COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS PROGRAM
Back to School Night
Saturday, August 29th at Cardinale Stadium
7PM kickoff
This has become one of our largest community events of the season, bringing together schools from across the Central Coast to celebrate students, teachers, and the start of a new school year.
Here’s what participating schools receive:
- • Your mascot competes in our halftime Mascot Race
- • 10 tickets to the match
- • A custom ticket flyer, promo code, and purchasing link for your school community
- • Recognition on the stadium video board
- • A Monterey Bay FC player appearance at your school during the school year
How it works
Schools simply purchase 10 tickets ($250 total) to reserve their spot.
Those tickets belong to your school and can be used however you’d like:
- • Reward students
- • Recognize teachers or staff
- • Donate to families
- • Raffle as a fundraiser
- • Give to PTA volunteers
- • Or distribute however you choose
We’ll also reserve a seating section specifically for your school and provide you with a custom marketing flier with your schools logo, promo code, and link for discounted tickets so your students, staff, and families can purchase discounted tickets and enjoy the match together.
Interested in your school participating this year?
Fill out the submission form below or call 831-750-4740 – groups@montereybayfc.com
Sponsor a School
This year, we’re launching our new Community School Sponsor Program, giving local businesses the opportunity to help even more schools take part.
For just $250, your business can sponsor the participation of a local school of your choice.
As a Community School Sponsor, your business will receive:
- • The opportunity to choose the local school you’d like to support
- • Your company logo featured on the school’s custom promotional flyer
- • Recognition on the stadium videoboard during Back to School Night
- • A social media announcement recognizing both your business and the school
- • Recognition on the Back to School Night webpage
- • A Monterey Bay FC player visit to the sponsored school, presented by your business
- • A Monterey Bay FC scarf to proudly display at your business
Most importantly, your sponsorship helps remove a financial barrier that may prevent a school from participating, allowing more students, teachers, and families to enjoy one of Monterey Bay FC’s favorite community traditions.
If you’d like to sponsor a school—or learn which schools are currently looking for a community partner—simply reply to this email. We’d love to help connect your business with a local school and make this year’s Back to School Night even more impactful.
Thank you for helping us invest in the students, schools, and communities that make Monterey County so special.
We hope you’ll join us in making a difference.
School Challenge 2025 (bi-annual)
Purchase 10 tickets, for your school, for Teacher Appreciation Night (May 2025 – date TBD) and/or Back to School Night (August 2025 – date TBD) to participate!
1) Spring 2025: Teacher Appreciation Night (May 2025 – date TBD)
- All Schools that commit to group tickets will be able to nominate 1 teacher to represent your school and compete for cash prizes to put towards school supplies at halftime during the match! (Limited 15 schools)
- Top 5 schools to sell the most tickets will receive a school visit from a Monterey Bay FC player.
- The teacher that wins the halftime contest will receive a class visit from a Monterey Bay FC AND tickets for their whole class to attend a Monterey Bay FC match together.
2) Fall 2025: Back to School Night (August – date TBD)
- The school that sells the most tickets, at our fall Back to School Night, will receive a full team visit!
- The mascot of the winning school will present the game balls to the match day referees, prior to kickoff.
** All “Teacher Appreciation Night” or “Back To School Night” participants will be entered in to win a field trip to Cardinale Stadium!
Secure your School’s section and 10 tickets to your match, right NOW, with a Group Ticket Deposit of $241 today!
The next season’s Community of Schools Program will close on September 1, 2025.
