A: AVID Soccer Club is based in Western Maryland in the greater Cumberland area. This location allows us to serve the tri-state area including parts of  Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

A: The AVID travel season officially starts on August 1st and ends the following July 31st. Most of our teams take the late summer and fall off to accommodate players who participate in their community recreation-based teams and leagues. Older teams break during this same timeframe to allow players to participate in the high school soccer season. Most teams are active between March and July each travel season. 

A: AVID teams train at community-based fields in the greater Cumberland Maryland area. Practices are typically within a 25-minute radius of Cumberland.

A: Our team’s training schedule varies from team to team. Most teams are active from November through July each year. During winter, teams practice less, once a week, due to weather, daylight hours, and indoor training facility availability. During spring and summer teams practice twice a week on average; some may increase to three times a week leading up to a tournament.

A: Each AVID team has the flexibility to identify tournaments that best suit the team’s skill level, availability of brackets for matching age group or gender, or unique opportunity of location or college scouting. As such, there is not a standard list of tournaments that our club teams attend. Generally, most tournaments are within a three-hour radius of the greater Cumberland area.

A: Each AVID team has the flexibility to create their own unique tournament schedule each season. Teams are expected to participate in at least five (5) tournaments each season. Our most active teams may attend up to ten or more tournaments during the travel season.

A: Each team has the flexibility to participate in appropriate travel tournaments and travel leagues. In the past few years, many of our teams have participated in both league and tournament play.

A: Each AVID player is required to pay an annual club fee as set by the Board of Directors. This fee is currently set at $100. This fee covers services and fees incurred by the clue to provide carding of the travel team, players, coaches, team communication app, equipment, and operational costs. Travel tournament fees are invoiced to players separately and the cost can vary depending on the tournament but generally range from $50-$90.

A: The cost of travel to soccer can vary depending on the number of tournaments and locations that teams participate in. When approximating the cost of a travel tournament the following expenses should be considered; the tournament fee, lodging costs, fuel, and food. Our parents typically spend $500-$600 for a travel tournament weekend.

A: Each individual team may elect to pursue whether to fundraise or not. The Board of Directors moderates any fundraising efforts and most teams that do choose to do so will do small team-based fundraising. Examples of previous fundraising efforts include hoagie sales, FlipGive gift card rebates, and spirit nights at local restaurants.

A: Each team can have different roster needs from season to season. Established teams typically return players back each season. They then fill roster openings with limited tryouts or direct referrals. New teams do sometimes conduct a tryout event over the course of several weeks. These tryout events are advertised on our social media outlets and our web page.

A: First, we are humbled you’re interested in choosing AVID Soccer Club. The first step to start the conversation about a try-out for an AVID team is to complete our interest form. After completing the interest form a member of our team management will reach out to you to discuss roster needs and what opportunities may exist for the relevant team.

A: AVID does expect our players to prioritize their AVID travel team for practice and tournament play. We do acknowledge that children often have other interests other than soccer and our team management will work with you on reasonable accommodations for conflicts that may come up from time to time. Those players who would like to guest play for other travel teams are expected to keep their primary AVID team as the priority and communicate closely with their team management.

A: No, AVID does not currently offer or participate in non-travel, or recreation level, games or local leagues.

A: Volunteers are the lifeblood of the club and we’d love to discuss opportunities with you.
To inquire on coaching opportunities click here. To inquire about other volunteer opportunities click here.

A: The step in the process is to fill out an online team application. The information in this form provides our Board of Directors with preliminary information to consider the feasibility of the request and determine whether the request fits within the mission of the AVID Soccer Club. Upon submission of this application, the information will be reviewed by the Board of Directors. You will be contacted after this review with further information on how this request will proceed. Generally, after review by the Board, the applicant will be contacted and an in-person interview with the proposed team Head Coach and Team Manager will take place. Follow-up may take up to 7 days.

A: Yes, our young club is very proud of all our players including those that have moved on to play college soccer. Check out our college page to learn more about our players.