Cary Soccer Association is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that is supported significantly by volunteers. Volunteers help keep our fees down by eliminating the need to pay for critical roles that are essential to operating the Cary Soccer programs (e.g., field setup/striping).
When registering you may select any and all volunteer areas that you are interested in.
If you have questions about volunteer opportunities or if you have a specific volunteer area not listed below that you would like to offer please contact finance@carysoccer.org.
| Role/Opportunity | Program | Description | Season/Month | Number of Volunteers | Hours per Volunteer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board member* | Clubwide | Oversee, advise, and support the direction of Cary Soccer Association. Officer positions include president, vice president, treasurer, competitive director and recreational director | Ongoing - position 2 year commitment | 8-10 | 12-15 per year |
| Head Referee Coordinator* | Clubwide | Oversee referees including securing referees, ensuring referees are properly trained and scheduling through Assignr referee platform (must be knowledgeable in soccer rules) | Fall/Spring | 1 | 12-20 per season |
| Assistant Referee Coordinator* | Clubwide | Assist Head Referee Coordinator as needed and act as a backup person | Fall/Spring | 1 | 6-10 per season |
| Field Coordinator | Clubwide | Oversee and coordinate set up of soccer fields each season and coordinate weekly/biweekly field striping with field striper volunteers | Fall/Spring | 1-2 | 6-8 per season |
| Field Set Up | Clubwide | Participate in overall soccer field set up - measuring, marking and striping of fields at the beginning of the season | Fall - End August/Spring - end March | 3-4 each season | 6-8 per season |
| Field Striping | Clubwide | Stripe/Maintain soccer fields - weekly/biweekly depending on fields and need | Fall/Spring | 6 (one per field) each season | 5-10 per season |
| Volunteer Coordinator* | Clubwide | Track family volunteer hours to ensure volunteer requirement is met if chose to volunteer vs paying Volunteer Opt Out Fee with assistance of Club Admin/Finance Manager | Ongoing | 1 | 6-10 per year |
| Equipment Coordinator | Clubwide | Coordinate equipment needs including inventory, distribution and collection of all equipment (corner flags, balls, first aid supplies, etc) | Ongoing | 1 | 2-4 per year |
| Equipment Bag Coordinator | Recreational | Assist Equipment Coordinator with ensuring recreational coaches have fully stocked equipment bags that are distributed each season and collected at the end of the season | Fall/Spring | 1 | 2 per season |
| Competitive Team Managers* | Competitive | Liaise with coach to assist in all administrative matters of team including set up/communication of schedules/locations through the SportsEngine mobile app, team social events, and overall go to person for non-coaching related questions | Ongoing | 1 per competitive team | 3-5 per year |
| Competitive Tryouts | Competitive | Assist with directing players to correct field for tryout, handing out fee flyer with fee information, and ensuring any players that did not sign up complete a walk up registration form; volunteer should be current competitive player family that can answer basic questions | Spring - May various tryout dates | 6-8 | 1-2 |
| Recreational Coach - Little Kickers* | Recreational | Co-coach (2 coaches) small group (8-10 players) in our Little Kickers (3-4 year old) program at the direction of CSA Director of Coaching | Fall/Spring | 4-6 per season | 45 minute session for 8 weeks |
| Recreational Coach - U6* | Recreational | Co-coach (2 coaches) small group (10-12 players) in our U6 (5-6 year old) program at the direction of CSA Director of Coaching | Fall/Spring | 6-12 per season | 1 hour session for 8 weeks |
| Recreational Assistant Coach - U8* | Recreational | Assist CSA coaching staff at practices/games | Fall/Spring | 8-10 per season | 20-24 per season |
| Recreational Head Coach - U10 - High School* | Recreational | Responsible overall for coaching team practices/games including team communication to parents in absense of an assistant coach; contact for communication with opposing coaches in the league | Fall/Spring | 8-12 per season | 25-35 hours per season (3-4 hours/week for 8-10 weeks) |
| Recreational Assistant Coach - U10 - High School* | Recreational | Assist head coach with coaching and team communication with SportsEngine mobile app | Fall/Spring | 8-12 per season | 25-35 hours per season (3-4 hours/week for 8-10 weeks) |
| Uniforms/Spirit Wear | Clubwide | Assist with spiritwear clubwide order/distribution dates | Fall/Spring | 3-4 | 1-2 |
| Little Kickers/U6 jersey/pinnie distribution | Recreational | Distribute jerseys/pinnies at fields at first session | Fall/Spring | 6-8 per season | 1 |
| U8 Rec Jersey/pinnie organization | Recreational | Organize jerseys/pinnies for each team/players based on printout provided by CSA Admin | Fall/Spring | 1 per season | 1-2 |
| Summer Camp - tshirt/pinnie distribution | Clubwide | Distribute tshirts/pinnies at fields at first day of summer camp session | Summer - June & July | 4-6 | 1 |
| Uniform pickup at vendor | Clubwide | Pickup larger clubwide arranged orders at European Sports (Schaumburg) with a drop off location in Cary | Ongoing | 6-8 | 1 |
| Team Photographers | Clubwide | Take team/player pictures/videos at practices/games and email to social media volunteer for posting - 1-2 times per season | Fall/Spring | 25-30 | 1-2 |
| Picture Day Helpers | Clubwide | Liaise with picture company to help organize/direct players/coaches for the team scheduled picture time (NOTE: Recreational players fall and spring/competitive players fall only) | Fall & Spring | 7-10 | 1-1.25 |
| Digital Marketing/Social Media | Clubwide | Assist Club Admin/Finance Manager with social media postings including pictures/videos from team photographers and assisting with digital channels to promote our programs | Ongoing | 1 | 8-12 |
| Fundraising | Clubwide | Plan, schedule, communicate and promote fundraising events with assistance of Club Admin/Finance Manager | Ongoing | 1-2 | 3-4 |
| Graphic Design | Clubwide | Design of graphics for spiritwear and other marketing material | Ongoing | 1-2 | 2-4 |
| Marketing/Publicity - General | Clubwide | Delivery of flyers to pre-schools/day care, posters to business, etc. | Ongoing | 2-3 | 2-3 |
| Marketing/Publicity - Tables at Events | Clubwide | Assist at tables set up at school open houses or other marketing event opportunities | Ongoing | 8-10 | 1-2 |
| Marketing/Publicity - Cary Grove High School Soccer Homecoming Game - Escort Coordinator | Clubwide | Liaise with Cary Grove High School on varsity soccer homecoming game; coordinate escorts, secure escort permission slips and organize/manage escorts at homecoming | Fall - September/October | 1 | 3-4 |
| Marketing/Publicity - Cary Grove High School Soccer Homecoming Game - Player Escorts | Clubwide | Player participation as an escort to a varsity player at homecoming game | Fall - September/October | 18-22 players | 1 |
| Marketing/Publicity - Cary Grove High School Homecoming Parade - Coordinator | Clubwide | Liaise with Cary Grove High School and coordinate players/teams/volunteers to walk in homecoming parade | Fall - September/October | 1-2 | 3-4 |
| Marketing/Publicity - Cary Grove High School Homecoming Parade - Participant/Walker | Clubwide | Walk in homecoming parade wearing CSA/Cary Defenders spiritwar attire to proudly represent CSA | Fall - September/October | only limited to any CGHS requirements for number of participants | 1-2 |
| Marketing/Publicity - Cary Grove Chamber Halloween Walk | Clubwide | Distribute Cary Soccer card with program information and candy | Fall - October | 4 | 1 |
| TOPSoccer Program Coordinator* | Clubwide | Coordinate our TOPSoccer program, is a community based program for young athletes with disabilities to learn and play the game of soccer. Overall coordination of program between players and buddies. | Fall/Spring | 2 | 10 |
| TOPSoccer Program Buddy* | Clubwide | Assist TOPSoccer players during sessions. Must be in 8th grade or older | Fall/Spring | 15-20 | 10-12 |
| Cary Soccer Kick Fest - Committee Chair/Co-Chair | Clubwide | Oversee overall planning and execution of Cary Soccer Kick Fest | Spring - June | 2 | 15-20 |
| Cary Soccer Kick Fest - Committee | Clubwide | Assist with planning of Cary Soccer Kick Fest | Spring - June | 8-10 | 2-5 |
| Cary Soccer Kick Fest - Volunteer Coordinator | Clubwide | Facilitate volunteer sign ups and coordinate volunteers day of event | Spring - June | 1 | 4-6 |
| Cary Soccer Kick Fest Volunteer | Clubwide | Facilitate soccer related games and other activities, spiritwear sales, information table/giveaways | Spring - June | 50 | 1-2 |
| Cary Soccer Memorial Tournament - Director/Co-Director | Clubwide | Planning and executing tournament weekend with help of committee and volunteers - overall tournament point person | Fall - September/October | 1-2 | 40-50 |
| Cary Soccer Memorial Tournament - Committee | Clubwide | Planning of the tournament including logistics, vendors/food trucks, tournament t-shirt vendor, medals/trophies, schedules/scores, volunteers, sponsorships, etc | Fall - September/October | 8-10 | 20-40 |
| Cary Soccer Memorial Tournament - Sponsorship Committee | Clubwide | Drafting tournament sponsorship program, securing tournament sponsors and promoting their sponsorship | Fall - September/October | 2-3 | 10-20 |
| Cary Soccer Memorial Tournament - Site Director | Clubwide | Point person at field on tournament days - person works closely with tournament director to understand execution of tournament (game schedules, scoring, referees) | Fall - September/October | 8 | 6-8 |
| Cary Soccer Memorial Tournament - Volunteer Coordinator | Clubwide | Facilitate volunteer sign ups and coordinate volunteers day of event | Fall - September/October | 1-2 | 6-10 |
| Cary Soccer Memorial Tournament - Set Up | Clubwide | Set up of tents, tables, equipment Friday night | Fall - September/October | 6 | 2-3 |
| Cary Soccer Memorial Tournament - Take Down | Clubwide | Take down all tents, tables, equipment Sunday late afternoon and help return to U Haul storage | Fall - September/October | 6 | 1-2 |
| Cary Soccer Memorial Tournament - Concession Stand | Clubwide | Responsible for all concession stand activities for sale of hot and cold food items | Fall - September/October | 40 | 3 |
| Cary Soccer Memorial Tournament - Field Marshal | Clubwide | Assigned to a field; responsibilities include ensuring games start on time; liaise with Site Director for any questions; submit final score card from referee to Site Director for score keeping (Adults, Players U11 and older can be on field with another U11 and older player, and/or players U9 & U10 with parent) | Fall - September/October | 140 | 2 |
| Special Events - Other | Clubwide | Planning, executing and volunteering for special event | Ongoing | 50 | 1-10 |
*Volunteers 18 and older must complete Illinois Youth Soccer Association (IYSA) requirement for background check (every 2 years), US Center for safesport training (annual), and concussion training (one time training) - All online at NO cost to volunteer.
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