters based on birth year and do everything possible to build competitive rosters that provide players with an opportunity to continue to build their skills.

If your player is new to travel soccer, you are encouraged to communicate your interest in the upcoming Spring season directly with our Competitive Director, Justin Sirotin at sirotindesign@gmail.com.  Please share this information with others in your personal network. 

The JSA Traveling Soccer Program, while still focused on fun and individual player development, requires greater time and financial commitment than the Recreational Program. JSA will try to field at least one boys and one girls team for every age group and will do single birth year teams if player numbers allow it.

Birth Year Age Matrix

US Youth Soccer requires the use of calendar birth year to determine age groups, NOT school grade.  If you are interested to know what age group your player will be in, please use the US Soccer link.  While travel soccer is based on calendar birth year of the player, the "season" starts in the Fall and ends in the Spring.