COMPETITIVE PROGRAM
Players
Senior Girls Teams
Senior Boys Teams
Juniors Teams
The Competitive Program
The Gainesville Soccer Alliance Competitive Program is comprised of competitive players ages 8 through 18.
Every year hundreds of the most promising youth soccer players in the area are chosen to represent the Gainesville Soccer Alliance (GSA) on our competitive teams.
These teams are trained year-round by the most experienced soccer coaching staff in Gainesville. A rich curriculum of technical instruction and tactical awareness is designed for both individual growth and team success.
Program Mission Statement
The GSA Competitive Program promotes the advancement of competitive youth soccer in the greater Gainesville area. This shall be achieved through the development and retention of outstanding soccer players using licensed coaches, professional instruction, a rich, technical-based curriculum, and partnerships with outstanding leagues and tournaments. Players will be taught a commitment to sportsmanship, teamwork, and personal development. Soccer will be the basis for teaching honor, integrity, cooperation, commitment and good will through victory and defeat. Finally, it is our hope that each player develops a passion for the game that provides him or her with a lifetime of playing, watching and loving soccer.
Players
Boys and Girls
Ages 8 through 18
Season
August through May
Season Overview
Competitive Program players are rostered for an entire year. The practice and game season typically begins in July/August and runs through May/June. Most teams take a winter break, from late November early January (high school aged teams break from late October to early February).
Our GSA Competitive Staff works hard to make sure that our teams are able to play in the best youth travel leagues in the area. Teams will also compete in various tournaments (typically two to four) throughout the course of the year. How many and which ones will vary from team to team.
Teams will train three days a week at Jonesville Soccer Park. Days and times will also vary from team to team. The Club also offers extra training sessions such as goalkeeper training, advanced sessions with our staff coaches, and winter/spring break/summer camps.
Practice Days and Times
Practice days and times will vary from team to team, but most teams train three days a week during the season.
Where
Gainesville Soccer Alliance
Jonesville Soccer Complex
3401 NW 143rd Street
Gainesville, FL 32606
Tryouts
Competitive roster positions are filled on a tryout basis only.
Coaches
All of our competitive teams are assigned a coach for the entire year.
Our staff is the strongest and deepest in the area, with experienced trainers who have played the game at high levels and/or hold various National licenses and certifications.
To improve the quality of their craft and better serve our players, continuing coaching education is both encouraged and funded.
Cost
$1,399 to $1,999/year
While other clubs collect additional money throughout the season for regular programming, our fees cover ALL club and team expenses for the entire year (August through May). This money goes towards the payment of coaches, field fees for training and games, all league and association dues, all club overhead costs, maintenance and development of Jonesville Park, all assigned tournaments, coach and player insurance, etc.
Uniform, personal travel expenses, and a few possible add-on events will be an additional charge.
We do offer need-based scholarship assistance, merit-based scholarships, as well as a banner sponsorship program that can help with costs.
GSA Competitive Director
Kerri Hanks Petersen
Competitive Program Director
GSA COMPETITIVE PROGRAM PARENT TESTIMONIALS
Matt Carcaba
Our family has been a part of GSA’s competitive soccer program for the last 6-years. We currently have 2 kids playing and they enjoy every minute of it. They not only enjoy the coaching and skills they receive from the GSA Staff, but the friendship and camaraderie they have with their teammates. The kids spend a lot of time together and have built some lasting friendships that will be there long after their soccer playing days are over.
Michelle Massias
Heather & Jayson Francis
In 2017, we joined the Gainesville Soccer Alliance following the recommendation of other families that had transitioned into the program in years past. What we found within GSA was a welcoming yet challenging environment that focused on the technical and tactical aspects of the game, all the while fostering a deeper appreciation and love for the sport. In addition to team play and fieldwork, the staff at GSA facilitated specialized goalkeeper training, which has resulted in a significant performance increase in our son. Not only has he received consistent, high level of training from multiple coaches within the program, but participation within the club has also yielded a network of friends amongst the children and parents that now feels like an extension of our family.