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 for 2013-2014
To play in this age group:Player's birth date must be:
U14Between 8/1/1999 & 7/31/2000
U13Between 8/1/2000 & 7/31/2001
U12Between 8/1/2001 & 7/31/2002
U11Between 8/1/2002 & 7/31/2003
U10Between 8/1/2003 & 7/31/2004
U9Between 8/1/2004 & 7/31/2005
U8Between 8/1/2005 & 7/31/2006