Welcome!

AYSO Region 418 is an all-volunteer organization providing spring and fall soccer programs for elementary and high school kids on Chicago's north lakefront. Participation is open to all.  Read more about our mission and watch our Parent Orientation video...

Winter Programs

We are offering two separate programs for our families this winter, a Skills Clinic and an Indoor League for games. Read more...

YOU are AYSO!

AYSO is an all-volunteer organization that demands on parents and other volunteers to deliver a high quality youth soccer program. This means that the coaches are YOU or your fellow parents; the referees are YOU or your fellow parents; the game schedulers are YOU or your fellow parents; the division administrators are YOU or your fellow parents; even the people maintaining our website and managing email distributions are YOU or your fellow parents. We ALWAYS need volunteers for all of these positions. John Thurmond is our Coach Administrator (AYSO418.Coach.Admin@gmail.com) and Barbara Passman (barbpassman@rcn.com) is our Volunteer Coordinator for all other positions. Please contact them to volunteer; it's a rewarding experience that you will never regret. Visit our Volunteers page to see a sample list of Volunteer Opportunities.

AYSO Kids Zone

In recent years, the national media has focused on the negative, even violent, behavior of players, coaches and parents involved in youth sports. In the hopes of getting ahead of this trend of violence, AYSO has created a program called Kids Zone. Our Region is a strong supporter of Kid Zone, and you will see this sign around the fields this year. Read more...