For more information, please contact the Executive Director, Michelle King, at execdir@vyso.org.
The VYSO Board of Directors will allow teams to be formed that will practice in Edna, Goliad, Port Lavaca, Refugio, or any other town. The games will be played in Victoria. If you would like your child to be placed on a team that practices somewhere other than Victoria, you MUST register your child AND submit a Surrounding Town Request form.
Eligibility
- All players, all ages, boys and girls, can submit a request to play on a Surrounding Town team.
Surrounding Town Request Requirements
- The player cannot move up more than one age level. You can reference the Play Up Chart to determine if the player will be allowed to play up.
- You must give the name of the town that you want your child’s practice to take place.
- There must be a space open on a team in the child’s age group that is holding practice in the town (or nearby town) that you have requested.
- There must be a parent, or other volunteer, willing to coach the team.
- There must be enough players of the appropriate age/gender.
- You cannot submit another request for this child.
General Requirements
- The player must register on-time by the deadline posted on the Registration page.
- The player must be paid in full, or have a payment plan set up, by the on-time registration deadline.
- The player must have his/her date of birth verified by the on-time registration deadline.
- The player must submit their Play Up Request on the Special Request Form.
- The player must pay the $5 non-refundable Special Request Fee.
- The player cannot submit another Special Request.
Frequently Asked Questions
- For siblings, have one player submit a Sibling Request, and the other player submit a Surrounding Town Request.
- If there are not enough players to form a team in the town you request, the player will be placed on a Victoria team.
Number of players required to form a team:
- U04 team (boys/girls born in 2022): must have 6-8 players
- U05–U06 team (boys/girls born 2020–2021): must have 6-8 players
- U07–U08 team (boys/girls born 2018–2019): must have 6-8 players
- U09–U10 team (boys/girls born 2016–2017): must have 9-12 players
- U11–U12 team (boys/girls born 2014–2015): must have 11–14 players
- U13–U14 team (boys/girls born 2012–2013): must have 9–14 players
- U15–U19 team (boys/girls born 2007–2011): must have 9–14 players