Coach / Adult Registration Requirements (MA Youth Soccer)

Applicable to:

• All NSC Staff and Board
• Coaches, assistant coaches, ‘team managers’ or any other adults working with NSC teams
• 18+ TOPSoccer Volunteers
• “Helping out” at a practice, game or other NSC activity.

No Adult is permitted to be involved in NSC programs or teams in any way without being in compliance with all below steps for the current year (e.g. Fall 25- Spring 26).

Furthermore; NSC must be aware of any adult involved NSC players, teams, etc. Should you add an coach to your team - notify admin@needhamsoccer.com.

How Often Do You Need To Complete These Requirements?:

Compliance with registration and MA Youth Soccer requirements is annual - with the ‘year’ running July 1 - June 30th. Being in compliance for Spring 2025 for example, does not cover Fall 2025, and you will have to complete at least some steps going into each new soccer year.

Requirements:

Compliance each year,  consists of the following. Instructions for each step]

lM with screenshots can be found in this document.

1. Complete an NSC registration in the GotSport platform (once each Fall-Spring year)
2. Register with MA Youth Soccer (once each Fall-Spring year)

1. Includes a CORI check every 3 years
2. Includes a 1 time “CORI Verification” step for first time coaches

3. SafeSport Training, or annual refresher (each Fall-Spring year)
4. Concussion Training (every 2 Fall-Spring years)

VERY IMPORTANT - You must use the same email address for all accounts when completing your registration/requirements during this process. Your full legal name must be used for the CORI.

1. All adults must first be registered with NSC via GotSport

First, if you have not done so already please select the link below and register with NSC in GotSport for the 2025-2026 season: https://system.gotsport.com/programs/3915794V9?reg_role=coach

2. Register with MA Youth Soccer Each ‘Soccer Year’ (Fall-Spring)

A lot of coaches miss this step each year. In addition to ensuring courses are up to date, you must also register with MA Youth Soccer every Fall-Spring year.

Select the link below click on “Register Now” and complete the Adult Registration process.

Follow along with the screenshots below

https://secure.sportsaffinity.com/reg/index.asp?sessionguid=&domain=ma-cori%2Eaffinitysoccer%2Ecom

If you are brand new and completing these requirements for the first time you will notice there is a 1 time "CORI Verification" step required, to complete this step, contact admin@needhamsoccer.com.

3. Complete SafeSport Training (or annual refresher)

4. Complete concussion training (“Introduction To Safe & Healthy Playing Environments

Note - courses are now accessed via the U.S. Soccer Learning Center to meet the SafeSport, and Concussion Training Requirements.

Next, go to https://learning.ussoccer.com/safe-soccer and if you do not have an account please create one using the same email you used during the Adult/CORI registration process for Massachusetts Youth Soccer.

Here you will go to your Dashboard and complete all of Phase 1, there is no need to do Phase 2 or 3.

SafeSport is the only course where you will be redirected to another site.

We are all required to complete SafeSport each year, there will be a full course or a refresher course to complete, and you must use the same email you used for your account in both Massachusetts Youth Soccer and the US Soccer Learning Center

Safesport Login: https://safesporttrained.org/#/public-dashboard

You are required to complete 1 x SafeSport course or refresher for each Fall-Spring ‘soccer year’. For example if 24-25 is your first year completing these requirements, you will just complete the SafeSport Trained - U.S. Soccer Federation Course. If this is your second year, and you completed that course for 23-24, you must take Refresher 1 to stay current on SafeSport.

Only complete the next course in sequence to stay up to date, do not complete ALL of the courses in one go. Completing all, will reset you to the main (longer!) course for the following year instead of the short refreshers.

The SafeSport course completion schedule should be as follows (year 1 = the first time you are completing these requirements).

And so on in above sequence…

Go back to the US Soccer Learning Center login, and select your “Dashboard” select “Details” under “Safe Soccer Phase 1” Here you should see that SafeSport is complete. All of Phase 1 must be completed, the Introduction to Safe and Healthy Playing Environments, covers your concussion requirement

Only complete phase 1, no need to go any further.

Log back into US Soccer Connect (MA Youth Soccer platform) @ https://mayouthsoccer.sportsaffinity.com/Foundation/Login.aspx?sessionguid=

And click on “Certificates”

 After you have completed all the steps your Certificate page should look like this:

Once all steps are completed, coaches receive a printed credential/lanyard from the club that you must have at all practices/games/clinics. Returning coaches that still have their plastic lanyard sleeve may be sent the new credentials via email/PDF to print at home, new coaches will receive their lanyard and printed credential at pre-season coaches meetings/uniform pick up.