A team secures its spot in the League by registering the team online and by paying the $200.00 deposit.  The deposit may be paid online with the registration or by cash, check, or Venmo.  Effective 2019, the League will no longer accept PayPal (unless otherwise agreed).

Team Invoice
The League prepares a team’s invoice based on the team’s online roster as of the Roster Deadline (or earlier, if the Captain advises the League that the roster is complete).  See Registration page for appropriate dates.  The invoice will be sent within approximately 48 hours after the the earlier of the Roster Deadline or when the roster is deemed complete.

• Any players not listed (up to 15) will be treated as “New” players for the purposes of the invoice.
  • Once your invoice is sent, no “downward” adjustments will be made (e.g., no adjustment will be made if you remove a “new” player and replace them with a “returning” player).
• [New in 2018] Late Roster Fee.  It is each Captain’s responsibility to submit their team’s online roster in accordance with the Roster Deadline.  Unless excused by the League (rarely, if ever), any team that has fewer than eight (8) players listed on their online roster by the Roster Deadline or submits a roster offline rather than completing the required online roster will be subject to an administrative fine of $50.00, which will be reflected on the team’s invoice.
  • Failure to submit a complete roster by the Roster Deadline will also likely result in a delay of remaining players’ shirts.

Payments – Team Balance Due
The team’s invoice will show the total cost for the team calculated by multiplying the number of players on the roster (or the minimum roster size, whichever is larger) by the per player cost as determined by the date registration was completed (e.g., early, regular, or late).  This amount will be reduced by the $200.00 deposit already paid.  The remaining balance will be split into two amounts, as follows:

• Amount #1.  Amount #1 can be paid via cash, check, or Venmo™
  • A check should be made payable to “Michael Zerolnick”.  To pay by check or cash, please contact the League to coordinate a time to deliver payment.
  • Amount #1 can also be paid via Venmo™ to @CharmCitySoccer.
• Amount #2.  Unless otherwise indicated, this amount will be $405.00 for new teams and $320.00 for returning teams, which is comprised of the following:
  • Referee fees ($320.00) – represents the referee fees for the eight (8) guaranteed¹ games ($40/game x 8 games).  The League will pay the referee fees from Amount #2 and the team will not have to worry about paying the referee fees each week for its eight (8) guaranteed¹ games.
  • Forfeit fee, if applicable ($85.00) – represents the cost to your team for forfeiting a game.  Provided the team has no outstanding forfeit fees at the end of the season, the full forfeit fee will either be refunded or applied to the following session.  See the League’s Forfeit Policy for details.
  • Amount #2 must be paid via check or cash – payments can be made by check payable to “Michael Zerolnick”, or by cash.  To pay by check or cash, please contact the League to coordinate a time to deliver payment.
  • The League understands that it can often be necessary for a Captain to need some additional time to collect money from teammates.  As such, the League will delay cashing a check for Amount #2 until the first Saturday following the league’s first games of that particular season.  If a Captain would like the League to hold this check, please send an email to the League with the subject “Hold Check – [Team Name]”
    • If a payment is received after the Payment Deadline (see below), the Captain/team loses its ability to request that Amount #2 be held and that payment may be cashed immediately upon receipt.
• [New in 2018] Late Payment Fee.  It is each Captain’s responsibility to submit their payments for the Team Balance Due in accordance with the Payment Deadline.  The Team Balance Due must be received by the Payment Deadline.  Failure to do so will result in an administrative fine of $25.00, for each two day period (or portion thereof) the payment is late.  This fine amount may not exceed $75.00 and must be paid prior to the start of the season, in accordance with the Forfeit Policy.
• Note:  If a team fails to make any payments required, the League may forfeit the team’s spot in the League; no team deposit will be refunded.

If Captains adhere to deadlines, NO FINE will be assessed.

¹Any reference to the number of guaranteed games offered by the League refers to the number of guaranteed number of scheduled games.  The League is not responsible for teams that Forfeit; however, the League allows non-roster players for those first eight (8) scheduled games (unless the 8th game is a playoff game) in an attempt to prevent forfeits.  In the case of a forfeit, both teams that were scheduled to play will still have access to use the field for a scrimmage, but that scrimmage will not necessarily be officiated as it is not a League game.

Free Agent Players Assigned:  The cost of each Free Agent player assigned to a team will be deducted from the total cost owed by the team.  It is not the Captain’s responsibility to collect player fees from any Free Agent assigned to that Captain’s team.  (Any shirt not claimed by an assigned Free Agent must have that shirt returned to the League by the team Captain).

Team Pricing Example
The following example is based on early registration with 15 new players on the roster:

1.  $1,275.00 = total team cost for player fees and referee fees (15 players x $85/player).  This does not include the refundable* Forfeit Fine to be held by the League.

2.  $1,075.00 = remaining player/ref fees due after subtracting the $200.00 deposit already paid by the team’s Captain to secure the team’s spot in the League ($1,275.00 total team cost – $200.00 deposit already paid).  This $1,075.00 is further broken down as follows:

A.  $755.00 – the balance of the player fees after subtracting the referee fees for the eight guaranteed games (This is “Amount #1”, above); and

B.  $405.00 – the referee fees for the eight guaranteed games ($320.00 = $40/game x 8 games) PLUS the $85.00 refundable* forfeit fee (this is “Amount #2”, above).

*See the Forfeit Fine Policy.