What ages and program levels does SUSA Academy offer?Bright Futures covers ages two through eight with progressive levels. Junior Academy serves under-seven and under-eight players stepping into competitive soccer. Boys and girls academy teams run under-nine through under-eighteen, including ECNL Boys and ECNL Regional League pathways for high-level boys plus EDP and other competitive bands referenced for goalkeepers. Specialized goalkeeping, Adaptive Academy soccer for athletes with disabilities, camps, clinics, private training, and college services round out the menu alongside the WPSL women’s team based at the complex.
About
SUSA FC—known widely as SUSA Academy—is a large youth soccer organization rooted in Central Islip, New York, drawing competitive players from Suffolk and Nassau Counties and Queens while operating one of Long Island’s biggest youth footprints. SUSA FC has more than sixteen hundred carded players, and affiliate clubs bring thousands of additional youth athletes through its development model. Programming spans introductory recreation through elite travel, with a Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) team hosted at the club’s own complex.
What the club offers
Bright Futures serves boys and girls ages two through eight with tiered training and, at upper levels, Sunday games blended with outside competition at like levels. The Junior Academy targets under-seven and under-eight players in Central Islip with year-round training and games, about two sessions per week, local league play, tournaments, and low player-to-coach ratios, with separate girls and boys staff contacts. Boys and girls academy teams run from under-nine through under-eighteen as a developmental pathway toward high-performance play; the boys program highlights expansion in ECNL Boys with two teams per age group on the national platform while continuing ECNL Regional League (RL) participation. Goalkeeping is structured across ECNL, ECRL, EDP, and academy bands with at least two dedicated goalkeeper sessions weekly beyond team training, match-day goalkeeper coaching, and classroom work in the indoor facility. The Adaptive Academy serves athletes with disabilities using therapeutic-recreation-informed design, adaptive drills, and coaches trained for the population served, based at the Central Islip complex. Families can also tap camps, clinics, private training, college services, indoor leagues, and other add-ons that orbit the main academy structure.
Facility and location
Home training and many programs center on the SUSA Orlin and Cohen Sports Complex at 271 Carleton Avenue, Central Islip, New York 11722. The site includes five full-size outdoor turf fields plus the Orlin and Cohen Sports Dome for heated indoor play roughly November through March, along with an indoor futsal court. Amenities include restrooms, concessions, multiple parking areas, bleachers, and lighting; the club also rents fields for outside events.
Registration, tuition, and family support
Club registration and program enrollment run through PlayMetrics, including Bright Futures sign-up links tied to seasonal sessions. Bright Futures has recently offered Level 1 (youngest birth years, one training day per week) at about one hundred fifty dollars per seasonal block and Levels 2 and 3 (one weekly training session plus Sunday games) at about three hundred dollars for a comparable block, with sessions offered across fall, winter, spring, and summer. Academy tuition is described as an annual commitment—not a month-to-month membership—with an installment plan offered as a convenience. Past-due balances can incur a fifteen-dollar late fee after fourteen days, and players more than twenty-one days delinquent may be marked inactive and removed from rosters; payments are non-refundable and non-transferable, and families who leave mid-year remain responsible for the full annual tuition unless contract terms say otherwise. Need-based financial aid is limited each year: families apply through PlayMetrics under the Financial Aid workflow, upload required federal tax documentation with Social Security numbers redacted, pay any acceptance fee required by the player contract before the aid review, and may be asked to complete service hours if aid is awarded. Questions on aid and billing often go to missy@susaacademy.com.
Philosophy and player experience
Directors and coaches emphasize individual development alongside team success, aiming to grow skill, game understanding, passion, and values such as teamwork, respect, discipline, and sportsmanship. Student-athletes are expected to balance training with academic responsibility, healthy habits, and leadership habits in a diverse environment. The scale of the club is paired with specialized verticals—goalkeeping, adaptive play, and professional women’s soccer exposure—so families can stay inside one organization from first touches through advanced competition.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does SUSA train and play?Most programming is anchored at the SUSA Orlin and Cohen Sports Complex, 271 Carleton Avenue, Central Islip, New York 11722, with five full-size turf fields, a dome for winter indoor soccer, and an indoor futsal court. Some Bright Futures sessions use partner venues such as Baymen for certain time slots, while Junior Academy and adaptive programming emphasize Central Islip as the hub.
When are tryouts or how do players join academy teams?Academy-team placement is coordinated through technical directors rather than one shared public tryout schedule for every age band. Families exploring boys academy placement can email Boys Technical Director Eddie Hackett at eddie@susaacademy.com; girls academy questions go to Girls Technical Director J.R. Balzarini at jr@susaacademy.com. Junior Academy families can email deanna@susaacademy.com or john@susaacademy.com, and Bright Futures questions go to Director of Junior Academy John Burke at john@susaacademy.com. After staff confirm next steps, complete enrollment in PlayMetrics for the program you are joining.
What does Bright Futures or club registration cost?Recent Bright Futures seasonal blocks have used about one hundred fifty dollars for Level 1 and about three hundred dollars for Levels 2 and 3 for comparable spring-style sessions with the training-and-game mix described for each level. Academy tuition is contracted annually with installment options; exact academy dollar amounts depend on age band and team assignment through PlayMetrics. Budget separately for uniforms and team expenses, and financial aid does not automatically cover those add-ons.
How does financial aid and billing work?Need-based aid is awarded from a limited annual budget after families complete the PlayMetrics Financial Aid request, submit the required tax paperwork with sensitive identifiers redacted, and pay acceptance fees per player contract. Recipients may owe volunteer service hours and must stay current on tuition and team fees. Aid from a prior year does not guarantee future awards. Billing is annual, not month-to-month, with late fees after fourteen days on overdue balances and possible roster removal after twenty-one days delinquent; payments are non-refundable and non-transferable. Email missy@susaacademy.com for aid or accounts questions.
What is SUSA’s development philosophy?Coaches prioritize long-term player growth—technical, tactical, physical, and mental—while fostering love for the game and character traits such as respect and discipline. Goalkeeping and adaptive tracks apply the same commitment to specialized needs, and the club stresses academics and healthy lifestyles alongside soccer. Competitive environments are framed as fair and demanding so players build confidence and leadership.
How can families contact SUSA Academy?Call +1 631-623-6535 for general inquiries. Program-specific emails include eddie@susaacademy.com (boys academy technical director), jr@susaacademy.com (girls academy technical director), john@susaacademy.com and deanna@susaacademy.com (Junior Academy), john@susaacademy.com (Bright Futures leadership), jackie@susaacademy.com (Adaptive Academy and broader program/camps), jon@susaacademy.com (boys goalkeeping director), missy@susaacademy.com (financial aid and receivables), and r.banville@susaacademy.com for facility rentals. Registration flows for many programs begin in PlayMetrics once you pick the correct seasonal offering.
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