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RYSL Board Makes Changes for Fall Season

At the June 2010 Redding Youth Soccer League Board of Director’s Meeting, the Board implemented two changes for the upcoming Fall soccer season. Both changes are directly aimed at improving the soccer experience for our youth players.

First up, the Board has modified the number of players on the field and on a roster in the Under 8 and Under 10 age groups. This change brings RYSL into line with the current policies and practices encouraged by the US Youth Soccer Association and in use by most of the states. Starting this Fall the Under 8’s will play with 6 players on the field. Formerly RYSL played with 7 players. In keeping with this change the roster size was also reduced by one player. Similarly, the number players on the field for the Under 10’s was reduced to 8 (with the corresponding elimination of one player on the roster). This change will allow each player to touch the ball more times during the game and allow them to be more involved.

The other change was to make all age groups within RYSL gender pure (although girls may still request to play on boy’s teams). It has been proven that at the younger age groups, it is crucial for the development of the players that they be involved and maximize their touches on the ball. With the girls and boys mixed, many girls shy away from the more aggressive boys and don’t ever touch the ball. However, when a team of all girls play, everyone is involved.

Board of Director meetings are held the first Monday of each month. See the calendar at left for the next meeting date and time.