2024 Outdoor Soccer Achievements
The 2024 Outdoor youth community soccer season is now over and we are again very proud of the achievements of the Rio Terrace soccer teams.
All Rio Terrace teams have a great season of skill development and improvement in play along with tons of fun. We had 100 of our community youth playing in the U4, U5 and U7 FunSoccer Program. We had ~180 players spread across 10 teams in the U9 through U17 age groups.
Notable standings based results from Rio Terrace teams included:
U15 (McKay) boys team achieving Silver medal in City of Edmonton Finals.
U13 (Machnik) girls team winning Silver medal at the Alberta Soccer Championships.
U17 (Klappstein) boys team winning 3rd / 4th (depends on your source) at the Alberta Soccer Championships. If you know a player or coach from this team, ask them about the sportsmanship and success demonstrated in the Bronze medal game that was decided on Penalty Kicks.
Register NOW for the Rio Terrace Youth Community Soccer for the Indoor Season !!
Registration is underway for the 2024 -2025 Indoor community level soccer season that will begin play in October. Players need to be registered by September 10 in order to be assured of being placed on a team. The community soccer program provides about 5 months of soccer activity from mid October through early March to children aged 4 through 19, so players born in 2006 through 2021 are eligible to participate.
The registration process for community soccer requires using the on-line EMSA soccer portal website (emsasoccerportal.com) and requires payment to be made either on-line at the time of player registration or shortly thereafter through making payment arrangements with the EMSA West soccer office. There are 5 steps in the on-line registration process:
Step 1 – Review the Indoor Community Youth Soccer Program information on the EMSA West Soccer website or on the Rio Terrace Community League website www.rioterrace.ca/programs/soccer.
Step 2 – Ensure that you have or obtain a valid (current cards will start with 24-XXXXX) community league membership. This needs to be acquired in advance of proceeding with the on-line player registration process. Most likely you will need to purchase a new membership as August 31 is the expiry date of the previous year memberships. Easiest way to purchase a current year membership is to do so online at www.efcl.org/memberships.
Step 3 – Complete the actual on-line registration of individual players using the EMSA soccer portal (www.emsasoccerportal.com). When completing the registration for each of your children, please be sure to specifically request to play on a Rio Terrace team (or other team if that is your preference) and indicate any ‘play with’ requests for friends and/or coaches. If you have not previously registered any family members for soccer using this website, you will first have to complete a family account set-up and then proceed with registering individual players. Please also be sure to indicate any parental help available for coaching, etc.
Step 4 – Pay the EMSAWEST registration fee for Indoor soccer either on-line at time of player registration or through alternative arrangements by contacting the EMSAWEST office at 780-451-6453. Please note that player registration and placement on a team is not complete until the payment of the registration fee has been completed or payment arrangements have been made with the EMSA West soccer office.
Step 5 – Make payment to Rio Terrace Community League of the team based individual Indoor season player fee and the uniform deposit. Rio Terrace charges a player fee for players on teams that are U9 aged and older for the Indoor season of up to $60 per player to cover Soccer Program costs incurred by Rio Terrace. An email will be sent to all players’ parents in late Sept or early Oct confirming these amounts and how to make payment via e-transfer.
Indoor teams will be formed in September and play will commence in mid-October.
Please register your child in the EMSA Soccer Portal by the end of August for the best chance of getting placed on the team that your child wishes to play on. Players registering after Sept 10 will only be added to a team if the team is in need of more players.