Birth Years

Eligible players are players born in 2017 (U8), 2016 (U9) and 2015 (U10).

Schedule

A six month program: August - October; March - May.

Game/League Information

Teams will play in a local league and most games will be scheduled for the weekends. At the U10 age group, there may be some state/regional travel depending on level of team.

Primary Location

Location: Thompson Park, 5600 Thompson Road, Columbus, OH 43230

Events

There are five events included in the program fee.  Any event over the included five events will be billed separately.  Ala cart event fees will range from $45 - $100/event and will be billed separately at the time of such event.   Ala cart event fees are only refundable to the extent a refund is received from the event.

Uniforms

For the 2024-2025 season, Sporting Columbus will be in season one of a four season uniform cycle.  All players will need to order a full kit. Uniform orders are placed online. After you pay your deposit, soccer.com will send an instruction e-mail to all players regarding the uniform process. Returning players will maintain their current number; uniform numbers for new players will be randomly assigned. The uniform ordering process will begin around June 15.

Placement, Acceptance and Registration Process

All players are welcome – there are no tryouts for these ages thru June 30. Each player must register online and pay their deposit to join the program. All registration is completed electronically.  Tryouts for these ages will start July 1. 

Click here to register (either log into your account or create a new account for new families and then choose Thompson Park 7v7 Program - 2024-2025).  For new accounts, please be sure the player is listed as a household member prior to starting the registration.

Base Fee

Through June 30, the fee will be $990.  Starting July 1, the program no longer has open registration; it will be tryout/need based and the fee will increase 10%.  All fees include but are not limited to practices (outdoors, indoors, in person and/or online), friendlies and/or games.  These fees do not include travel and/or uniforms.

Additional Fee

All players will have a $20/player facility fee.  This fee is non refundable, non scholarshipable and non discountable.