Starting in the 2026-27 season, US Youth Soccer, US Club Soccer, and AYSO are switching to school - year based age groups (August 1-July 31) to better align with school calendars and social development. The plan moving forward is to align kids on teams where they will stay and finish their youth careers with minimal impact to all players and families. This change reverses the 2016 birth-year system change. This decision aims to improve the overall experience, team cohesion, and development by keeping players with their classmates, & reducing the amount of kids impacted by the "trapped" year issue created by the calendar year format. 

Fraser soccer along with all soccer organizations that fall under the purview of the  MSYSA and MYSL by-laws are mandated to follow the new school calendar change as we form teams for the 2026 2027 year.