Important Soccer Terms

Stateline league
Most of the club's teams play in the Stateline league, a recreational soccer league composed of teams from towns across Walworth County.
Recreational soccer
Recreational teams play in recreational leagues. The important policies defining recreational soccer include:
  • Recreational teams are formed each year.
  • Teams are formed on the basis of geographical area or random selection.
  • Each player shall play at least half of the game, provided they meet the club’s established requirements.
  • Recreational teams have no more than half of the team returning from the previous season (teams must rotate at least 50% of the team roster from registration year to registration year.) In Wisconsin, this includes no more than five returning players.
    • This may be relaxed in areas where the community may be challenged to form multiple teams.
Competitive soccer
There are many policies concerning competitive soccer in Wisconsin. You can read them in the WYSA Consolidated Policy Manual at the state website. For our purposes here, the important facts are:
  • There are tryouts and cuts.
  • The teams play in a larger league called Metro with games in and around Milwaukee.
Age guidelines
To play in this age group:Player's birth date must be:
U8On or after August 1, 2003
U9On or after August 1, 2002
U10On or after August 1, 2001
U11On or after August 1, 2000
U12On or after August 1, 1999
U13On or after August 1, 1998
U14On or after August 1, 1997