Fall Teams are Forming Now - Volunteers Needed!

AYSO is 100% run by Volunteers

• Without VOLUNTEER Coaches we do not have teams
• Without VOLUNTEER Referee we do not have games
• Without VOLUNTEER board members we do not have a place for children to play

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED - WE WILL TRAIN YOU!!!

“I do not know anything about soccer, so how do I coach.” 

Good News, our training sessions are designed specially to address this concern.  Trainings are done in two parts:

1. The online portion of every training will teach you the basics needed for the age group of the players.
2. The on-field portion will give you many tips, tricks and ideas on how to keep your players engaged and having fun while learning the game!

We promise you will enjoy being a part of all your players soccer journey for the season.

“I do not know anything about soccer, so there is no way I can be a referee.”

When we say referee, most people envision being in the middle of field as the center referee, running the entire game.  SCARY!!  This is not at all what we are looking for. 

We would love for you to be an Assistant Referee (AR) on the sideline.  An AR assists the center referee when the ball goes out of bounds, extra eyes makes the center referee’s job easier. Only when you feel you are comfortable and ready, would we then mentor and teach you how to be a center referee.  

Besides there is no better view of the game then from the referee position!

“I just do not have time to be on the board.”

Every region needs lots of helping hands.  Even if your extra time is limited, there are small jobs that can assist a Region in running efficiently.  Being a part of a board helps enrich the lives of all the children in your community.

Help bring the joy of soccer to the children in your community by VOLUNTERING TODAY!!
Sign up by clicking on the Region Logo below to volunteer in the region you are part of.

AYSO is a volunteer-powered organization.  
How To Access AYSOUAYSO Volunteer Resourceshttps://aysovolunteers.org › how-to-access-aysou

REGISTRATION
All AYSO volunteers (coaches, assistant coaches, team managers, parent coordinators, referees, field monitors, board members, etc.) must register as a volunteer each year. This annual registration is required as part of the many steps AYSO takes to adhere to the appropriate policies and regulations that concern volunteers who work with children. 

CERTIFICATION
In addition to annual registration, AYSO requires each volunteer to be properly certified for the job they will be performing during the season. For ALL volunteers, including Team Managers, and Team Parent Coordinators, this requirement includes AYSO’s Safe Haven & CDC Concussion Awareness training which covers basic safety and health information policies. Coaches must be properly certified as coaches for their division (U6, U8, etc.) and volunteers who wish to become referees must take the Basic Referee Course (at a minimum).

ONLINE SAFE HAVEN TRAINING
AYSO offers Safe Haven Training as an online course. For those of you that need to complete your Safe Haven Training, this can be a very quick and easy way to get it done. The course can be found on the website. Called “AYSOU” is the last tab on our home page. Once you enter the site with your AYSO ID, click on "My Courses" and you should see " AYSO's Safe Haven" under the topic SAFE HAVEN. Once you complete the course online, your certification will be attached to your online record automatically. 

CDC CONCUSSION AWARENESS
AYSO recently introduced training on the topic of concussions. The course uses information from the "Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports" initiative developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Like Safe Haven, the course is offered online on the AYSO Online Training website, AYSOU.. It is under the SAFE HAVEN topic and is called "AYSO CDC Concussion Awareness". Our regional policy requires all volunteers (coaches, referees, field monitors, team administrators, etc.) complete the Concussion Awareness course.

REGIONAL POLICIES
To maximize our region’s compliance with AYSO national requirements for volunteers, we enforce the following policies:

• Registration: ALL coaches, referees, and team managers, team parent coordinators and board members must be registered at Blue Sombrero for the current season. 
• Safe Haven Certification: ALL coaches, referees, and team managers, team parent coordinators and board members must be Safe Haven Certified.
• Coach Specific Certification: ALL coaches must be properly certified for the division they plan to coach. For example, a coach that is planning to volunteer in U10 must have a U10 Coaching Certification. Coaching certification for a different division will not satisfy this requirement. Any coach that has not satisfied the requirements above will NOT be assigned to a team in the fall. Additional detail on Coach Certification, including a list of clinics offered in our region can be found on our Coaching page. 
• CDC Concussion Awareness: ALL coaches and assistant coaches in all divisions must also complete the AYSO CDC Concussion Awareness training. Once you complete the online training, you will not have to repeat the course in the future.
• Referee Specific Certification: ALL referees must be certified by taking, at a minimum, the Basic Referee Course. This requirement is in addition to the registration and Safe Haven requirement listed above for all volunteers. 
• Volunteer Point Allocation: ALL Referees, Field Monitors, or other volunteers earning points must be registered in Match-Track for the current season AND be appropriately certified to allocate points. The system will not allow you to allocate your points if the system does not indicate that these requirements have been met.