Soccer Maine’s most popular league is the Fall Classic League, which features boys and girls divisions in age groups from U-8 through U-14.
Classic Clubs will need to affiliate for 24/25 by 7/15 and have all teams registered in the Fall Classic League by July 15th. Players should be registered in their club accounts and on their respective teams by August 1. Players can be added after this date and prior to roster freeze of August 16th for U12 through U14 teams, and August 30th for U8 through U11 teams, but rosters should be substantially complete prior to that. Teams will play in their appropriate age division, and cannot play up an age group in the Fall Classic League.
Play will begin on Sunday, August 25th for U12 through U14s, with 6 league games, and ending with preliminary playoffs on 10/19-20, followed by semi-finals on 10/27, and finals on 11/3. Play will begin on Sunday, September 8th, for U8 through U11 teams, with 6 league games, and ending with the U9/U10 & U11 Festivals on Oct. 26-27. If a team is part of a bracket with an uneven number of teams, they would have a bye date, and a Saturday play date.
Please review the Fall Classic Handbook (updated 8/24/24)
- Points of Emphasis:
- U12 is transitional competitive – no divisions for regular season play, but will have playoffs. Multiple U12 teams from clubs split evenly.
- Fees are due with team submission on July 15th. Additional player fees are due by August 10th.
- Coaches must have their official roster in hand for all games to present to the referee.
- All U8/U9, U10 & U11 teams are expected to play in the end-of season festivals on 10/26-27. This is their end-of-season event!
- Teams must have players of appropriate age on teams, i.e. no full team play ups).
- Absolutely no jewelry of any kind (necklaces, bracelets, rings, leather bands, rubber bands). Tape to cover jewelry is not permitted. This is a long-time hard and fast policy for all soccer. Please do not make the referees’ job harder by not enforcing this with your players.
General Information
U14: Birthdates between August 1, 2010 and July 31, 2011
U13: Birthdates between August 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012
U12: Birthdates between August 1, 2012 and July 31, 2013
U11: Birthdates between August 1, 2013 and July 31, 2014
U10: Birthdates between August 1, 2014 and July 31, 2015
U9: Birthdates between August 1, 2015, and July 31, 2016
U8: Birthdates between August 1, 2016, and July 31, 2017
No players beyond the birthdate of July 31, 2017. Players can be younger than a particular age group range, but never older than a particular age group range to be on a team in that age group. Please note that per FIFA Laws, 7 players constitute a team for play.
On Saturday, October 19th, with semi-finals on October 27th, and finals being held on November 3rd
Preliminary playoff schedules are created by the club hosting your team and are sent to the team coaches.
You will receive your schedule from your coach. Please do not contact Soccer Maine for playoff schedules.
Teams are currently slated to take place on October 26th and 27th.
Click here for Festival information. Click here to view the U9/U10 & U11 Festival Schedules on the Fall Classic League Schedule page.
Fall Classic League Schedule
Play will commence on August 25th for U12 through U14 teams.
Play will commence on September 8th for U8 through U11 teams.
Click here for the 2024 Schedule
- Playoffs will follow the regular season league schedule taking place on 10/19 & 10/20.
- Semi-finals are currently slated for 10/27.
- Finals will be 11/3.
- Festivals (for U8 through U11 teams) will take place on 10/26 & 10/27.
- U9/U10 North/Central Festival Schedule
- U11 North/Central Festival Schedule
- U9/U10 & U11 Metro/South Festival Schedule
- Please note that you must click on the team name to view contact information for the team.
- If there is no contact information, the club has not listed their approved coaches as required.
- See the Fall Classic Travel League page for all other policies and news.
Please note that you must click on the team name to view contact information for the team.
If there is no contact information, the club has not listed their approved coaches as required.
See the Fall Classic Travel League page for all other policies and news.
Score reporting for the Fall Classic League will be recorded online through your smart phone or computer. Home Teams – please follow these instructions to make sure all scores are accurately reported. Scores need to be entered no more than 24 hours after the game has finished. Scores not entered are considered forfeits for the home team. Teams that do not comply with score recording will not be eligible for league finals.
After the game has finished – go to https://system.gotsport.com, using a smart phone or other mobile device, and look for the Scoring Entry link in the upper right corner.
- Enter your EVENT ID: ME0825 PIN: 2024
- Enter your game number and click GO.
- Click on the “H” box (Home) and enter scores for both teams, then press SAVE.
- Game scores not entered will result in a forfeit for the home team. Teams that do not enter game scores will not be eligible for league finals. Repeated violations of score reporting will result in removal from the League.
Fall Classic League Scheduling Instructions
SCHEDULING LEAGUE GAMES FROM YOUR GOTSPORT CLUB ACCOUNT
- From your Club account, go to Venues in the left-hand menu. You can search for an existing venue here or add a new one.
- If another club uses a venue, but has not publicly shared that field with Soccer Maine, you would need to enter it for your club here by clicking the blue Add Venue button over to the right. Fill out all information and click Search. The system will search to see if another club has the field set up and it will allow you to connect to it. If it again states that the field is not in the system, then you would click Add New Venue, and fill out the name and address of the venue. You must also choose a time zone (Eastern – US & Canada).
- If you want your venue to be unlisted (not visible to other club), be sure to click the box under the map, then click the blue “Create Organizational Venue” at the bottom of the page.
- You will then need to create the field(s) at the Venue. Click on Fields at the top of the page and the blue “New Field” button over the right. Fill out the pertinent information and click “Save” at the bottom. You will now have that field available to schedule on in your club account. You will now have that field available to schedule on in your club account. To schedule games, simply go to Scheduling in the left-hand menu.
- Below Scheduling, choose “As Participant”. All leagues that you have active teams in will appear.
- Click the blue “Self-Scheduling” button.
- Find the day in the calendar over to the right that your games are on and click on that date.
- Below the grid will be all of your unscheduled games for that date. You then drag and drop them into the appropriate time slot for the field you are scheduling on.
2023 Fall Classic League Championships – Winners & Runners-up