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Welcome to the Parents Page

We created this page for parents of AYSO Region 213 players to answer commonly asked questions, to help you better understand AYSO soccer and to guide you through all that AYSO Region 213 has to offer your child or children. Whether you are brand new to the world of AYSO and soccer or you have already been part of AYSO or soccer in Irvine for many years already, we hope you find this section of our new website to be a valuable resource.

We placed links to useful information on the left sidebar. If, however, you have additional questions not answered here, then we are sure others have the same questions and would like to see the answers available on this page. Therefore, your feedback and suggestions about ways we can improve the website are always welcome by emailing us at: Management@AYSOsoccer.org.

Registration

Team Formation

Leagues & Teams

How can I become a volunteer?
 


Registration

The first step in getting your child involved with AYSO team is getting them registered. This is handled via our on-line system. You can access this system by clicking the bed red button in the "Links" box on the right hand side of the page. You can access detailed information from the Registration page.

The Registraion System is also used to store your profile and to obtain various forms (e.g. medical release form). You can log back into the system at any time to update your profile or print a form.

Uniforms and Equipment

Each player must be dressed as follows for official games:
  • Each player will be issued shorts, jersey, and socks by AYSO. Lost uniforms cannot be replaced. Shin guards and soccer shoes (rubber cleats with no toe cleat) needs to be bought by parent.
  • No player will be allowed on the field with hard casts, splints or any other object which the referee may deem as potentially harmful to any other player including but limited to earrings, necklaces, rings, watches, barrettes or other jewelry.
  • The AYSO uniform may not bear the player name or team name by any application of lettering, silk screening, etc.

Practices

Generally speaking, older players have later practice times than do younger players. Practice times are allocated by Division Commissioners to their coaches. Usually, more than one team will be practicing on a field at the same time, so coaches and parents are expected to cooperate in sharing the field.

Rain Policy

The city of Irvine is protective of their field conditions. This may require closure of the fields due to weather. The city of Irvine maintains several ways you can get updates on field conditions and closures including: telephone MUDD line, Twitter and an interactive website. Please visit their website by CLICKING HERE to select the best way for you to get updates.

Note: The referee is responsible for the safety of the players. Thus, the referee can decide a game cannot be played even if the city of Irvine did not close the field.

We strongly recommend the coach or team manager setup a calling tree, use Twitter, text broadcasting or other real-time communications method to send out alerts to parents of players (or players).

Communications Policy

Our policy is to use email for all communications. Everyone operating AYSO Region 213 is a volunteer with professional and personal commitments in addition to the demands AYSO places on us. Email allows us to deal with issues when it is convenient. Also, with over 2,000 players, email is the most realistic and efficient way for us to communicate with everyone.

Due to the high volume of email we send out and our use of Constant Contact to send out periodic email newsletters to everyone, many common email programs and Internet security software consider emails from the AYSOsoccer.org domain to be spam. Please take a moment to setup your Internet security program and email accounts to allow email to be delivered to your Inbox instead of to your Junk or Spam folders.
 

Volunteering

The success of our program relies on volunteer parents chipping in a little bit of time and effort.  Together, we create a soccer experience that is as rewarding to us as it is fun for the kids.

We need coaches and referees, but we also need website upkeep, newsletter writer, people to stick corner flags in the ground at your local field on Saturday mornings, equipment manager for coaching, program organizers, and much more.  Join in, and you'll see how rewarding it is to be involved in the program that your kids are enjoying.

Take the volunteer survey at www.aysosoccer.org/parents/volunteersurvey, or check out some examples of times required and scope of involvement at www.aysosoccer.org/parents/volunteerjobs.