Player culture and education
Our Academy players are immersed into an environment of challenging training and competitive matches. Developing core technique, game intelligence and passion for the game through our SA United SC Player Pathway, is the next evolution of our athletes progressing from our Rising Stars program or heading into our Competitive program at U11.
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We offer a free training session and evaluation for anyone that is interested in experiencing our soccer club and seeing if our Academy program is the right fit for you. With our professional coaching staff assessing your child's ability, let's see what you have!
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Player development
We don't leave the player development process to chance; we take it seriously. Every exercise in our training sessions is carefully prepared by our qualified, professional coaching staff. To encourage individual player development within the team concept, we employ a guided discovery teaching approach. By assisting your player in identifying and comprehending game scenarios, we help them develop their soccer IQs in addition to teaching them skill.
Player development
We don't leave the player development process to chance; we take it seriously. Every exercise in our training sessions is carefully prepared by our qualified, professional coaching staff. To encourage individual player development within the team concept, we employ a guided discovery teaching approach.
Our age groups are developed as an entire group with a Pool Play philosophy used to share players across teams, allowing players to experience more than one game and move across different levels of competition.
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16 week total season
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2 training sessions per week for all players
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28 training sessions per season (minimum)
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8 regular season games (minimum)
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Association registration
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Players will always receive a minimum of 50% of playtime for every game to maximize their development
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Club uniform is a separate cost
Player and team development
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Core technique
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Game intelligence
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Passing and receiving
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Combination play
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1v1 attacking
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Group attacking and defense
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Building from the back
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1v1 defending
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The regular season begins on 1/12/2026.
Our fall season runs from August-December and the spring season runs from January-May. The winter break is typically 5 weeks over December-January.
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U10 (Birth year 2016)
U9 (Birth year 2017)
U7-U8 (Birth years 2018-2019)
Age groupMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayU105-6.15pm-5-6.15pm-U9-5-6.15pm-5-6.15pmU7-U85-6.00pm-5-6.00pm-Training and season
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The season game schedule is set by your individual team coach
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All Academy teams train x2 times a week with each session duration of 75 minutes
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Academy teams can train at two separate locations, our North Central location: GVTC Communications Sportsplex and our North West location: Blade Runner Soccer Fields
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Season tournaments are set by your individual team coach
Player equipment and game formats
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Shin guards
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Soccer cleats
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Club uniform
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U7-U10 age groups use a size 4 soccer ball
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U9-U10 teams play a 7v7 game format with 3x15 minute thirds
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U7-U8 teams play a 7v7 game format with 2x25 minute halves
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Fees are for regular season training and games. We offer a sibling discount to anyone interested in joining, please contact us for more info.
Please note, your fees include professional training, field fees, administration costs, STYSA/US Club registration, league registration, referees and game fees. Fees do not include tournaments, coach game travel expense or uniform.
Registration for our Academy program opens on 10/20/2025 and closes on 4/10/2026.
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Signed to a 12 month contract
Does my child have to tryout for an Academy team
No, you can come out and sample our club at any time during the regular season and see if we are the right fit for your child.
Can my child move between teams or play up a year
Yes, our coaching staff continually monitor a players development, if players develop well then there are opportunities to play up on other teams.
Who can I contact regarding the Academy program
Please call: (210) 599-4622 or email our program director (Noel Hatherall) at: noel.h@saunitedsoccer.com.
Program overview
Our Academy teams are formed every fall and spring season. Players can register for fall only, spring only, or fall and spring seasons each year.
Age group and gender training schedules are set each year with players competing in the PDF league of San Antonio, where no scores or standings are posted, but matches are highly competitive.
Age group and gender training schedules are set each year with players competing in the PDF league of San Antonio, where no scores or standings are posted, but matches are highly competitive.
Registration is now open for our Academy program.