Step 1:  Form Your Team

Your first step is to form your team. Please read carefully, you must have the minimum number of players before your registration appointment!
To determine your team age, you must first identify who the oldest player is, take his/her birthdate and figure out the playing age.

U-8

8/1/2000-7/31/2001

10

12

U-9

8/1/1999-7/31/2000

12

14

U-10

8/1/1998 -7/31/1999

12

14

U-11 (small field)

8/1/1997 -7/31/1998

14

16

U-12

8/1/1996-7/31/1997

15

18

U-13

8/1/1995-7/31/1996

15

18

U-14

8/1/1994-7/31/1995

15

18

Teams should be aware of the following policies if they might apply to your team:
Age Waivers

Teams Playing Up An Age Group

Players Playing Up into U13/14 Age Group

If you are looking for additional players, please follow the instructions under Teams Looking For Players.

Step 2:  Register Your Team On Line

Click on SF Vikings Team Registration to register your recreational team online.  After successfully submitting your form, you will recieve the following:

1. Receive your Fall 2008 Team Identification Number (TIN) via email within 3 business days from the time you register online. This will be different than your TIN from last year.  Use the TIN on every correspondence to the Vikings Office; it is essential to identifying your team and keeping everything straight. 
If you lose it, go to the web and click on FIND MY TIN to find it. (Please keep in mind that not all fields are made available for public view).

2.   A package containing pressure sensitive CYSA Membership forms, Spectator Code of Conduct Form, and detailed registration instructions via mail in about 1 week from the day you recieve your TIN. We will only accept the pressure sensitive forms, not a copy or downloaded version.

Step 3:  Phone to Schedule An Appointment
              -Deadline to call for appointment is May 13th at Noon

Call the office at 504-8131 during office hours to schedule an appointment to register your team. We will start accepting phone calls for appointments on April 17th. Teams in good standing who attended the AGM  meeting may start calling on April 22nd.

All Registration steps (online and paperwork) must be 100% completed by your appointment or it will be cancelled!

Step 4: Complete Team Census

              -Deadline 10 am on the date prior to appointment

The Team Census Form is essential for us to assess your team and place it in the correct division.  You need to complete the Team Census prior to your appointment.  If you need to amend the information in your Team Census over the summer, you have until July 15 to make changes. In addition if you have any scheduling requests, they must also be submitted before July 15 by using a Scheduling Request Form.  

Step 5: Complete Player and Coach On-Line Registrations

              -Deadline 10 am on the date prior to appointment or appointment will be cancelled.

Once you have received your Fall 2008 TIN, complete an Online Player Registration for each of your players and an Online Coach Registration for each coach on your team. This can be done by the parents of the players or by one individual on your team who has access to the Internet (recommended). Anyone filling out these forms must get the TIN from the coach. To fill out this form you will need the following information from your players:

You can check whether or not your players have completed online registration by going to Online Registration Status and by clicking the up or down button under Team Name or TIN you can easily find players from your team.This report is updated continuously.  

Step 6:  Register your Volunteer Assistant Referee

              -Deadline 10 am on the date prior to appointment

U9-U14 teams must register a Volunteer Assistant Referee (VAR) online before attending registration appointment. U12-U14 teams also require additional training for the offside infraction. So if you are a U12-U14 team and you have a NEW VAR they will need to take 2 classes; If you have a returning VAR, they only need to take the additional training. Go to Volunteer Asst Referee Registration for information and registration.

Step 7:  Complete Registration Paperwork
             - Deadline May 23 For Early Registration ($70 per player)  
             - Deadline June 26 For Late Registration additional $300.00 fee

a. ORIGINAL CYSA YOUTH SOCCER MEMBERSHIP FORM 1601 (Rev. 05/2005 or later) for each player signed by a parent with INK where indicated.

b. ORIGINAL CYSA TEAM OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT DISCLOSURE FORM 1628 (*Rev. 12/2007*) for all coaches, assistant coaches, trainers, team assistants, team official, or manager (someone with access to the team paperwork). All teams must have at least one licensed coach but we recommend having two or more. As passed at the 2007 AGM, an individual coach can only be registered as the head coach on a maximum of two (2) teams.

c. COPY COACH LICENSE/CARD All coaches, assistant coaches, and team assistants/trainers must provide a copy of their coaching license. Anyone planning to be on the coaching side of the field must be registered and pay for a clinic to be licensed. We strongly recommend that each team have two coaches. Coaches that need a replacement license click here. Coaches that need to take the F license course, click here.

d. BIRTH CERTIFICATES/CURRENT PASSPORTS - (copies only as they will not be returned) for every player. For players with two part birth certificates, we need both pages. Please note, we are required to keep our documents on file for three years, we are not allowed to 'recycle' the proofs of birth. Please submit copies on full sheet of paper (don't cut it down). If your are submitting a foreign birth certificate in a language other than English, it will require translation by a person not affiliated with the team. If a signed translation is not submitted at the time of registration, translation fees of $10.00 apply.
SPECIAL WAIVERS:  Any documentation relating to the following policies: Age Waivers; Teams Playing Up An Age Group; and Players Playing Up into U13/14 Age Group must be completed and signed prior to your appointment.

e.  PICTURES - a 1”x 1 1/2” passport quality/size photo of each player and coach on your team.
Photo must be of head and shoulders only.
Photo must be approx 1” by 1.5”.
Do not truncate ears/head or chin.
Small photos or large photos and of poor resolution will be rejected.
Photo must be clear and not too light or dark.
Player/adult must be looking at the camera. (no making funny faces)
No hat, visors or sunglasses. Images provided must be on PAPER, not credit card type plastic. We can not accept copies of driver's licenses or passport photos from driver's licenses or passports because of the wavy lines.

Write the player name, team name, & TIN # on the back of pictures. Sorry, you may not recycle or harvest pictures from last year's passes.

f. CHECK - Payable to the SF Vikings Soccer League in the amount of $70 per player if your team has registered as an Early-Bird registration team and an additional $300 late fee if your team is registering after May 23. We would greatly appreciate one check per team, but will accept multiple checks. Please write team name, TIN # and player last name in the memo field. Returned check fee of $25.00 applies.

g. SPECTATOR CODE OF CONDUCT FORM ( (Spectator Code in Spanish) for each player, signed by all parents.

Step 8:  Attend Appointment to Submit Paperwork

All Registration steps (online and paperwork) must be 100% completed by your appointment or it will be cancelled!
Player aperwork should be papercliped (NO STAPLES) with photo on top, followed by check (if applicable), CYSA membership form, birth certificates (any translation document), followed by signed spectator code of conduct with signatures facing up. For Team Officials, please paperclip with photo on top, followed by CYSA form, then copy of coaching license.

Save time: PUT THE YOUTH FORMS IN LAST NAME ALPHABETICAL ORDER with Team Official paperwork on top.

When you attend the registration appointment, have in mind what your practice days, times, and fields will be. Have a second and third choice ready. Check with coach/es ahead of time on what days/times they are available.

Step 9:  Update Team Census and Scheduling Requests - Deadline July 15

The deadline to amend your Team Census and submit a Scheduling Request is July 15.

Step 10 :  Attend Mandatory Team* Meeting and Receive Player Passes - Week of September 2

You will receive all your completed paperwork and player passes at coaches meetings to be held during the first week in September. Please check the website for dates and times. We will send an email reminder to the primary contact provided on your online team registration form.

Player Adds - Deadline August 14 to be Eligible to Play in Opening Game

If you need to add players to your roster after your appointment you will need to complete all player/coach registration steps. The deadline to add a player to your roster and have the player eligible to play in the first game is August 14, 2008.  The fee for any player added will be $70 per player. The final deadline for all player movement paperwork is October 9, noon for Fall league play.

WAITLIST STATUS:
We advise that waitlist teams follow registration instructions as usual. We will accept teams that complete all registration steps as space becomes available as determined by the number of soccer pitches we are allocated by Rec and Park. For more information on wait list policy please click here.