Registration for the 2023 summer travel league will open sometime in late February. It will remain open for approximately one month.

Key Information for 2024:

Before you register:

  1. Have a digital photo of each player's face (no hats, side views, etc.) ready to upload.
  2. If the player is new to us, have a digital photo of a birth certificate or other official document ready to upload or provide via email.
  3. Read the below for important information.
  4. Finally,

Important Information and FAQs

League Info: This is a travel league. After practicing over 3-6 weeks, each team nominally plays 10 games, over approximately 5 weeks in June and July. Half of the games are home and half are away.
Age Brackets: Our teams are divided by "soccer age," not by grade. See FAQs below for a definition of "soccer age." We use age brackets U11, U13, U15, and U18, where the number represents the oldest "soccer age" for that bracket.
Age Bracket Selected during registration: Each player you register will automatically be assigned according to his/her birth year. You can use the comment field to request different treatment. Read the FAQs below. All decisions regarding final assignment are made by the coaching staff and the Club President.
Eligibility: Players from Pal-Mac school district, or who have registered with us in prior years, or with permission from the Club president. If you don't yet meet one of these requirements, please register without paying until we determine eligibility, at which time we can settle payment.
Birth Date: You must enter the player's date of birth. If we haven't ever seen proof of that birthdate in the past, we will follow up with you and request a digital photo of a birth certificate or other official document.
Roster Size: Team rosters are limited in size. If registrations exceed roster limits, tryouts and/or cuts may be needed, but that is a rare occurrence.
Playing Time : This is a travel league, so playing time is determined by the coach as a function of skill, effort, attitude, and game situations. That said, at the U11 level, we do try to get all players a reasonable amount of playing time.
Pricing: See top of page. If this price is an obstacle to your child participating, please contact the club President (palmacsoccer@gmail.com) to discuss. The club offers financial assistance where needed.
Payment Methods: We welcome full payment via Paypal, during registration. If you cannot pay at this time, please register anyway, and read the instructions on the final screen. No player is considered fully registered until payment is settled.
Uniforms: We use uniforms for TWO years. You only need to purchase a uniform if this is year 1 of the cycle (see below), OR if you are playing for the first time this season, OR you need a replacement uniform for some reason.
Club Teams: Players with Empire, RFC, and the like can still play in this league as long as they are a member of only one other team. By custom, such players will be primary to their club team, and secondary players to Pal-Mac.

Answers to frequently-asked questions:

  1. What is my child's "soccer age?"
    Soccer age, as a worldwide standard, is defined as the current year MINUS the birth year.
    This means that someone born in January is the same soccer age as someone born in December of the same year.
    This is the source of many complaints, because of the age variability within a bracket, but our league is sanctioned by US Youth Soccer and we must adhere to this rule.
  2. What does U11, U13, etc. mean?
    U11 means a max soccer age of 11. For 2024, this means born 2013 or later.
    U13 means a max soccer age of 13. For 2024, this means born 2011 or later.
    U15 means a max soccer age of 15. For 2024, this means born 2009 or later.
    U18 means a max soccer age of 18. For 2024, this means born 2006 or later, and eligible to play scholastically in the coming fall season.
  3. What does 'playing up' mean?
    Playing up means being rostered on a team that is older than a player's soccer age would dictate. For example, a 12 or 13 year old would naturally be on a U13 team, but can request to be on the U15 team instead.
  4. What does 'double-carding' mean?
    Double-carding means having a player card for two teams in this club at the same time, for example, when a 15-year old would like to play for both the U15 and the U18 teams.
  5. What is 'guest play'?
    WFLYSL allows for players to "guest" up to an older team on a game-by-game basis. The player remains rostered only on the younger team, but can bring their player pass to a game involving the older team, and be granted temporary playing privileges for that game. This is to help with teams that find themselves short-handed due to vacations, absences, etc. In any one game, no more than four guest players are allowed.
  6. How young can players register for the U11 teams? Preference is given to 10- and 11-year-olds. Younger players may sign up without payment initially, and then if there is room, they will be permitted to pay and be fully registered.
  7. How often are games? practices? Games are twice a week for 5 weeks between mid-June and end of July.
    Practices: Typically, there are about 5-10 pre-season practices, beginning in May.
  8. Which nights will my kid play? The league schedule is nominally set as defined here. But lots of things (field availability, team conflicts, holidays, etc. can cause games to occur on nights different from this guidance.
  9. What are some of the travel locations? You can see all the clubs (and therefore locations) of all clubs who have been in this league for the past few years, by looking at the league website. Then you can browse recent years. For any away game, travel is usually 20-45 minutes away.
  10. How long are uniforms used? We have a two-year uniform cycle.
  11. What does my registration payment go toward?