§1 – Club, ATX United FC
# Organisation
ATX United FC was established in 2008 by former-Club President Mitch Atherton. We are a competitive club, but we value good atmosphere & manners and sense of community off-the-field.
# Teams
In 2023/24 ATX United FC has 14 teams in AMSA: three teams in Premier Division,three in Division 1, one in Division 2, one in Division 4, four in Over 30 Premier, one in Over 40A, and one in Over 40B.
# Outfit
We play in red-white hoops, black shorts, and yellow socks. Crest: we wear the bat of Austin, TX on our chests. The jerseys are provided by the club. Players bring their own shorts and socks.
§2 – League, AMSA
Austin Men’s Soccer Association (AMSA) is the league ATX United FC competes in.
# Games
FIFA’s Laws of the Game apply to all AMSA games. The games are refereed by at least one official referee and (usually) two official linesmen. AMSA league games are always on Sundays. Kick-offs are scheduled between 8am and 4pm. Fall Round starts in early-September. Spring Round starts in early-February.
# Divisions
There are five open divisions: Premier, Division 1 – Division 4. Three Over 30 divisions, plus three Over 40 divisions and one Over 50 division. Most of the divisions have 10 teams.
# Promotion/relegation
Nine games are played in the Fall Round and nine return games in the Spring Round. These 18 games determine the league standings. At the end of the Spring Round the top two teams of each division win promotion and the bottom two are relegated for the next season.
§3 – Venues
Between 18 to 12 league games per season are played at Onion Creek Soccer Complex in south-east Austin (E William Cannon dr.). The other games are played at either NEMP or at EMP (Pflugerville and Manor). Field status can be checked via amsa.soccer/fields
During the off-season we practice at Zilker Park (central Austin) or other available soccer fields.
§4 – Practice
# Practice
We practice once or twice a week. Practices are not mandatory. Most of our practices are organized at Zilker Park.
# Super Soccer Sunday
During the off-season we practice at Zilker Park every Sunday morning: ‘Super Soccer Sunday’. These practices are club-wide. We invite many guest players.
§5 – Slack
# Slack
We use our Slack channels for club & team communication, RSVP’s, announcements, help requests and so on.
§6 – Fees
AMSA requires each player to register in Ateamo.com which costs $40. The AMSA player registration is valid until the start of the next Fall season. ATX United’s member fees are $90 to cover expenses including team registration in AMSA, referee fees, material and laundry.
# Fall Fees
* All players: $40 for AMSA Player Registration.
* AMSA team registration & expenses $90
# Spring Fees
* New players: $40 for AMSA Player Registration and $90 for AMSA team registration & expenses.
* Returning players: $90 for AMSA team registration & expenses.
# Fall + Spring Fees
Season fees can be paid at once for Fall+Spring: $200
§7 – Payments
# PayPal
We accept PayPal and it is our preferred method of payment: @atxunited in PayPal or via paypal.me/atxunited
# Venmo
Our Venmo handle is @atxunited
# Square
We accept card payments with our Square reader. And you can pay online via: cash.me/$atxunited