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ANY team registered and in good standing with an Illinois Youth Soccer member competitive league can apply for the State Premiership. Team must complete the Premiership application and submit a resume for consideration for acceptance into the Premiership.

All games are home team host. Illinois Youth Soccer gives each team a schedule with which games they are the home team.

State Premiership Rules (PDF)

Team schedule the game amongst themselves and a finalized schedule must be submitted to Illinois Youth Soccer by the schedule by deadline. Teams are allowed to reschedule games as need be, following a specific protocol.

If you click on the schedule page for your age group, on the upper right just underneath the blue bar that runs across the top of the page, you will see CONTACTS. Click there to see the team contacts for each team

The State Premiership fee is $200 along with applicable per game for referees. Teams are also required to register with and pay the registration and insurance fees with one of our five member competitive leagues: CIYSL, ILLOWA, IWSL, LDE, SLYSA or YSSL.

At the time of registration teams will be required to enter a credit card for the $200 fee, that fee will NOT be charged and teams have until a specific date to submit a check payment to:

IYSA 
1655 S. Arlington Heights Rd
Suite 201
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Teams are required to pay the officials at the field prior to each match

Any fees the team incures for field usage or rental is paid by the home team.

State Premiership I: Depending on the age group, the bottom two teams will be relegated to State Premiership II. The top two teams from the State Premiership II are promoted to State Premiership I.

State Premiership II: The top two teams from the IWSL A & YSSL 1^st Division earn an automatic promotion into State Premiership II.  All other spots in State Premiership II are filled based on team applications.

Team usually play a 7-10 game schedule, but that may vary should the size of the division. On the rare occasion that their are seven teams in the division, there will be a 12 game schedule. Teams have the ability, and many decide, to double count these games to make season shorter.

Yes, as long as both teams agree. The rules for MWC or Cups should be used for those matches and the referee assignor would be used.

Yes, as long as both teams agree and the tournament is sanctioned by Illinois Youth Soccer or a US Youth Soccer state association.

Teams not selected for Premiership, play in the Illinois Youth Soccer member competitive league they registered with