Tracyton Soccer will remain a player-centric organization. If teams want to remain together with their coach, every attempt will be made to do so. However, most of our coaches coach because their child plays and will determine what team they coach based on their player’s age group. If their player’s DOB is after August and before Dec 31st, they might decide to have them play “on-age” and other teammates whose age group is older will not be able to play down with them and stay with that coach.

We understand that the transition might be messy, but we will do everything in our capability to allow players to play with the teammates and coaches they want to.

US Youth Soccer age chart for the 2026 - 27 season

Starting with the 2026-27 season, US Youth Soccer organizations are shifting to an Aug 1 to Jul 31 age group cycle to align with school calendars, replacing the previous Jan 1 to Dec 31 system. This change is intended to help players stay with their school peers and increase participation.

For example, the new age groups will resemble the following:
U5: Aug 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2022
U6: Aug 1, 2020 - Jul 31, 2021
U7: Aug 1, 2019 - Jul 31, 2020

This will affect all US Youth Soccer league and Cup competitions, including the National Championships and Presidents Cup

2026-2027 Season Age Chart