The Boxford and Masco Youth Soccer SEASON  REGISTRATION for Pre-K through Grade  7/8 players - is OPEN for the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Seasons

Target Fall Start - is 2nd week of September.  Registration closes on July 31, 2025.

It is important that all Rising Grade 3/4 Travel players  register as soon as possible.  All travel teams for Fall/Spring must be submitted to Essex County so we need to understand finalize registrations so we can ensure the right number of teams and coaches are submitted for scheduling.

Registration for the Masco Youth Soccer (Grades 5+) 2025/2026 soccer season is now open!

• All players must register in order to participate in Tryouts (details below...keep reading). All registered players will be placed on a team.
• Grade groupings for registration:
  • G6: Players who will be in grades 5 and 6 in fall of 2024 (currently in grades 4 and 5)
  • G8: Players who will be in grades 7 and 8 in fall of 2024 (currently in grades 6 and 7)
• Please register via our website at https://www.taasports.com/
  • We have a new registration platform, so all families will need to create a new account.
  • The default registration is for the FULL YEAR of ECYSA league (both Fall and Spring) for $250
  • If your child wishes to play FALL ONLY, there is an option on the registration form that will reduce the price to the single season rate of $150
  • If your child wishes to play SPRING ONLY, please respond to this email and let us know if you will be at tryouts. We encourage spring only players to attend tryouts, but you do not need to register at this time.
  • We have included a sibling discount for families with multiple kids
  • The registration form questions were created by MA Youth Soccer. There are some questions that you are not required to answer (ex. citizenship). You are NOT required to upload a birth certificate.
• Coaches: Please register when you register your child and indicate whether you wish to be a head coach or assistant coach. Our program has grown in recent years and requires a lot of volunteer support in order to run! 

We are excited to offer an expanded tryout process again this year. Some key points:

1. Parents are NOT allowed to attend tryouts and watch. No exceptions. This process can be stressful for the children and we do not want any added anxiety from parents watching and commenting. 
2. TWO tryout dates for each age group / gender.
   • Please try to attend both. 
   • Please notify us regarding any conflicts.
3. Independent evaluators from Skillzcheck. 
   • Day 1 (drills) will be exclusively run by Skillzcheck
   • Day 2 (scrimmage) may include evaluation support by parent volunteers. We require that parent volunteers involved in the evaluation process do not have a child trying out in that age group.
4. Tryout results are supplemented with coach evaluations from the past season.
5. ALL PLAYERS WILL BE PLACED ON A TEAM. The evaluation process is to help identify the level of competition that will best promote the development of each player.
6. Twins or siblings in the same age group will not necessarily be placed on the same team UNLESS parents explicitly ask. If parents wish to keep twins/siblings on the same team, and if they are not at the same level of development, they will be placed at the level of the sibling with the need for a lower level of competition.
7. Please let us know if you expect your child to have significant conflicts from other sports or activities during the fall or spring season. We do not penalize players for this, rather, we would like to be able to adjust the roster sizes to account for players who might be occasionally missing.

TRYOUT SCHEDULE (Dates are firm, times are tentative):

• G6 (players currently in grades 4 and 5) Player Evaluations: May 27 and June 3
  Boys: 4:15-6
  Girls: 6:30-8:15

• G8 (players currently in grades 6 and 7) Player Evaluations: May 29 and June 5
  Girls: 4-5:45
  Boys: 6:15-8

• Goalie tryouts TBD, separate date.

In 2016 US Youth Soccer and Massachusetts Youth Soccer made changes to the age groups and players are now placed in grade groups rather than age groups. What we had known as U10 is now the G4 (Grade 3/4 Group) and the former U12 is the G6 (Grade 5/6  Group).

In addition, in 2019, Boxford, Topsfield and Middleton combined its G6 and G8 Girls and Boys programs.    Therefore, all G6 and G8 teams are part of a Masco Youth Soccer team, while G4 and younger are part of Boxford Youth Soccer only.  

Please reach out to BoxfordSoccer@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Boxford soccer consists of two seasons, Fall and Spring, which are approximately 8 weeks in duration. The Fall season runs from early September to early November; the Spring season runs from early April until early June, and games are scheduled on both weekends of April school vacation.  Our program is affiliated with the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association (MYSA) and the Essex County Youth Soccer Association (ECYSA).

Information about the age groups and other soccer related topics can be found on the menu to the left of this page.

The B.A.A. does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, age, sexual orientation, handicap, disability or ability to pay.  The Boxford Athletic Association does not tolerate sexual harassment by any participant in its programs, adult or child.