South Williamsport American Youth Soccer Organization (Ayso) Region 578

the ayso mission is to develop and deliver quality youth soccer programs which promote a fun, family environment based on the the ayso philosophies: everyone plays® - our goal is for kids to play soccer - so we mandate that every player on every team must play at least half of every game. *region 873 mandates every child to play three quarters of every game whenever possible before any child plays the entire game. balanced teams - we require every region at the start of each season to set up teams as evenly balanced as possible. it's more fun when teams are of equal ability. positive coaching - this builds a positive team spirit. we train and encourage our coaches to make the extra effort to understand and offer positive help to our players, rather than negative criticism. open registration - our programs are open to all children ages 4 - 18 who want to register and play soccer. interest and enthusiasm are the only requirements for playing. good sportsmanship - we create a pos