Big Sun Youth Soccer League in Ocala

What is Big Sun Soccer?

Big Sun Soccer is Big Sun Youth Soccer League, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has run youth soccer in Marion County since 1980 from the Big Sun Soccer Complex at 2811 SE 36th Avenue in Ocala. In April 2026 it partnered with Sporting Jax and now operates as Sporting Big Sun Soccer Academy, with recreational, competitive and adult programs.

The league describes itself as run by an Executive Board of Directors with separate recreational, competitive and adult boards. Under the April 6, 2026 agreement, the competitive side, long known as Ocala Premier, joined the Sporting Jax Soccer Academy pathway, which the club says runs from recreational soccer through competitive travel teams to elite platforms such as ECNL. In the announcement, Big Sun executive board president Travis Barrineau recalled that the league's early players practiced at Jervey Gantt before moving to what is now the Big Sun Soccer Complex.

Families searching for "Big Sun soccer" will find two web addresses: the original bigsunsoccer.com, whose program links now forward to sportingbigsun.com, and the new Sporting Big Sun site, which carries current registration, calendars and pricing.

What programs does Big Sun offer, and what do they cost?

Big Sun runs five programs, from a Saturday-morning introduction for 3-year-olds to an adult league. The table shows what the club listed on its own pages on October 15, 2026.

Sources: Sporting Big Sun recreational, Super Starters, Sun Lights and 2026-27 competitive pricing pages, and the Big Sun Adult Soccer League site, checked October 15, 2026. Competitive team fees are the club's own estimates and exclude hotels and personal expenses.

How do you register for Big Sun soccer?

Youth registration runs through PlayMetrics, the app the club uses for schedules and team messages. The steps below follow the club's recreational page.

1. Find the player's age group. "U" means under: a U6 player is under 6 at the start of the season. The club moved to a new age-grouping rule starting fall 2026 and posts an age group calculator on its site.
2. Open the registration link on the Sporting Big Sun recreational, Super Starters or Sun Lights page and create a free PlayMetrics account, then add the player.
3. Choose practice days (Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday) and, for girls in U6 to U12, an all-girls or co-ed team.
4. Pay the registration fee. Recreational soccer is $160 before January 1, with a jersey included.
5. Download the PlayMetrics app to see the practice time your coach sets (5:30, 6:30 or 7 p.m.) and the game schedule.

Adults register through the Big Sun Adult Soccer League's Teampass site, either as a free agent or on a team; captains register both as a player and as a captain. The adult league says fall 2026 registration is closed and spring registration opens in January 2027, with games starting in March 2027.

When is the Spring 2027 recreational season?

The club's Spring 2027 recreational calendar, checked October 15, 2026, lists these dates. On that date the recreational page showed spring registration as opening soon, with every division listed as available.

• Jan. 21: coach meeting
• Jan. 30: evaluations for U12 through high school players
• Feb. 15 to 25: team practices begin at Rotary Sportsplex and the Big Sun fields
• Feb. 26 and 27: jamboree
• March 5 and 6: week 1 games
• March 12 to 13 and 19 to 20: no games (listed by the club as Marion County spring break)
• March 26 and 27 through April 30 and May 1: weeks 2 to 7
• March 27 to May 1: Super Starters and Sun Lights spring sessions
• May 7 (Friday night): All-Star Game at Big Sun, invitation only

U6 to U12 games are played on Saturday mornings at the Big Sun complex, with start times of 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and noon. U14 and high school games were scheduled for Friday evenings at Rotary Sportsplex in the fall, at tentative times of 6:15 and 7:30 p.m.

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What is Big Sun's refund policy?

For recreational programs, refund requests made before August 1 (fall) or February 1 (spring) carry a $35 administrative fee, requests during late registration are refunded at 50% of the fee paid, and there are no refunds after the posted season start.

Competitive fees are not refundable except for a documented injury that keeps a player out for more than half the season or a family job relocation, both approved by the executive director, with a $50 fee deducted and the commitment fee kept. Camps and clinics are not refunded after their start date.

Can parents coach or referee at Big Sun?

Yes. Recreational head coaches receive one full registration refund at the end of the season, and assistant coaches receive one 50% registration discount. Coaches set their own practice days and times. The club also runs a Referee Education Zone with new and recertification referee classes, and lists AdventHealth as its recreational league sponsor.

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