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2021-2022 Season Age Matrix

U.S. Soccer mandated that all youth soccer organizations adopt “calendar/birth year” play, field size and player number changes by 2017 and recommended they be implemented in 2016. SSA implemented these changes at the beginning of the Fall 2016 season. A brief recap of the mandated Calendar/Birth year change and weblink for more detailed info are below.

US Soccer Birth Year Mandate

Simply put, players will play with players having the same birth year. As an example, if your daughter/son, was born 2/8/2007, they will be on a team of players born in 2007. We could call this a 2007 team or may have called it U15 team, but it is probably best described as a “Under 15” team.

For many parents, the birth year change is confusing. The question we hear most frequently is, “Born 2/8/2007, my player is going to be 14 this year, so why is he/she playing on a team called 15 and under?”

US SOCCER has elected to base team age group classifications using the following formula:

• Player pass expiration year – birth year = age group classification. Your player’s Fall 2021 player pass will be issued Aug 1, 2021 for the Fall season and will expire 7/31/2022.

Locate the Year of the Player's Birth: The matrix shows the appropriate 2019 – 2020 age group for that birth year.

Age Group Birth Year # Per side

9 and under 2013 7v7

10 and under 2012 7v7

11 and under 2011 9v9

12 and under 2010 9v9

13 and under 2009 11v11

14 and under 2008 11v11

15 and under 2007 11v11

16 and under 2006 11v11

17 and under 2005 11v11

18 / 19 and under 2004 11v11

Additional information can be found at U.S. Soccer@.