Union City Football Club, LLC
Summer Soccer Training & Tryouts – August 3-22, 2026
Participation Agreement, Parent/Guardian Consent, Assumption of Risk & Liability Waiver
Effective Date: June 30, 2026
IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE REGISTERING. This is a legally binding agreement between you, the parent or legal guardian (“Parent/Guardian”), acting for yourself and your child (“Participant”), and Union City Football Club, LLC (“UCFC”). It applies only to UCFC’s August 2026 Training & Tryout Program and does not enroll a player in the 2026-2027 season. By completing online registration and payment, you confirm you have read, understood, and agreed to every term below. Under New York’s Electronic Signatures and Records Act (ESRA), your electronic acceptance carries the same legal force as a handwritten signature. The date and time recorded by the UCFC registration system at the moment of checkout submission is the binding date of this Agreement.
1. Program Information
UCFC’s Training & Tryout Program runs from August 3 through August 22, 2026. It is open to players born from 2010 through 2020 and gives prospective players an opportunity to train with UCFC and be evaluated for possible placement on a UCFC team for the 2026-2027 season. The Program may include skills training, small-sided games, scrimmages, fitness activities, goalkeeper training, and player evaluations.
The current session dates, times, locations, and age-group assignments will be published separately on the registration page and/or in the registration confirmation. They may change because of weather, field conditions, permits, safety needs, staffing, or other reasonable operating needs. Please check the current schedule before each session. UCFC will make reasonable efforts to notify families of material changes by email, text, the UCFC website, or the registration/team-management platform.
This agreement applies to every Program activity, including any session UCFC reasonably reschedules, shortens, relocates, combines, or changes in format. Each player should attend the sessions assigned to the age group selected at registration. UCFC may move a player to a different group when reasonably needed for safety, evaluation, or roster balance.
Program activities may take place at Pier 42 Soccer-01; John V. Lindsay East River Park - Grand Street Soccer-01 or Grand Street Mini Field Soccer-02; Peter’s Field Soccer-01; St. Vartan Park Soccer-01; Robert Moses Playground Soccer-01; Wards Island Park - East River Fields; DeWitt Clinton Park Soccer-01; Chelsea Park Soccer-01; or another suitable location reasonably chosen by UCFC.
2. First Session, Fees, and Refunds
2.1 First Session Free
Each Participant may attend the first Program session assigned to the selected age group at no charge, provided that online registration and this agreement are complete. If the Participant does not continue after that first session, no payment is due.
2.2 Player Evaluation Fee
To attend a second or later session, the Parent/Guardian must pay the $50 Player Evaluation Fee through UCFC’s registration system. The fee covers the full tryout week, coaching, and player evaluation. Payment and participation do not guarantee team selection, team placement, a particular coach, or playing time.
2.3 Withdrawal and Refunds
To withdraw, email ucfc.nyc@gmail.com with the subject line “Tryout Withdrawal – [Participant’s Full Name].” Refunds are based on when UCFC receives the written request:
Before the Participant’s first Program session: $40 refund.
After the Participant attends only the first Program session: $30 refund.
After the Participant attends a second or later session: no refund.
The remaining $10 is a non-refundable processing fee. UCFC will process an approved refund within 14 business days when reasonably possible. No refund is due for missed sessions, removal for conduct or safety reasons, weather changes, or field changes, except as stated below.
2.4 UCFC Cancellation of an Entire Age Group
If UCFC cancels an entire age group before its first Program session, UCFC will refund all fees paid for that age group. UCFC is not required to provide a refund or a make-up session when it changes, shortens, moves, reschedules, combines, or cancels an individual session because of weather, a field closure, safety, or another operational reason.
2.5 Credit for Selected Players
A Participant who is offered a UCFC roster spot, accepts it on time, and completes season registration will receive a $50 credit toward the first monthly membership payment. The credit is for that Participant only, has no cash value, and cannot be transferred.3. Concussion Protocol (New York State Law)
Union City Football Club, LLC complies with the New York State Concussion Management and Awareness Act. Any Participant suspected of sustaining a concussion — by a coach, staff member, or parent/guardian — will be immediately removed from all activity. The Participant will not be permitted to return to any UCFC activity on the same day, regardless of how they feel. The Participant may not return to camp until a licensed medical professional provides written medical clearance. UCFC staff are not trained to diagnose concussions and will not make medical determinations. Emergency services will be called when warranted.
3. Tryout Evaluation and Team Selection
The Program is an evaluation process, not enrollment in a UCFC team. Paying the fee, attending every session, or receiving positive feedback does not guarantee a team offer.
UCFC may consider skills, decision-making, coachability, effort, teamwork, attendance, maturity, positional needs, player safety, roster balance, and long-term development. Different coaches may reasonably view a player differently. UCFC makes final selection and placement decisions.
UCFC expects to contact families about evaluation results within approximately 14 business days after the Participant’s final assigned tryout session. This timing may change if UCFC needs additional time to complete evaluations. A player who receives an offer must complete separate season registration, including a separate season agreement, by the deadline UCFC provides.
4. Nature of the Activity, Health, and Safety
4.1 Soccer and Outdoor Activity Risks
Soccer is a physical sport. Even with reasonable coaching and supervision, players can be injured by collisions, falls, fast movement, balls, goals, equipment, uneven or wet surfaces, heat, weather, or the actions of other people. Injuries can include sprains, strains, fractures, concussion, heat illness, serious injury, permanent disability, or, rarely, death.
Many sessions take place in public parks. These areas may have uneven grass or turf, sprinkler heads, shared users, dogs, bicycles, maintenance work, changing field conditions, or other conditions UCFC cannot control. By registering, the Parent/Guardian understands and accepts the ordinary and inherent risks of youth soccer and outdoor public-park activities.
4.2 Medical Information and Participation
The Parent/Guardian must provide complete, current information that could affect safe play or emergency care, including allergies, asthma, diabetes, seizure disorders, heart conditions, prior concussions, medications, injuries, and activity restrictions. The Parent/Guardian must promptly tell UCFC if this information changes.
Do not send a child to a session if the child is ill or has a fever, vomiting, diarrhea, contagious symptoms, dizziness, significant pain, concussion symptoms, or another condition that could make play unsafe. UCFC may remove a Participant from an activity when staff reasonably believe the Participant needs rest, medical attention, or parent/guardian pickup.
4.3 Concussion and Injury Removal
If a coach, staff member, volunteer, parent, or other responsible adult suspects a concussion, the Participant will be removed from activity and may not return that day. Before returning to a later UCFC activity, UCFC may require written clearance from a licensed healthcare professional. UCFC may also require clearance after a serious injury, illness, hospitalization, surgery, or other medical event.
4.4 Emergency Care and Medical Costs
UCFC staff are not medical professionals unless UCFC identifies them as such in writing. They may provide basic first aid within their training, call 911, contact the Parent/Guardian or emergency contacts, and share relevant registration information with emergency responders when reasonably necessary. UCFC staff are not required to delay calling 911 while trying to reach the Parent/Guardian.
The Parent/Guardian is responsible for keeping emergency contacts current, staying reachable during sessions, bringing any needed medication or emergency device (such as an inhaler or epinephrine auto-injector), and arranging prompt pickup when UCFC requests it. UCFC does not provide medical, accident, or health insurance. The Parent/Guardian is responsible for medical costs related to the Participant’s care.
5. Participant, Parent/Guardian, and Spectator Conduct
UCFC seeks a safe, respectful environment for players, families, coaches, officials, volunteers, and members of the public.
5.1 Participants
Participants must follow staff instructions, play safely, treat others with respect, report injuries or unsafe conditions, and care for fields and equipment. Bullying, harassment, discriminatory language, fighting, threats, dangerous play, alcohol, drugs, vaping, tobacco/nicotine products, weapons, and intentional damage to property are prohibited.
5.2 Parents/Guardians and Spectators
Parents/guardians and spectators must remain in designated viewing areas, let coaches lead the session, and communicate respectfully with players, families, coaches, officials, volunteers, and members of the public. Do not enter the field, coach from the sideline, interrupt an evaluation, confront a coach during an activity, or use abusive, threatening, discriminatory, or disruptive language.
5.3 Enforcement
UCFC may give a warning, remove a person from a session, require a parent/guardian to pick up a Participant, restrict spectator access, suspend participation, or permanently remove a Participant or spectator when needed for safety or orderly operations. Immediate action may be taken without a warning when the situation calls for it. No refund is due after removal for conduct or safety reasons.
6. Arrival, Pickup, Equipment, and Personal Property
6.1 Arrival and Pickup
UCFC supervises a Participant only after check-in with UCFC staff and only until the session ends. Do not drop a child off before the posted start time unless UCFC approves it in writing. Pick up the Participant promptly at the end of each session. UCFC does not provide transportation. If a child may leave independently, the Parent/Guardian must provide written authorization through the registration process.
6.2 Equipment and Readiness
Participants must bring safe soccer cleats, shin guards, weather-appropriate athletic clothing, and a water bottle. Shin guards are required for on-field soccer activity. Do not wear earrings, necklaces, bracelets, watches, rings, facial piercings, hard hair accessories, or other items that could injure someone, unless UCFC approves a medically necessary item. UCFC may limit or deny participation when equipment, clothing, hydration, illness, injury, or another condition makes play unsafe.
6.3 Personal Property
Please label belongings and leave valuables at home. UCFC is not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged personal property.
7. Weather, Field Conditions, and Schedule Changes
UCFC may run sessions in ordinary outdoor conditions, including light rain, wind, heat, humidity, or cold, when UCFC reasonably determines it is safe. If weather or field conditions affect safe operations, UCFC may delay, shorten, combine, relocate, reschedule, or cancel an activity. Reasons may include lightning, severe weather, poor air quality, unsafe surfaces, field closures, permits, maintenance, staffing, or public-safety concerns.
UCFC will make reasonable efforts to communicate material changes through its official channels. A change to the posted schedule, field, coach, or activity format is not a cancellation of the Program. UCFC’s decision about whether a session can proceed is final.
8. Photos, Video, and Privacy
8.1 Promotional Media Is Optional
By accepting this Agreement, the Parent/Guardian grants Union City Football Club, LLC and its authorized representatives an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to photograph and record the Participant during all training & tryout activities, and to use the Participant’s image, video, likeness, and name for UCFC marketing, promotional materials, website, and social media content, without additional notice, approval, or compensation. All media created during camp activities is the property of Union City Football Club, LLC.
Opt-Out: Parents/guardians who do NOT consent to photo or video use of their child must send written notice to ucfc.nyc@gmail.com with the subject line “Photo Opt-Out – [Participant’s Full Name]” before August 3, 2026. Opt-out requests received after the trainings & tryout begin cannot be applied retroactively.
8.2 Information UCFC Uses
UCFC collects information needed to run the Program, including contact details, emergency and medical information provided, attendance, evaluation notes, payment records, and communications. UCFC uses this information for registration, scheduling, safety, player evaluation, insurance or permit requirements, and related administration. UCFC does not sell the contact or medical information it receives for Program administration.
UCFC may share relevant information with emergency responders, service providers that help operate registration or payments, insurers, facility or government authorities when required, and legal or claims professionals when needed. UCFC keeps internal evaluation notes and is not required to provide coach notes, rankings, or comparative assessments. To update information, email ucfc.nyc@gmail.com.
9. Legal Terms
9.1 Assumption of Risk and Limits of This Agreement
The Parent/Guardian understands the risks described in Section 4 and voluntarily authorizes the Participant to take part in the Program. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Parent/Guardian accepts responsibility for the ordinary and inherent risks of youth soccer and outdoor public-park activities.
Nothing in this agreement is intended to waive a right that New York law does not allow to be waived. In particular, this agreement does not release UCFC from claims for its own negligence or other claims that cannot legally be waived. It does not prevent a minor from bringing any claim that a parent or guardian cannot legally waive on the minor’s behalf.
9.2 Parent/Guardian Responsibility
The Parent/Guardian is responsible for the information provided in registration, for their own conduct and the conduct of anyone they bring to an activity, and for medical costs and personal-property losses as described in this agreement. The Parent/Guardian agrees to pay UCFC for direct loss caused by information knowingly provided that is materially false or by intentional misconduct by the Parent/Guardian or Participant. This paragraph does not require the Parent/Guardian to pay UCFC’s legal costs for an injury claim brought by or for the Participant.
9.3 Governing Law, Severability, and Entire Agreement
New York law governs this agreement. If a dispute must be decided in court, it must be brought in a court with authority in New York County, New York, to the extent the law allows. If any part of this agreement cannot be enforced, the rest remains in effect. UCFC’s decision not to enforce a term once does not waive its right to enforce it later.
This agreement, the information submitted during registration, and the stated fee and refund terms are the complete agreement for the August 2026 Program. They supersede prior verbal statements, written representations, marketing materials, or understandings concerning this Program. No coach, volunteer, or staff member may change this agreement unless an authorized UCFC representative does so in writing.
10. Electronic Acceptance and Signature
New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (ESRA): Completion of online registration and payment on the UCFC Squarespace registration portal constitutes full electronic acceptance of this Agreement, enforceable under New York’s Electronic Signatures and Records Act (ESRA). The following are recorded and retained by the registration system as proof of acceptance:
• Parent/Guardian full name (typed at checkout)
• Email address used at checkout
• IP address of the device used at time of registration
• Date and time stamp of checkout submission
• Confirmation that the agreement checkbox was checked prior to payment
Record Delivery: A copy of this Agreement will be sent to the Parent/Guardian’s email address on file following registration. Copies may also be requested at any time by emailing ucfc.nyc@gmail.com.
Consent to Electronic Records: The Parent/Guardian consents to receive all documents, notices, and records relating to this Agreement electronically. The Parent/Guardian confirms they have the ability to access and retain electronic documents.
11. Parent/Guardian Acknowledgment
By completing online registration and selecting the required agreement confirmations, I confirm that I:
Am the Participant’s parent or legal guardian and have authority to register the Participant and agree to this Agreement.
Have read the complete UCFC Summer Soccer Training & Tryout Participation Agreement and agree to its terms.
Understand that this Agreement applies only to UCFC’s August 3-22, 2026 Training & Tryout Program and does not enroll my child in the 2026–2027 season.
Confirm that the Participant was born between 2010 and 2020 and is eligible for the Program.
Understand that soccer and outdoor public-park activities involve ordinary and inherent risks, including the risk of injury, and authorize my child to participate.
Understand that attendance, payment, or positive feedback does not guarantee team selection, team placement, a particular coach, playing time, or a roster offer.
Confirm that the medical, emergency-contact, and other registration information I provide is complete and current, and that I will promptly notify UCFC of material changes.
Understand that UCFC does not provide medical, accident, or health insurance and that I am responsible for medical costs related to my child’s care.
Agree to the first-session, fee, withdrawal, refund, and selected-player credit terms in Section 2.
Understand that the posted schedule, session location, field, coach, and activity format may change for weather, field conditions, permits, safety, staffing, or other reasonable operational needs, and that I am responsible for checking UCFC communications before each session.
Agree to follow the participant, parent/guardian, spectator, arrival, pickup, equipment, and conduct expectations in this Agreement.
Understand that UCFC may photograph or record Program activities and may use my child’s identifiable image, voice, or first name in public-facing UCFC materials unless I submit the Media Opt-Out described in Section 8.
Consent to UCFC’s collection and use of registration, safety, attendance, evaluation, payment, and related information as described in Section 8.
Understand that my electronic acceptance is intended to serve as my agreement to this document and that UCFC may retain an electronic record of my acceptance.
By completing online registration, I confirm I have read, understood, and agreed to all terms of this Agreement.
My electronic acceptance has the full legal force of a handwritten signature under New York’s Electronic Signatures and Records Act.
Union City Football Club, LLC • ucfc.nyc@gmail.com
• Summer Soccer Training & Tryouts 2026 • August 3–22, 2026 • East River Park Grand Street Soccer 01 & Pier 42