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Soccer Team Age Brackets
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2002U05U05U05U05U05U05U05U04U04U04U04U04
2003U06U06U06U06U06U06U06U05U05U05U05U05
2002U07U07U07U07U07U07U07U06U06U06U06U06
2001U08U08U08U08U08U08U08U07U07U07U07U07
2000U09U09U09U09U09U09U09U08U08U08U08U08
1999U10U10U10U10U10U10U10U09U09U09U09U09
1998U11U11U11U11U11U11U11U10U10U10U10U10
1997U12U12U12U12U12U12U12U11U11U11U11U11
1996U13U13U13U13U13U13U13U12U12U12U12U12
1995U14U14U14U14U14U14U14U13U13U13U13U13
1994U15U15U15U15U15U15U15U14U14U14U14U14
1993U16U16U16U16U16U16U16U15U15U15U15U15
1992U17U17U17U17U17U17U17U16U16U16U16U16
1991U18U18U18U18U18U18U18U17U17U17U17U17
1990U19U19U19U19U19U19U19U18U18U18U18U18
1989U20U20U20U20U20U20U20U19U19U19U19U19
The year and month a child was born determines in what age bracket the child should play.  US Youth Soccer & Alabama Youth Soccer Association run their age brackets from August 1st of one year to July 31th of the following year.  Other sports have different "years."  Schools also use different "years" for placing children in a grade.  Very few clubs/associations have an Under-4 bracket.  Under-20 and older is considered "Amateur" and not part of "youth" soccer.
Clubs/Associations that do not have enough players for single age bracket teams usually combine age brackets into U05/U06, U07/U08, U09/U10, U11/U12, U13/U14, U15/U16 & U17/U18/U19.  A team has to play in the age bracket of its oldest player.  So if a team consisted of 3 Under-5 players, 5 Under-6 players and 1 Under-7 player, the team would have to play in an Under-7 bracket.  Players can play "up" but may not play "down." 

 

 

 

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