Fall 2009/Spring 2010
Team Age Brackets

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2005 U05 U05 U05 U05 U05 U05 U05 U04 U04 U04 U04 U04
2004 U06 U06 U06 U06 U06 U06 U06 U05 U05 U05 U05 U05
2003 U07 U07 U07 U07 U07 U07 U07 U06 U06 U06 U06 U06
2002 U08 U08 U08 U08 U08 U08 U08 U07 U07 U07 U07 U07
2001 U09 U09 U09 U09 U09 U09 U09 U08 U08 U08 U08 U08
2000 U10 U10 U10 U10 U10 U10 U10 U09 U09 U09 U09 U09
1999 U11 U11 U11 U11 U11 U11 U11 U10 U10 U10 U10 U10
1998 U12 U12 U12 U12 U12 U12 U12 U11 U11 U11 U11 U11
1997 U13 U13 U13 U13 U13 U13 U13 U12 U12 U12 U12 U12
1996 U14 U14 U14 U14 U14 U14 U14 U13 U13 U13 U13 U13
1995 U15 U15 U15 U15 U15 U15 U15 U14 U14 U14 U14 U14
1994 U16 U16 U16 U16 U16 U16 U16 U15 U15 U15 U15 U15
1993 U17 U17 U17 U17 U17 U17 U17 U16 U16 U16 U16 U16
1992 U18 U18 U18 U18 U18 U18 U18 U17 U17 U17 U17 U17
1991 U19 U19 U19 U19 U19 U19 U19 U18 U18 U18 U18 U18
1990 U20 U20 U20 U20 U20 U20 U20 U19 U19 U19 U19 U19

The year and month a child was born determines in what age bracket the child should play.  US Youth Soccer & ASSA run their age brackets from August 1st of one year to July 31th of the following year.  Other sports have different "years."  Schools also use different "years" for placing children in a grade.  Very few clubs/associations have an Under-4 bracket.  Under-20 and older is considered "Amateur" and not part of "youth" soccer.

Clubs/Associations that do not have enough players for single age bracket teams usually combine age brackets into U05/U06, U07/U08, U09/U10, U11/U12, U13/U14, U15/U16 & U17/U18/U19.  A team has to play in the age bracket of its oldest player.  So if a team consisted of 3 Under-5 players, 5 Under-6 players and 1 Under-7 player, the team would have to play in an Under-7 bracket.  Players can play "up" but may not play "down."  Many clubs/association prefer to have "Girls-only" teams when they have enough players to do so.  Otherwise, the girls play on coed teams against other coed and boys-only teams.

A soccer year consist of two seasons, a fall season and a spring season.  Some clubs/association have teams only in one season but most have teams in both seasons. The spring season team is usually the same as the fall season team, less those players who drop out of soccer in the spring, who are usually replaced by new player who didn't play in the fall.

Last updated 07/17/09 - 2:15 pm - glowar@sbcglobal.net