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PLAYCFA

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE WELCOME! LEARN TO PLAY HOW THE WORLD PLAYS!
Explore our programs below. Register for an individual evaluation or enroll

in one of our programs today!


The 2024/25 season tryouts have already taken place. If you are a player with a birth year 2006-2016 and are interested in being evaluated for the Academy, please book an individual evaluation here.
 

New and returning players are required to attend a tryout or evaluation.​


Evaluations are encouraged for 2017-2018 birth years if you are unsure your player is ready for the Player Development program. Otherwise Player Development for 2017-2018 players has open enrollment through 10/31/24 or until full.

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 ACADEMY
2010-2015

YEAR ROUND ACADEMY 2024/2025 SEASON

TRAINING & COMPETITIONS  (Sept-July)
 

  • Fall preseason and Spring transitional training 1x/wk at Tuttle Park

  • Winter and Summer training 2x/wk, winter training at Heatwave Arena

  • Goalkeeper training included

  • Speed, agility, quickness (SAQ) and sports performance training at Elevate Human Performance included

  • CF hosted and owned tournaments included

  • Columbus Futsal League games included

  • Participation in external leagues and tournaments

  • Professional & licensed coaching

  • South American methodologies and CFA's proven curriculum of structured and unstructured play

  • Culturally immersive environment

  • Uniforms not included. New Nike uniform cycle 2023-2025 via Soccer.com

  • United Futsal Champions Cup Series selection is additional and does not apply to all players

  • Nominations/invitations to ID camps, National Training Camps and International play opportunities

     

CFA Academy $1795. Tryout required.

Installment plans available ($150/mth).

2010-2015 birth years.

HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY
& SHOWCASE TEAMS
2006-2009

WINTER + SUMMER 2024/2025 SEASON

TRAINING & COMPETITIONS (Nov-Feb, June-July)
 

  • Winter and Summer training 2x/wk, winter at Heatwave Arena, summer at Tuttle Park

  • Goalkeeper training included

  • CF hosted and owned tournaments included

  • Columbus Futsal League games included

  • Participation in external leagues and tournaments

  • Professional & licensed coaching

  • South American methodologies and CFA's proven curriculum of structured and unstructured play

  • Culturally immersive environment

  • Uniforms are not included. New Nike uniform cycle 2023-2025 via Soccer.com

  • United Futsal Showcase Series and Worlds selection is additional and does not apply to all players

  • Nominations/invitations to ID camps, National Training Camps and International play opportunities

  • Access to training and call-ups with men's or women's Columbus Futsal Club first teams

     

CFA High School Academy $1295. Tryout required.
Installment plans available ($115/mth).

2006-2009 birth years.

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PRE-ACADEMY
2016

WINTER + SUMMER 2024/2025 SEASON

TRAINING & COMPETITIONS (Nov-March, June-July)
 

  • Fall preseason and Spring transitional training 1x/wk at Tuttle Park

  • Winter and Summer training 2x/wk, winter at Heatwave Arena, Summer at Tuttle Park

  • Goalkeeper training included

  • CF hosted and owned tournaments included

  • Columbus Futsal League games included

  • Participation in external leagues and tournaments

  • Professional & licensed coaching

  • South American methodologies and CFA's proven curriculum of structured and unstructured play

  • Culturally immersive environment

  • Uniforms not included. New Nike uniform cycle 2023-2025 via Soccer.com

  • United Futsal Champions Cup Series selection is additional and does not apply to all players

  • Nominations/invitations to ID camps, National Training Camps and International play opportunities
     

CFA Pre-Academy $1495.

Installment plans available ($125/mth).

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Tryout and selection required for United Futsal CCS

2016/17 birth year team.

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PRE-ACADEMY

 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 2017-2018

WINTER + SUMMER 2024/2025 SEASON

TRAINING & GAMES (Nov-March, June-July)
 

  • Player Development is a coed program

  • Trains 5-6pm on Tuesdays and Fridays

  • Training is 2x per week Winter & Summer, winter at Heatwave Arena, summer at Tuttle Park

  • Goalkeeper training included

  • Local games in the Columbus Futsal League included

  • South American methodologies and CFA's proven curriculum of structured and unstructured play

  • Culturally immersive environment

  • Tournaments may be possible depending on age brackets offered and skill level

  • Uniforms not included. New Nike uniform cycle 2023-2025 via Soccer.com

  • United Futsal Champions Cup Series or Showcase selection is additional and does not apply to all players
     

CFA Player Development $995.

Installment plans available ($85/mth).

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Tryout and selection required for United Futsal CCS
2016/17 birth year team.

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STARTS NOVEMBER 5TH

ENROLL BY 10/31/2024​

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START SMART
2019-2020

Click below to learn more about the upcoming classes and signup!

START SMART

FAQS

What days do we train?
Training schedules will be made by each program director from the following information: Coach availability, coaches with multiple teams, number of players per team per court, number of courts open, accessibility to gk scheduled training. Once our evaluation period is over, you will be emailed your training schedule and TeamSnap invites. Teams primarily train between 5pm-9pm on weekday nights.

 

Where do you train?
Winter training takes place at Heatwave Arena. Spring, summer, and fall training takes place a Tuttle Park and moves indoors in the event of inclimate weather. SAQ training takes place at Elevate Human Performance.
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When do we start?

Academy and Pre-Academy programs begin with fall pre-season training sessions in mid September.

Winter training begins first week of November for High School, Academy, Pre-Academy and Player Development programs.

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Academy and Pre-Academy programs begin spring transitional training sessions mid April.

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Summer training begins first week of June for High School, Academy, Pre-Academy and Player Development programs.


High School program does not participate in fall preseason or spring transitional training.

 

What's included?

All CFA year-round training sessions, goal keeper training, SAQ by Elevate Human Performance, Columbus Futsal League Games, and Columbus Futsal hosted and owned tournaments like the Founder's Cup and Futsal Feminino SuperCopa. United Futsal events are always an additional service. Some external leagues and tournaments may be additional depending on the event.

When are games?
Games are on the weekends during the school calendar year, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Some tournament games are on Mondays during MLK Jr. Day and President's Days when school is not in session for the holiday. Winter league games and tournament games begin in November and December. Summer league and tournament games begin in June.

Do we travel out of state?
Most teams do at least once per season. The higher level team or older the age, the more you may travel. These states can include Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee, Kansas, North Carolina and Florida.  Almost all of our teams complete at USYF Regional Championship in January in Akron, OH.

Do you offer discounts?
YES!

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CFA Loyalty Program: 

During 21/22 season we are starting a loyalty program that can be applied per player. Players returning from the previous year get $25 off registration and for each CONSECUTIVE season they accumulate $25. 
 

Year 1 $0

Year 2 $25

Year 3 $50

Year 4 $75

Year 5 $100

Etc. 

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CFA Sibling Discounts:

Sibling discounts will be applied after all deposits have been made. We will audit and make sure things end up correct and applied back to you. This can only be applied at the time of deposit since we cannot make adjustments to individual installment plans. Sibling discounts only apply to our full year programs (A, HS, PA, PD) and do not apply to individual training, optional programs, or Start Smart.

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1st Child: Full price, highest cost program 

2nd Child: $99 off their individual enrollment 

3rd Child: $198 off their individual enrollment
4th Child: $297 off their individual enrollment

5th+ Child: No additional cost

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Do you offer financial assistance?
Yes! Smaller monthly payments are offered for each program through 10 installments if you cannot or do not want to pay in full up front. You may qualify to receive scholarships toward tuition for our programs through the Columbus Futsal Foundation 501(c)(3). Click 
here to apply.

FAQs
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