AYSO Region 396

AYSO Area 6-A is excited to be offering an AYSO traveling soccer league.  And Grayslake AYSO is participating as the Grayslake Express!

The Express are a set of teams created from the currently registered Core Grayslake AYSO players, and they compete with other AYSO regions. The program is designed to offer a higher level of competition and training to those players that have the desire and skills to expand their soccer experience.

Starting in the Spring 2010 season, the U10 Boys and U12 Boys divisions will be utilizing a new scoring system. It will be a Round Robin style of scoring that follows the folling rules.

• Certain "games" during the season will involve 3 teams, and therefore will comprise a mini-round robin tourament on that day.
• Each team will end up playing 4 quarters in total.
• Each set of 2 quarters will represent a "match." After two quarters, the score will be recorded as the final score, the teams will switch and the next match's score will be reset to 0-0.
• First, Team A will play Team B for 2 quarters, and the score will be recorded as the final score.
• Next, Team B will play Team C for 2 quarters, and the score will be recorded as the final score.
• Finally, Team A will play Team C for 2 quarters, and the score will be recorded as the final score.
• Each team will end the day with 2 matches scored for the standings.

Program Basics Cost - $385.00 (covers both Fall and Spring seasons)

Team training is done on Thursday nights from 5:00-7:00pm at Mill Creek Park on the corner of Washington St. and Atkinson St. Team training is conducted by a paid professional trainer from England along with team coaches. Players get different uniform from their core team. Players are required to play in 50% of their core teams games. There will not be conflicts with core games and travel games. Grayslake core games will be played on Saturday mornings and Express games will be played either Saturday or Sunday afternoons. The other regions to which the Express may be traveling include Antioch, Round Lake, Highland Park, and Lake Forest. All AYSO philosophies will be followed. Seasons run the same time as the regular AYSO Fall and Spring seasons. Express will be participating in league games, playoffs, and tournaments. and scores will be kept on all regular season games. Trophies and awards will be given at the Spring season's end, and at playoffs/tournaments.