You can order uniforms through your team manager, typically when the team is first formed, or when a team decides to get new uniforms for all the kids. Purchasing uniforms as a team is best as we get a 30% discount when we do that. Outside of those events, you can also get uniforms from Kickers Soccer Shop in Belmont. Be sure to mention you are from the Gryphons and you can get a 10% discount on all equipment purchases.
You should update your information here, reprint your forms, and give the updated forms to their team manager.
Fees are paid once per program at the start of the program. You may pay the program fee in its entirety or choose the payment plan offered. For example, for the Spring league, you may choose the payment plan option, but for the Summer camp you may decide to pay in full upon registration. A minimum fee is required upon registration. Fees are non refundable once the season begins.
All our coaches are licensed professionals and get paid a salary.
There are two major organizations in competitive youth soccer: US Club Soccer and California Youth Soccer Association. Most premier soccer clubs in the Peninsula and beyond are moving to US Club Soccer, if they have not done so already. The NorCal league is a US Club Soccer league and offers more dynamic tournament and league play, and a more competitive youth soccer program that better fits our clubs soccer goals. NorCal believes teams get the best competition with multiple divisions of play, promotion and relegation. Teams move between Premier, Gold, Silver and Bronze divisions instead of being eliminated early from tournaments or stuck in uncompetitive divisions for league play.
Gold, silver, and bronze refer to the division within the Norcal league that each team plays in. The Age Group Coordinator works with the Director of Coaching to determine the appropriate division for each team based on the collective skill level and playing experience of the players. Class 1 and Class 3 is terminology used by CY leagues to identify divisions.
The Gryphons Soccer Club has a strong reserve fund and has good financial stability.
For the Gryphons to benefit from the Xara partnership and to get the discounts we do, we are restricted to wearing Xara gear on the fields, regardless of practice or games.
There is a newsletter that is distributed once every 15th of the month.
We have an annual goal to raise about $30,000 for scholarships, and another $30,000 for equipment, uniforms, fields fund and other needs.
While tryouts are primarily for new players, we also use them for team formation purposes and to gauge how new players would fit into the existing teams. Hence, we require all players to participate in the tryouts.
Yes, you can still tryout. Please contact an Age Group Coordinator for your age-appropriate Boys' or Girls' teams to make arrangements.
While there is no fixed formula for how kids would move from one level to the next, in general, technical skills, playing ability, attitude, and commitment are used to determine a child’s team.
Yes, feedback to parents is part of the coaches' responsibility. The club is in the process of formalizing a consistent approach across all age group teams. Feedback is typically provided twice a year.
The Gryphons Soccer Club is one of the only clubs in the peninsula to offer soccer programs for children as young as 3 years old, continuing on to competitive youth programs up to the teen years.
For 8v8 teams, the rosters include ideally between 12-14 players. For 11v11 teams, the rosters include ideally 15-18 players. For more information on our Team Academy, look here.
The typical spring program includes 10 league games and a few optional play dates for younger age group teams.
The winter program typically consists of either indoor or outdoor 4 vs. 4 informal games over the weekends. Look here for more details.
Travel depends on the level of the team and also the age group. Younger developmental teams travel less than older more competitive teams.
Most of the league games are local. A small percentage might require a short travel. If the teams attend playdates or tournament events there might be travel involved but this is optional for the younger age groups.
There are too many sports vying for too few playing fields in the Peninsula. Lighted fields, when available, cost 2-4 times more than non-lighted fields since it’s expensive to keep them lighted. We try to get the best fields we can under the circumstances, and reserve the lighted fields for older kids on the assumption that they can handle later practices better than their younger siblings.
