The Youth Premier Soccer League is a high quality regional league, providing top-level competition for elite players across the north-eastern United States. Multiple games are played over competition weekends at central venues through the summer. This format enables more playing opportunities per weekend, without expensive tournament costs. The league offers top quality soccer through the summer season, supporting player development within genuinely regional competition, while minimizing travel and accommodation costs.
Formed in 2008, the YPSL represents a better and smarter way to play, offering the best possible opportunity for high level competition without prohibitive financial or time barriers, and giving players and parents a better scheduled weekend of soccer.
In 2009, the league will have two conferences, the North Atlantic Conference covering New England and upstate New York, and the Mid-Atlantic Conference covering Metro-New York to Virginia.
The YPSL is sanctioned by US Club Soccer, which – through its ‘id2′ program – provides standout players the chance to be identified and given further development opportunities at the national level. Unlike ODP, parents do not have to assume the expense of multiple costly tryout camps (that also remove players from their club programs for significant periods of time) to ensure their players are seen by id2 scouts. id2 identifies players regardless of their affiliation, and in their own environment as they compete with their club teams.
The YPSL runs from mid-June to the last weekend of July so as not to clash with clubs’ spring seasons, while offer players continued development opportunities during the summer.