Is T.A.S.K. part of the Seymour Schools or the city of Seymour?

No. T.A.S.K. is a 501(c)(3) not for profit educational club as defined by the Internal Revenue Service. We do work with the schools and governments in the area to find locations for our players to play.

What programs does T.A.S.K. provide?

We offer a youth recreation, youth competitive, and adult recreation soccer.  We also run a middle school program in the fall, where kids play against other middle schools in the area.

What’s the difference between youth recreation and youth competitive?

The primary emphasis in recreation soccer is fun.  Coaches are all volunteer, and go through minimum training.  This program is only fun from late April – mid July and typically has 1 practice a week and 1 game. This program if for players from 5U – 19U.

Competitive soccer still works on fun, but the coaches have gone through more extensive training. Practices are usually 2 to 3 times a week with 1 league game.  The teams also play in tournaments on some weekends.  This program runs from August – July, playing a fall and spring season (except at the high school ages, when girls are only the fall and boys only the spring).  You have to tryout to play competitive soccer, though in our area it’s more about getting enough interested players. This program is for players between 10/11U – 19U.

Do we have to travel to play?

At 10U and younger, all teams currently only play in Seymour.  For both competitive and recreation older than 10U, there is travel involved.  Our teams are part of the Wisconsin Youth Soccer East Central Soccer District.  This area goes from Fon Du Lac up to Niagra. Most of our opponents are in either the Green Bay or Fox Cities area, but there is potential for farther travel.

Why do recreation teams have to travel?

It’s all about the number of players we have.  To run an in house league, we need at least 4 teams.  As people get older, we don’t have the numbers to run a league and it’s more fun to play different people every week.

What age group or U age is my child?

We have a handy chart located here!  The top of the chart has the soccer season end year, the left has the birth year. Soccer years technically run from August 1 through July 31 of the following year.  U.S. Soccer’s official formula is season end year – birth year = U year.  So for someone born in 2014, playing in the year that ends July 31 of 2019 their U age is 2019 – 2014 = 5U.

My child is 5U (or other odd number) and I don’t see a league for them, what’s up with that?

Due to population sizes in the area, recreation teams are formed in 2 year age groups.  So the 6U group is composed of 5U and 6U players.

What are the rules of soccer?

The “Laws of the Game” are to hard to explain quickly.  The East Central Soccer District has several nice summary pages for the rules as they apply to different ages. The International Football Association Board (or IFAB) is the official global publisher of the Laws of the Game.  You can find the full laws online at their website if you want to go through everything in detail.

Tell me how T.A.S.K. fits in to the global game of soccer?

Answer coming soon.