About the AYSL

The Alberta Youth Soccer League (AYSL) is the Alberta Player Development Program (PDP). The PDP is Canada Soccer’s standards-based youth training and competition framework. It provides an environment (both in training and competition) to allow for high quality organizations to contribute to on-going development of players, coaches, officials, and administrators.

The AYSL is part of a national network of licensed clubs and standards-based competitions which will foster player and coach development in Canada.

The AYSL is for players in the Train to Train stage of their development, or Stage 4 of Long-Term Player Development (LTPD). 

League standards for coaching are higher than local district leagues (Tier I - Tier V) with AYSL head coaches needing to be enrolled or have attained their Youth License. All AYSL Assistant Coaches must hold a C License.
 

Registration

This process is the same as any district (Tier I-V) team. For a list of NYCL holders please visit the AYSL Website. The player identification process will occur in the same manner as any other season for the clubs. Most of the NYCL holders will run player evaluations between the Indoor 2022/23 Season and the Outdoor 2023 Season. This would be expected to happen in the back half of March or early April. Please research the club's services and environments to determine if that is an environment your child would like to play in.

Combine and Intake

There will not be a combine in March of 2023 and no further combines for the AYSL intake of any age. CMSA has no plans of running any further combines for the AYSL intake. 

The intake for the AYSL will be in the Spring, prior to the Outdoor competitive season. Players can utilize their district leagues through the Indoor Seasons and continue to have meaningful matches for them. This decision was made by Alberta Soccer in collaboration with the NYCL holders, and districts involved in the AYSL.
 

2022 League Winners

Congratulations to all of our players, coaches, managers and parents for making our first full outdoor season a success. Calgary AYSL teams swept the competition, and won all divisions. See a list of the league winners below: