What is CASL? What is YTS?

CASL is a non-profit 501 c 3 company and has been in existence since 1974. CASL’s mission is to provide youth soccer playing opportunities in Wake County. We like to say that CASL stands for Character, Attitude, Success and Love of the Game!

CASL has three main playing divisions that form a pyramid of participation. Any one season CASL has 8,000+ players playing the game through the organization. Another 1,000 players play only one season so there are 9,000+ playing members of CASL on a yearly basis. The base of the pyramid is the Recreation Division with has about 5,000 players playing seasonally. The next level of the pyramid is the challenge division with about 2,000 players per season. The top of the pyramid numerically is the classic division which has about 1,000 players playing seasonally.

What is YTS?

The CASL YTS (Youth Training System) is a precursor for the older competitive teams that CASL has in the Challenge and Classic Divisions. YTS has Under 9 and Under 10 year old boys' teams and girls' teams. Each year between 150-200 players participate in the YTS program. The players practice twice per week and have a game on the weekend, usually on Sunday.

The YTS program is run by professional coaches under the tutelage of CASL's Youth Director, Paul Forster, paulf@caslemail.com. The main administrator is Jean Hogshead, jeanh@caslemail.com. The focus is on developing the technical ability of the player and developing good training habits. The YTS program provides player evaluations at the close of the fall and spring season. Recommendations will be made to each family at the end of each year, prior to tryouts, as to which level the player should consider trying out for(of course, parents can decide to have their children tryout for any program or not try out at all, as this is just a recommendation).  The YTS blog can be reached at http://caslyts.blogspot.com/.

The YTS teams play in the NCCL (NC Champions League), http://ncchampionsleague.com/. This league is a local Triangle area league.

YTS families pay CASL registration fees per season, a tryout fee and a monthly coaching fee. The families are also responsible for uniform fees, as well. YTS evaluations are held during CASL's tryouts in May. For more information on CASL YTS, please visit the CASL web site and click on the YTS link at the top of the home page.