I’ll be attending high school in September and plan to play on the HS team, what AYSO division do I play in?
A. …In the rare case where the player will be attending high school and plans to play on their HS soccer teaml, but becuase of their birthdate they fall into the AYSO Under-14 division, Region 214 strongly recommends that your child “play up” in the Under-16 Division. Any exceptions must be made directly to the Regional Commissioner. Why? CIF (“high school”) rules do not allow a player to play on both a high school team and a AYSO or club team at the same time. Our AYSO Under-16 division season intentionally ends before the high school season starts so as to avoid these conflicts. Alternately, in the Under-14 divison, the high school season overlaps with the end of the Under-14 season and playoffs and would render your child ineligible to play in HS according to CIF rules as stated below. According to CIF rules, if a player makes the high school team, the player is not allowed to play on an extracurricular team (such as AYSO) at the time CIF begins, and therefore your assigned AYSO t
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