Club Pass and Movement of Players for Games
Club Pass Definition – a player holding a current, valid VYSA/MYSA player pass may play with another team within their club. Players must abide by all league rules when using a club
pass.
The main objective of the club pass system is to allow coaches to move players freely within their own club based on specific team needs and in the interest of player development. Rules
for using club pass players vary by league, state cup and tournament rules. Sometimes they even vary within an age group. CONSULT YOUR LEAGUE RULES for specifics.
For teams that are eligible to use a Club pass the process is that coaches of the “lending” and “receiving” team communicate with the player/parent and team managers no later than
Thursday night prior to a weekend league game. This allows players/parents to plan accordingly and allows team managers and players to work among themselves to move the player’s
pass and medical release to the receiving team for the weekend (and then afterwards return it to the lending team).
CCL LEAGUE NOTE: If your team has players guesting for your CCL games the coach must send an email to the club’s DOTC and the team’s AGD by Friday @11am before a weekend
game. The email must include the player name and the name of the team the player is rostered with for the season. ASA must notify our opponent of any players using a club pass for
games.
LEAGUE
CLUB PASS RULES
An age-appropriate player within a CCL club
may play in CCL league games on a team in
the same club at any time during the seasonal
year via the “CLUB PASS”. No games may be
played with a guest player from a non-CCL
club.
RESTRICTIONS
If the Club Pass player is rostered to a
CCL team included in club standings, the
player may not play on two teams in the
same scheduled block of games unless
one team forfeits their game.
A team may have no more than five Club
Pass Players in any game
Club
Champions
League
(CCL)
PROCEDURES
ASA coach must send an email to
the club’s DOTC and the team’s
AGD by Friday @11am before a
weekend game. The email must
include the player name and the
name of the team the player is
rostered with for the season
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CCL League Rules - Page 1
The Director of the club with club
pass players must notify the
Director of the opposing club prior
to game time if this rule is being
implemented.
A game-day roster listing all
players who will participate in the
game and their jersey numbers
must be given to the referee prior
to the start of the game.
Any CCL players, playing as a
guest for another team in a league
match, and ejected from the
match, must serve a sit-out in their
next CCL match.
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LEAGUE
CLUB PASS RULES
RESTRICTIONS
PROCEDURES
FURTHER
INFORMATION
Under 12 through Under 17's: Guest Players
will NOT be allowed on any teams participating
in the Region I Colonial League.
Colonial
League –
Region 1
Under 18's: Up to three (3) guest players will
be allowed for the U18 age group.
Only those players listed on the team’s current
official stamped State Association roster may
play in any National League games.
National
League
For U9 and U10 matches, the NCSL allows
USYS carded travel players to play on any U9
and U10 team within their club (U9’s on U9
team, U10’s on a U10 team).
National
Capital
Soccer
League
(NCSL)
Club pass is NOT allowed for U11+ age
groups.
Players may not play out of their rostered
age group on a club pass, even if they are
of the correct age for the receiving team.
Players that use the club pass may play
for only one NCSL team per day.
Teams are allowed to have an unlimited
number of club pass players per game
Club pass players must present
their US Youth Soccer travel
player pass to their opponent’s
team official, either the Team
Manager, Coach or Assistant
Coach.
NCSL Rules - page 31
The club pass player’s name must
be added to the team’s game day
roster that is shown on the Official
Blue Game card.
An asterisk (*) must be placed
next to the club pass player’s
name on the Official Blue Game
card.
Red/Yellow card pointed earned
while guesting stay with the
player. If the player is red-carded
while playing as a guest they must
serve a sit-out in their next NCSL
game.
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LEAGUE
CLUB PASS RULES
RESTRICTIONS
PROCEDURES
Club Pass Players must:
In age groups U14 and below, up to three
guest players are allowed.
Be registered to a travel team with the same
club they are guest playing for.
In age groups U15 and above, up to five
guest players are allowed.
On game day the guest players
must have their official current
year USYS player pass and this is
to be presented to the referee
prior to the game at the time of the
standard player pass/roster check.
All guest players are to be
displayed on the ODSL Referee
Report Card and clearly noted as
guest players.
No guest player may play more than one
ODSL league match per day.
Old
Dominion
Soccer
League
(ODLS)
A guest player may play up in age, but not
down in age. Guest players are allowed to
play up no more than two age groups in
the U9-U13 age group.
FURTHER
INFORMATION
ODSL Rules
All yellow and red cards issued to
a guest player count towards the
team total they are playing for at
the time the card is issued. Any
player with an un-served sit-out(s)
in any league is not eligible to play
in an ODSL match until the sitout(s) have been served.
Any ODSL players, playing as a
guest for another team in a league
match, and ejected from the
match, must serve a sit-out in their
next ODSL match.
No Guest/Club players allowed
Premier
League –
Region 1
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LEAGUE
Washington
Area
Girls
Soccer
(WAGS)
CLUB PASS RULES
RESTRICTIONS
PROCEDURES
Carded players are permitted to guest play on
any teams within their club for which they are
age-qualified.
Any player on an age specific roster (to
include those players that are ‘playing up’
on that roster) may not play for another
team in their division, or a team in a lower
division.
All guest players will provide their
current USYS or MSYSA
Secondary player pass to the
hosting team on game day. Guest
player’s name must be included
on Game Report Card submitted
to the referee.
Players can only play for one WAGS team
per day.
Rostered players that are ‘playing up’ may
not play down in their age appropriate
division. A player in a younger age group,
irrespective of division, may play up on
any older team, irrespective of division
Playing up may only occur in the following
manner: U-09 to U-10, U-10 to U-11, U-11
to U-12, U-12 to U-13, U-13 to U-14, U14to U-15, U-15 to U-19. Teams found to be
in violation of WAGS Rule D.3.c. will
forfeit that game.
FURTHER
INFORMATION
WAGS Rules
An asterisk (*) must be placed
next to the guest players, as well
as the league, team, age group,
and division that player is carded
must be included on the Game
Report Card.
Red/Yellow cards stay with the
team the player guested with. If
the guest player receives a red
card the player must sit out their
next WAGS game.
For U-13 and older teams, maximum
includes up to five (5) guest players using
the club pass.
For U-12, maximum includes up to three
(3) guest players using the club pass
For U-9, U-10 U-11 the maximum
includes unlimited guest players using the
club pass
This grid was created by Arlington Soccer Association for their coaches and families - As of 9/1/2013
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Team Managers/Team Registrars:
When players are asked to use their pass to play with another team within our club the player will need their current player pass and medical release to use for the game. You may work out
the exchange of these items with the other ASA team manager or the player can pick up the pass/medical release from you and take it to the other team. Players/teams need to return the
player pass and medical release by the Monday after the weekend game. Due to the movement of passes throughout the year it is suggested that passes are laminated to stand up to
the “traveling” the pass will incur.
VYSA has set up an alternative beginning in Fall 2013 to handle the movement of the player pass. This pass is called the “7-day Guest Player Pass”. Below is information provided by
VYSA about this pass.

The 7- Day Guest Player Pass is available for a player guest playing with another team in a tournament or to use as a club pass to play with another team in the club for a league
game (league rules vary – a player may not use the pass to guest play for a team if the league does not allow guest/club pass players).
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The Guest pass can be printed from the Team file in the VYSA database. The button to select is on the far right “Print Guest Pass”

The pass includes an expiration date of seven days from the day the pass is printed. Ex. Guest Pass printed on 7/11 expires on 7/17.
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The team manager may continue to provide the regular player pass to a player desiring to guest play and retrieve the pass for their team’s next game or now they can ask the
team registrar to print a 7-day Guest player pass for a player.

Team Managers/registrars may not print more than one set of the regular player passes in a year. An individual pass may be reprinted if a pass is lost or destroyed. Do not print a
second regular player pass for guest playing purposes.

The 7- Day Guest Player Pass is provided to avoid the time and travel involved distributing and recollecting the regular pass from the player after guest playing.

The 7- Day Guest Player Pass is to be destroyed when expired.
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The 7- Day Guest Player Pass may not be used for State Cup.
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