Player Age Determination:
AYSO is currently using birth year as a basis for registration in order to align with other youth soccer providers’ interpretation of the U.S. Soccer Player Development Initiatives.
The effective date of age determination for registration shall be the player’s age as of December 31 looking ahead of the Membership Year. Example: For MY2022 the division the child will be placed in will be determined based on their age on December 31, 2023.
Participants who shall turn four years of age between January 1 and December 31 are eligible for AYSO Playground Soccer.
To help in determining the proper age and division for players, the following chart is provided and guidelines and rules are as follows from U.S. Soccer.For more information about this change click here to be redirected to the U.S. Soccer website.
* Information above was sourced on 1/4/2023, from AYSO Age Determination Webpage
** One exception with age groups is that players are allowed to move up in division, but never down. This means if your child was assigned to 7U they can play up to an 8U or higher, but no player can play below their assigned division (e.g. a 9U player cannot play in 8U or below). During the registration process, you will see only the division based on the participant’s date of birth. At times divisions may be combined based on number of registrants. We are a fully insured AYSO club and in order to maintain our compliance, we must follow these AYSO National guidelines.
Last Updated 1/4/2023