A player who is not registered with any team or club for the current seasonal year, that is an Eastern Pennsylvania resident. A direct player registration allows the player to only guest play with a team within Eastern Pennsylvania. 

Please review the information below before registering:  

• Players already rostered/registered to a travel team for the current season do not register for a direct player registration. Players can guest play in a tournament using their approved USYS Member Pass from their club team. Please contact your club team for your USYS Member Pass.  
• Direct Player Registration is a $25 fee.  
• Please ensure the player has a passport style photo that is forward facing, no hats, sunglasses, or other people in the photo. 
• Please upload a proof of age document 
• If the player is currently 18 or older, or will be turning 18 this soccer season, please ensure that the player’s Safe Sport is completed before registering. 
• If a player requires an International Clearance directly from U.S Soccer please ensure the player has their clearance first and is uploaded in the player’s GotSport profile under documents prior to registering.  
• Please allow 2-3 business days for your Direct Player Pass to be completed and emailed to the contact email that is listed in the Player’s GotSport account. 

If you do not receive your direct player pass after 2-3 business days or have any questions regarding the direct player registration, please contact Meghan, mpetroski@epysa.org.   

For Eastern Pennsylvania Residents Playing in Other States 

Export Player Registration
A player that is an Eastern Pennsylvania resident that wishes to play out of state must register as an export player.

Notes:  

• Export Player Registration is a $25 fee.  
• If your player is registered currently to a club team and now wants to play out of state. Please contact your club first to have your player be released from the club team, then contact registration@epysa.org. 
• Please ensure the player has a passport style photo that is forward facing, no hats, sunglasses, or other people in the photo. 
• Please upload a proof of age document 
• If a player requires an International Clearance directly from U.S Soccer, please ensure the player has their clearance first and is uploaded in the player’s GotSport profile under documents prior to registering. 

Please allow 2-3 business days for your Export Player Pass to be completed and emailed to you.  

For Players that are Residents of other States that wish to Play in Eastern Pennsylvania 

Players that wish to come to Eastern Pennsylvania to play must contact their home state association and register with their organization and receive approval first.  

Once approval from the home state association is received, please upload the approval in the player’s GotSport profile under documents and select “25-26 Out of State Player Approval”.  

Helpful link for parents to upload home state association approval into GotSport: How to Upload Documents From a Parent Account 

As of July 2021, U.S. Soccer in accordance with FIFA is requiring all players not born in the United States (regardless of club status or competition level) to request an International Clearance. This clearance will be an International Transfer Certificate (ITC) Clearance or First Registration. 

Per FIFA’s Regulations, the player clearance process is required when any foreign-born player is attempting to register with an affiliated club/team/league in the United States, regardless of that player’s soccer ability or citizenship.

It is the responsibility of the registering club to verify a player’s registration history in order to ascertain whether a clearance may be required. If a player is applying for a Direct Player Pass to play with a club as a guest, the host club is responsible for completing the clearance process. If a foreign-born player is requesting an Export Player Pass and has not already obtained International Clearance, that pass will not be issued to the receiving club/state until the clearance process is completed by the receiving club. A determination is made by the registering club personnel on which type of clearance the player requires based on the below listed criteria:

• INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER CERTIFICATE (ITC) CLEARANCE – Player (adult or minor) of any nationality who has previously been registered with a club affiliated to one federation and now wishes to be registered with a club affiliated to the United States. Should that player leave the U.S., a new clearance must be requested and granted to allow the player to register/play for a U.S. Soccer affiliated club/league. The clearance follows the player, not the club.
• FIRST REGISTRATION – Player (adult or minor) who has never previously been registered with a club and is not a national of the country in which they wish to be registered for the first time. Once a player received clearance by the USSF PSD, the player is eligible to register/play for any U.S. Soccer affiliated club/league. This clearance occurs one time. The clearance follows the player, not the club.

The link below outlines the criteria and definitions for each form. The registering club can submit the request directly to U.S. Soccer following the directions outlined. Please be sure to follow all instructions exactly as outlined to expedite processing of your request. Once U.S. Soccer has approved a player; it is the responsibility of the club to update the clearance status in the player’s account in GotSport and upload the U.S. Soccer approval notice.

International Clearance Overview

                       

Questions can be directed to Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Member Services mpetroski@epysa.org

USYS Rule 204. Proof of Age Acceptable documents include: 

• birth certificate 

• a Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card (DD Form 1173) issued by the uniformed services of the United States 

• a birth registration issued by an appropriate government agency or board of health records 

• a passport 

• an alien registration card issued by the United States Government 

• a certificate issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service attesting to age 

• a current driver’s license 

• an unexpired federal, state, or local government identification card (if documentation of date of birth is required) 

•  a certification of a United States citizen born abroad issued by the appropriate government agency 

*** Hospital, baptismal, or religious certificates will not be accepted. 

Services, such as VitalChek, may be used to obtain an authorized copy of a Birth Certificate. 

Parents can access the Player/Participant Waiver of Liability directly by using the link below and then selecting their child’s player account:

Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Player/Participant Waiver of Liability 25/26 

Please see the instructions below on how parents can complete Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Player/Participant Waiver of Liability. If the Player/Participant Waiver of Liability is not there to complete, please contact your club directly first for assistance.

For Club Administrators
To view players in your club who have not completed the Player/Participant Waiver of Liability for the 2025/2026 season, use the saved search titled “Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Incomplete Player Liability Waiver 25/26.

Club administrators can access this by navigating to the Club Management tab, selecting Players, and then clicking on the Saved Search dropdown in the top right corner.

• Any player who is 18+ or will turn 18 years old during the current seasonal year must complete SafeSport Training prior to being added to a team’s roster. Safe Sport is accessible in the player’s GotSport Account on their dashboard page. 

Tournament Teams

• A Tournament team is a team that only participates in tournaments. A tournament team roster is not eligible to participate in league play using their tournament team roster or player passes. 
• A Tournament Team registration is good for a seasonal year. The seasonal year is September 1st to August 31st. Once that seasonal year ends another Tournament Team Registration is needed for the new season. 
• The tournament team fee is $200 per team.
• If your team is registered in a league, you can use your league roster for tournaments, you do not need to register as a tournament team 

Non-Club Affiliated Tournament Teams

• Non-Club Affiliated Tournament Teams are also known as independent tournament teams
• These teams are not registered through a club, rather they report directly to Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer
• Non-club affiliated tournament teams are not eligible to participate in league play using their tournament team roster and player passes. 

Please see below for instructions for Non-Club Affiliated Tournament Team Registration

Club-Affiliated Tournament Teams

• Club-affiliated tournament Teams are teams associated with an Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer affiliated club but are not participating in league play but wish to participate in tournaments only.
• These club-affiliated tournament teams can register directly through their club as a club-affiliated tournament team in GotSport.
• The Club will be billed monthly for the tournament team and player fees associated with the team.

Please see below for instructions for Club-Affiliated Tournament Team Registration

Once the registration has been completed, contact Meghan Petroski at mpetroski@epysa.org.

If changes need to be made to an existing tournament team, including adding or removing a player, coach, and/or manager to a roster, changing jersey numbers, adjusting age groups, etc., please contact Meghan.

Any questions regarding tournament team registration may be directed to: Meghan Petroski at mpetroski@epysa.org.

Travel players must upload an acceptable player photo to be approved on a Travel League Roster for their player pass. Please upload a passport style, no sunglasses, hats, face masks, action shots, family photos or pets are to be in the photo.