Form Teams

Forming teams in eAYSO is useful because you can ensure that everyone gets assigned to a team, no one gets assigned to two teams; you can track who is coaching and assistant coaching, and you can easily view ratings while you're doing so. You will also get fewer phone calls from parents because they can find out who the coach is by logging in to eAYSO, pressing the Parents button, then "See player ID, Team assignments and Team Coach information". It also makes collecting and posting ratings at the end of the season much easier. Help is available in eAYSO (choose Help, then Teams). There are various methods of creating teams. First, you'll need to know some of the rules about team formation

  • Team names shall bear no resemblance to a religion, race, ethnicity or nationality.
  • Every effort shall be made to balance team strengths within each age division.
  • The only team member(s) a head coach may specify be on his/her team is his/her own child or children.

The following are the recommended team sizes:

Age
Division		 Players per team
on field		 Maximum
no. of team
members		 Minimum
no. of team
members
U-19 11-a-side 18 12
U-14 11-a-side 15 12
U-12 9-a-side 12 9
U-10 7-a-side 10 7
U-8 5-a-side
(No goalkeepers)		 7 5

Before coaches can be assigned, they need to be registered - encourage all your coaches to register in eAYSO early so that you can make the assignments

eAYSO steps

  1. Do Region -> Balance Teams, then select the Division and Team Gender, and the Players Per Team. Leave the Select Groupings Below alone - the defaults are okay. Press the Create Teams button. Now all the teams are created, and players are put on teams trying to balance based upon ratings and age.
  2. Make manual adjustments to the teams with Region -> Add/Move Player to Team.
    1. On the left side, enter the Division and Gender. Select a team.
    2. On the right side, select where you want to move the player(s) (either another team or Unassigned - if you just want to do all team assignments manually).
    3. Select the players you want to move (or Select all).
    4. Press the >> button.
  3. Assign coaches / assistant coaches and team parents with Region-> Add/Move Player to Team.
    1. On the left side, enter the Division and Gender, and select a team.
    2. Choose the coaches, assistant coaches and team parents from the drop-down list (green are okay, other colors mean they aren't properly registered - contact the CVPA to clear this up.