The Royal Oak Football Club (formerly ROYSA) has been serving our community for over 45 years as a non-profit soccer organization. Royal Oak FC is one of the largest clubs in the state of Michigan, providing a recreational program as well as a premier program. Royal Oak FC has over 2,000 players participating each season in our programs.
ROFC offers recreational soccer programs for kids ages 3 up to 18 years old (through Spring of Senior year) and will make sure we have a spot for EVERY SINGLE PLAYER that registers by July 31, 2024 for the Fall soccer season. If you played with us in the Spring season and loved your team, make sure you register by the 'same team deadline' of June 30th to guarantee a returning spot on that team. Open registration will continue to remain open to everyone until July 31st, after which time we will begin to put teams together. ROFC will assign players to teams and you will be contacted by your coach in August with practice and game schedules. During registration, you may request to play with a friend, or on a specific team, and we will do our best to meet that request (no guarantees).
Each team will have weekly practices and play 10 games between September and early November. These teams cannot exist without our volunteer parent coaches. Please consider volunteering as a Head Coach or Assistant Coach - sign up in your player's registration and you will be contacted with more information!
** Our 3 and 4-year-old program, called Little Renegades, has a finite number of spots and will take registrations only until the program is full. Register early, this is a very popular program. Click on the Little Renegades tab to learn more***
ROFC Recreational Program for players 4 years old and up
Preschool Division - Teams of up to ten players. Games are 3 versus 3 (no goalie) using pop-up goals - similar format to Little Renegades scrimmages. This division does not keep standings nor keep score of the games. There are no formal referees - a coach, assistant coach or parent help referee the game. The length of the game is two 20-minute halves with a 5-minute halftime break.
Who: Preschool soccer is open to children who are 4 or 5 years old.
When: Each team plays ten games. Girls games will be held Saturdays, Mondays and/or Tuesdays; Boys/Co-Ed games will be held on Sundays, Wednesdays and/or Thursdays. The coach (a parent volunteer) determines weekly practice time and location. Practices are once a week.
Where: Local Royal Oak parks
Cost: $80 per season plus $30 jersey fee. This includes 2 jerseys - home and away - that are worn for BOTH Fall and Spring seasons.
What: Shin guards are required; cleats are optional. Jerseys are required for games. Bring a size 3 soccer ball to practices.
* Players, age 4, can enroll in the program and experience of their preference (Rec or Little Renegades). No experience is required for any program.
Kindergarten through 8th Grade: Players are placed on teams in age groups that correspond to their school grade. Teams practice once/twice per week and have one/two games per week. The coach sets their own day, time and location for practice at a Royal Oak park. There are 10 games played on weekends and week nights.
High School: Teams are formed with players grade 9-12, and are co-ed. Teams practice once/twice per week and have one/two games per week. The coach sets their own day, time and location for practice at a Royal Oak park. There are 10 games played on weekends and week nights.
K-12 Divisions & Game Details
Division | |||||||||
Kindergarten | 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grades | 6th Grade | 7th & 8th Grades | 9th -12th Grades | |
Ball size | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Players | 3v3 | 5v5 | 5v5 | 7v7 | 7v7 | 9v9 | 9v9 | 11v11 | 11v11 |
Roster size | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 22 |
Referee | No ref, coaches are on field | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Length of ½ | 20 min | 25 min | 25 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 35 min | 40 min |
Cost | $80* | $90* | $90* | $95* | $95* | $95* | $95* | $95* |
$100* |
* Plus $30 jersey fee. This includes 2 jerseys - home and away - that are worn for the entire year - BOTH Fall and Spring seasons.
A few other important notes:
REFUND POLICY: Refunds of registration fees will be given if requested in writing by March 1 for the Spring Season and August 1 for the Fall Season, less an administrative fee of $10.00.
If you have any questions about Recreational soccer, contact RecDirector@royaloakfc.com