Playing Indoor Soccer/Futsal is a great way for kids to develop their social and mental skills, physical strength, and character while learning how to play soccer. Teamwork and active participation are key components.

What is Indoor Soccer/Futsal???? A parent's guide!

Every child plays - there are no tryouts or cuts.

Why play Indoor Soccer/Futsal?

• Provides mid-winter physical activity
• GREAT for skill development
• Promotes quality touches and precise passing
• 5 players per side
• Unlimited flying substitutions
• Teams use a smaller ball with less bounce.
• Kick-ins
• No offsides called
• Safer than walled indoor soccer because there are no wall collisions.

Practices begin the week of January 13th.

The games begin on Saturday, January 18th. Most games are scheduled on Saturdays, between 8 am and 8 pm. You will receive a schedule of games and locations from your head coach. The season will have six games.

Team assignments are completed according to a child’s respective school attendance area and the time their registration is received.
  

Participants not residing within the Ann Arbor Public School District are considered non-residents and must pay the respective non-resident fee.

Payment
We accept VISA, MasterCard, and American Express credit cards. Please make all checks payable to Ann Arbor Public Schools or AAPS. Payments can be made in cash at the Rec & Ed office.

Click here for more scholarship information and the Rec & Ed refund policy.

Participants are assigned to school teams based on their public school attendance areas.

In the case of limited space, participants may be assigned to teams with participants from different attendance areas.

If two teams are formed for the same grade from the same school, coaches and Rec&Ed staff will assign players to teams in accordance with departmental guidelines to ensure equally-balanced teams.

Combo Teams
It is common for “combo” teams, or teams with participants from two or more different schools to be formed. If your child’s school has filled its primary team roster, a combo team will be formed. 

Charter, Parochial, Private, and Out-of-District Public Schools
Charter, parochial, private, and out-of-district public school teams can be formed if all grade requirements are satisfied and registration deadlines met. Registration must be open for all students that attend these schools. We require a minimum of nine (9) players to be registered for a team to be formed. 

Teams are coached and assisted by volunteers, many of whom are parents. Coaches and team parents are always needed! If you would like to volunteer, please fill out the volunteer question when registering online or in the Adult Volunteer section of the registration form. 

Each player will receive a t-shirt to wear at each game.  Jersey size is not guaranteed after regular registration as the uniforms have already been ordered by that time: 

Michigan Futsal Factory Academy: Proud partner of  AA Rec and Ed

Michigan Futsal Factory Academy is partnering with AA Rec and Ed to help continue to grow the game of Futsal this winter. They will host two Coaches Workshops, two Player Clinics, a Parent Engagement Night and observe/consult with the winter Futsal league. The sessions will be run by Drew “Ducks” Ducker (Current US Men’s Futsal National Team Player and USSF “A” License coach) and Sam Harrington (Director of Developmental Program for Futsal Factory Academy, Degree in Sports Management, and USSF "E" License). Futsal challenges players to think and play quicker, understand how to move off of the ball and teaches how to both defend and attack. Our philosophy during these training sessions is to not only teach the basics of Futsal both technically and tactically, but also teach how Futsal translates to outdoor soccer. We want players to understand the game so they can not only have fun but also have success.

www.futsalfactoryacademy.com