Lowell Youth Soccer Association

02/03/2026

Spring 2026 Soccer registration IS NOW OPEN

Be sure to register online at www.lowellsoccer.com before February 28th to avoid late fees :)

Interested in coaching - email us for details - we are in need of coaches for all recreation teams.

Soccer for children in the city of Lowell, MA for ages as young as 3 through Under 18 (U16 and U18 play in the spring season only)

08/01/2025

Forming our travel rosters for this fall 2025/spring 2026 season - needing a few more young ladies for our grade 7/8 girls travel team. email us at [email protected] for more details or to register.

08/01/2025

We are looking for a Coach for our Grade 3/4 boys travel team. If you or anyone you may know is interested - please email us at [email protected]

06/07/2025

Travel evaluations scheduled for this evening ARE POST PONED DUE
TO WEATHER AND FIELD CONDITIONS

We will reschedule within the NEXT week - please watch your email for details.

05/21/2025

Lowell - Travel Coach Applications due tomorrow for Fall 2025/Spring 2026 season

Just a reminder - WE are now accepting applications for anyone interested in coaching one of our travel teams for the fall 2025/Spring 2026 season.

If you or anyone you know is interested - please complete the application located on our website www.lowellsoccer.com under the forms/docs tab at the top of the website
ASAP - due by 5/22 at midnight.

Soccer for children in the city of Lowell, MA for ages as young as 3 through Under 18 (U16 and U18 play in the spring season only)

05/21/2025

Travel Player Evaluations

Fall 2025/Spring 2026 - to be held Saturday June 7th, 2025



MANDATORY EVALUATIONS

REQUIRED OF ALL TRAVEL PLAYERS (New & return players)

Registration/check-in 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO EVALUATION FOR YOUR GRADE GROUP. EVALUATIONS TO START ON TIME

For players entering Grade 3/4 Fall 2025 check in at 4pm evaluation 4:30pm – 5:15/5:30pm



For players entering Grade 5/6 Fall 2025 check in at 6pm evaluation 6:30pm – 7:15/7:30pm



For players entering Grade 7/8 Fall 2025 check in at 5pm evaluation 5:30pm – 6:15/6:30pm

***IMPORTANT - ALL PLAYERS MUST BE REGISTERED, PAID & CHECK IN BEFORE BEING EVLAUATED**

Players SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND this evaluation. We will only consider a make-up day for those who have made arrangements 24 hours PRIOR to scheduled evaluations OR we will have an evaluator attend the next game/practice to evaluate.

Tryout begins promptly at scheduled time – arrivals more then 10 minutes late will NOT be eligible to be evaluated

Those registering online make the process go quicker and save $$. There is an additional fee charged per travel player for registering at the field. Only cash or checks will be accepted for on field registration

** REMINDER - WHEN REGISTERING FOR FALL 2025/SPRING 2026 (REC & TRAVEL) YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR THE DIVISION/GRADE YOUR SON/DAUGHTER WILL BE ENTERING IN THE FALL 2025 SCHOOL YEAR .

ALL PLAYERS – REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY REGISTER (ONLINE OR IN PERSON) WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPELTE THE CHECK IN/TRY-OUT NUMBER FORMS – YOU CAN USE THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS INSTRUCTION PAGE TO SAVE TIME. ALL PARENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPELTE THE TRY-OUT SLIP PRIOR TO CHECK IN……YOU WILL SELECT YOUR CHILD’S UNIFORM SIZE. YOUR FIRST UNIFORM IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF YOUR REGISTRATION FEES. ADDITIONAL UNIFORMS OR REPLACEMENT UNIFORMS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL FEE (60.00).

THE NUMBER OF TEAMS WILL BE LOCKED AFTER EVALAUTION NIGHT AND LATE REGISTRATIONS WILL NOT BE GUARENTEED – Players attending evaluations will be placed first – late registrations or those who do not attend will be placed based on space availability.

ALL players entering 5th grade in September 2025 can no longer play rec.
For 5th graders and above ALL teams are travel teams across the state Travel is a bit more competitive then rec. players will play ½ of their games at home – ½ away (away fields are as close as Chelmsford, Tewksbury or Chelmsford or as far as Sommerville or Waltham) Players will have 1 – 2 practices per week and will be expected to attend at least 1 - we do encourage attending both especially if on a higher division placement team.

PLAYERS REGISTERING FOR TRAVEL WILL BE REQUIRED TO UPLOAD A PHOTO TO THE WEB SITE FOR THEIR PLAYER PASSCARD/ROSTER PHOTOS MUST BE A CLEAR COLOR HEAD SHOT OF THE PLAYER – PLAYERS WITHOUT PHOTOS FOR PASSCARDS CAN NOT BE PLACED ON ROSTERS (for grade 5/6 and older – not required for grade 3/4 travel players)

YOU MUST CONTACT THE LEAGUE AT [email protected] 24 HOURS BEFORE THE REGULAR SCHEDULED EVALAUTION IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND YOUR REGULAR SCHEDULED TRAVEL EVALUATION. IT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR PLAYERS TO ATTEND THE EVALUATION FOR THEIR GRADE SO THEY ARE EVALUATED APPROPRIATELY WITH THEIR PEERS AND PALCED APPROPRIATELY. MAKE UP EVALUATIONS WILL ONLY BE SCHEDULED FOR THOSE PLAYERS WHO HAVE MADE PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS WITH VALID CIRCUMSTANCES.


NOTE – PLACEMENT GUIDELINES FOR 2025/2026 SEASON

Program

Grade Requirements

AND

Date of Birth Requirements

Born On or After

Grade 3/4

4th Grade or Lower

AND

1/1/2014

Grade 5/6

6th Grade or Lower

AND

1/1/2012

Grade 7/8

8th Grade or Lower

AND

1/1/2010

Registration Fees (NOTE: if registering at the field – cash, check and money orders only are accepted – NO credit/debit cards

*(IF REGISTERING AT THE FIELD – THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 10.00 FEE charged per player)

SAVE $$$$ DISCOUTNED RATE – ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL EVALUATIONS DAY – CLOSED AT NOON ON SATURDAY JUNE 7th

Travel Fee is $260.00 (ONLINE FEE) – covers BOTH Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 seasons (includes travel full uniform kit) You may also register by season 185.00/season. NOTE: Those registering by season may possibly not be considered for top team placement. Team performance in the fall determines division placement in the spring.

INTERESTED IN BEING CONSIDERED FOR A TRAVEL COACH? –

For those interested in coaching travel – please be sure to complete a travel coach application BEFORE May 22nd midnight. Applications are available online at www.lowellsoccer.com under the forms/docs tab OR by emailing [email protected] COACHES WISHING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR TRAVEL COACH PLACEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPELTE THE CORI/SORI/AND ONLINE COURSE BEFORE BEING ASSIGNED. (Process for fall 2025/spring 2026 cannot be started until June 1)


Evaluations
All players wishing to be considered for any travel team MUST attend the PLACEMENT EVALUATION for his/her grade level THAT THEY ARE ENTERING IN THE FALL 2025 so they are evaluated with his/her peers. Players will be assessed and placed on teams according to ability – no coaching/team requests will be accepted. The decision on placement is made by LYSA league officers and is final. NOTE: If player is injured or cannot attend tryout for any reason, please contact us at [email protected] BEFORE the scheduled tryout so other arrangements can be made.

Requests to Play in older division


LYSA policy is that all players are to register and play in their correct age group. Any requests to play in older age group must be made prior to tryouts, in writing, BY EMAILING [email protected] (no later than 24 hours prior to scheduled try-out). For consideration - It will be required that the player attend BOTH try-outs (the try-out for the appropriate age group and the try-out for the older age group for consideration). Decisions on requests to play up are made by LYSA league officers and are final. No child will be placed on a wait list within his/her division so an early move up can be placed during regular travel registration and all early move ups are required to follow MYSL & MYSA’s rules for early move ups (only one grade year allowed)


For more information regarding our travel program and/or evaluations - please contact us at [email protected]

Last updated on:5/19/2025 12:31:23 PM

Soccer for children in the city of Lowell, MA for ages as young as 3 through Under 18 (U16 and U18 play in the spring season only)

04/17/2025

Lowell Youth Soccer Association
2025 Student Athlete Scholarship Information

In 2023, Lowell Youth Soccer Association’s (LYSA) Board of Directors has voted to re-establish our scholarship program. LYSA is proud to announce up to eight scholarships to be awarded this year. Each of the scholarships will be in the amount of $500.00. The scholarship program is open to all graduating seniors of Lowell, Massachusetts that have participated in Lowell Youth Soccer’s Program for a minimum of 4 years and are attending a post-secondary school. Each qualified candidate must submit the following items:
• A completed Lowell Youth Soccer Scholarship Application (with additional sheets, if needed) signed by the applicant.
• A copy of the candidates High School transcript which includes grades at mid-year of the Senior Year.
• Two letters of recommendation: one from a teacher and one from a non-relative who is also a resident of Lowell, MA.
• A short essay (1 to 2 paragraphs in length) describing the impact that Lowell Youth Soccer and your participation in the league has had on you and how it has positively influenced your lives.
Scholarship applications are available in the following link.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIiM8ZE_fE-wktuDSKQ1VDI1urXR9DjvkcZOs0aIerAuZuaQ/viewform

Applications must be received by May 18th at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. Winning recipients will be announced via email and phone. The decision of the LYSA Board of Directors is final.

The best-qualified applicants will be selected by the scholarship committee based upon the required written application and the 500-word essay. All winning recipients’ essays will be posted to our website.
For questions or additional information – please email us at
[email protected]

04/17/2025

Opening Day for Rec teams is this SATURDAY 4/19 - schedules are available online at

Soccer for children in the city of Lowell, MA for ages as young as 3 through Under 18 (U16 and U18 play in the spring season only)

03/10/2025

INTERESTED IN REGISTERING FOR SOCCER THIS SPRING? INTERESTED IN COACHING YOUR CHILD, NEICE, NEPHEW, FRIEND'S CHILD? WANT MORE INFORMATION?

Please take a moment to read the information below:

We are now starting to prepare for our Spring season which will be here before you know it. We are hoping to start games early to mid April – of course hoping Mother Nature cooperates. Schedules are not created until we know the number of teams we need to schedule out (usually by the end of March) We will play through early to mid June. We would like all rosters assigned within the next few weeks, so coaches have the time to prepare their CORI's without the last-minute crunch - which also helps avoid delays with the state processing) We can only complete and release rosters to parents once we have coaches assigned.

If you were a coach with us in the past and wish to coach again this Spring - PLEASE let us know this week if you have not yet already. Be sure to include the name and grade of your son/daughter you wish to coach so we can be sure to assign you correctly and register your child on our end waiving the fees. Be sure to respond to this email - we have all recreation teams available for assignment - we cannot assume you will be returning without your confirmation to this request.

All volunteers are required to complete the CORI/SORI process which includes the registering with Mass Youth Soccer as a volunteer (takes about 2 minutes), The CORI (which takes about 5 minutes to complete) and the 2 federally mandated online courses (free) - 1 - Concussion Prevention (about 25 minutes to complete) and Lastly - Safe Sport (which takes about 60 minutes to complete) Once you have completed the Safe Sport course - this is valid for 2 years and once expired - you are only required to take a refresher course which takes about 10 minutes to complete. The concussion training is valid for 2 years before having to repeat.

We recognize the process is a bit time consuming, but it is for the protection of all children and is federally mandated for each volunteer to complete. Please - take the time to consider volunteering to help us provide a rewarding soccer experience for your children. We will email out CORI/SORI instructions once you email your interest so you can get a start on the process.

Your time commitment for PreK - through Grade 2 is limited to Saturdays only (aside from emailing your team during the week) Grade 3/4 - your commitment is limited to 1 practice about 1 hour per week (as a volunteer you choose the days, time and location of practices) and games on Saturdays.

Know little to nothing about soccer? No worries. We email drills weekly and have our division coordinator available to help with questions. Coaches of our Kindergarten, grade 1 and grade 2 teams are part of a Team management. You are not coaching alone. The number of coaches on these teams is based on the number of players (player to coach ratio) . Have an older child, relative, friend interested in coaching - email us for details. Also - as a thank you - you will receive a refund/credit season end, of your child's registration fee if you coach their team (some restrictions apply - email for details)

Thank you for taking the time to consider volunteering with us. Lowell Youth Soccer is the largest All volunteer league in the city and we would love if you could join and assist us this season. It is only with our wonderful volunteers we can offer such a rewarding soccer experience for your children. Have question - please do not hesitate to ask.

You can register online for our rec program at www.lowellsoccer.com
interested in travel - or have questions - please email us at [email protected]

Soccer for children in the city of Lowell, MA for ages as young as 3 through Under 18 (U16 and U18 play in the spring season only)

06/19/2024

Congratulations to our 2024 LYSA Scholarship Winners: Milena, Tim, Cam, and Julia!

05/17/2024

Lowell Youth Soccer Association
2024 Student Athlete Scholarship Information

In 2023, Lowell Youth Soccer Association’s (LYSA) Board of Directors has voted to re-establish our scholarship program. LYSA is proud to announce up to eight scholarships to be awarded this year. Each of the scholarships will be in the amount of $500.00. The scholarship program is open to all graduating seniors of Lowell, Massachusetts that have participated in Lowell Youth Soccer’s Program for a minimum of 4 years and are attending a post-secondary school. Each qualified candidate must submit the following items:
• A completed Lowell Youth Soccer Scholarship Application (with additional sheets, if needed) signed by the applicant.
• A copy of the candidates High School transcript which includes grades at mid-year of the Senior Year.
• Two letters of recommendation: one from a teacher and one from a non-relative who is also a resident of Lowell, MA.
• A short essay (1 to 2 paragraphs in length) describing the impact that Lowell Youth Soccer and your participation in the league has had on you and how it has positively influenced your lives.
Scholarship applications are available in the following link.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdttCQSZzXQIYBkZo-JRO8kS7lQQb7D_xkLeWp5AeE_n27TxQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Completed applications and materials must be received no later than Saturday, June 1st, 2024, at 11:59 pm to be eligible.
The best-qualified applicants will be selected by the scholarship committee based upon the required written application and the 500-word essay. The winning recipients will be announced via email and phone call. All winning recipients’ essays will be posted to our website.
For questions or additional information – please email us at
[email protected]

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06/20/2022

Congratulations to our Grade 3/4 Girls Travel team. Commissioner Cup Champions