There are a few steps necessary to get you ready to volunteer! AYSO strives to provide every volunteer with the best possible soccer learning experience. Every position in AYSO is provided with extensive training to help successfully manage a Region from coaches, referees, managers and administrators. AYSO’s coaching program features an innovative, age–appropriate curriculum, including in-person and online courses, interactive manuals, weekly training plans and online video demonstration content.

Please view the chart to see which training is needed per position:

Volunteer Position	Background Check	SafeSport	Safe Haven	Concussion	Sudden Cardiac	Online Role-Specific Training	In Person/Field Training
Head Coach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Playground, U6, U8	U10, U12, U14
Assistant Coach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Playground, U6, U8	U10, U12, U14
Team Parent	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Referee	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Division Coordinator	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Division Coordinator	Meeting TBD
Youth Referee	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Event Helper	No	No	No	No	No	No	Info Meeting TBD
Field Setup / Take down	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (Meeting Date TBD)

The steps are outlined below, please email [email protected] with questions!

1. Registration: Go to our website at www.ayso1315.org and register/create an account. Once you've registered, or if you are already registered, click on the 'Volunteer' tab on the left hand side. Then choose 'Find Volunteer Roles'. You may need to select 'New Fall 2023 Player Registration'. You will want to select your volunteer role in your specific division. Then choose 'Sign up a Registered User' and choose yourself. Then please complete the volunteer registration. *If you are registering someone else as a volunteer please do the following: Click 'Sign up a New User'. Then press continue. As you fill out the info for someone else you need to put a different email address then the one you registered yourself with (ie. if you are registering your son as a youth referee, you need to put in an email address for him - NOT YOUR email address.) When you finish entering the info, you'll click 'Invite User and Continue'. This will then send an email to the 'New User' asking them to create an account for themselves. This volunteer will be linked to your account. DO NOT sign up a NEW user with the YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. This confuses the system and won't log the training to the right account. Please call if you have questions - 775-250-1343.

2. Background Check: Once you've completed your volunteer registration an email will be sent to you from Sterling Volunteers requesting a background check. Please complete this. (Please check your SPAM folder for the email. If you cannot find the email or your Risk Status is still 'Pending' after 7 days, please contact Sterling Volunteers at  [email protected] or 855-326-1860, Option 3 (8:00 am – 8:00 pm EST).

3. SafeSport Training: Youth Referees DO NOT take this course. This is required by the United States. To access the link to SafeSport, please log into your account, go to the 'Volunteer' tab. On the top of the page there is a section that says 'Important Information', click on the down arrow. This will populate a section on SafeSport with a link to the SafeSport website. Please complete this.

4. AYSOU Training: You can access the required training courses by logging into our website, going to the 'Volunteer' tab and clicking on the 'AYSOU' button to the right of your name. If you do not see this button, please let me know.

Click 'View Courses' under the 'Coaching' category. You will need to complete the course that corresponds to the division you are volunteering for. U10, U12 and U14 have an online and in person portion to their course.