Our programs are aligned to United States Youth Soccer, New Jersey Youth Soccer, and international standards for birth-year participation. In-house programs and club teams are age appropriate.

This means that in-house programming or club team rosters are made up of players from the same birth year and participate in a format or league with divisions by birth year. Younger players can usually play for a team whose birth year is before their own (sometimes called playing up) but players cannot play for a team whose birth year occurs after their own. Sometimes these divisions are referred to as “U” age groups – as in U8  (read 8 and under) – meaning the players on the team are 8 years old or younger when the seasonal year ends.

A seasonal year for most programming in New Jersey begins in the Fall of year 1 and ends in summer of year 2.  For example, the 2022/23 seasonal year begins in September of 2022 and ends in August of 2023.

View the United States Youth Soccer Birth Year and Season Matrix >

Current Age Divisions

For the 2022-23 Seasonal Year (Fall season begins September 2022, Spring season begins March 2023):

U-4: Born between January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

U-5: Born between January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

U-6: Born between January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

U-7: Born between January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016

U-8: Born between January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

U-9: Born between January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

U-10: Born between January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013

U-11: Born between January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

U-12: Born between January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011

U-13: Born between January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

U-14: Born between January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

U-15: Born between January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008

U-16: Born between January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007

U-17: Born between January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006

U-18: Born between January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005

U-19: Born between January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004