MAMAKATING & MONTICELLO AYSO 1517

AYSO, The American Youth Soccer Organization, is a nationwide non-profit organization, started over 40 years ago in 1964 with 125 players. Its national headquarters are in Torrance, California with 60 fulltime employees. There are approximately 250,000 dedicated volunteer coaches, referees and administrators for 750,000 players, ages 4 through 18. There are 55 million children in that age group in the U.S., 12 million of which play soccer. Of that 12 million, 3 million play organized soccer and 750,000 play with AYSO. AYSO divides the U.S. into 14 sections: we are in Section 3 (42,000 players in New England, New York and New Jersey Bill Hummel is our Section Director). Each Section is divided into Areas: Section 3 has 8 Areas we are in Area L our area Director is Lyndsay Orr. Each Area is divided into Region: we are in Region 1517 which includes Town of Mamakating and Town of Thompson. Any children at live in or near these Towns are eligible to play in AYSO.