About Us
Welcome to Baystars FC!
Baystars FC hopes to provide and develop the game of soccer for the youth of the Middle Peninsula of Virginia and promote a safe and healthy environment to properly develop the soccer player in skills, sportsmanship and fair play.
Our mission is to create a positive experience through a competitive atmosphere of games and coaching by teaching all aspects of the game of soccer. We want to teach our youth the fundamentals of the game and improve their technical and tactical skills. Male or female, Baystars FC is committed to developing each player as an individual within a team environment.
The teams will participate in the Virginia Soccer League, Inc. (VSLI) co-ed travel league and participate in VYSA, Virginia Youth Soccer Association sanctioned tournaments. New this year is the opportunity for our U10/11 teams to play within the newly developing Futures League, which will limit their travel to the Williamsburg area. If you have any questions, please call me at 804-693-4263 or email me at riverwks@gmail.com.
Chris Clifford
Director of Coaching
For the new parents and players:
What to expect for a year in terms of season cost and game days.
Costs:
Baystars Travel: $385/ fall season $250/ spring season
Baystars Futures: U8/U9- $90 fall, $75 spring
U10/U11- $125 fall, $100 spring
Click here for a break down of season fees
- Tournaments do not include travel, hotel and food cost.
- Baystars will also field teams to compete in the indoor soccer
league (Jan-Feb) at the Williamsburg Indoor Sports Complex
(WISC), as well as teams to compete in the North America
Sand Soccer Championships held on Virginia Beach early June.
(Note: Spring season for U10-U14 (U15 and above players do not play during the spring season)
League games and locations:
The fall and spring seasons generally last ten weeks, Sept., Oct & Nov./ Mar., Apr. & May. Our league games are played at the Bethel Elementary School and Peasley Middle School Soccer Complex. Typically, half the games are at home and half are away games played at other clubs' home fields in areas like Newport News, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Hampton, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Chesapeake, Richmond, Fredericksburg. To reduce the amount of travel for our younger teams, U10/11 teams may play within the Peninsula Alliance League (PAL) which limits travel to only member club sights in the Peninsula area.
Practices
Practices are typically twice a week, during the weekdays at the Airport Soccer Complex, located next to Wal-Mart on Rt. 17.
Games
Games are at the Bethel Elementary School and Peasley Middle School Soccer Complex for both girls and the boys.
Team training will be conducted primarily on the airport fields located behind Burger King on Rt. 17 in Gloucester.
Typical Team Training Schedule:
Fall Season: Mid August - Mid November:
- Weekly (2x) team training sessions
- Saturday morning clinics will be most weeks
- Goalie training will be one night a week, in addition to team practices
- 8 league games
- 2 tournaments; One in October and One in November
Winter Indoor Season: Janurary-March
- Practice once a week
- Games once a week
Spring Season: March- May
- Weekly (2x) team training sessions.
- Additional guest coaching once per/week, most weeks
- 8 league games
June: Sand Soccer Tournament(s)
