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Regional guides
So far the local guides cover two metros, with the leagues and the club names each one actually uses. If yours isn’t one of them, everything above applies anywhere in the country.
- New JerseyYouth Soccer in New Jersey
Nine New Jersey towns in ten sit within 25 miles of a club at the top of the ladder, which is the state's real advantage and not the one it is usually sold on. Here is what New Jersey Youth Soccer runs and what it does not, which national leagues have clubs here, what EDP actually is, and the transfer and activation dates written into the state's own rulebook.
- NY metroYouth Soccer in the New York Metro Area
682 clubs sit within 50 miles of Manhattan, spread across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and the bodies that register them do not line up with where families actually drive. Here is what the metro holds at each level, who sanctions which league, and what crossing a state line changes.
- Your townLook up soccer in your town
Town pages with the real clubs near you, ranked by level and distance.
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Tell us your kid's age, town and current club, and all of this reading comes back as one page: the level they're playing at, the clubs near you worth a look, what a year costs, and what to do next.