Football is the greatest sport on earth. It is played in every country and at many different levels. The Laws of the Game are the same for all football throughout the world from the FIFA World Cup™ final through to a game between young children in a remote village.

That the same Laws apply in every match in every confederation, country, town and village throughout the world is a considerable strength which must be preserved. This is also an opportunity which must be harnessed for the good of football everywhere.

Since there wasn't a summer season last year, we thought it might be helpful to share the changes that were made for the 2019/2020 season.

Girls’ and women’s soccer is growing in New York State West, but where are the female coaches? NYSWYSA’s mission is to provide a lifelong positive experience by engaging, supporting, and advocating for females in the NYSW soccer community.

Over the next month, a number of programs targeted towards female coaches will be held. We hope that you'll join us!

Tracy Hamm is the Head Coach of Women’s Soccer at the University of California-Davis. She turned San Francisco State into a winning program and successfully led the program at Santa Rosa Junior College. She is one of only two American women to hold the coaching certification, UEFA ‘A’ license.

With our first NYSW WomenInCoaching Zoom-Talk we dive into the challenges she's faced and the advocacy she has for female coaches everywhere! Register here in advance:

Completing registration within the club website does not ensure coverage for players. They must be registered with NYSW as well.

Questions about insurance coverage? The webinar recording and slides from our presentation in September can be found here. 

Contact pwhitcomb@nywysa.org with any questions.

US Youth Soccer is excited to announce National League P.R.O., a new high-

level national competition platform, which will feature the top 14U-19U Boys and Girls teams in the USYS National League competing for the opportunity to advance to the annual USYS National Championships.

National League P.R.O. features an emphasis on the Player, Recruitment and Opportunity. The competition builds on the highly successful traditional format of the National League — providing an optimal environment for player

development, exposure to college coaches and opportunities for advancement to the National Championships.

the Department of Kinesiology at Auburn University Montgomery, in conjunction with the University of Vermont and San José University to conduct a survey to understand how youth soccer clubs and teams are responding to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as it relates to the perspective of the coach and their team experiences. This information will be used to inform our understanding of school-age sport continuity and sports-based socialization opportunities among youth soccer players.

The survey is confidential, takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, and all participants can be entered into a drawing for a chick fil a gift card that can be redeemable at any Chick-Fil-A.

A fantastic short video put together by Arsenal academy players for their parents. The video encompasses much of what we discuss in our workshops around the importance of the type of support that we give as parents and how that is perceived by our children.

Body language can be as important as what we may say verbally and if we take a moment to reflect, many of these messages if taken on board are the ones that will lead to far more positive experiences for both children and their parents.

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