NYC FOOTY’S CALENDAR
Below you will find important dates with respect to our calendar. These dates include tournaments, holidays and, in general, our registration window for the four seasons of footy that we run annually.
HOLIDAYS*
Through the year, there are 5 holiday periods** where we do not hold games
New Year’s
Memorial Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
*Due to permit restrictions, we are often not able to take off other holidays. If the schedule permits, however, we will take off on Juneteenth and July 4th and/or the Juneteenth & July 4th weekend. But this is not guaranteed and is on a league-by-league basis.
**”Holiday period” varies year by year. We will take off the actual holiday day itself. Often, we will take off the weekend surrounding the holiday and, on occasion, the full week itself. This can change on a year by year basis, based on permit availability, scheduling, etc.
OTHER HOLIDAYS
We do not take off for religious holidays, popular social holidays (e.g. Mother’s Day) and many Federal Holidays (e..g. Veteran’s Day) for a couple of reasons. The most important reason is that we do not have enough time in our schedule to take off all holidays and we aren’t going to pick and choose favofites.
The second reason is related to religious holidays in particular. If we can’t take off for all of them, then we can’t take off for any of them. Otherwise, we are signaling that certain religious holidays take precedent over others.
However, if your team has a scheduling difficulty related to a holiday (or for another reason), just let us know well in advance and we can try to schedule a bye week for your team.
TOURNAMENTS
NYC Footy hosts two annual tournaments and partners on a third.
The Governors Cup: Takes place the 1st weekend in June, every year.
The Footy Fest: Takes place over Columbus / Indigenous People’s Day Weekend (October) every year.
The South Bronx United Charity Cup: Takes place every August in the Bronx.
SEASONAL LEAGUE CALENDAR
Every league registration has three phases: Rollover, Early Bird, and Regular.
Rollover is the opening 48-hour window allowing existing teams to roll into the next season before others are allowed to register
Early Bird lasts for 10 days
Regular registration begins after early bird
Seasons:
Spring:
Spring Season Registration: Opens Early February - Closes Mid April
Spring Season Dates: Starts March - Ends in June
Summer
Summer Season Registration: Opens Early May - Closes Mid June
Summer Season Dates: Starts in June - Ends in September
Fall
Fall Season Registration: Opens Early August - Closes Mid October
Fall Season Dates: Starts in September - Ends in January
Winter
Winter Season Registration: Opens Early November - Closes Mid January
Winter Season Dates: Starts in December - Ends in March
VIEWING PARTIES AND HAPPY HOURS
Spring:
Champion’s League Viewing Party
1st Timer’s Happy Hour
Summer:
Footy Day Out at NYCFC Home Game
1st Timer’s Happy Hour
USWNT & USMNT World Cup Matches (World Cup Year’s Only)
Fall:
Pre-Footy Fest Happy Hour
1st Timer’s Happy Hour
Winter:
Holiday Party
1st Timer’s Happy Hour