https://mayouthsoccer.org/resources/adult-registration/
Prepare for registration
- Get your driver’s license out.
- Take/Have a HEAD-SHOT-only photo ready for uploading.
- no sunglasses, no hats, no one else in the photo, no photos of your license
- Photos not abiding by above will be rejected.
- Remember to use your FULL LEGAL FIRST, MIDDLE and LAST NAME when creating your account
- Use the same email address for each account that is created during this whole process.
The below steps can be found on the MYSA website under Adult Registration
Step 1 – Annually (either in the fall or spring) all adults must register with MYSA and review status of their background check (CORI) to see if it has expired.
- See New User or Returning User Help Guide
Step 2 – Every two years, all adults must go through Concussion training. Every year, all adults must go through Safe Sport refresher training.
Step 3 – Review your annual required MYSA policies
Pick up MYSA Coaching Credential/Pass card
Once your background check has been cleared and approved, your ID verified, and all training completed, you will receive your credentials.
If you have any questions, please contact the BYSA Chief Risk Officer. Contact information can be found on our website, under Board/Management.
Training for Athletes that are turning 18 during the season
Youth Athletes who are 18 years old and older Updates
A communication was just recently sent from Mass Youth Soccer regarding the new SafeSport and U.S. Soccer Adult Athlete requirements that are mandatory starting January 1, 2022.
- Athletes that are 18 or will turn 18 during a current playing season and play on a team with minor athletes (17 years old and younger) are required to take the SafeSport Core Abuse Prevention training in order to participate.
- Players who are currently 17 years old may get a head start on this requirement and take the training with parental consent prior to their 18th birthday.
- For Adult Athletes to connect the training to U.S. Soccer and access the required SafeSport Abuse Prevention Core training for free, administrators will need to provide the U.S. Soccer SafeSport Training Link and Enrollment Key: https://safesporttrained.org or CLICK HERE to their Adult Athletes
You will need a key# to do the training. Please contact the BYSA Risk Officer to get the key.
Safety Above All is Our mission, vision and belief statements stress that our youth participants’ health, safety and wellbeing are driving factors in all that we do, and, in the services, we provide to our members. From the day a young child first registers to play through their final years as a teenager, Massachusetts Youth Soccer provides the best possible environment.
Massachusetts Youth Soccer Safe Soccer Statement the MA Safe Soccer platform provides all Massachusetts Youth Soccer participants (players, coaches, referees, administrators, volunteers and parents) the tools to make their soccer experience safe, healthy and free from emotional, physical or sexual abuse.
Read the Mass Youth Soccer Code of Conduct for coaches, players, parents and spectators:
Codes of Conduct are located on the Safe Soccer section of the Mass Youth Soccer website. https://www.mayouthsoccer.org/codes-of-conduct/
Adherence to new Mass Youth Soccer Player and Participant Safety Policy:
http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/assets/61/6/ma_safe_soccer_policies_jul_24_2019_final.pdf
New MA Safe Soccer Platform:
http://www.mayouthsoccer.org/about/ma-safe-soccer/
Below are the reporting requirements that BYSA must follow:
Reporting – a mechanism that allows a complaint to be easily reported for a reasonable suspicion of Sexual or Physical abuse/neglect, within a 24-hour period of awareness. Federal regulations state that reports should be made to a) local law enforcement and b) local/state child protective services, c) US Soccer, and d) the US Center for SafeSport. EVERYONE is a MANDATORY REPORTER.
Mass Youth Soccer's Mechanism for Reporting:
(Everyone listed below MUST be contacted when physical or sexual abuse is suspected)
1. Local Law Enforcement Number (Burlington Police 781-272-1212)
2. Local Child Protective Services Number (Burlington 781-270-1961)
3. State of Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF)
4. BYSA Club Risk Manager
5. State Risk Manager –Mary Relic, [email protected], 978-598-3613
6. National Governing Body (NGB)
Other forms of misconduct such as emotional abuse, bullying, hazing, or harassment:
1. Club Risk Manager Contact Information
2. The decision of the Club or BOD should be sent to the State Risk Manager –Mary Relic, [email protected], 978-598-3613