FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2026 filing
Soccer Shots litigation history
What Soccer Shots disclosed about lawsuits, arbitrations and bankruptcy in the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. Item 3 lists the material legal actions a franchisor must report; Item 4 covers bankruptcy. This is the franchisor's own disclosure, not a court record, and not legal advice.
Items 3 & 4 at a glance
What the filing discloses
- Cases disclosed
- 6
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest disclosed settlement
- $900K
- As stated in Item 3
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- None
- Franchisor, parent, predecessor or officer
- Filing year
- 2026
- Disclosures cover the prior ten years
Extracted from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
Item 3: litigation
Soccer Shots Franchising, LLC (franchisor): 1 case - Assurance of Discontinuance with Washington State (Oct 2019) regarding no-poaching provisions in franchise agreements. Affiliate TMA Franchise Systems, Inc. (Mosquito Authority predecessor): 4 cases - Maryland Consent Order (Aug 2013) for unregistered franchise sales; Rhode Island Consent Agreement (Oct 2013) for unregistered franchise sales; Virginia Settlement Order (Jun 2015) for unregistered franchise sales and violations; Minnesota Consent Order (Aug 2017, incomplete text). All cases concluded with consent orders/agreements. Franchisor cooperated fully with state investigations.
Disclosure signals that moved the score
How this shows up in the verdict
- 5 litigation matters but all concluded, mostly affiliate-related, non-material to brand
The verdict grade is FranchiseVerdict's editorial assessment across SBA loan performance, unit growth, revenue and disclosure signals. It is not investment advice.
Before you weigh a lawsuit
How to read Item 3
A franchisor must disclose pending actions and any material civil action involving the franchise relationship, plus convictions or civil judgments for fraud, unfair or deceptive practices, or franchise-law violations, going back ten years. A case the franchisor brought against a franchisee counts too. Item 3 does not include every dispute: settled claims below the materiality line and matters resolved in private arbitration can be absent.
Questions worth asking current and former franchisees, using the contact list in Item 20:
- Were you, or anyone you know in the system, party to a dispute with the franchisor?
- Was it resolved by settlement, arbitration or a court, and on what terms?
- Has the number of disputes gone up or down since you signed?