Call for field closures and game cancellations:
(303) 438-8682
Frequently Asked Questions
About BSC (8)
How the club works, the board, procedures and policies.
The Blast is the Broomfield competitive club. Visit them at broomfieldblast.com.
The Broomfield Soccer Club (BSC) is an independent, volunteer, nonprofit corporation that provides educational and recreational soccer to Broomfield girls and boys. The Club provides for the administration of the program as well as the recruitment of coaches, referees, and players. The administration of the BSC is managed by a Board of Directors. (Refer to the Bylaws for more information.)
BSC is affiliated with Colorado State Youth Soccer Association (CYS), which is affiliated with the United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA), which is affiliated with the Federal International Football Association (FIFA). FIFA is the international organization governing all soccer play worldwide.
BSC provides a fall and spring season each year for youth ages 4-16. The program is divided into age groups. At the lower age groups the emphasis is on learning skills, fundamentals of soccer, and sportsmanship. Team standings are not kept. The emphasis is on learning soccer skills and sportsmanship.
The Broomfield Blast Soccer Association (BBSA) is part of the BSC, providing for competitive soccer play for advanced players age 10 and over. The teams compete in the advanced (competitive) divisions in the CSYSA. The success of the BSC comes from the many volunteers who give their time to help Broomfield youth learn about the great sport of soccer. Many volunteers started with little or no soccer experience and have progressed with their children to become both knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the sport.
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Game Day Info (5)
From field locations to snacks to uniforms, all the logistical details.
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Coaches and Parents,
Even if you receive an announcement that fields are open for practices or games, please exercise your common sense and abide by the following rules:
If lightning is in the area, use the FLASH-TO-BANG method to determine how far away the lightning is. This is the time from SEEING the stroke to HEARING the thunder. For each five seconds' count, the lightning is one mile away. A count of 20 seconds = 4 miles away; 15 seconds = 3 miles away. At a count of 15 seconds, the lightning is near enough to take immediate defensive actions, which means:
- Suspend play immediately;
- Avoid metal objects such as fences, bats, machinery motors, and power tools;
- Avoid water, tents, trees, hilltops, or open spaces;
- Have participants seek shelter in a building or in a truck, van or car with the windows completely shut; and
- Be certain that nobody remains on the fields.
If lightning should strike nearby:
- Avoid direct contact with other people;
- Get into a ditch or a shallow depression; and
- Remove all metal objects (baseball hats). Crouch down with feet together and hands on knees.
If a person is injured by lightning, call 911 and provide first aid. An injured person does not carry an electrical charge and can be safely handled. Again, please call or send for help immediately.
Players in U4 Coed (our youngest division) get a t-shirt provided and only need to have shin guards ... cleats are optional.
All other BSC players (U5 and above) use the uniforms described HERE.
You'll have information such as Highland Park Field #3. To find Highland Park, use our Locations page here. To find where Field #3 is, use our field Maps page here.
Registration (7)
Questions and answers about registration.
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Cross Quadrant and Option I are intermediate recreational programs administered by CYS. Basically, U9-up BSC teams that play at a higher level than most recreational teams are eligible to play in Cross Quadrant (U9 only) or Option I (U10-up). By the definition set forth in the Colorado Youth Soccer (CYS) Rules, these programs represent "the highest level of recreational competition, composed of developmental teams whose play has surpassed that of most other in-house or inter-club teams."
In U9, teams that play at BSC's Tier 3 level only are eligible to play in the Cross Quadrant program, which is highly competitive and represents the strongest U9 teams in the state. In Cross Quadrant, coaches have the opportunity to request placement in either the Silver (less competitive) or Gold (more competitive) flight to help assure that their teams play at the appropriate level of competitiveness.
At U10 Option I, BSC Tier 3 teams are eligible to request placement in one of three flights: Bronze (less competitive), Silver, or Gold (more competitive) to aid them in selecting the appropriate level of competitiveness. For U11-up, flight stratification ends and all teams are placed in the Gold level.
These programs, though designed for more advanced players, remain recreational programs. Coaches of Cross Quadrant and Option I teams are bound by the same rules as to play time and recruiting as any recreational coach. In Option I, players are required to present CYS-generated Player Cards before each match and coaches must possess a CYS-generated official roster in order to play.
In some rare instances, players are not sufficiently challenged in the age group into which they naturally fall by birth date. Parents who face this situation have the option of placing their player in the next-older age group, hence "playing up," to provide a more satisfying soccer experience. Please note that this policy does not apply to children who were not yet three years old on the July 31 before the fall and spring season in question - those children are ineligible to play until the following fall season.
While this practice solves the near-term problem of a not-challenging-enough age group, parents should consider that playing their child up from year-to-year may present a set of different problems, especially if the child decides to pursue competitive soccer. In competitive soccer, playing up is not permitted except in the case of a player who is one school grade ahead of schedule as well.
Another issue that playing up presents is the reality that children will be playing with an older group of players. There is no way to overstate the many reasons that children are better off playing with their peers ... BSC is working to empower its coaches to address a wide variety of skill and experience levels within age groups so that parents may place their gifted players in their natural age groups without penalizing them for having more experience or natural ability than some of their counterparts.
As players mature, BSC addresses this problem directly by offering a tiered system in U9 and U10, where more advanced players may select Tier 2 (formerly known as Advanced Recreational) or Tier 3 (Academy) programs within the proper age group. We recommend that parents carefully think through the ramifications of playing up their U8-under child before proceeding, as we are working with our coaches to improve their ability to provide an enriching soccer experience to players of differing experience and skill levels within the various age groups. Waiting until the stratified program begins in U9 is the best bet for all but the very most advanced players in BSC.
Registration runs from December 15 to January 31 for the spring season and June 15 to July 31 for the fall season. Register early as space is limited.
One number controls division eligibility - how old the player was on the prior July 31, which is his/her League or Playing Age. A soccer year is comprised of two seasons, fall and spring ... in that order. Players do not change League or Playing Age between fall and spring. If a player is U10 for the fall season, he or she will be U10 for the spring season.
The "U" in U6 (or U4 or U17) means "Under" a certain age. If Johnny is five years old at 11:59 p.m. on the July 31 prior to the registration period, he's a natural U6 player ... he's under six years old on July 31. Even if he turns six on August 1, Johnny's a U6 player for that fall and the following spring, when a large number of players will be six as well. All clubs playing under the auspices of Colorado Youth Soccer (CYS) use the same date to determine League or Playing Age.
In the unusual circumstance that Johnny (or Joanie) is significantly more advanced than the rest of the players in his/her age division, the parents may choose to place him (or her) in one age division higher than the natural choice. Johnny, if he's a real go-getter, may play in U7, because while he was under six years old on the prior August 1, he was also under seven.
BSC requests that any parent who desires to place a player more than one age division above the natural division contact them before attempting to register that player. In special circumstances, BSC will authorize playing up two age divisions. On the other hand, CYS is clear in its prohibition against placing players in age divisions below their natural division, except in the case of demonstrable medical need or disability.
If you haven't heard from your coach by the week before the first game, email your league director. See the BSC Home Page for Season Dates and the Event Calendar.
Team Formation (1)
Questions and answers about team formation at BSC.
The "U" stands for "Under," so a U6 team will be composed of kids who are younger than six years old on the preceding July 31. This applies for the fall season and the following spring season. See this question for more information on League Age.
Tournaments (2)
Info about tournaments that teams may attend.
Each fall, BSC sends upwards of twenty-five U9-up teams to the CYS Cup, the state soccer association's premier recreational tournament. Please check back as the fall season approaches for more information. The CYS Recreational Tournaments web page is a good source of information as well.
Please contact Jeb Buffington, BSC's Education and Tournament Director, for more information.
U5-U8:
KOHL'S AMERICAN CUP 2008
Information and registration details are now available for Kohl's American Cup 2008. Please remember that the registration fees for this tournament will be paid by Broomfield Soccer Club.
If your team did not participate in the Fall 2007 CYS Cup, you are eligible to play in one tournament that BSC subsidizes, to a limit of $225 in entry fees/team. Please contact Jeb Buffington, BSC's Education Director, for more information.
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