How to Become a SM AYSO Team Manager

Volunteers are the lifeblood of AYSO. To ensure the safety of both children and volunteers, each volunteer is required to take a short online training session called Safe Haven™. It focuses on safety and appropriate behavior with children as well as first aid and other on-field issues. Agreeing to a background check is also required for each volunteer, annually.

Becoming Safe Haven™ certified may take a few minutes of your time, but AYSO families know their children's safety is worth it.  Safe Haven™ is both a child and volunteer protection program. It was the first of its kind in youth sports.

For that reason, we require all Team Managers (as well as Coaches,