Players First is a branded, holistic club soccer experience for parents and players, which emphasizes the development of each individual to his or her full potential, and helps parents make better choices about where their children should play.

The Players First license is created to differentiate clubs in the marketplace that are committed to providing an exceptional player development experience through the proper facilitation of relationships with their coaches, parents and players.

Benefits of being a licensed Players First club:

• Immediately gain important recognition in the respective marketplaces.

• Distinguished as Players First-licensed in member club directory (coming soon).

• Increased exposure through US Club Soccer's best-in-class search engine optimization.

• Features on US Club Soccer’s Players First web page (logo, link, date of license).

• Highlights in US Club Soccer emails and digital and social media.

• Receive customized content from US Club Soccer (social media toolkit and promotional graphics).

• Features through external media outreach by US Club Soccer (plus ensuing media coverage).

• Access to use Players First logo for club promotion.

• Philosophical Commitments of a Players First Club placement on club website.

APPLICATION PROCESS:  This application requires you to submit detailed information about your club. This application does not allow you to save your work and continue to edit later. If you are unable to submit all parts of the application at one time or would like to submit additional information, please send via email to playersfirst@usclubsoccer.org.

We are now accepting applications until February 20, 2021 to be considered for the March 2021 term.

ELIGIBILITY & APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS: 

Clubs must be in good standing, have at least three teams registered with US Club Soccer, and participate in a US Club Soccer-sanctioned league. Each application must be submitted on behalf of one individual club and filled out by the Director of Coaching, Technical Director, President, or Executive Director of the club. The questions throughout the application apply to all players, teams, and staff members within the club, and not only to those that are registered with US Club Soccer. In order for a club to become licensed, it must fulfill all of the fields marked "Requirement" and at least 10 of the 14 "Additional Standards." If the club does not have any recreational teams, it will only need to fulfill 9 of 13 additional standards. The questions are marked appropriately within the application.

APPLICATION INFORMATION: 

The application consists of seven sections, as follows:

1. Club & Applicant Information
2. Club Leadership Expertise and Development
3. Staff Education and Development
4. Player Health and Safety
5. Training and Competition Structure
6. Staffing Structure
7. Parent Education and Engagement 

FEE:  The licensing application requires a nonrefundable fee of $100. You will be prompted for payment with a credit card at the end of the application.

VALIDITY & RENEWAL: Licenses are valid for a term of two years. The licenses will be renewed through a reevaluation of the club.