
Fall Recreation 2024
For Boys and Girls in Birth Years 2009-2020
Play Recreational Soccer in Santa Clara this Fall 2024
Please read all the information below to register your son or daughter in our soccer league.
SCYSL Fall Soccer Program Details
- Soccer Program for boys and girls in birth years 2020 to 2009 Under-6 through Under 16) – Use the Soccer Age Group Chart to find the age group for your child
- Fall recreation league has all boys and all girls teams. We don’t offer co-ed teams
- Registration is closed
- We Need Volunteer Coaches when you volunteer to coach in our Recreation Program, the head coach receive a $100 discount for one child’s registration, and an assistant coach receives one $40 discount for one child’s registration.
- Soccer Season starts the last week of August and ends the middle of November.
- Required items to register: Upload a copy of your child’s birth certificate (PDF or JPEG format), and a headshot photo to be used for a player pass (photo must be a clean picture of face and top of shoulder – no glasses, no sunglasses and no hat allowed).
- Please email Jamie Alas, SCYSL Treasurer if you have anymore questions.
- Financial Aid is available upon request – click here for details
SCYSL Fall Soccer Program Details
Soccer Program | Season | Age | Santa Clara Resident Fees | Non-Santa Clara Resident Fees |
2024 Fall Recreational | Starts end of Aug-mid-Nov | U6-U8 | $215+$40 VPP fee = $255 | $225+$40 VPP fee = $265 |
2024 Fall Recreational | Starts end of Aug-mid-Nov | U9-U16 | $265+$40 VPP fee = $305 | $295+$40 VPP fee = $335 |
Fall Recreation Soccer Program FAQs
Age Group Information
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Under 6
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Under 8
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Under 10
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Under 12-16
Under 6
Our Under 6 Boys and Girls Program focuses on creating an exciting fun soccer atmosphere and experience for your children. Players play soccer in a 3 vs. 3 player format with no goalkeepers on the field.
Every player gets to play at least 50% of each game. Teams usually have 6 players each and play two 20 minute halves with stoppage for substitutions at about 10 minutes of play.
The volunteer coaches are also the referees.
The practice location, time of day, and day of week are up to the coach, but for these age divisions, the players can only practice once a week for an hour and games are on Saturdays at Curtis Field.
Coaches usually start contacting players the last week of August. The season will consist of 9-10 games starting the Saturday after Labor Day.
Under 8
Our Under 8 Boys and Girls Program focuses on creating a fun soccer atmosphere and experience for your children.
Players in our U8 Division play 4 vs. 4 on the field with no goalkeepers. Every player gets to play at least 50% of each game. Teams usually have 8 players each and play two 20 minute halves with stoppage for substitutions at about 10 minutes of play. The volunteer coaches are also the referees. The practice location, days of week, time and length are up to the coach, but typically for this age division, the players practice twice a week for about an hour and games are on Saturdays at Curtis Field. Coaches usually start contacting players the third week of August. The season will consist of 9-10 games starting the Saturday after Labor Day. There is often a pre-season scrimmage on the last Saturday in August at Curtis Field.
Coaches usually start contacting players the last week of August. The season will consist of 9-10 games starting the Saturday after Labor Day.
Under 10
Players in our U9 & U10 divisions play 6 vs. 6 on the field plus goalkeepers. Every player gets to play at least 50% of each game. Teams have no more than 13 players each and play two 25 minute halves with substitutions at around the 12 minute mark during an appropriate stoppage in play.
The practice location, days of week, time and length are up to the volunteer coach, but typically for these age divisions, the players practice twice a week for about an hour and 15 minutes, and games are on Saturdays at Curtis Field.
Coaches usually start contacting players the second week of August. The season will consist of 9-10 games starting the Saturday after Labor Day. There is often a pre-season scrimmage on the last Saturday in August at Curtis Field.
Under 12-16
Our Under-12 to Under-16 teams compete in the District 2 Play Through League which is comprised of 10 soccer leagues in the South Bay.
Teams will travel to play other leagues such as Almaden, West Valley, North Valley and Los Gatos. All home games are played in Santa Clara.
Every player gets to play at least 50% of each game. The practice location, days of week, time and length are up to the volunteer coach, but typically for this age division, the players practice twice a week for about an hour and a half, and games are on Saturdays.
Coaches usually start contacting players the second week of August. The season will consist of 9-10 games starting the Saturday after Labor Day. There is often a pre-season scrimmage on the last Saturday in August at Curtis Field.
Recreation Soccer Age Group Coordinators
Matt Heintz
Recreation Program Manager
Carrie Scott
Under 6 Age Group Coordinator
Matt Heintz
Under 8 & Under 10 Age Group Coordinator
Mohsen Darabi
Under 12-16 Age Group Coordinator