In accordance with Federal Law S.534 – Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017, every Adult Athlete (18 years old or older) is required to complete the initial Adult SafeSport Trained Core course. A refresher course is required each following seasonal year until the Adult Athlete ages out of the US Youth Soccer programs. It is also required that the Adult Athlete is put through a background screening process. The Adult Athlete’s name will be screened through several offenders’ databases including the National Offenders Database, the US Soccer Disqualification database, and the US Center for SafeSport’s Disciplinary database. NCYSA calls this process an “Adult Athlete Risk Management Application” (NCYSA AA RM application).
Athletes that are 18 years old or older at time of registration will not be eligible to participate (this includes training), their name will not appear on the team roster and their player pass will not be generated until they have completed the NCYSA Adult Athlete RM application and have been approved by NCYSA.
Athletes that are 17 years old and will turn 18 during the current seasonal year.
All athletes that are 17 years old or older at time of registration will not be eligible to participate in any NCYSA sanctioned event (this includes, but is not limited to, training, practice, scrimmages, games, and tournaments) until they have completed the NCYSA Adult Athlete Risk Management application and have been approved for participation by NCYSA. Their name will only appear on the team roster and their player pass will only be generated once they have been approved for participation.
Athletes that are not yet 18 years old will need to obtain parental/guardian permission to complete the NCYSA Adult Athlete Risk Management application and to complete the SafeSport training.
There is NO GRACE PERIOD.
TOPSoccer Athletes that are 18 years old or older at time of registration must also complete the Adult Athlete Risk Management application and complete SafeSport training. These athletes can choose to do the SafeSport training that is appropriate for their developmental age OR if the athlete has one or more cognitive disabilities and is either unable to complete or unable to understand the SafeSport Training, or that it is not appropriate for him or her, their parent or guardian can complete this NCYSA Waiver. They would upload this completed waiver instead of a SafeSport certificate to their Adult Athlete Risk Management Application.
Athletes will also be notified by email when it is time for them to complete the NCYSA Adult Athlete RM application.
Please click here for the NCYSA Risk Management Tutorial for Adult Athletes.
Please email Wendy with any questions.