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
Champions
League
(CCL)
THIS INFORMATION IS A SHORTENED VERSION PLEASE READ YOUR LEAGUE RULES!
CLUB PASS
RESTRICTIONS
PROCEDURES
FURTHER
RULES
INFORMATION
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.
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
For CCL and CCL II rosters, this also includes the
guest playing of CCL rostered players to CCL II
games, and Directors must follow the one league
game per match day rule for all players. A player
is prohibited from playing in a CCL match and in a
CCL II match on the same day. A player is
approved to guest play in a CCL match on
Saturday and a CCL II match on
If using a club pass player 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
CCL League Rules
The Director of the club must notify the Director
of the opposing club prior to game time if club
pass players are being used.
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.
National
League
Only those players listed
on the team’s current
official stamped State
Association roster may
play in any National
League games.
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THIS INFORMATION IS A SHORTENED VERSION PLEASE READ YOUR LEAGUE RULES!
LEAGUE
National
Capital
Soccer
League
(NCSL)
CLUB PASS
RULES
RESTRICTIONS
PROCEDURES
FURTHER
INFORMATION
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).
For U9 and U10 matches
Teams are allowed to have an unlimited number
of club pass players per game
For U9 and U10 matches
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. 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.
NCSL Rules - page 31
For U11 - U19 matches
(as of 3/2015)
US Youth Soccer carded
players are permitted to
play on any team within
their club for which they
are aged qualified.
Players using the club pass may only play in one
NCSL game per day unless the team they are
officially rostered to has multiple games
scheduled on a single day. In this case they may
play in as many games as that team is scheduled
to play.
For U11 - U19 matches (as of 3/2015)
The number of club pass players shall be a
maximum of 5. The game day roster is still
restricted to the maximum allowed in each age
group. All other roster restrictions apply.
Players who earn disciplinary sit-outs may (for a
red card, accumulated points, or R&D action) may
not use a club pass until the sit-outs are
completed with the team to which he is officially
rostered and as to games he was otherwise
eligible to play
Old
Dominion
Soccer
League
(ODLS)
Club Pass players must
be registered to a travel
team, or be a registered
recreational player, with
the same club for which
they are club-pass playing
Only three club pass players in each game (all
ages)
Teams will forfeit any
match in which they play
an ineligible player, fail to
properly document a
player on the club pass
player form, or fail to
provide the Game Day
Form to the opposing
team prior to the match.
If from another ODSL or recreational team
within the club, must be age appropriate for the
team and may play up in age, but not down in
age. Club pass players, coming from a team
within the same club that plays in a travel
league other than ODSL, must be from an age
group one year younger than the host team. (U9
teams are exempt from this clause). *(Example: A
U13 player, playing for a NCSL team from the
same club, may not play for a U13 ODSL team.
No player may play more than one ODSL league
match per day
For U11-U19 matches (as of 3/2015)
Club pass players must present their US Youth
Soccer travel player pass, copy of the roster
of the team they are rostered to as a primary
player, and the NCSL Club Pass Section on
the Blue Game Card to their opponent’s team
official, either the Team Manager, Coach or
Assistant Coach. 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. These documents become part of the pregame check-in
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 club pass players.
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
sit-out(s) have been served.
Any ODSL players, playing as a guest for
another team in a league match, and ejected
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That player may only guest play for a U14 or older
ODSL team from the same club).
from the match, must serve a sit-out in their
next ODSL match.
Club-pass players are allowed to play up no more
than two age groups in the U9-U13 age group. A
player who is rostered to an older team, but by
ODSL club pass rules qualifies to play with a
team, may play as a club pass player.
LEAGUE
CLUB PASS
RULES
Region 1
Eastern
Regional
League
(ERL)
Up to Three (3) club pass
players are allowed consult league for
definition of club pass
players
RESTRICTIONS
PROCEDURES
FURTHER
INFORMATION
ERL Rules
This grid was created by Arlington Soccer Association for their coaches and families - As of 1/1/2014, updated 8/2014, 3/2015, 8/2015 and 8/2016.
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