Temple City, CA (February, 11, 2010) — American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) Region 98 of Temple City has been awarded a Platinum Regional Assessment Award for the 2008-09 AYSO season. The award honors Region 98 for overall excellence and its commitment to serving its communities and other AYSO Regions.
AYSO has almost 1,000 Regions which are the national soccer organization’s community-based leagues. Only 135 AYSO Regions in the nation received the Platinum Award.
The Platinum Award is the highest award that AYSO Regions can receive. Platinum Regions represent the best of the best that AYSO has to offer. These Regions model AYSO’s philosophies and commitment in providing the best family-friendly youth soccer experience for all players and parent volunteers. They nurture the generous spirit of their participants plus devote extra effort to providing assistance to worthy charitable causes.
To qualify for the Platinum level, a Region must complete 78 requirements, including all requirements for other award levels. Additional requirements to attain the Platinum level include providing assistance to a new, disadvantaged or sister AYSO Region, having a community relations program in place and utilizing short-sided games to enhance the soccer development of its players.
The Region Assessment Program is an evaluation of a Region’s performance compared against a list of best practices from Regions across the country. There are four award levels—Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
About American Youth Soccer Organization
The American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) is the largest single-entity youth soccer association in the U.S. with nearly 600,000 players and 225,000 volunteers. AYSO develops and delivers quality youth soccer development programs in a fun, safe environment based on the Six Philosophies of Everyone Plays®, Balanced Teams, Open Registration, Positive Coaching, Good Sportsmanship and Player Development. For more information contact Sahar Milani at 310-727-5421, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.AYSO.org.
Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2010 00:08