Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League

The YSSL is the largest competitive youth soccer league in Illinois. We support our clubs as well as provide a schedule of games for boys travel U7-U19 teams.

[Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League @yssl1968]

@clsfforce Congratulations! 🙌

[Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League @yssl1968]

@GalaxySCIL Congratulations!

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

⚽️ Players:
Look, I know you want to be wooed, chased after & wanted by a #CollegeSoccer coach
You should want that!
And I get it! 💯 I wanted that too

End of the day I had to just enroll a the school I wanted to go to & walk

Many of you just need to take the bull by the horns, make a decision, enroll & walk on too

There is no shame in being a walk on! None!
History is full of walk ons that ended up being superstars

If you’re gonna just wait around to be asked out instead of taking control?

You may not be going to the prom with a date

@SRUSA_Official
Let us know if you think you need help

[Skip DeBusk✝️⚽️🇺🇸 @SkipDeBusk]

This is good. I always say that just because someone falls down doesn’t mean there’s a foul, or I’m letting advantage play on. The best is when parents are still yelling even after I blow the whistle and award the DFK. Calm. Down.

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

🧵 Some but not all of the differences & resulting outcomes in college recruiting for men’s & women’s ⚽️.

Male 🇺🇸 keepers are far less in demand (there is a surplus) than female 🇺🇸 keepers of which there is a shortage.

🇺🇸 Women’s & girls soccer is currently the best in the world

🇺🇸 Men & boys are not & have never been

Men often keep growing physical by 20-22.
Women often stop growing physically by 15-17.

Approximately 30% of all male players in the NCAA ⚽️ are Internationals while it’s only 12% on the female side.

There are approximately 300 more Women’s ⚽️ teams across all divisions than there are men’s.

There are millions of more athletic scholarship ��� available for Women’s ⚽️ players than for mens ⚽️ players.

Many men’s ⚽️ coaches wait to fill key roster spots until early spring when Intenational full pro academy players are released from their clubs.
This is rarely seen in the women’s game, just not as much💰 at stake.

There is a large surplus of male ⚽️players worldwide (I’d go so far as to call it a excess), while on the Women’s side there is a true shortage.

In my experience, it’s largely because girls are generally being far pickier than boys in their pathways & many tend to be prioritizing other things over ⚽️, when push comes to shove.

There are many more internationals on the mens side playing NAIA, JC & lower DII levels, many take years 3 & 4 to move up to higher level DII’s & all levels DI, that this heavily affects male 🇺🇸 freshmen recruiting.

We don’t see the same impact on the Women’s side, we see, many if not most 🇺🇸 girls & scorn any JC & NAIA’s & many DIII’s, which leaves a void at those levels.
Male 🇺🇸 players do this too, but not in the same ratio as on the women’s side.

On the Women’s side of JC & NAIA, DII & DIII’s (no scholarships), many Women’s ⚽️teams across the nation are carrying rosters of 15 or less & quite a few games are played with less than 11 women on the field & scholarships are left unclaimed.

We rarely see this on the mens side

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[ISRC- Illinois Soccer Referee Committee @ILSoccerRefs]

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[Evolution Soccer Club @Evolution_SC14]

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THIS THURSDAY 10/26 6:30-7:45PM.

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[Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League @yssl1968]

@StevensRed @ChilandSoccer Mike, please report this to your club’s DOC and have him/her reach out to us with the game number.

[Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League @yssl1968]

🤩🤩🤩

[Srgjan Smileski @Smileski17]

This is the reason why I ❤️ what I am doing and I am great that I can positively impact others!😊

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

If you’re a young player or getting into coaching
Take a referee course & commit to reffing at least 1 match per week

It will make you a better player or coach

It will absolutely 💯 make you more empathetic

[Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League @yssl1968]

@Chicago_Inferno @NISLsoccer @USClubSoccerNPL @ILYOUTHSOCCER @Sports_Recruits @superyleague Congratulations all! 🎓🎓🎓

[ShadowPremierFC @shadowpremierfc]

Shadow Premier FC Club Soccer tryouts Monday through Thursday this week at Aberdeen Park - still accepting High School players - Boys & Girls

[chicagoinfernocl @Chicago_Inferno]

HS Boys tryouts are 2 days away!

Players will be evaluated for ALL competitive platforms for Inferno's 2023 - 24 season:
Elite 64 platform (E64)
National Premier League (NPL)
Midwest Conference (MWC)
Premiership (IYSA)
NISL & YSSL Leagues

Register at https://t.co/xHlJv2nn1i

[Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League @yssl1968]

@Chicago_Inferno @AUSpartanmsoc @sehssports @NISLsoccer @superyleague @ILYOUTHSOCCER Congratulations! ⚽️🔥

[Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League @yssl1968]

@Chicago_Inferno @NISLsoccer @USClubSoccerNPL @superyleague @ILYOUTHSOCCER @central_marian @MensSoccerSAU @Sports_Recruits @FoxValleyOrtho Congratulations!

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

Got a number of D1 opportunities for a female 2023 GK that can be a 1 or 2 immediately.

One is a full ride for a starter
Lots of other Wsoc coaches are looking for keepers
DM’s are open

[Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League @yssl1968]

@Chicago_Inferno @LorasAthletics @NISLsoccer @ILYOUTHSOCCER @NationalLeague @USClubSoccerNPL @superyleague @USClubSoccer @Sports_Recruits @central_marian Congratulations!

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

That was me as a parent.
When scouting, I’ll start in the corner & if there are interesting players, I’ll go by the parents for a while.
I can usually tell who belongs to which kid when the parents are having a psychotic break while screaming incessantly.

Now I know which kids parents might cause a problem for coaches at the next level.
I know which players to avoid.

Sad for the kids who might miss out, but their parents often cause so much drama that it’s all not worth it for a college coach.

[Reformed Sports Project @ReformedSptProj]

When you see a sports parent sitting alone at their kid’s game it doesn’t always mean they’re antisocial . It often means they’re intentionally staying away from the drama and trash-talk happening among other sports parents! 😬