2012 York Cup Classic travel tournament schedules have been Updated Effective May 14th.

2012 York Cup Recreational tournament schedules have been Updated Effective May 16th.

Revised and updated York Cup Classic tournament rules, effective May 14 2012, have been posted to 2012 Forms and Documents section of the tournament page. These rules will be enforced during the 2012 tournament.

Mandatory Check-In for both the York Cup Classic and York Cup Recreational soccer trournaments will be held Friday, May 19th at Springwood Country Club. Be sure to review the list of all paperwork and materials required as provided on the appropriate tournament website.

York Cup Classic         York Cup Recreational

The 2012 York Cup Classic List of Accepted Teams is now available for download and review.

The April Meeting Minutes are now available.

The Spring 2012 issue of Touchline Magazine, a publication of the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association (EPYSA), has been published. You can read an online version of the magazine here.

Be sure to read the article "Some Thoughts Regarding Youth Soccer" written by Mike Barr (EPYSA Director of Coaching) that begins on page 10.

The U.S. Men’s National Team hosts five-time World Cup champions Brazil on Wednesday, May 30 in Landover, Md. Kickoff at FedExField is set for 8 p.m. ET, and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN2, ESPN3 and Univision.

Team information for the Spring 2012 season is now available.

2012 / 2013 Referee Fees
The new Referee Fees schedule for the 2012/2013 soccer year has been released and is available on the EPYSA website. These new fees go into effect on August 1, 2012.

Remember - Each team is responsible for one half of the Referee Fees.

The York Revolution Professional Baseball Club will be hosting a Soccer Night on Friday, May 11, 2012. Come out as a team, wear your jerseys, and participate in the pre-game parade around the field. Check out the flyer for more information and to order your tickets.

Long term athletic development was the main theme at a recent meeting of EPYSA member club Presidents, Representatives, and Directors of Coaching. Read John Fellenbaum's (York USA Director of Coaching) report on this topic and follow his blog for more information.

York USA donated $500 to purchase supplies and “comforts from home” for U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan. The proposal was from Board member Al Chesnavage whose son, Timothy, is a Marine  currently serving at Camp Leatherneck in Southern Afghanistan.

We will be making this an annual event and donations (supplies and money) are being accepted at the league office (directions and contact info).

York USA recently adopted modified, age appropriate Laws of the Game to govern play in our league while providing reasonable consistency with surrounding leagues (for the purpose of tournament play) and to foster development in accordance to US Youth Soccer guidelines and recommendations. These laws may be down loaded from our Forms page.

Notes:

• The size of the penalty area (14 yards) was inadvertently left out of the recently adopted York USA league U10 8v8 Laws. This document has now been revised and re-posted.
• The York USA Game Standards remain our core set of rules governing play within the league. The new U6 through U10 modified Laws of the Game supercede the Game Standards where there is a difference in the provided guidance.
• Play in U12 and older travel-level age groups reamain governed by our legacy York USA Game Standards.
• Play in U12 and older a recreational-level age groups remain governed by our York USA Game Standards except where superceded by our Recreational Soccer Rules.