Selah FC participates in the Yakima Youth Soccer Association (YYSA) and Washington State Youth Soccer Association (WSYSA); associations which have strict rules and guidelines that we must follow. Specifically, roster size being capped based on age group, and the experience level of the bracket in which individual teams are placed.

 
 Making Teams: In order to best compete and to provide the best possible soccer experience for our players, SFC has adopted the following team formulation and placement policy: “Youth soccer players are generally grouped together on teams based upon individual athletic ability, overall skill level, maturity, and the level of skills of the team on which the are placed…and the objective is to place youth soccer players at a level of competition that is most beneficial for their own development.”

 SFC believes that players have the most positive experience when playing with and against players of equal ability and experience.

 Each season SFC will often have a sufficient number of players to register 2 or more teams within any given age bracket. In keeping with the above described placement policy, SFC will create teams which bets utilize the available player base and, more importantly, placing its players in the best possible position for success. We will do our best to have these teams placed within the appropriate bracket so that each team will be evenly matched against its competition.

 Making teams is one of our most difficult responsibilities. Our major constraints include registration numbers, age cut-offs, available coaching volunteers, and player experience. SFC take this responsibility seriously. Our goal to be as objective, as transparent and as consistent as we possibly can be.  Our coaches are directlly responsible team formation under the gudance of the clubs' administration.

 Managing Expectations: Each year we work hard to create teams that serve the players best. We try to keep an eye on the athletic abilities of the children, as well as the emotional aspects that might play a role.

 At times, requests are made to our staff regarding team placement. While we do our best, we cannot always accommodate all wishes. We know that this can lead to some disappointments.

 To help parents deal with this we will approach parents pro-actively to inform them about the  team that their child will be a part of. The staff will notify the parents that there is a concern that players may have had an other expectation. We will inform parents so that they can manage the expectation of the child. The staff will explain its rational for the selection process but it is not the intention to re-visit the decision making process.

 A final note about team selection: Teams are not set in stone. A player placed on the less experienced team for one tournament has every opportunity to make the stronger squad for the next tournament in which SFC participates at their age level.