Little Metros

Our Winter Futsal Program runs for six weeks during the early winter months; three weeks starting in early December, and three weeks in January. Players will play twice per week indoors. We play futsal during the winter months on a hard court surface. The sport of futsal is the FIFA recognized indoor soccer game. It is played with a smaller ball that has a reduced bounce to keep it on the court surface more often. Dribbling, control, and creativity with the ball are encouraged and improved playing futsal.

Players must wear flat-soled indoor shoes, shin guards, and appropriate athletic wear to move, run, jump and play. There are no game days during the winter.

Fall and Spring programs both run for six weeks. Fall season runs from the mid September to end of October. Players practice twice per week on either Mondays & Wednesdays or Tuesdays & Thursdays. There are five game days that take place on Fridays. Fall & Spring program participants receive an EMFC t-shirt and a grey game shirt for Friday Game Days.

Friday Game Day Information (Fall & spring seasons only)

Game Days are focused on maximizing player enjoyment of playing and providing opportunities for players to express themselves creatively in a positive environment. The LM Director and staff will do their best to form teams that are balanced and allow for quality games in which learning and positive experiences are had by all players.

Our Game Days are more informal than many youth soccer games — we do not assign coaches to each team, rather our coaches and ETFC player volunteers help to facilitate the games by acting as referees & guiding the game and substitutions. Teams are formed by combining players from both Mon/Wed and Tue/Thur age groups. We limit our coaching from the sidelines and will address the teams at half-time to discuss the game. Many players have played with us before, but many are also new and are still learning the rules of out-of-bounds, directionality, restarts, and so forth. We will help to teach players as they experience these aspects of the game.

Game Day Formats: 

• Mini Metros – 2v2 or  3v3 on a smaller field to small goals. There are no goalkeepers and each field will have a referee facilitator. Games will start at 4:30pm on Fridays.
• The younger Little Metros will play 3v3 on a larger field to small goals. There are no goalkeepers and each field will have a referee facilitator. Teams will play four 9 minute quarters and have a short break between quarters. Games will start at 5:15pm on Fridays.
• The older/oldest (usually U8+) Little Metros groups will play 5v5 on a larger field, with larger goals, and a goalkeeper for each team. Each game will have a referee facilitator and games will be played over two halves of 20 minutes each. Games will start at 6:00pm on Fridays.

Fall and Spring programs both run for six weeks. Fall season runs from the mid September to end of October. Players practice twice per week on either Mondays & Wednesdays or Tuesdays & Thursdays. There are five game days that take place on Fridays. Fall & Spring program participants receive an EMFC t-shirt and a grey game shirt for Friday Game Days.

Friday Game Day Information (Fall & spring seasons only)

Game Days are focused on maximizing player enjoyment of playing and providing opportunities for players to express themselves creatively in a positive environment. The LM Director and staff will do their best to form teams that are balanced and allow for quality games in which learning and positive experiences are had by all players.

Our Game Days are more informal than many youth soccer games — we do not assign coaches to each team, rather our coaches and ETFC player volunteers help to facilitate the games by acting as referees & guiding the game and substitutions. Teams are formed by combining players from both Mon/Wed and Tue/Thur age groups. We limit our coaching from the sidelines and will address the teams at half-time to discuss the game. Many players have played with us before, but many are also new and are still learning the rules of out-of-bounds, directionality, restarts, and so forth. We will help to teach players as they experience these aspects of the game.

Game Day Formats: 

• Mini Metros – 2v2 or  3v3 on a smaller field to small goals. There are no goalkeepers and each field will have a referee facilitator. Games will start at 4:30pm on Fridays.
• The younger Little Metros will play 3v3 on a larger field to small goals. There are no goalkeepers and each field will have a referee facilitator. Teams will play four 9 minute quarters and have a short break between quarters. Games will start at 5:15pm on Fridays.
• The older/oldest (usually U8+) Little Metros groups will play 5v5 on a larger field, with larger goals, and a goalkeeper for each team. Each game will have a referee facilitator and games will be played over two halves of 20 minutes each. Games will start at 6:00pm on Fridays.

Our summer program runs for two 3-week blocks in the summer months. We typically run our first block in early June, and our second in early August. Players will play twice per week on the grass field at Lane Community College.

Players must wear soccer cleats, shin guards, and appropriate athletic wear to move, run, jump and play. There are no game days during the summer.