Step 1:  Form Your Team

Your first step is to form your team. Please read carefully, you must have the minimum number of players before your registration appointment!
To determine your team age, you must first identify who the oldest player is, take his/her birthdate and figure out the playing age.

U-7

8/1/2000-7/31/2001

10

12

U-8

8/1/1999-7/31/2000

10

12

U-9

8/1/1998 -7/31/1999

12

14

U-10

8/1/1997 -7/31/1998

12

14

U-11(small field)

8/1/1996-7/31/1997

14

16

U-12

8/1/1995-7/31/1996

15

18

U-13

8/1/1994-7/31/1995

15

18

U-14

8/1/1993-7/31/1994

15

18

Teams should be aware of the following policies if they might apply to your team:
Age Waivers

Limitations on Registering U7 and U8 Teams

Teams Playing Up An Age Group

Players Playing Up into U13/14 Age Group

If you are looking for additional players, please follow the instructions under Teams Looking For Players.

Step 2:  Register Your Team On Line

Click on the SF Vikings Team Registration Form to register your recreational team.  After successfully submitting your form, you will recieve the following:

1.  A Fall 2007 Team Identification Number (TIN) by email within 2 business days. This will be different than your TIN from last year.  Use the TIN on every correspondence to the Viking Office; it is essential to identifying your team and keeping everything straight.  If you lose it, go to the web and click on FIND MY TIN to find it. (Please keep in mind that not all fields are made available for public view).

2.   A package containing pressure sensitive CYSA Membership forms, Spectator Code of Conduct Form, and detailed registration instructions via mail in about 1 week from the day you recieve your TIN. We will only accept the pressure sensitive forms of 1601, not a copy or downloaded version.

Step 3:  Phone to Schedule An Appointment

Call the office at 504-8131 during office hours to schedule an appointment to register your team. We will start accepting phone calls for appointments on April 19th. Teams in good standing who attended the AGM  meeting may start calling on April 17th.

All Registration steps (online and paperwork) must be 100% completed by your appointment or it will be cancelled!

Step 4:  Complete Player and Coach On-Line Registrations

              -Deadline 10 am on the date prior to appointment or appointment will be cancelled.

Once you have received your Fall 2007 TIN, complete an Online Player Registration for each of your players and an Online Coach/Manager Registration Form for each coach/manager on your team. This can be done by the parents of the players or by one individual on your team who has access to the Internet (recommended). Anyone filling out these forms must get the TIN from the coach. To fill out this form you will need the following information from your players:

1.       Player/Coach Name

2.       Player Birthdate

3.       Player/Parent Email (if there is no email you can insert the coach’s email, however, coaches must make a good faith effort to obtain email addresses or their registration will not be accepted).

You can check  whether or not your players have completed online registration by going to Online Registration Status and by clicking the up or down button under Team Name or TIN you can easily find players from your team.This report is updated continuously.  

Step 5:  Register your Volunteer Assistant Referee

              -Deadline 10 am on the date prior to appointment

Teams must register their Volunteer assistant referee online Volunteer Asst Referee Registration before attending registration appointment.

Step 6:  Complete Team Census

              -Deadline 10 am on the date prior to appointment

The Team Census Form is essential for us to assess your team and place it in the correct division.  You need to complete the Team Census prior to your appointment.  If you need to amend the information in your Team Census over the summer, you have until August 1 to make changes. In addition if you have any scheduling requests, they must also be submitted before August 1 by using a Scheduling Request Form.  

Step 7:  Complete Registration Paperwork
             - Deadline May 24 For Early Registration ($70 per player)  
             - Deadline July 12 For Late Registration ($110 per player)  

1. CYSA FORMS for each player signed by a parent with INK in TWO places (player does not need to sign)

2. CYSA 1628 Adult Registration Form and Team Management Disclosure Form: *Rev. 11/2006* - complete form for all coaches, assistant coachs or team managers. All coaches, assistant coaches, & team assistants must provide a copy of their coaching license. Anyone planning to be on the coaching side of the field must be registered and licensed.

3. BIRTH CERTIFICATES/CURERNT PASSPORTS - (copies only as they will not be returned) for every player. For players with two part birth certificates, we need both pages. Please note, we are required to keep our documents on file for three years, we are not allowed to 'recycle' the proofs of birth. Please submit copies on full sheet of paper (don't cut it down). If your are submitting a foreign birth certificate in a language other than English, it will require translation by a person not affiliated with the team. If a signed translation is not submitted at the time of registration, translation fees of $10.00 apply.
SPECIAL WAIVERS:  Any documentation relating to the following policies: Age Waivers; Teams Playing Up An Age Group; and Players Playing Up into U13/14 Age Group must be completed and signed prior to your appointment.

4.  PICTURES - a 1”x 1 1/2” picture of the face of each player and coach/team manager on your team. Write the player name, team name, & TIN # on the back of pictures. No hat or sunglasses. (school or passport quality photos)
Photo must be approx 1” by 1.5”. Small photos or large photos will be rejected.
Photo must be of head and shoulders only.
Photo must be clear and not too light or dark.
Player/adult must be looking at the camera.
Do not truncate ears/head or chin.

5. CHECK - Payable to the SF Vikings Soccer League in the amount of $70 per player if your team has registered as an early registration team and $110 per player if your team is a late registration team. We would greatly appreciate one check per team, but will accept multiple checks. Please write team name and TIN # and player last name in the memo field. Returned check fee of $25.00 applies.

6. SPECTATOR CODE OF CONDUCT FORM, Spectator Code Spanish for each player, signed by all parents.

Step 8:  Attend Appointment to Submit Paperwork

All Registration steps (online and paperwork) must be 100% completed by your appointment or it will be cancelled!
Paperwork should be papercliped (NO STAPLES) with photo on top followed by check (if applicable), USYSA membership form, proof of brith (any translation document) followed by signed spectator code of conduct. Save time: PUT THE YOUTH FORMS IN LAST NAME ALPHABETICAL ORDER with Adult paperwork on top.

Once you complete steps 1-8, Vikings will send the Primary Contact an email with a password, priority code and link to access Rec and Park's online request form. Your request must be submitted online by June 15th. When your practice permit is ready for pick up, you will be contacted by Rec and Park. Please be aware that it could be as late as September 1. Please do not contact the Vikings office.

Step 9:  Update Team Census and Scheduling Requests - Deadline August 1

The deadline to amend your Team Census and submit a Scheduling Request is August 1.

Step 10 :  Attend Team Meeting and Receive Player Passes - Week of September 2

You will receive all your completed paperwork and player passes at coaches meetings to be held during the first week in September. Please check the website for dates and times. We will send a detailed email to the primary contact email you provided on your online team registration form.

Player Adds - Deadline August 9 to be Eligible to Play in Opening Game

If you need to add players to your roster after your appointment you will need to complete all of the above steps. The deadline to add a player to your roster and have the player eligible to play in the first game is August 9, 2007.  The fee for any player added will be $70 per player if your team registered by May 24 and $110 per player if your team registered after May 24. The final deadline for all player movement paperwork is October 9 for Fall league play.