• All Coaches in AYSO Region 1567 must:

    1. be a registered volunteer every year they coach

    2. have completed "AYSO's Safe Haven" training

    3. have completed "CDC Concussion" awareness training

    4. be age appropriate coach certified for the age group they are coaching

  • Online Certifications & Training Courses: AYSOU

    AYSOU is our online learning resource where you can complete online training, sign-up for in-person courses, and view your certifications history. How to register for courses in AYSOU.

    AYSO Coach Training Courses and Requirements

    AYSO provides age-appropriate Coach training courses that are designed for the players specific age level that not only teach age-appropriate technical skills, but also teach the coaches about the players physical capabilities and how the players emotions and feelings impact their development. AYSO has several Coach Training courses that can be completed online at AYSOU and other courses that must be completed in-person. These courses do have tests at the end of them. If you take a course and fail the test at the end, you will need to go back and review the material and re-take the test until you pass to get credit. The following are the required Coach Training courses required at each age level:

    • 6U: Complete "6U Coaching Training" (online) or a "6U Coach" course (in-person)

    • 8U: Complete "8U Coaching Training" (online) or a "8U Coach" course (in-person)

    • 10U: Complete "10 Coaching Training" (online) and a "10U Field Session" (in-person); OR complete a
      "10U Coach" course (in-person) which covers both the online and field session components

    • 12U: Complete "12U Coaching Training Pre-Course" (online) and a "12U Coach" course (in-person)

    • 14U: Complete "Intermediate Coach Pre-Course" (online) and an "Intermediate Coach" course (in-person)

    • 16U/19U: Complete "Advanced Coach Pre-Course" (online) and an "Advanced Coach" course (in-person)

    Please be aware that the 12U and above online "Pre-Course" must be completed in advance of attending the in-person course. The Intermediate and Advanced Pre-Course typically must be completed 2 weeks in advance of the in-person course (see the course details for your specific in-person course). Additionally, the Intermediate and Advance in-person courses are typically only offered twice a year; so please plan in advance to complete these courses. Lastly for 6U/8U, it is highly recommended that you take the in-person course at the fields when they are offered as they provide field training exercises as well as in-person discussion with our instructors.

  • For Divisions 9U through 14U, the schedule for our season is divided in two parts --- the Regional Regular Season and the Playoff Elimination Games.

    At the conclusion of the Regular Season, teams begin competing in a series of playoff games with other teams in their Division.

    So that each team has an opportunity to play an equal number of games, these playoff games may use a pool play format. All teams participate in this preliminary round. The preliminary round is organized according to the numbers of teams in the division.

    Following this preliminary round of playoffs, there are single elimination games which are played during the last two weekends of the season in order to determine our league champions and runners-up. For more details on Playoff Rules, please visit our Playoff Rules Page.

  • Player Minimums

    These rules do not supersede AYSO National Rules and Regulations, Section 1 Rules and Regulations, or Area 1-P Rules and Regulations, but are intended to cover those situations not addressed in the AYSO National Rules and Regulations, Section 1 Rules and Regulations, or Area 1-P Rules and Regulations. Region 1567 rules shall prevail in case of conflict. Unless noted, these rules will cover 9U-14U.

    For 9U and 10U, a minimum of 5 players constitutes a team. If a team does not have a minimum of 5 players at the start of the game or if does not maintain a minimum of 5 players, then it will forfeit the game.

    For 12U, a minimum of 6 players constitutes a team. If a team does not have a minimum of 6 players at the start of the game or if does not maintain a minimum of 6 players, then it will forfeit the game.

    For 14U, a minimum of 7 players constitutes a team. If a team does not have a minimum of 7 players at the start of the game or if does not maintain a minimum of 7 players, then it will forfeit the game.

    Any player missing a completely filled-out and parent-signed medical emergency release form is ineligible to play. No exceptions. Coaches must show all proper medical release forms at the start of the game when asked by the referees.In all cases, coaches are strongly discouraged from always allowing the minimum time on the field to an individual player who regularly plays goalkeeper, even in the rare case where the player prefers playing in goal. Goalkeepers need field skills and they need to be on the field to develop them.

    Guidance for referees: The 3 quarter rule and GK rules should be drawn to the attention of coaches if it appears that a substitution pattern will violate the rule. However, referees are not to enforce the rule against a reluctant coach. They MUST however draw the attention of the Division Director or the Referee Administrator to any refusal by the coach to cooperate by changing the substitution pattern to prevent a violation. Coaches are subject to discipline for failure to follow the rules and the Division Director or Regional Commissioner may in their discretion deduct points or order a forfeit in the case of violations of these rules.

    Additional Notes:

    • The player who starts the quarter gets credit for the quarter played and a player who substitutes for that player due to an injury does not get credit.

    • The assistant referee should mark the playing cards A for absent, including players who are absent for just one quarter, and I for injured or ill during a game. I generally counts as a quarter played for purposes of minimum playing time. A allows anyone looking at the card to determine how many players were actually available for selection and substitutions.

    • LATE ARRIVAL AT THE FIELD: If a player arrives at the field after the beginning of the game, the 3 quarter rules does not apply. If a player arrives at the field after the beginning of the 2nd quarter, he or she need only play one quarter. A coach need not play a player who arrives after the beginning of the second half. ANY PLAYER WHO ARRIVES BY THE START OF THE GAME IS SUBJECT TO THE STANDARD PLAY TIME RULES.

  • To participate in the single elimination playoff round, a team must have earned at least 14 Volunteer Points in 14U, 12 points in 12U and 10 in 10U and 9U regardless of how well the team performs during the preliminary pool play round. If a team would otherwise qualify for the single elimination playoff round, but doesn't have enough Volunteer Points, the opportunity to participate in the single elimination playoff round will go to the next team in the standings in that team's pool qualifies.

    If as a result of this rule, too few teams from a pool are eligible for single elimination play, the eligible team or teams with the highest number of points in the other pools will qualify for single elimination play and will take the place of the lowest ranked team or teams in the pool that would have qualified if they had enough points. The scheduler at his or her discretion may adjust matchups in the first round of single elimination games to avoid teams from the same pool playing each other.

    If you think that there are any missing or unrecorded points, please contact us at referee@ayso76.org. Please remember that any request to change allocation of Volunteer Points must be in writing and must come from the volunteer who earned them.

    More information on the Volunteer Points Program is in the Referee Section of this website.

    Consequence of disqualification:

    • Division with pools: The disqualified team is placed at the bottom of its pool for purposes of determining elimination round matchups and all teams within the pool move up. If the number of teams disqualified results in a pool having fewer than the minimum number of teams that would qualify from that pool, the qualified team from another pool with the highest number of playoff game points that would otherwise not qualify will play in the elimination round.

    • Division without pools: A disqualified team is placed last for purposes of determining elimination round matchups and all other teams move up.

    • If the number of qualified teams from a division is fewer than the number of teams scheduled to play elimination games, eliminated teams will play the game they would have played had they qualified as the lowest ranked qualified team in the pool or division but the game will be treated as a friendly and the qualified team will advance regardless of the result.

    • We reserve the right to make other adjustments caused by the particular circumstances of the division, but under no circumstances will a disqualified team advance in games designated as elimination games.

    Playoff Format

    Please review the Playoff Rules Page for information on how the pool play and elimination rounds are organized in each division.

  • AYSO Coaching Manuals provide guidance, tips, drills, and plans to help develop your players, and yourself.