Travel Soccer Program
The HSC Travel Soccer Program is offered for ages 8 and up within the Nashoba Valley Youth Soccer League (NVYSL). HSC NVYSL teams play half their games at home in Harvard, and travel for half their games to other NVYSL member towns. NVYSL typically offers 3-5 divisions of play at each age group to facilitate player development at all ranges of experience.
| Grades 3/4 | Grades 5/6 | Grades 7/8 | Grades 9-11 ("JV") / Grades 9-12, PG ("Varsity") | |
| Ages/Grades | Age 8 or 9 on August 1st Grades 3 and 4 | Age 10 or 11 on August 1st Grades 5 and 6 | Age 12 or 13 on August 1st Grades 7 and 8 | Age 14 and up Grades 9 and up |
| Format | 7v7 | 9v9 | 11v11 | 11v11 |
| Game Time | Girls: Saturday 9 AM Boys: Saturday 10:15 AM | Girls: Saturday 12:00 PM Boys: Saturday 1:30 PM | Girls: Saturday 3:00 PM Boys: Saturday 4:30 PM | Sundays Variable from 1:00 PM to 6:15 PM |
| Home Field Location | Charlie Waite and Depot Road Fields | Charlie Waite and Depot Road Fields | Depot Road Fields and Harvard Park Field | Depot Road Fields and Harvard Park Field |
| Practice | 2X per week | 2X per week | 2X per week | 1-2X per week |
| Competitive levels | Multiple levels of play Non-outcome-based with scores reported only for purposes of ensuring properly leveled teams | Three levels of play. MTOC and Ncup are outcome-based with tournaments for top finishing teams in the Spring season Recreational divisions are non-outcome based | Three levels of play. MTOC and Ncup are outcome-based with tournaments for top finishing teams in the Spring season Recreational divisions are non-outcome based | Three levels of play. MTOC and Ncup are outcome-based with tournaments for top finishing teams in the Spring season Recreational divisions are non-outcome based |
| Ball size | Size 4 | Size 4 | Size 5 | Size 5 |