Why do the leagues get bigger as the players get older? Every our biggest league is the U19 League. Why is this always the biggest league? Because the players are at this age choose where they want to play and they loved playing in North Indoor Soccer leagues.
Why are these leagues so much fun for players? First, the players can form their own teams with their friends. In traveling leagues they don't get to play with their friends unless they happen to be on the same team. We have many teams that have all-state soccer players on the same team with players who have never played traveling or high school soccer. Why? Because they are friends and want to play together.
Another reason these leagues are so popular is because it is fun to play against friends and rivals! Many of the teams are made up with players from one school so you often have an Anoka team versus a Andover team. a Coon Rapids team against a Blaine team, etc. We also normally have a number of teams made up from players attending private or charter schools such as Legacy Christian Academy, Totino Grace, PACT Charter School, Northwest Passage High School. Many teams have friends on other teams and get to play for friendly bragging rights!
Finally, if we have enough teams to divide the leagues into upper and lower divisions, we will for the playoffs. This allows the more serious teams to play against each other for the upper division championship and the other teams to fight for the lower division championship!
What If We Have the Core of a Team But Need More Players? Go to our Looking for Players or Teams webpage and follow the directions to create a posting for your team for players to find and to scan for players who have posted that they are looking for a team. Also, make sure you contact us to let us know that you are trying to form a team so that we can send players to you when they register as an individual.
What If You Want to Play But Don't Have Enough Players? Go to our Looking for Players or Teams webpage and follow the directions to create a posting for your team for players to find and to scan for players who have posted that they are looking for a team. Also, make sure you contact us to let us know that you are trying to form a team so that we can send players to you who are looking for a team to play on.
How Do I Register a Team? The is no team registration fee, instead each player registers individually. Teams must also submit a Team Registration form that provides NIS with team contact information and a list of your players. This allows us to match-up the individual registrations with your roster. If an individual player registers and indicates that he/she is on your team but is not listed on your roster we will not add that player to your team without first contacting you.
When you complete your team registration don't worry that you don't have a complete roster or might want add a player at a later time, you can easily add players at a later time.
Should I Wait Until I Have Everything Before I Contact NIS? No! Letting us know that you are trying to put together a team early in the process allows us to help you if any issues pop-up or if you need help finding players. Sometimes we are aware of players looking for a team or of another team that is short players that you could merge with. If we know that you are intending on registering a team we can help remind you to register on time and help keep track of which of your players have registered.