YYSA wants to keep all families that are a part of YYSA Recreational and Competitive soccer informed about a significant change coming to youth soccer age group registrations starting with the upcoming 2026-2027 season.

US Youth Soccer, of which YYSA is a member through SDYSA, is shifting from the current calendar birth year system (January 1 – December 31) back to a seasonal/school-year system (August 1 – July 31). This change aims to better align soccer teams with school grade levels, allowing more players to compete alongside their classmates. USYS, US Club, and AYSO are adopting this change, which will impact all events YYSA competitive teams attend starting in the 2026 - 2027 soccer calendar year (August 2026).  

The current 2025-2026 YYSA soccer season will remain under the current birth year rules. Starting in fall 2026, the new August 1 – July 31 cutoff will take effect for all YYSA programming.

YYSA is committed to providing the best possible development environment for our players and will continue to work together to give our players the best opportunities to develop and be successful.