In order to provide area youth an opportunity to play, the SSC engages in various activities requiring the participation of teams, team officials, players and parents. Typically, these include things like field preparation and maintenance, sponsoring tournaments and other fund-raisers, as well as serving on different committees that are essential to the working operation of the club. Without such participation there would be no opportunity for play. Individual teams are organized in different ways. How expenses are covered is a team matter.
Some teams ask for monies from the player and their families, other use fund-raisers.
And some use a combination of both. The costs associated with travel soccer and tournaments may be considerable, as is the time and effort put into fund-raisers. By committing to play select soccer, a player and family commits to the team that made the selection. Monies made through fund-raising or donations in the name of the team remain with the team if a player leaves. A player's share of team expenses should not shift to the other players and their families or team officials if the player decides to quit.