
Newton Youth Soccer ("NYS") participates in BAYS, the Boston Area Youth Soccer League. BAYS is one of several regional leagues across Massachusetts that provide "travel" soccer, allowing teams from different towns to play one another. Each season, Newton fields about 40-50 teams from players in 3rd Grade through High School. Travel teams practice twice a week and have a game on Saturdays (High School age teams play on Sundays) for 10 weeks in the Fall and 10 weeks in the Spring. 3rd through 8th Grade Travel players are expected to commit to playing
BOTH Fall and Spring Seasons. Teams are created to play together for Fall and Spring.
BAYS teams are organized by age groups depending on a player's school grade AND date of birth. In the fall season, NYS has teams that compete in the following age groups: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade (8th Grade includes players in 7th Grade) and a BAYS league for high school students in grades 9-12. In the spring, teams compete in all the same age groups as well as 10th and 12th Grade teams. Within each age group, players are placed on teams based on a variety of factors including player performance at tryouts and player evaluations by IM or BAYS coaches from the previous season. BAYS defines Age Groups
here.
The BAYS High School age groups play games on Sundays. Half of the games are played in Newton and the other half are played in nearby towns. The longest travel for an away game will be 45 minutes, but most away games will only be 15 to 30 minutes away. In addition to the weekly games, teams practice two times per week at a field in Newton. In the fall, teams sometimes compete in a tournament over Columbus Day Weekend and, in the spring, teams can compete in a tournament over Memorial Day Weekend.
In the 3rd Grade and 4th Grade age groups, teams compete in 7v7 soccer and team rosters have 12 players. In the 5th and 6th Grade age groups, teams compete in 9v9 soccer and team rosters have 14 players. In the 8th Grade and High School age groups, teams compete in 11v11 soccer and team rosters have 18 or more players.
For 9-12th grade travel soccer, go HERE.
Travel Tryouts
BAYS tryouts for Newton Youth Soccer are held once a year in the spring for the 3rd through 8th grade groups. Tryouts for the Spring season 9th through 12th Grade age groups happen in the late Winter months. The Fall season BAYS 9-12 High School teams do not have tryouts. Tryouts for the upcoming season are typically scheduled in late May/early June. Once these dates are confirmed, information will be posted on this website and NYS will send out tryout information to all families. In order to participate in tryouts, players need to officially register for the upcoming season on the NYS website.
Once registered, your child will receive a tryout time. You will receive notice of this tryout time approximately 1 week prior to the tryout date.
Due to the large number of players involved, NYS does not offer make-up tryouts. If your child has an unavoidable conflict, please speak with your current coach and Age Group Coordinator.
For 2022/23 Tryout information, go
HERE.