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United DFC Fall/Winter 2023/2024 Program Descriptions 

 

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October 10, 2023: U12A, U13-18 AA

October 10, 2023: U12B, U13-18 A, U13-18 B, Skills Centre, U10 & U12 Community

October 10, 2023: U15-17 AAA High Performance Program

October 10, 2023: Mini Program

October 27th, 2023: Senior AAA/AA

 

 

Mini Program

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The objective of the winter Mini Soccer Program is to provide our U4-8 year old players with a fun, safe, and enjoyable environment which allows them to explore and learn the game. The program is designed to incorporate lots of contact and time with the ball, and will emphasize fun, games, and physical literacy development. Depending on the number of participants, groups may be boys, girls and/or co-ed.

 

 

Age groups:

U4 born in 2020

U5 born in 2019

U6 born in 2018

U7 born in 2017

U8 born in 2016

 

 

Community Recreation Program

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 This program is designed for players who are interested in playing pick up games once a week in a local gym rather than attending skills center practice sessions and festival games. Coaching will be at a minimum with a focus on playing games.

 

Age groups:

U9/U10 born in 2015 / 2014

U11/U12 born in 2013 / 2012



 

Skill Centre Program

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United DFC’s Skill Centre programs are designed to provide the players with a fun, social experience that continues to grow a love for soccer as well as teaching the fundamental and foundational developmental aspects of soccer. 

Skill Centres are open to all players, including those that have not played soccer before! There is a capacity of 40 players per program based on our current club infrastructure capacity (facility time) and coach ratio.


 

Age groups:

U8/U9 born in 2016 / 2015

U10/U11 born in 2014/2013

 

 

U12 Pre-Performance Program

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The U12 Pre-Performance Program is designed for players who intend to graduate into the performance pathway with United DFC. This program demands more commitment from players in comparison to the community/recreation stream and is designed with the intention to develop players into our competitive stream of U13AA.

This program will consist of 2 x practices per week on turf at East Coast Varsity and Sunday games in the NSSL U12A division. The season will span from mid-October until March with a break in December. The United DFC pre-performance program is aligned with Canada Soccer’s Grassroots Standards.



Age groups:

U12 born in 2012

 

  

U13 - 18 B Community Program

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The United DFC B Programs from U13-U18 will compete in the Nova Scotia Soccer League (NSSL) 7v7 indoor league.

All United DFC Coaches will be properly qualified and on-boarded in order to ensure that we as a club adhere to the standards & principles set by Soccer Nova Scotia & Canada Soccer. 

All coaches must apply to coach within this program and all applicants will be screened and reviewed in order to ensure that they meet all of the requirements of United DFC & Canada Soccer. These requirements include: the age-stage specific grassroots training/course, making ethical decisions, respect in sport, making headway and emergency action plan. These qualification standards can be found under the Coaching Qualification section of the Canada Soccer Grassroots standards, found here.

 

Programs

U13 B    born in 2012 / 2011

U15 B    born in 2009 / 2010

U18 B    born in 2006 / 2007 / 2008

 

 

 

U13 - 18 A Competitive Program

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The United DFC A Programs from U13-U18 will compete in the Nova Scotia Soccer League (NSSL) 7v7 indoor league.

All United DFC Coaches will be properly qualified and on-boarded in order to ensure that we as a club adhere to the standards & principles set by Soccer Nova Scotia & Canada Soccer. 

All coaches must apply to coach within this program and all applicants will be screened and reviewed in order to ensure that they meet all of the requirements of United DFC & Canada Soccer. These requirements include: the age-stage specific grassroots training/course, making ethical decisions, respect in sport, making headway and emergency action plan. These qualification standards can be found under the Coaching Qualification section of the Canada Soccer Grassroots standards, found here

 

Programs

U13 A        born in 2012 / 2011

U15 A        born in 2009 / 2010

U18 A        born in 2006 / 2007 / 2008

 

 

 

 

U13 - 18 AA High Performance Programs

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The United DFC AA Programs from U13-U18 will compete in the Nova Scotia Soccer League (NSSL) 7v7 indoor league.

All United DFC Coaches will be properly qualified and on-boarded in order to ensure that we as a club adhere to the standards & principles set by Soccer Nova Scotia & Canada Soccer. 

All coaches must apply to coach within this program and all applicants will be screened and reviewed in order to ensure that they meet all of the requirements of United DFC & Canada Soccer. These requirements include: the age-stage specific grassroots training/course, making ethical decisions, respect in sport, making headway and emergency action plan. These qualification standards can be found under the Coaching Qualification section of the Canada Soccer Grassroots standards, found here

 

Programs

U13 AA       born in 2012 / 2011

U15 AA        born in 2009 / 2010

U18 AA        born in 2006 / 2007 / 2008

 

  

U15 - 17 AAA High Performance Programs

 

 Youth AAA Programs for the 2023 season will have intake in January for a 10-month season running through October. The commitment expectations for this, Highest Performance setting includes 3 training sessions per week and 1 game throughout the competition period.

 

Programs

U15AAA will be comprised of 2010 and 2009 players

U17AAA will be comprised of 2008 and 2007 players

Senior AAA Players born 2006 and older

 

 

 



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