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History of AYSO
The American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) was established in the Los Angeles area in 1964 with nine teams. It was the dream of a group of devoted soccer enthusiasts who started the organization in a garage. Today, AYSO has more than 50,000 teams and more than 650,000 players. It also employs 50 people at its National Support and Training Center in Hawthorne, California.

Over the years, AYSO has created many valuable programs and concepts. Most notably, AYSO revolutionized youth sports with its "Everyone Plays®" and "Balanced Teams" philosophies. In AYSO, each child who registers is guaranteed to play at least half of every game. To help create evenly matched games, all AYSO players are placed on new or "balanced" teams each year. These decisions are made based on each player's skill level and the overall ability of the team.

Since its establishment, AYSO has continued to grow and offer its membership relevant programs. AYSO is supported by more than 250,000 volunteers. Parents donate their time as coaches, referees, team parents, administrators or sponsors. In 1998, AYSO unveiled its new Coach Certification and Safe Haven programs. Each was designed to strengthen the organization's role in child protection. Although AYSO is primarily a youth sports organization, it realizes the importance of providing a safe and healthy atmosphere for children. AYSO is continually working to improve the education of its volunteers in the fields of child development, human behavior, and sports psychology. A strong emphasis is placed on ethics and sportsmanship and the development of the whole child.

Welcome to Region 588

Welcome to the new parent "home page." This section of the website is designed for all of our parents. Regardless of whether you are brand new to the world of soccer and AYSO or you are sending your 8th child (perhaps even grandchild) through our program, we hope you find this section of our new website to be a valuable resource.

Registration

The first step in getting your child involved with AYSO team is getting them registered. This is handled via our on-line Sports Connect system. You can access this system by clicking the link at the top right of the page and/or creating a username/password in our system in the upper right corner. You can access detailed information from the Registration page.

The Registration 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 the 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 not limited to earrings, necklaces, rings, watches, barrettes or other jewelry.
• The AYSO uniform may not bear the player's name or team name by any application of lettering, silk screening, etc.

Birth Certificates

If you did not play in our region the previous year you may be asked to upload a copy of your son's or daughter's birth certificate or passport at time of online registration. It can be uploaded as pdf or image. An original may also be presented in person for verification with the Region Registrar of Regional Commissioner.

Practices

The Playground and Schoolyard programs do not have practice.  The 6U Division will not have practice during the week, but do have the option to warm up before the game.  The 8U through 14U Divisions will have practices twice a week.  Practice days and times are determined by the coaches and will be communicated to the parents.