PGSC: Recreation Info

North Carolina Youth Soccer Association defines a recreation team as one: that does not use tryouts, invitations, recruiting or any like process to roster players selectively to any team on the basis of talent or ability. The system utilized for rostering the players must be a fair and balanced distribution of playing talent among all teams participating. Every child must play at least one-half of each game except for reasons of injury or discipline.  North Carolina Youth Soccer Association strives to promote an emphasis on PARTICIPATION, not COMPETITION.

Philosophy

It is well known that a child’s learning abilities varies with age. Thus, North Carolina Youth Soccer Association focuses on age-appropriate training, an important process in both the development of the player, as well as the team. Furthermore, North Carolina Youth Soccer Association emphasizes each recreation player must participate an equal amount of time during the course of a full game.

Playing Season

US Youth Soccer Association/NC Youth Soccer Association Seasonal Year  The seasonal soccer year operates from September 1 to August 31 of each year. Your player passes, team roster, and medical release forms are valid between these dates.