Indy Eleven Academy

What the club offers

WYSA recreational soccer welcomes players from age 4 through high school seniors. Teams rely on parent volunteer coaches, with coaching education resources available through the club. The program runs distinct fall and spring seasons. Fall registration typically opens the first week of June and closes July 15 or earlier if age groups fill; spring registration usually opens the first week of January and closes March 1 or when divisions are full—early signup is encouraged because popular age groups have filled quickly in recent seasons. After rosters are built, late adds are limited and refunds may be partial if a family withdraws.

Competitive travel soccer targets players ready for more training volume and stronger opposition. The tryout process identifies athletes for roster spots across multiple competitive levels; players can be offered a team placement with the understanding that movement between environments may happen when a different level better matches development needs. Player development comes first, and the club aims to give every athlete a chance to enjoy the game, while acknowledging that roster caps sometimes prevent an offer for every candidate.

National-track programming includes MLS NEXT leadership for boys, ECNL Regional League leadership for girls, and NAL boys teams, sitting alongside regional travel brackets for adolescent age groups. Youth academy-style tuition bands cover younger academy teams before the adolescent travel and national tiers.

Mission, culture, and pathway

The mission is to build a positive culture where players, staff, and families share common goals through soccer. Core values stress leadership, emotional control, social skills, and professional character. The vision frames the ideal player as respectful, responsible, internally motivated, technically sharp, physically prepared, intelligent, emotionally steady, creative, and relentlessly competitive with a blue-collar work ethic.

Cultural expectations borrow from high-achieving environments: prepare and train to win, pursue a higher standard, spread a positive influence, and act with integrity. The pathway narrative runs from recreational soccer through competitive travel and into national platforms, with Indy Eleven’s professional side offering a long-range destination for players who reach that stage.

Where families play and train

WYSA recreational practices and games take place at Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield. Competitive teams use additional training and match venues according to age group and league schedule; families should expect some travel beyond Hamilton County as teams age up.

Fees, tuition, and what is included

Recreational registration is $170 for U5 through U8 brackets and $190 for U10 through U19 brackets for WYSA recreational programming. Those fees cover the seasonal program operated with WYSA; families should budget separately for uniforms, optional gear, and personal travel.

Competitive tuition for the 2025–2026 season spans several ladders. Youth academy teams range from about $1,180 for U8 Academy up through roughly $1,630–$1,830 for many U9–U10 teams and about $2,410–$2,610 for selected U11 academy and IDP tracks, each with a $200 deposit and nine monthly installments billed August or September through April or May depending on team. Regional travel for U13–U19 generally lands near $2,400–$2,600 with the same deposit and payment rhythm. National Academy League boys tuition runs about $2,600–$2,750 by age band. ECNL Regional League girls tuition is about $3,550 per year with a $300 deposit and nine installments.

Those tuition figures are billed as all-inclusive for regular-season participation through Indiana Soccer Cup competitions for the listed cycle. They do not cover uniforms, family travel to away matches, end-of-season celebrations, or coach gifts—plan for those separately.

Registration, tryouts, and age grouping

Recreational families enroll through PlayMetrics player registration, and volunteer coaches register through GotSport using the recreational program’s coach signup. Competitive tryouts and ongoing membership also run through PlayMetrics; completing the signup steps there is how families enter evaluation and roster processes.

Beginning with the 2026–2027 season, the club aligns team assignments with U.S. Soccer’s academic grade-year age grouping (August 1 through July 31) rather than calendar birth-year bands alone, matching the federation’s broader transition.

Recreational registration includes two tickets to an upcoming Indy Eleven professional match as a partner benefit, subject to availability and club communications each season.

How to reach the club

General club questions: info@indyelevenacademy.com or (317) 500-9929. WYSA recreational questions can also go to the recreational director at the same main line. Mailing correspondence for the recreational program may use WYSA, PO Box 346, Westfield, IN 46074. Spirit wear and fan gear orders ship through the club’s Soccer.com fanwear storefront.