Vancouver United Football Club

BCSPL

ABOUT THE LEAGUE

The BC Soccer Premier League (BCSPL) was established by BC Soccer in conjunction with Canada Soccer, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and the BC Soccer membership. The overall objective of the league is to support the development and identification of players within a standards based environment for Under 14 through Under 18 male and female programming. Each year, the BCSPL plays a spring/summer season (phase 1) starting in late February and culminating in the Provincial Premier Cup in late June. The fall season (phase 2) consists of 9 to 10 weeks of league play. Together with its Development Partners, the BCSPL focuses on player, coach and referee development within a standards based game environment.

https://www.bcspl.ca

VanU, having achieved the Canadian Soccer Association’s National Youth Club License in 2019, now enters teams in BCSPL. All new BCSPL franchises enter teams at the youngest age group, known as the ‘U14 Intakes’ each year. This sees us add two more teams every year. In 2024, we will add two more, taking us to eight (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) born teams on both the girls and boys side. Here is the program we have put together for this group.

BCSPL EVALUATIONS:

There are no “tryouts” or specific evaluation dates for this level for members of our Club. All current Vancouver United FC members who are within the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 age groups at our Club (those are currently the only 3 age groups where we have the BCSPL level) are evaluated throughout the season within their current environments (as part of the clubs season long evaluation process) and if requested to, are able to take part in training sessions and games as part of the fluid roster and permitting process.

For players currently playing U13 at our club; VanU staff evaluate the player pool throughout the entire season and select players into the BCSPL at the appropriate signing windows provided by BC Soccer. Our development pathway however does not simply revolve around the BCSPL level, as we aspire to build out entire age groups; our BCSPL & Division One (next level) are in regular contact with one another and both programs adhere to similar philosophies revolving around long term player development and sustainability.

INTERESTED PLAYERS FORM

(This is for non members only)

For any players who are currently NOT Vancouver United FC members born in 2012, 2011 , 2010, 2009 and 2008; and who would like to express their interest in joining the Vancouver United FC BCSPL program please complete the form below:

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE FORM

Players who are already registered and playing with Vancouver United should not use the above form, as they are always in consideration

The following fee structure is based on the 2025/2026 season.

FEES BCSPL Intake 2012

Registration fee will be $3000 - $3300. This will include professional coaches for all training sessions and games, uniforms, training kit (including a tracksuit and bag), all travel within the season schedule costs. There will be no additional fees for this program. Payment will be due in three instalments due as follows:

$800 (non refundable) within 48 hours upon accepting a spot on the team.
$1600 on or before March 1st 2024
$600 - $900 on or before May 1st 2024
Credit card surcharges of 3% are charged by the issuer.

FEES BCSPL 2008 - 2011

$800 (non refundable) within 48 hours upon accepting a spot on the team
$1600 on or before February 1st 2025
$600 - $900 on or before May 1st 2025
Credit card surcharges of 3% are charged by the issuer

PROMOTION OF PLAYERS

Our main focus is to facilitate and support the promotion of our players to higher levels of play (National teams, Provincial High Performance Program, Whitecaps Academy/REX).

As our players near graduation out of the program (U16 to U18), our aim is to help their exposure to the various Universities and Colleges who recruit out of the BCSPL

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