Our Competitive Soccer Program is designed for players aged U13 to U17 who are committed to higher-level training and competition. The program provides a challenging and supportive environment focused on player development, performance standards, and team accountability.
Teams are formed by birth year and compete in EMSAs Tier 1-3 program. Games are played in St. Albert, Edmonton and surrounding areas.
Additional registration in EMSA's portal is required.
All of our competitive teams are created by our Fall Player Placements and we have open training sessions in the Spring.
Registration opens February 2nd
Please Note:
The open sessions at St. Albert Impact are "ongoing" and we reserve the right to "place" players up/down/across at any time, based on feedback/observation/performance. This is to facilitate teams of both like-minded and like-skilled whilst recognizing the fluidity of player maturation and development.
The Player Placement Process Explained
Sports Science
St. Albert soccer is pleased to continue to offer a full in-house sports science program. Impact athletes have access to a team of in house sport specific strength and conditioning coaches
Teams in Tier 1 and 2 have three, six week blocks focused on sport specific strength and conditioning.
- Full gym at our Player Development Centre
- Holistic approach that aids long term athletic development
- Fundamental movements, speed, agility, power, energy systems conditioning and strength
- Licensed and certified strength and conditioning coaches with soccer backgrounds
- Sports science costs will be added to team invoices
- Players must wear appropriate footwear (running or training shoes) and normal training attire
Tournaments
We encourage all our teams to partiscipate in various tournaments.
All teams requesting to enter a tournament must have club approval, prior to enterting.
If your team is traveling out of province/country, additional approval and fees are required.
Impact Adult Programs
As a next step, players who turn 16, have the opportunity to further challenge themselves by playing as a Trialist on one of our Adult Impact teams who participate in EDSA / AMSL and League1AB.
We also provide an opportunity for players who have finished their youth careers in our club, to tryout for our Adult Impact teams or participate in one of SASA's many adult programs. For more information on our adult programs, click here.
St. Albert Soccer Hardship Fund
St. Albert Soccer has set up a Hardship Fund that is financed by the generosity of its members. Each season, registrants are asked if they would like to contribute to the Hardship Fund to assist families that may require some financial assistance. The Hardship Fund assists 60 - 70 families by subsidizing $6000 - $7000.00/year to keep children playing soccer in our community.
Purpose -To allow every player, age 18 and under, the opportunity to participate in recreational or competitive soccer regardless of household financial conditions. The SASA Hardship Fund was developed to lower the cost of recreational opportunities for children whose families have demonstrated financial needs by applying for either KidSport &/ the Rotary Club.
Please contact Diane Bejcar at the SASA office to discuss the process of applying for funding.
KidSport™ is a national not-for-profit organization that provides financial assistance to kids who just want to play some sports! Click to learn more.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JUMPSTART
As of January 2025, Jumpstart will no longer be offering Individual Child Grants in Edmonton and surrounding area.
Click to learn more.
