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AYSO 498 April 13th Soccer photos TEAM Sign up
AYSO 498 April 20th Soccer photos TEAM Sign up

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Sports Team & Individual Photos

You can expect Sunshine Images to be organized, quick, detailed, and produce a quality sports portrait of your kids.  

Sunshine Images has over 20 years of experience doing volume photography.  With that, we know what to expect and plan accordingly for the big photo day to make everything run as smoothly as possible.   

How it works:

• Team sign ups will be available one to two weeks before the photo day.
• All orders are pre-pay online before photo day or in-person the day of.
• Credit card or cash accepted.
• Pictures are delivered to the contact person approximately three weeks after the photo day. Parents, grandparents, etc., have the option to have their picture order mailed to them for a small fee.
• Head coach gets a free 5x7 Team photo!

If you would like to discus setting up a date for your league or team, or if you would like to talk more, simply click on the button below.  

Let's talk!

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Uniforms are purchased through Soccer.com and they get shipped right to your door
Your uniform order will contain a blue/red jersey, black shorts, and black socks
Scroll to the next page for more information

NOTE: YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW UNIFORM FOR SPRING SEASON IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING UNIFORM THAT STILL FITS

We understand this might be a difficult time financially for some due to being out of work from COVID-19. 
We are here to help! If you find that you cannot make ends meet to cover our region fee, 
please email us at [email protected]

Registration Instructions

Please consider coaching and/or becoming a referee. We do not want to turn any players away because we do not have enough coaches. We will train and support you. It does not matter if you are brand new.
We also need Division Coordinators. 

How Do I Become a Coach?
How Do I Become a Referee?
Volunteer Only Registration Instructions

Uniforms

PURCHASING A PLAYER UNIFORM 

After you register your player, you will receive an email from Soccer.com within a week. If you don't see the email in your inbox, please check your spam folder. In this email will be a link. Click the link and it will take you to Soccer.com under your player's name. Please only use the link in the email to access the Soccer.com website. Once on the uniform page, it will show you the uniform that is required for playing soccer games (picture below). Your player's uniform will be shipped to the shipping address you entered. In addition, you will have the option to purchase other items and accessories from the fan page. 

ORDER YOUR PLAYER'S UNIFORM SOONER THAN LATER!
THE CLOSER YOUR ODER YOUR PLAYER'S UNIFORM TO SEASON START,
THE LONGER IT MAY TAKE TO DELIVER

If you need assistance ordering, or have ordered and need to exchange or return your order, please call Soccer.com customer service at 800-950-1994. If you did not receive an email from Soccer.com, please email [email protected]

SCHOLARSHIP AND VIP PLAYERS NEEDING A UNIFORM

Parents with a scholarship and VIP receive and email from Soccer.com as mentioned above. In addition, you will also receive an email from the Regional Commissioner containing a gift code to use upon checkout when ordering your player's uniform. The gift code will waive the charge. Please do not click the link in the Soccer.com email until you have the gift code.

For questions on uniforms, please contact the Regional Commissioner at [email protected]

Spring Season Information

Season Information

• Spring Season starts in March and runs until the end of May
• Registration for each season starts 2-3 months before
  

Practice

• Practices are held Monday through Friday
• Coaches can pick the practice days and times when they receive their teams, based on field availability
• Practice locations are at Dublin or Palmer Park. CLICK HERE for field locations
• Practice Length:

  - "AYSO Playground" (4U) practice once a week. Trainings may be offered several times during
   the week
- 5U/6U practice 45 minutes to an hour once per week with start time between 5:00pm and 7:00pm
- 7U/8U practice 1 hours and 15 minutes once or twice per week with start times between 5:00pm and 7:00pm
- 10U-12U practice 1.5 hours twice a week with start times between 5:00pm and 8:00pm
- 15U/19U practice 1.5 hours twice a week with start times between 5:00pm and 8:00pm

Games

• Most games are played on Saturday at Dublin and Palmer Parks
• 13U-19U will "travel" locally (i.e. - Huntsville, Harvest, Monrovia, etc.) at least once throughout the season
• Games usually start 8:00am to 3:00pm
• Games are not rescheduled due to rain-out or lack of players
• Game Length:

  - 5U/6U games are 20 minutes - four 5 minute quarters
- 7U/8U games are 40 minutes - four 10 minute quarters
- 9U/10U games are 50 minutes - four 12.5 minute quarters
- 11U/12U games are 60 minutes - four 15 minute quarters
- 13U/14U games are 70 minutes - four 17.5 minute quarters 
- 15U/16U games are 80 minutes - two 40 minute halves
- 17U/18U/19U games are 90 minutes - two 45 minute halves

• Half time is usually 5-10 minutes
• 5U-12U games are played as four quarters with substitutions breaks between quarters.
• Players can start AYSO soccer at age 4 to age 18 for any of our soccer programs except Adult Soccer.  

Players Per Team

• 5U - 8U play short sided games of 4v4
• 9U/10U play short sided games of 7v7
• 11U/12U play short sided games of 9v9
• 13U-19U play full teams of 11v11

Uniforms

• Players get to keep their uniform from Fall to Spring season. It is possible that Region 498 will use the same uniform more then on soccer year
  
• All players must wear shin guards in order to play
• Shin guards must be worn inside the socks and cannot be exposed
• Only soccer cleats and tennis shoes can be worn
• Baseball or Football cleats cannot be worn

Soccer Ball Size

• 5U - 8U uses a Size 3 ball (23.0-25.0 inch circumference, 10-12 ounces)
• 9U - 12U uses a Size 4 ball (25.0-26.5 inch circumference, 12-14 ounces)
• 13U - 19U uses a Size 5 ball (26.5-28.0 inch circumference, 14-16 ounces)