ABOUT SCYSL

Our History

The Santa Clara Youth Soccer League is a 501c3 Non-Profit organization incorporated back in 1980. The Santa Clara Youth Soccer League is a league organized under the charter of the NorCal Premier League (affiliated with US Club Soccer), and Cal-North affiliated with US Youth Soccer).

It is the mission of the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League to provide the best possible soccer experience for all players in our league.

The Organization will meet this mission by:

  • Providing the opportunity for all players to participate in all levels of play.
  • Promoting player development by fostering an atmosphere that allows each player to develop their skills to their desired level of play in a fun and fulfilling environment.
  • Providing, as available, financial aid to those players that need assistance.
  • Promoting the development of coaches by offering instructional courses and resources that will allow them to further improve their skills as coaches.
  • Promoting the development of youth referees by offering instructional courses and resources that will allow them to further improve their skills as referees.
  • Promoting a respect for the game of soccer through fair play and sportsmanship.

Providing Recreation to Elite Level Youth Soccer

The primary purposes of the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League is to develop, promote, and administer the game of soccer and to provide a healthy recreational activity while teaching sportsmanship and discipline to youth from under six years old to under the age of nineteen years within the territorial boundaries of the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League.

In addition to the above primary purposes, the Organization shall have and shall exercise all rights and powers conferred upon nonprofit corporations under the laws of the State of California, including the power to contract, rent, buy or sell personal or real property, provided however, that this corporation shall not, except to an insubstantial degree, engage in any activities or exercise any powers that are not in furtherance of the primary purposes of this corporation.

SCYSL Santa Clara Youth Soccer League: Photo of two happy soccer players