Safety of players is the MOST important aspect of youth sports. The Illinois Youth Soccer Safeguarding Badges emphasizes that a club meets the strictest of safety standards.
Among the criteria to earn the Safeguarding Badge are
- All required members of the club meet all of the IYSA risk management requirements and have them properly uploaded in their US Soccer Learning Center Profile and IYSA SportsEngine profile
- Club follows all goal safety requirements and has no reports of unachored goals in the last 12-months
- Club shares proper video camera anchoring instructions with all coaches, team managers and any other individual who may record a club match.
- Club has a designated Safeguarding Coordinator