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About Buckingham United Soccer Club

Current Board Members

President: Sue Griffith

Inter-County League Coordinator: Bob Kline

Grievance / Ethics Chair: Lee Dawkins

Equipment / Fields Chair: Dave MacFarlane Bev Lutes

Director of Coaching: Mike Pregler

Coaching and Player Development: Chris Lugossy

Marketing / Communication Chair: Ed Beedle

Recording Secretary / Treasurer: Barbara Snodgrass

Tournament Committee Chair: Chris McGarry

General Questions e-mail Contact: send your questions to info@buckinghamunited.com

Please check each section (like Summer Camps) for specific contact people. The General E-mail is NOT checked daily and urgent questions should not be sent there.

History of the Buckingham United Soccer Club

The Buckingham United Soccer Club is the travel soccer program of Central Bucks Athletic Association. CBAA is a non-profit, charitable organization. Athletic activities of CBAA are organized, funded and coached through volunteer efforts. All monies derived through fees, donations or fund raising are used to offset expenses associated with the conducting and encouraging of sports activities.

The club was formed over 30 years ago and currently has 25 teams playing in competitive leagues all around the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Read the Club's Policies and Procedures

A copy of the club's Policies and Procedures is here. Parents and players should familiarize themselves with these policies and procedures.

So How Much Will Travel Soccer Cost?

When your child is successful in being chosen for a travel team you have three sets of costs to consider. First, you must register with CBAA the "Club" each fall and spring;. CBAA fees cover league entry fees, insurance, fields etc.These fees per team are set each season by CBAA & BUSC.

Next are team fees: each team has team costs to pay – including equipment, such as balls, uniforms, and cones. In addition, tournament entry fees, referee fees, league fees, and trainer fees are paid by the team. Coaches are normally volunteers, but to develop as true soccer players, training by non- “parent coaches” is becoming increasingly important for players to reach the next level by high school age.

BUSC has made the commitment to move to non-parents in charge of coaching teams.

Team fees are paid directly to a team account and administered by the coach or Team Manager. These fees are variable by team - generally for younger teams (U-9 & U10) the cost is usually in the range of $400 to $600 per year, per player. For older teams, these fees can rise to $600 & Up per year. The more competitive the team, the higher the fees usually are due to more investment in trainers and tournaments.

Lastly are personal expenses such as food and travel expenses. These depend on you.

What To Expect as a Travel Soccer Player

Members of a travel soccer team typically play year-round. Teams generally play in 10 league games per season in the fall. Practice begins in late July or early August and teams prepare for their fall league with pre-season tournaments. Columbus Day Weekend is typically set aside for tournament play.

In the spring, teams could play in a spring league, EPYSA Cups and / or tournaments. and typically participate in as many as 10 tournaments each year, at tournament locations anywhere within the northeast. In wintertime, many travel teams play or train at one of the indoor facilities in our area and may enter some indoor tournaments.

Travel soccer is a fun and rewarding environment in which players who want to participate at a competitive level can improve their skills and knowledge of the game.

Future Plans for the Buckingham United Soccer Club Fields

The Central Bucks Athletic Association has developed a 5-Year plan that will help us meet the growing needs of the travel soccer program for high-quality practice and game fields.

CBAA currently owns approximately 28 acres of land in Plumstead township. The land was purchased in two transactions and these plots are defined as Herbst I and Herbst II tracts. Here CBAA and BUSC have 8 fields used for soccer and lacrosse, BUCS also plays home games at Bush Park, CB East High School and Holicong Park, all in Buckingham.

Also located at Herbst Park are new outdoor basketball courts. Special progarms and summer basketball leagues are played here. These additions have helped make the Herbst Sports Complex one of the best local sports fields. When added to the beautiful new Buckingham Township's Bush Park CBAA is now in better position to meet the demands of the 1,000's of Central Buck's kids who want to play soccer.

To help CBAA and the Buckingham United Soccer Club pay for our youth programs, please consider becoming a club sponsor. Click here to find out how.

Our Mission

The mission of the Buckingham United Soccer Club is to promote, foster, and perpetuate the game of soccer and to provide an organization for travel soccer teams to play at a competitive level.