Member Benefits
Illinois Youth Soccer Association
A HISTORY OF CREDIBILITY
- Official State Association & Charter Member of US Soccer Federation
- Official State Association & Charter Member of US Youth Soccer – the largest youth soccer association in the United States
- Administers US Soccer Federation Referee programs
- Administers US Soccer Federation Coaching programs
- Administers US Soccer Federation Olympic Development Program
- Provides Neutral Forum for dispute resolution with further appeal rights to USSF under a consistent applied set of rules
- Sanctions Existing & New Leagues
- Has Minimal League Guidelines & Rules that provide governance for issues that involve the safety of participants and a system of behavior for activities amongst leagues and outside of league play
- Has an Illinois Youth Soccer Board approved Technical Committee made up of Club Directors of Coaching
- Maintains Bylaws, Policies, and Code of Ethics for the safety of its participants-IYSA Bylaws have been reviewed by USSF
- Board Minutes posted on IYSA website
- Maintains Guidelines regarding Risk Management & Goal Safety – Illinois Youth Soccer would be acting in dereliction of its critical commitment to safety if it did not abide by risk management guidelines.
- Provides on-line background checks for $5. Implemented policy requiring all referees to complete background check prior to working youth games to ensure safety of youth players.
- Not seeking to convert youth soccer to a profit center and avoid consistent and even-handed regulations
- Abides by FIFA Rules of the Game
ALLOWS THE LEAGUES TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN PLAYING POLICIES
- Allows Teams & Leagues Freedom to Serve their Constituents
- Allows Leagues to Determine & Register the number of players on a roster – IYSA has league rosters on file that have more than the US Soccer Federation & US Youth Soccer recommended numbers
- Allows Leagues the Ability to Offer multi-formatted rosters including Team and expanded (pool) rosters
- Allows Leagues to Offer Player Loans
- Allows Leagues to have teams play in more than one division
- Provides online registration – most leagues have their own systems
PROVIDES POLICIES FOR PLAY OUTSIDE OF LEAGUE COMPETITION
INSURANCE
- Provides Better Insurance Coverage than competing organizations – see insurance coverage outline.
- In addition to a primary liability insurance policy, IYSA has an umbrella policy that nearly doubles the per occurence limit
- Adds more than $2,000,000 aggregate liability insurance
- Triples the coverage in cases involving sexual abuse
- Doubles the player supplemental medical insurance benefit period from 52 weeks to 104 weeks from date of injury
- Provides directors and officers coverage at NO charge
- Covers currently registered IYSA teams for indoor practices and affiliated league games
- Provides Health, Life & Additional Insurance option
- Extends its secondary medical player insurance to IYSA registered teams for non-IYSA/US Youth Soccer games including indoor games for a nominal annual team fee
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
- Has a full time Director of Coaching available for club enhancement opportunities and guidance.
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