Volunteers are what make our Region work to provide the children of our community a rewarding experience--not just in soccer, but in experiencing and celebrating teamwork, sportsmanship, health and friendship!

For new and returning volunteers, please insure that you are prepared and eligible for the upcoming Fall season. 

 How to Volunteer
Sign into your account on this website. Click Volunteer on the left side of the screen. Then select Find Volunteer Roles and find the role you want to volunteer for and press Select and follow the appropriate prompts. Part of the process is a background check. Once you've completed everything, you'll receive an email from Sterling Volunteers. Please look for and open this email and open the link inside it to complete the background check process.

Once you've volunteered, you have to sign up for classes. Instructions are below. Also, see the link at the bottom of this page.

 Safe Haven Online Courses
All volunteers must complete the following online classes:

• Safe Haven
• CDC Concussion Awareness
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest
• Safe Sport

To access these four courses, you must be signed into your account on this website. While in your account, click Volunteer on the left hand side. Assuming you're already registered as a volunteer, you'll see your information. Click on AYSOU. You'll be transferred to another website and should automatically be logged in. On the left side, click Training Library and under Safe Haven, select View Courses. All four of the above courses are available in this location.

Live Scan Fingerprinting 
Live Scan is now required by the State of California for all adult volunteers who interact with youths more than 15 hours per year.
All head coaches, assistant coaches and referees are required to be fingerprinted for Live Scan.
Please note Live Scan is organization-specific.  If you have been Live Scanned though AYSO, you don't need to do it again.  If you have been Live Scanned for a different organization (ie. your local school district), then you will need to be fingerprinted for AYSO.

Area 1C Coach and Referee Courses
Calendar of upcoming events, includes Live Scan events at nearby regions.

Register for a Referee Course
Be sure you're signed into your account on this website. Select Volunteer and then AYSOU. After being redirected to our training website, select Training Event. In the field titled Regions, delete Region 98. In the Courses field, start typing Regional Referee. Select Regional Referee - Ful In-person Course. Be sure you've select the correct one. There are several that are very similar. On the left side of the page beneath the Regions field, select the blue button which displays results as a list. Next, scroll through the upcoming courses and enroll in whichever one works best for you.

Register for a Coach Course
Be sure you're signed into your account on this website. Select Volunteer and then AYSOU. After being redirected to our training website, select Training Event. In the field titled Regions, delete Region 98. In the Courses field, start typing Coach. Select the appropriate course. For 10U, select 10U Coach - Full In-person Course and for 12U, select 12U Coach - Full In-person Course. To coach 14U and above, there is a prerequisite that you have coached a team in the previous division, i.e., if you want to be an Intermediate Coach (14U), you have to have coached in 12U before. 16U and 19U require an Advanced Coach certification and have a prerequisite of previously coaching 14U.

On the left side of the page beneath the Regions field, select the blue button which displays results as a list. Next, scroll through the upcoming courses and enroll in whichever one works best for you.

Additionally, you can get detailed instructions on how to do all of the above and much more at the wiki.ayso.org link below.