NEW FOR 2026 - CHANGE TO SEASONAL YEAR AGE GROUPS

For the last 10 years, teams have been formed based on the Birth Year calendar of each player; January through December.   USYS is recommending that teams should be formed aligned with players' age based on a Seasonal Year (school age) calendar; August through the following July.

CalSouth and JUSA will adopt this change beginning with the Spring 2026 season.

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What does "U10" mean?   What age are the kids on a team?
"U" means UNDER.  Every player on each team is born August 1st through July 31st of the following year, but some will be older than others during the course of a season.   When each Fall season starts, all players are "under" that age #.