WELCOME! To those returning to our program for another fun filled soccer season and a very warm welcome to those of you who are joining us for the first time. It is difficult to believe that it is once again time to sign-up for soccer. For some this will be their first soccer experience. For others it is a repeat activity that occurs around this time each year, but for an ever-growing number of families in our Region "Fall Sign-ups" are a continuation of what is now a yearlong sports activity for our kids. We trust that whatever stage your young superstar(s) are in their soccer career they will thoroughly enjoy the upcoming season

Well, here you are, you have received your flyer, seen the banners around town or contacted the Region 56 web site and have arrived at the appointed time and location to enroll your kid(s) in soccer - now what? The first thing you will notice is that you are not alone! As you look around, you will undoubtedly see friends and neighbors doing exactly what you are doing - enrolling their children in AYSO. In all probability you will encounter some of these same friends and neighbors working at the sign-up tables, handing out flyers, signing registration forms or any one of the myriad tasks that needs to be completed in order to make things run smoothly and efficiently. Why are they here? They are here because those friends and others like them form the backbone of our Region and AYSO regions everywhere. - They are all part of the volunteer force that makes our organization work!

Every AYSO affiliated individual you meet today and for the rest of the season will have one thing in common - all will be volunteers. All Board Members, all coaches, all referees, all team coordinators - every individual, a volunteer. Most, but not all, will be parents like you and me, juggling, work, car pool schedules, homework, doctor and dental appointments and the one hundred and one other demands on our most precious commodity these days -- our time.

This year the majority of our Board are seasoned veterans, having fulfilled at least one full term in their respective positions within our organization. I'd like to take this opportunity to say "THANK YOU" to each and every one of our Board members and to all of our many, many, wonderful volunteers for their time and dedication this past year. Your willingness to be involved in your children’s' activities has resulted in Region 56 being regarded as a vanguard in the AYSO organization and only through your continuing efforts can we maintain the quality of the program on offer to our children.

We are looking forward to another wonderful soccer season for all of the children and your involvement when required, will go a long way to ensuring that the children do indeed enjoy their soccer experience. Please do not hesitate to ask what you can do to help, however limited your time can be. Every one of us has an important role to play in our Region.

I hope that your upcoming season is filled with wonderful memories and that you will play an active role in creating these memories for your children and for the children of all the families in our Region.

Commissioner - Region 56

Rules and Regulations:

An Adobe PDF document outlining rules and regulations specific to region 56 can be downloaded here. those who do not have the Adobe Reader can download a copy by clicking on the icon below.

About Our Website:

ayso56.org was introduced on October 5, 1998, with the intent of improving communication among all our member families, a subset of whom are those on the regional board of directors. Our site is intended to communicate our member families information that might be of interest to them, including schedules, rules, faqs, important dates, and so on.

ayso56.org will soon provide our member families the ability to post information to the site, primarily by using a message board, guestbook and the gallery section. it is our intent to allow content to be posted unedited, but the region does reserve the right to delete submitted content at our discretion, guided by what we believe to be the best interests of our member children, who are encouraged to visit the site.

Certain content on the site, particularly message board and Gallery submissions, do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the region 56 board of directors. In these cases, the submissions reflect the views of the individuals who submitted the content.

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this page updated on Tuesday, November 27, 2007