Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the websites, applications, and related services operated by FCScout.com at fcscout.com and associated domains (collectively, the "Service"). By accessing or using the Service — including by browsing public pages, creating an account, claiming a club listing, creating or publishing a player profile, submitting a claim or report, purchasing or managing a sponsorship, or sending a "Request to Connect" inquiry — you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy.

If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service. If you use the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

FCScout.com is a soccer club directory and player recruitment profile platform. We publish club listings (including location, pathway, and related information), tools for club representatives to claim and manage listings, optional geographic sponsorship placements, and athlete-controlled recruitment profiles that athletes may share with clubs, coaches, scouts, and others.

Consistent with our public disclaimer: FCScout.com does not directly provide football trials. We assist athletes with recruitment profiles and publish directory and related information as a central resource for viewing clubs in one place. Club pages on the Service may link to a club's official website when available. We are not affiliated with any club. FCScout.com is not a sports agent, talent agency, or player representative; we do not negotiate contracts, placements, or scholarships on anyone's behalf.

FCScout.com does not guarantee any recruitment, trial, tryout, offer, signing, scholarship, roster spot, or other outcome for any player, guardian, club, coach, or other user. Use of the Service — including publishing a profile or contacting a player through Request to Connect — creates no promise of attention, reply, or opportunity.

Please be aware of third-party scams. If someone offers you a paid trial, verify with official club sources; many legitimate trials with professional clubs are free.

You may browse publicly available portions of the Service subject to these Terms. To create or use a full account where registration is required (for example, to claim a club, manage a claimed listing, or create a player profile), you must be capable of forming a binding contract under applicable law. Except as expressly provided for player profiles below, we intend account features that create contractual obligations to be used by adults (18 years of age or older) or by a parent or legal guardian acting on behalf of an eligible minor athlete.

Player accounts and player profiles — minimum age 13. Athlete player profiles are available only to athletes who are at least thirteen (13) years of age. Accounts and player profiles for children under 13 are not permitted. We use date of birth to apply age gating.

Athletes ages 13 through 17 (minors). If you are 13–17 years old, you may create a player account and draft a profile, but a parent or legal guardian must provide a valid contact email and complete our guardian consent process before your profile may be published publicly. Until guardian consent is confirmed, the profile remains unpublished and is not publicly visible. Attempting to circumvent the guardian consent system (including by providing a false date of birth or false guardian contact) is a material violation of these Terms.

Athletes 18 years of age or older may publish eligible profiles without guardian consent, subject to these Terms and our moderation policies.

Account authentication is provided through an authentication and identity management provider. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep that information updated. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account.

You may maintain only one personal account unless we expressly permit otherwise in writing. You must not share your account, sell access, or impersonate another person or organization. Notify us promptly at info@fcscout.com if you suspect unauthorized access.

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, that present safety or legal risk (including to minors), or that are associated with abuse of our report and moderation systems, as described in Sections 5, 8, and 14.

Player recruitment profiles are created and controlled by the athlete and, where applicable, their parent or legal guardian. Profile content may include biographical information, positions, career history, season statistics, achievements, media (such as photos or video), and coach or other endorsements entered by the user.

Accuracy and verification. FCScout.com does not independently verify the accuracy of self-reported statistics, achievements, career history, media, or other profile content. Coach endorsements on public profiles are written by the endorser via a one-time email link (not by the athlete). FCScout.com confirms that process completed, but does not independently fact-check the substance of any endorsement. You must still treat profile content as claims by the people who submitted it, not as statements confirmed by FCScout.com.

Athletes and guardians are solely responsible for the accuracy, lawfulness, and appropriateness of all content and media they upload or publish, including that they have all rights needed to post that content and that it does not violate others' privacy or publicity rights.

Request to Connect. Public player profiles do not display the athlete's raw email address or phone number. Third parties may submit a "Request to Connect" inquiry through the profile. Inquiries are delivered privately to the athlete's account tools. FCScout.com does not facilitate live messaging as an agent, does not guarantee that any inquiry will be received, read, or answered, and does not guarantee any contact, response, recruitment outcome, or relationship arising from an inquiry.

Moderation and removal. We maintain a public report mechanism and an administrative review queue. FCScout.com reserves the right, in its discretion, to unpublish, restrict, or remove any player profile or related content — including in response to reports, suspected age-gating violations, unlawful or harmful content, or other Terms violations — with or without prior notice where we reasonably believe prompt action is appropriate.

Parents or legal guardians of a minor athlete may contact us at any time at info@fcscout.com to request review or removal of their child's profile. We will respond in a manner consistent with our Privacy Policy and applicable law.

Club listings on the Service may be populated from public and third-party data sources, administrative research and import tools, and information later supplied by claimed club representatives. Listings may appear on the Service before any club official has claimed or verified them.

Unclaimed listings. FCScout.com does not guarantee that unclaimed club listings are complete, current, or accurate. Users should verify important information directly with the club through official channels before traveling, paying fees, or relying on tryout or contact details.

Claiming a club. Signed-in users may submit a claim asserting a relationship to a club (for example, coach, director, staff, owner, or board). Claims are reviewed by FCScout.com administrators. Approval is discretionary and is based on the information provided; automated email-domain verification is not currently required. False or misleading claims are prohibited. Once a claim is approved, the designated owner may manage certain profile fields for that listing subject to these Terms.

Claiming or managing a listing does not create an affiliation, endorsement, employment, or agency relationship between FCScout.com and the club.

FCScout.com may offer paid geographic sponsorship placements (for example, Featured or Premium map or directory prominence for a club within a defined region). Where self-serve checkout is enabled, sponsorship purchases and recurring billing are processed by Stripe. Your use of Stripe's payment services is also governed by Stripe's own terms and privacy policy. FCScout.com does not receive or store your full payment card number when Stripe Checkout or the Stripe Customer Portal is used.

Self-serve sponsorship checkout may be enabled when Stripe is configured for a given environment. Until payment processing is fully enabled for your account or region, sponsorship features may be unavailable, limited to admin-managed placements, or offered only in a limited launch phase. Displayed prices (if any) are informational and the amounts charged are those set in the applicable Stripe Price or invoice at the time of purchase.

Unless otherwise stated at checkout, self-serve sponsorships are billed on a recurring monthly basis and renew until canceled through the available billing management tools (such as the Stripe Customer Portal). Canceling stops future renewal charges according to Stripe's and the plan's timing rules.

Refunds. Except where required by applicable law, fees already charged for a billing period are non-refundable, and we do not provide prorated refunds for unused time after cancellation. Canceling ends future renewals; it does not entitle you to a refund for the current period already billed.

"User Content" means any content you submit, upload, publish, or transmit through the Service, including profile text, media, club edits, claims, endorsements, reports, and inquiries.

You retain ownership of your User Content. By submitting User Content, you grant FCScout.com a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise use that User Content as needed to operate, improve, promote, and secure the Service (including showing public profiles and club pages, and creating backups). This license is a grant of rights to display and operate the Service — not a transfer of ownership. You may revoke the license by removing content or closing your account where the product allows, except that copies already distributed or reasonably retained for legal, security, or backup purposes may persist for a limited period.

You agree not to:

• Harass, threaten, stalk, or abuse any person;
• Impersonate any person or organization, or falsely claim affiliation with a club, coach, scout, or athlete;
• Submit false claims to club ownership, false age or guardian information, or knowingly false stats, achievements, or endorsements;
• Upload content you do not have the right to use (including photos, video, music, or trademarks belonging to others without permission);
• Contact, solicit, or attempt to contact minors through the Service in an inappropriate, predatory, or unlawful manner;
• Circumvent age gates, guardian consent, publish controls, or other safety features;
• Scrape, harvest, or systematically extract data from the Service without our prior written consent, or use automated means to abuse the Service;
• Interfere with the Service's security, availability, or integrity, or attempt unauthorized access to accounts, systems, or data;
• Use the Service to spam, phish, promote scams (including paid "trial" fraud), or distribute malware;
• Post content that is unlawful, defamatory, pornographic, or that exploits or endangers minors.

We may remove User Content and suspend accounts that violate these rules, and we may cooperate with law enforcement when we believe disclosure is legally required or appropriate to protect users.

The Service — including FCScout.com branding, logos, site design, software, and original editorial content created by FCScout.com — is owned by FCScout.com or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, or redistribute FCScout.com branding or platform materials except as expressly allowed by these Terms or with our prior written permission.

Club logos and images appearing on the Service are used for identification purposes only and belong to their respective clubs or rights holders. FCScout.com does not claim ownership of those marks.

Certain geographic and club reference data used to build or enrich the directory may be derived from third-party sources, including GeoNames city data (licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 — attribute GeoNames) and openfootball club name lists (public domain). Those third-party rights and attribution requirements remain in force independently of these Terms.

If you believe that content on the Service infringes your copyright, please send a notice that includes: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it (such as a URL); (d) your contact information; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Send copyright complaints to: info@fcscout.com. We may designate a dedicated DMCA address in the future; until then, use the address above and include "Copyright Complaint" in the subject line. Upon receiving a compliant notice, we may remove or disable access to the material and, where appropriate, notify the user who posted it.

THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FCSCOUT.COM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Consistent with our About page disclaimer: information on FCScout.com is subject to change. FCScout.com assumes no responsibility or liability for errors or omissions in the content of this site. We do not guarantee completeness, accuracy, usefulness, or timeliness of club listings, player profiles, tryout information, sponsorship placement outcomes, or third-party links — although we strive to do our best.

We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or free of defects, or that any defects will be corrected. You are solely responsible for verifying information that matters to your decisions (travel, fees, tryouts, communications with clubs or athletes) through official sources.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FCSCOUT.COM AND ITS OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OPPORTUNITIES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FCSCOUT.COM'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (USD $100); OR (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID TO FCSCOUT.COM IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations; in those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless FCScout.com and its owners, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your User Content; (b) your use of the Service; (c) your violation of these Terms; (d) your violation of any law or third-party right (including intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights); or (e) any dispute between you and another user, club, athlete, guardian, or third party arising from interactions facilitated through the Service.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, unpublish content, or revoke claim/owner privileges at any time if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, abused the report or claim systems, endangered minors, or created legal or security risk. We may also discontinue or modify the Service (or any part of it) with reasonable notice where practicable.

You may stop using the Service at any time. You may request deletion of your account and associated personal data by contacting info@fcscout.com. We will process deletion requests in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable law. (Self-serve in-product account deletion may be added later; until then, email is the supported path.) Certain information may be retained where required for legal, security, dispute, or backup purposes.

Provisions that by their nature should survive termination (including ownership, license grants for residual copies, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute terms) will survive.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Service shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the State of Delaware, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts. Nothing in this Section requires arbitration; disputes are resolved in court as stated above.

Nothing in this Section waives rights that cannot be waived under mandatory consumer protection laws that apply to you.

If we publish these Terms in Spanish or another language and a translation conflicts with the English version, the English version controls.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For material changes, we will provide additional notice reasonably calculated to inform users — for example, a notice on the Service or an email to the address associated with your account — where practicable.

Your continued use of the Service after the updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the changes, except where applicable law requires a different form of consent. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service and may request account deletion as described above.

Path to Pro is an editorial and request-intake feature of the Service that profiles former professional players, coaches, and scouts and allows families and eligible players to request coaching, mentoring, evaluation, and related services offered through those profiles.

Intermediary role. FCScout.com acts as an intermediary that receives, reviews, and — when appropriate — forwards service requests to the profiled individual (the "Coach"). FCScout.com is not the provider of the underlying coaching, mentoring, evaluation, or video-review services. Coaches are independent third parties. They are not employees, partners, or agents of FCScout.com, and FCScout.com does not supervise, control, or attend any session, evaluation, or other service a Coach provides.

Allowed service types. Path to Pro offerings are limited to coaching, mentoring, player evaluation, and video review (including private training, group clinics, mentorship / Q&A, and similar educational or evaluative services described on a profile). Path to Pro does not offer trial guarantees, agent or representation services, contract negotiation, roster placement, or any promise to secure a trial, contract, scholarship, or roster spot with any club, academy, college, or professional organization.

No guarantee of outcomes. Submitting a request, receiving a reply, or completing a service does not guarantee trials, contracts, roster spots, scholarships, scouting opportunities, or any particular competitive or career outcome. Coaches and FCScout.com make no warranty regarding results.

Safety, supervision, and physical activity. Coaching and training involve physical activity and a risk of injury. You are responsible for deciding whether a service is appropriate for the player and whether the player is fit to take part, and, for players under 18, for appropriate parent or guardian supervision of any session or communication. A Coach may ask you to sign the Coach's own waiver or participation agreement before a session. FCScout.com's review, background-check, and code-of-conduct steps are meant to reduce risk but cannot eliminate it, and FCScout.com does not guarantee the conduct of any Coach, family, or player. To the fullest extent permitted by law, and subject to the limitation of liability in these Terms, FCScout.com is not responsible for injuries, losses, or disputes arising from services provided by a Coach.

Review and decline. FCScout.com may decline, delay, or close any request for any reason, including incomplete information, safeguarding concerns, capacity limits, suspected fraud or abuse, conflict with these Terms, or a Coach's unavailability. Coaches may also decline requests forwarded to them. FCScout.com does not publicly display a Coach's direct personal contact information; communication regarding Path to Pro requests begins through FCScout.com.

Requests involving minors. If the player who would receive the service is under 18 years of age, the request must be submitted by a parent or legal guardian, who must confirm that relationship on the request form. We do not collect a player's full name on the initial request form; additional identifying details may be requested later only as needed to schedule or deliver an approved service.

Conduct expectations. Families, players, and Coaches must communicate respectfully and lawfully. Harassment, discrimination, threats, sexual or otherwise inappropriate contact with minors, misrepresentation of credentials or intent, or attempts to bypass FCScout.com's review or safeguarding steps may result in declined requests, removal of a Path to Pro profile, suspension of accounts, and other remedies described in these Terms. Coaches must follow any safeguarding requirements FCScout.com communicates (including background-check and code-of-conduct expectations) before their profile accepts public requests.

Reporting a concern. To report a safeguarding concern about a Coach, a profile, or a request, contact info@fcscout.com. If a child is in immediate danger, call 911. Concerns about abuse or misconduct in sport can also be reported to the U.S. Center for SafeSport.

Payment processing for Path to Pro services, if offered later, will be described in additional terms and will not change the intermediary nature of FCScout.com's role unless expressly stated otherwise.

Questions about these Terms, copyright complaints, guardian profile review requests, Path to Pro requests, and account deletion requests may be sent to:

info@fcscout.com

Additional background about the Service appears on our About page.