Register | EMSA South West

How to Register

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Step 1: Community League Membership

  • You will need a valid, current Community Membership to register.
    (You will not get past Step 1 of registration).
  • If you have already purchased one you will require the membership #.

Option to Purchase:

  1. EFCL.org/membership

Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues (EFCL) Memberships run from September 1 to August 31 every year. All players registered in the Edmonton Minor Soccer Association (EMSA) are required to have a valid membership. (1 per immediate family)

You must purchase your community league membership from the community in which you live, even if it does not have an active soccer program.

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Step 2: Register Online at emsasoccerportal.com

The soccer portal will open for 2024/25 Indoor registration opens on August 1, 2024.

  1. Log-in or create an account on the emsasoccerportal.com
    • Forgot password? Use the forgot password feature.
    • Update all contact details before registering any players
  2. Add/ Register your player(s) and/or team officials (coach, assistant coach or team manager).
  3. All players and team officials require a separate registration
  4. For a demonstration on this system | Click Here

Note for people who have moved to a new address: please contact the SWEMSA office before registering so we can update your address and community information on your account (contact information can be found here).

Note for Club/Premier players – if you are interested in trying out for a Club/Premier program, please indicate so in the online registration.  It is the family’s responsibility to sign up for tryout(s) with the Club.  To hold a spot on a community team pending tryout results, the player registration (fees / deposit / supporting documents) must be completed. 

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Step 3: Payment and submission of required documents and volunteer deposit

Please note: The registration is not finalized until payment has been received.

How to Pay:

1. Online – Visa/ MasterCard can be paid on the last step of your registration.

2. In-person – For indoor soccer, please see payment options on registration form.

All player registrations are subject to all associated registration and refund policies.

Volunteer deposit ($ 250) is required for indoor 2024/25 players (one per family) made payable SWEMSA post-dated for January 31, 2025. To see an example of how to fill out a cheque – click here.

For financial assistance information, families are responsible to apply for funding with an agency. Please see the financial assistance page for information.

Supporting Documentation

You’ll need to provide the following supporting documents (instructions on how to submit documents is provided once the online registration is complete).

  1. Copy of the player registration form (for each player).
  2. Proof of birth (for each player):  birth certificate, passport, Alberta Health Care card or any other Government issued ID with a birth date and the player’s name.
  3. Proof of address which matches the address & parent name listed on the registration form: Driver’s License or current utility bill.
  4. Payment of the registration fee (online or by another form listed in the registration).

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Important information

  • If your details have changes since last registration, it must be updated before you register a player, team official or volunteer.  
    • Change in address, phone # or community league name?  From your Dashboard, (1) select Manage People on Account, (2) click on the pencil beside the name of the person you wish to update, make the corrections & save your changes.
    • Change in email address?  Contact zone.administrator@swemsa.org.
  • If you don’t have an account, follow the step by step instructions in the soccer system to create one.
  • All players are required to be registered in the system in order to participate.  You must register under the community where you live. You can ask for a transfer – this is done on Step #2 of the registration process.
  • If you are interested in volunteering as a Coach, Assistant Coach or Team Manager on your child’s team, register that player first, choose the appropriate volunteer role and then complete a Team Official registration for yourself. If you are interested in volunteering on more than one team, you need to complete additional Team Official registrations. Please complete all sections of the Team Official registration & add in as much detail on age level & gender, player requests, who you’d like to volunteer with etc.  Helpful hint:  In order for the registration to be completed, you have to scroll through the whole waiver & mark off at least one method of communication.