Illinois Youth Soccer

Welcome to the Official Illinois Youth Soccer Website 
Illinois Youth Soccer is an official State Association and charter member of the US Soccer Federation and US Youth Soccer.  Illinois Youth Soccer is the administrative body authorized to carry out the Federation's and US Youth Soccer's programs to amateur youth players in Illinois. Programs include:  Olympic Development Program (ODP), Illinois State Cup/US Youth Soccer National Championship Series, Illinois Cup, Copa Chicago, Chicago International Invitational, Chicago Beach Soccer Tournament, Inner City Programs, Soccer Expo, Network News, Coaching Education and Referee Education. Illinois Youth Soccer is Illinois’ largest youth sport organization with over 90,000 players. 

¡Bienvenidos a Illinois Youth Soccer! 



 

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Illinois ODP Tryouts
Tryouts for the 2010 Illinois Olympic Development Program for the 1995 & 1996 Boys& Girls age groups will be held on October 31 in Lake Forest and November 7 in Bloomington. Players need to attend ONLY ONE of the tryouts.

There will be NO tryout for players in the 1993, 1994, 1997 & 1998/99 age groups. These players need to attend the training sessions as scheduled. 

All players must enroll in the program PRIOR to tryouts or their first training session.

World Sport Chicago Scholarship Opportunity
World Sport Chicago is offering high school juniors who live AND attend school in Chicago that participate in an Olympic sport the opportunityto earn a $10,000 scholarship.

Click here for more details or call 312-784-3313.

All applications must be received by November 30.

September Board Meeting Actions
Click here to see the IYSA Board of Directors actions from the 9/19/09 meeting.

Help Us Raise Money For Inner City Programs
Illinois Youth Soccer's Inner City Programs are in the running for a $2,500 grant from Responsible Sports and we need your help. All you have to do is take a simple quiz on responsible sport parenting or coaching. 

To help Illinois Youth Soccer's Inner City Programs possibly earn the grant all you need to do is:

• Go to the Responsible Sports Community Grant webpage
• Click the "Get Started" button under Participants
• Click either the "Coaches" or "Parents" button under Step 1
• Read the coursework
• Take the online quiz
• After completing the quiz complete the registration info. PLEASE NOTE THE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU ENTER MUST BE A VALID EMAIL
• You will recieve a confirmation email. Once you recieve that email click VERIFY MY QUIZ
• Search for either Illinois Youth Soccer or search Arlington Heights, IL
• Click Illinois Youth Soccer/Inner City Programs from the list of programs

The MORE people who successfully take the quiz, the better our chances for the grant, which will help underprivileged children in Chicago. Thanks in advance for your help.

2009 Copa Chicago 



Thanks to all of the teams who participated in the 2009 Copa Chicago.  

2009 Copa Chicago 

Reminder For Teams . . . 

If you anticipate participating in Illinois Youth Soccer (IYSA) sponsored programs and events such as State Cup, Illinois Cup or MRL, your league is REQUIRED to register your team with IYSA.

The following IYSA affiliated competitive leagues AUTOMATICALLYregister their teams with IYSA and comply with all IYSA requirements for participating in all IYSA programs. Click here for league listings

N0 Place Safe Outside During Lightning & Thunderstoms

If you hear it, fear it!
If you see it, flee it! 

We recently received a call from a parent that a League did not cancel its soccer games although lightning was present in the area.

Lightning is the #2 storm killer in the U.S., killing more than hurricanes or tornadoes on average. Don't hesitate, seek shelter immediately. The lightning casualty stories are replete with events where people were about to make it to shelter when they were struck. If they'd just started a minute earlier, they'd have been safe.

Please review the attached lightning information from the National Safety Council and US Soccer

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