Guides for everyone who runs, plays and watches local soccer
Each guide is for one kind of reader and describes only what the site does today. If you run a supporters club, a bar, a youth club, an adult league, a field or a coaching business, there is a page here with everything SoccerMapd can do for you, and how to start.
How to start a pickup soccer game that survives past week three
Finding a field you can keep, picking a format that flexes with turnout, the group chat message that works, and how new players find a game once it is running.
How to start a supporters club in your city: the pattern every club follows
Official chapter or independent group, the bar deal, the first ten members, and what matchday looks like once it works. With links to what each club actually requires.
How to start an Official Liverpool Supporters Club in your city
What Liverpool asks of a new OLSC branch, from the Official Members it counts to the pub you need before you apply, and how to put the branch where new Reds in your city are looking.
How to start an Arsenal supporters club branch in your city
How Arsenal America branches get recognized, what Arsenal itself asks of a new supporters club, and the bar and social account you need before you write to either.
How to start an Official Chelsea Supporters Club in your city
The 15 supporters and the member-holding chair Chelsea asks for, the £125 ticketing-club route, how Chelsea in America fits, and what to have ready before you fill in the form.
How to start an Official Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Club in your city
The 15 members and the £50 fee Spurs ask for, the rules your social accounts have to follow, what the club sends a new club, and how to apply.
How to start a Manchester United Supporters' Club in your city
The 10 Official Members United asks for, the 50 you need for tickets, the exact email and what to put in it, and the bar and committee to sort out first.
How to start a Manchester City Official Supporters Club in your city
What City's branch request form asks for, the seasonal fee its branches charge members, the welcome pack a new branch receives, and the committee you need before you apply.
How to start a Celtic Supporters' Club in your city
Registering a CSC with Celtic, getting listed with the North American Federation of Celtic Supporters Clubs at no charge, and the early kickoffs your pub has to be open for.
How to start an American Outlaws chapter in your city
The 35 paid members, the home bar for every game, the non-profit paperwork after approval and the $5 a member that comes back to the chapter, straight from American Outlaws' own pages.
How to start an MLS or USL supporters group, and how clubs recognize one
Supporters groups are independent and each club sets its own bar for recognition. What Charlotte FC, Orlando City, Louisville City and the Switchbacks actually ask for, and what to do if your fans live in another city.
Run a supporters club? Here is everything SoccerMapd does for your chapter
Publish your matchday schedule without an account, land on every where-to-watch page for your team, and give new fans in your city a way to find you.
Show soccer at your bar? Get on every where-to-watch page in your city
Name the teams you show, keep your hours current, approve the watch parties people post at your venue, and let the supporters clubs that meet with you send their fans your way.
Youth clubs, leagues and camps: how parents find you on SoccerMapd
Your age groups, tryouts and registration window in the one place a parent searches, and every question they ask forwarded to your inbox.
Adult leagues: the six facts players check before they sign up, and where to put them
Format, divisions, game nights, season dates, cost and free agents. Keep them current and your league shows up in the filters players actually use, plus two free tools for running the season.
Claim your listing: what field, facility and store owners can do on SoccerMapd
Fix the details, add photos and a logo, set weekly hours, post events and approve the ones other people post, and see every inquiry and every edit in one dashboard.
Private soccer coaches: get a profile parents can find and contact
Specialties, age groups, session types, rates and how to reach you, on a page that shows up when a parent searches for training in your city. Free to list.
For fans: where the match is on near you, who is watching it, and how to pick a team
Where to watch your team this week, pro games within driving range this weekend, league schedules in your timezone, and the supporters clubs that will save you a seat.