Player Registration

• Applicable to: All players.
  
  
• Membership types/categories:
  • Youth – Competitive
  • Youth – Rec
  • Adult
    
    
• Timeframe: Each registration year (ex: 2023-24, 2024-25).
  
  
• Completed by: Member org admin on behalf of the player being registered.

• Applicable to: Youth – Competitive players only
  
  
• Timeframe: Once
  
  
• Completed by: Uploaded by parent/player or member org admin, and verified by US Club Soccer.
  
  
• Accepted documents: birth certificate, passport, driver’s license, other document issued by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security or U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, or other document as determined by US Club Soccer.

• Applicable to: All players.
• Must be completed via US Club Soccer’s registration platform or certified by a member org admin as being on file with the member org.
• Instructions:
  • For org admin/registrar: Certify that Form R-002 form is on file (GotSport)
  • Player or parent: Complete Form R-002 online via GotSport 
  • Instructions & link to form if completing paper version

• What it is: An annual requirement to complete the next available SafeSport Trained Core or Refresher course in the annual cycle listed below. Only one course needs to be completed each year, and please note that the SafeSport for Youth Players course does not satisfy this requirement:
  • SafeSport Trained – U.S. Soccer Federation (yr 1) – this is also referred to as “Core” training
  • SafeSport Refresher 1 (yr 2)
  • SafeSport Refresher 2 (yr 3)
  • SafeSport Refresher 3 (yr 4)
  • Repeat from SafeSport Trained – U.S. Soccer Federation / Core (yr 5)
    
    
• Applicable to:
  • Youth players who will be 18+ years old during the applicable registration year (on or before July 31, 2023, for the 2022-23 season)
  • Adult players who are on a team with a Minor Athlete (anyone who is under 18 years old).
    
    
• Timeframe:
  • For 2023-24: Must be completed on or after June 1, 2023.
  • For 2024-25: Must be completed on or after June 1, 2024.

A player’s registration will not be valid, a passcard will not be issued, and the player will not appear on an Official Roster until SafeSport training (and any other applicable requirement) is completed and approved in the player’s account. That means some 16- and 17-year-olds will be required to complete SafeSport Training with parental consent.

• Completed by: The player being registered, with parental consent for those who are under 18 at the time of completion.
  
  
• Instructions – GotSport: VIDEO: Org admin tutorial for player SafeSport requirements 🎥
  
  
  1. For org admin: Add an Email/User ID for all applicable players / parents, & monitor status:
     • Determine which players need to complete SafeSport / monitor status
     • Add Email/User ID to a player / provide player with GotSport account (required for players age 18+)
     • Add a parent/guardian to a player’s profile (required for players under age 18)
  2. For applicable players / parents:
     
     • Complete & sync SafeSport training (players age 18+)
     • Complete & sync SafeSport training (Minor Athletes/players under age 18) 🎥
       
       
• Instructions – Athlete One/TGS (for ECNL players):
  • View SafeSport status
  • Complete SafeSport training (players)

• What it is: Verification that the player is not included on any of the following registries or lists, pursuant to US Club Soccer Policy 13.08, as well as U.S. Soccer and U.S. Center for SafeSport requirements:
  • the applicable sex offender registry(ies) in the relevant state (ex: state where the applicable Member Organization is located)
  • the U.S. Center for SafeSport Centralized Disciplinary Database
  • U.S. Soccer’s Risk Management Disqualifications list (which includes US Club Soccer’s)
  • US Club Soccer’s Suspensions list
    
    
• Completed by: Administrator of the member org who purchased the player’s membership/affiliated the player with US Club Soccer.
  
  
• Applicable to:
  • Youth players who will be 18+ years old during the applicable registration year (on or before July 31, 2024, for the 2023-24 season or July 31, 2025 for the 2024-25 season)
  • Adult players who are on a team with a Minor Athlete (anyone who is under 18 years old).
    
    
• Timeframe: Once, at the time of initial registration once this requirement is applicable. Ongoing checks are managed by US Club Soccer.

  A player’s registration will not be valid, a passcard will not be issued, and the player will not appear on an Official Roster until this – and any other applicable requirement – is completed and approved.

• Instructions – GotSport 🎥
  
  
• Instructions – Athlete One/TGS (for ECNL players)