To be eligible to participate in the National Games, a player must meet both a registration requirement and a primary program participation requirement. It’s the intent that participants will not join the organization for the express or singular purpose of participating in the National Games and teams will not be formed with any participants thus joining.

There are certain circumstances in which a player may qualify as an exception to the player eligibility requirements. A Region with players that may qualify under these circumstances must complete and submit the Roster Exception Form with the team roster by February 1, 2016 to the National Office.

Player Registration Requirement

eAYSO Registration: Eligible players must be either:

1. Registered in eAYSO for the 2015-2016 membership year on or before September 30, 2015.
OR

2. Registered in eAYSO for BOTH the 2014-2015 membership year on or before March 31, 2015, and registered in eAYSO for the 2015-2016 membership year on or before March 31, 2016.

Exceptions to the above registration deadlines might be allowed only to the extent that conclusive documentation is provided before April 1, 2016 that the player “should have been” properly registered in eAYSO by a Region by the required dates. Conclusive documentation means verifiable, dated records created at the time of online registration indicate timely signature of the parent/guardian/majority age player on the Player Registration Form and payment of registration fees to AYSO.

The eligible player list in the AYSO Player and Volunteer Member Registration System WILL BE FROZEN on April 1, 2016 and only those players on the list as of April 1, 2016, will be permitted to play in the National Games.

Participation Requirement

Players meeting the registration requirement above must also be verified by the Regional Commissioner as having actively participated in a defined AYSO primary program during a Region’s split season (program which beings in fall, closes for a while and continues in spring) or in the fall season (when it is the only program offered) or in the two prior spring seasons (when it is the only season if offered). For purposes of this determination the following definitions shall apply:

1. “Actively participated in” means playing in at least 50% of the scheduled games of any complete AYSO-approved primary program that begins after January 1, 2015. For this purpose only, a primary program that ends after Sunday June 1, 2016 will be deemed “complete” on June 1, 2016.

See the Governing Rules for more information about our Player Eligibility Policy.