Age group info
Cook Inlet SC’s Recreational programs will reflect the Age Group guidelines established by U.S. Soccer, in which youth soccer players in the United States register for youth soccer teams based on their year of birth. This standard helps create clarity, improves understating about developmental progress, and enhances the playing environment.
By using birth year registration, youth soccer players in the United States will be in line with the rest of the world by using a normal calendar year of each player’s birth year (January 1-December 31) to determine their age group. Using birth year registration also ensure players are training and playing in the proper age group, each with their own developmental needs.
Birth year will be the only determinant for youth team registration and makes it easier to understand what age group a youth soccer player belongs in. In short, every player born in the same calendar year will play in the same age group.
Birth Year Registration Chart
| U4 | U5 | U6 | U7 | U8 | U9 | U10 | U11 | |
| 2024-2025 Season | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| 2025-2026 Season | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| U12 | U13 | U14 | U15 | U16 | U17 | U18 | |
| 2024-2025 Season | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| 2025-2026 Season | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
PLEASE NOTE: When determining the age group for a recreational soccer year, the dates the first outdoor soccer season commences and the last indoor soccer season concludes will be used for determining the birth year and therefore age group placement. For example, for the 2024-2025 soccer year, players will cycle up to their respective 2024-2025 age division on June 1, 2024.
