Team Registration 8 v 8 – Seattle Recreational Adult Team Soccer (RATS)

Summer 2025 Registration

Season Session: Sunday, June 16 – Thursday, September 11

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Season Details

Registration: Monday, May 19 – Friday, June 6 (early bird discount period: May 19 – May 26)

The season will run from Sunday, June 15 to Thursday, September 11

Registration is open until Friday, June 6 Registrations may be accepted after that period but may be subject to a $100 late fee

Season Pricing

10 game season: $1250.00

$50.00 off for registrations received on or before May 26

Important Notes

You will be required to make a payment at the end of registration in order to complete registration.

Is this your team's first season in RATS?*

Yes

No, but we are changing our team name

USSSA Affiliation*

Players must be registered members of USSSA soccer in order to play. The player registration link will be sent in your registration confirmation email.

I understand

Team Name*

Enter your team name below. If your name doesn't appear, but you're a returning team, please go back and choose "No, but we are changing our team name".

Team Name*

Please enter your team name below:

Team Contact Information

Manager's Name*

First Last

Manager's Phone*

Manager's Email*

Secondary Manager's Name*

First Last

Secondary Manager's Phone*

Secondary Manager's Email*

Team Description

What is your team's primary color?*

What is your team's alternate color?*

Please choose a color that contrasts with your primary color. Home teams wear their secondary color in case of a color conflict, but please bring your alternate color to ALL games.

What is your team's gender makeup?*

How skilled and competitive is your team?*

Please accurately describe your team.

Since 8 v 8 is a new development for us, some divisions are still in development. While every team may be in the same division as it develops, we will try to match up teams of like skill as much as possible

Also note some days of play are not available for very high or low skilled teams. Check the FAQs page to see when divisions are offered so you can recruit accordingly.

Level of Competition desired | Skill | rough RATS division correspondence

Highly Competitive | Skilled players, usually some college experience | D1

Competitive | Many skilled players | D2 D2a

Moderately Competitive | Moderate skill level across team | D2 D2b

Mildly Competitive | Mixed skills team with some skilled players | low D2, high D3

Recreational/Play mostly for fun | Overall low level of skill | D3

Over-30 Team?*

Currently all divisions are open, but with enough interest we will create an Over 30 division.

My team is ELGIBLE and would like to play in an O-30 Division

My team is NOT ELGIBLE to play in an O-30 Division

No D1 available

We do not have D1 available for 8 v 8. With enough interest we'll offer a division in the future.

We will adjust our play to the level of competition

We will destroy teams

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Day of Play - Women's*

Both Sunday and Tuesday Women's divisions play 11v11 in the spring. Sunday and Tuesday Women's play 8v8 in winter.

I understand no women's 8v8 in spring

Day of Play - Women's*

Please choose your preferred day below. Tuesday women's is 11v11.

Sunday

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Day of Play - Women's*

Please choose your preferred day below.

Tuesday

Sunday

Day of Play - Men's*

You indicated your team is mildly competitive. Monday is geared towards D3 and Wednesday is geared toward D2. Tuesday is geared towards Over 30 D3/2c.

Monday

Tuesday

Day of Play - Men's*

You indicated your team D3, recreational. We offer D3 Men's on Monday and Tuesday. Monday is geared toward D3 teams. Tuesday is geared toward Over 30 D3/2c

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Day of Play - Men's*

We offer Men's on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Wednesday is geared toward D1 and D2 teams.

Wednesday

Day of Play - Co-ed*

Please select your day below

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Alternate Day of Play*

The Sunday 8v8 league is still in growth mode, but we cannot guarantee we will have enough teams. Please choose an alternate day in case we don't have enough.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Sunday Only - Refund if no league

Alternate Day of Play (optional)

There are fewer 8v8 playable fields than 11v11 fields and on some days we max out.

Please indicate if your team could play 1 or 2 off days games and which days your team could play.

Choose all that apply:

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sunday

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Division size and parity (optional)

Fewer teams play in winter, making some divisions lopsided. Would you prefer variety over parity (possibly more lopsided games) or parity over variety (possibly playing the same teams 3-4 times a season).

Lower division teams' preference for parity over variety is weighted heavier than upper division teams' preference for variety, since they are almost always on the losing end of the lopsidedness.

Variety over parity (more teams to play)

Parity over variety (play same teams 3-4 times)

Division size and parity (optional)

Would you prefer variety over parity (possibly more lopsided games) or parity over variety (possibly playing the same teams 3-4 times a season).
Lower division teams' preference for parity over variety is weighted heavier than upper division teams' preference for variety, since they are always on the losing end of the lopsidedness.

Variety over parity

Parity over variety

Team Location and Time Preferences

We do our best to accommodate preferences, but we are limited by many variables, including field availability, opponent preferences, bye scheduling, and other restrictions.

Location Preference*

Game locations are limited to specific fields, and based on availability on any given day.

North (Magnuson Park, Shoreline)

Central (Washington Park Playfield, Lower Woodland)

South (Jefferson Park Playfield)

West (Walt Hundley)

Eastside - no field yet, indicate if it's your preferred area to play on I-90 and 520 friendly fields

Other

Choose at least one Time Preference*

Because there are more late time slots we consider 8pm start times as early, but 8:15pm as late.

Schedule my team for early games (6:15/30 rare, 6:45, 7, 7:15, 8)

Schedule my team for late games (8:15, 8:30, 8:45, 9/9:15)

All late games?*

If you need all your games scheduled after 8pm, please indicate that below and we will do our best to accommodate.
Please be aware if you are a late only team you are more likely to get the less frequent 9pm times, since those are unpopular times for early preferred teams.

All games after 8

We prefer late games but can have some early games

Choose at least one Time Preference*

You may choose more than one

Schedule my team for morning games (9am-12pm)

Schedule my team for afternoon games (1pm-3pm)

Schedule my team for evening games (4pm-7pm)

Which preference is more important to your team, time or location? (optional)

Location

Time

Which preference is more important to your team, time or location?*

If you're a team that requires all games after 8pm, TIME is the default preferred preference.

Time

Scheduling Considerations

Is there any date your team can't play?*

We cannot guarantee any bye date but will do our best to accommodate your request.

There are NO GAMES Thursday July 3 - Friday, July 4 (Independence Day) & Friday August 29 - Monday September 1 (Labor Day Weekend)

Yes

What Date?*

MM slash DD slash YYYY

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Saturday Games?

2 of the 13 weeks for Sunday are league wide byes, Easter and Memorial Day Weekend. We schedule games on Mother's Day, but some teams request it off, reducing scheduling flexibility even further.
Only 11-10 available weeks to run 10 games presents scheduling challenges especially if divisions are odd numbered or teams request a bye on a date other than Mother's Day. To help ease scheduling please indicate if your team can play the following:

Choose all that apply

We can play the Saturday before Easter, April 19

We can play the Saturday before Mother's Day, May 10

We can play back to back Saturday - Sunday games one week. We are champs!

We can play Mother's Day, but would like a morning game

We can play Mother's Day, but would like an afternoon game

We can play Mother's Day, but would like an evening game

We can't play Mother's Day and we requested it off as our bye week above

Schedule Delivery

Schedules are available for download around the first week of the season, and can be downloaded in either format. If for some reason schedules are not available for download, please pick a format below

We send schedules in a text file that can be easily uploaded to the Seattle based team management tool, Team Cowboy. This is to reduce input errors and as a courtesy to managers. However, we know not everyone uses Team Cowboy or some may want to enter in games themselves. If you would like to receive your schedule in a spreadsheet, please indicate below

Team Cowboy text file

Excel Spreadsheet

Additional Comments

If you have any additional comments about scheduling this season please leave them here:

Registration Agreement*

I understand that my registration is not complete and my team will not be scheduled until my team has paid in full.

I understand that Seattle RATS does not guarantee any night, time, field, bye, or other preference.

I understand that playing in Seattle RATS is at the player's risk, and that players must be registered members of USSSA soccer in order to play.

Refund Policy:$50 of your payment is non-refundable as an administrative fee. We cannot make full refunds after registration closes as fields and refs are reserved in advance.

I agree to the above statements.

Payment

Season Fee*

NOTE: We can't do individual payments for the players on your team.

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If you've received a coupon code as a credit please enter it here

Early Registration Discount

Pay on or before May 26

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