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March 4, 2024, Salt Lake City, UT – The Utah Youth Soccer Association hosted its Annual General Meeting and Awards Gala this past weekend at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. Following an evening of celebration on Friday night, with more than 250 attendees and 27 total award recipients, the Annual General Meeting took place on Saturday morning.

Below is a list of the AGM voting results.

Adults Caucus

• 2nd Vice President: Kendra Halterman
• Vice Chair for Men: Josh Weibel
• Vice Chair for Women: Heidi Robinson

Region 1

• Comp Committee: Marianne Hulse
• Tournament Committee: Ashlee Bair

Region 2

• Board Member: Tim Wheelwright
• Comp Committee: Emily Frandsen

Region 3

• Comp Committee: Azar McMaster
• Tournament Committee: Cora Reddan

Region 4

• Board Member: Renata Lawson
• Comp Committee: Julie Wier

Region 5

• Comp Committee: Jonas Hartman
• Tournament Committee: Burton Karns

Region 6

• Board Member: Steven Beckstrom
• Comp Committee: Holly Yergensen

Below is a complete list of all of our 2024 Award and Scholarship Winners. Congratulations to those who won!

Did you have your picture taken at the Gala? Click here for the full album.

UYSA is excited to be able to offer all of our youth players a FREE Real Salt Lake & Utah Royals FC match ticket during the 2024 seasons. Every player will be eligible to redeem a free ticket to an RSL game AND a Utah Royals game.

How it works

1. All UYSA youth players will receive a redemption email for each individual Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals FC match.
2. Once the email is opened, recipients will click the ticket link and enter the personalized code within the email to redeem.
3. Select your match(s)
4. Select your section, row, and how many additional tickets you need
5. Create a project admissions account
6. Enter your player ID(s) in the spot on the right where is says enter promotion code. It will zero out the cost on the players seat(s)
7. Link your SeatGeek account through confirmation email

Please be on the lookout for these emails as the promotion will be sent directly from Real Salt Lake.

For more information, click here.

February 2, 2024, Salt Lake City, UT – In late December, the Utah Youth Soccer Association officially merged with the Utah Soccer Association (Adult Association).

Following a three-year negotiation period with the Adult Association, UYSA signed the final agreements at the end of December and officially welcomed the Utah Soccer Association as a part of our programming in 2024.

The Adult Association’s two employees (Blaine Burnett and Agustin Pinon) are now working out of the UYSA office, and our hours have been extended from 9:00am to 6:00pm, Monday – Friday.

“We are excited to be working with Blaine Burnett and Agustin Pinon, who will continue to run adult soccer in collaboration with the newly formed Adult Committee, composed of peers from the community (more info below). We know they will continue to provide the same level of customer service that the adult membership are accustomed to,” UYSA CEO Bryan Attridge said.

We’re excited for the future of soccer in Utah with this new, combined and streamlined structure. Under our combined organization Utah Youth Soccer and Utah Adult Soccer will continue to operate under their individual name and brand, but all under one roof.

This merger of Utah Youth Soccer and Utah Adult Soccer has brought together a wealth of passionate soccer fans, players, parents, coaches, referees, and volunteers – all with valuable experiences and perspectives. We know that a unified front on the soccer landscape gives us the best opportunity to provide and experience an improved soccer product for all our members, youth and adult.

For more information on the Adult Association, click here to view their website.

On March 1, 2024, UYSA will be honoring the outstanding folks in the Utah soccer community. Please join us to celebrate our athletes, administrators, and coaches at the Raddison Hotel in Downtown Salt Lake City.

If you have any questions about the AGM please reach out to Creighton at catkin@uysa.org or Carly at ckent@uysa.org. And as a reminder the AGM has been moved to 9:00am to accommodate the RSL game at Noon that day. 

For a list of board and committee positions that are up for election and the nomination process for those positions, click here

The Annual General Meeting will take place on March 2, 2024 at 9AM at the Raddison Downtown. 

For any questions concerning the meetings, please contact the UYSA office.

Register for the Gala here

UYSA Membership,

Exciting news! On February 22nd, Veo is launching a game-changer in sports tech, and you’re invited to the exclusive online reveal.

Save the Date:

• Date: February 22nd
• Time: 12pm MST
• Location: Online – Details to Follow

How You Can Join:

• Secure your spot by signing up for the live launch show.
• Share the buzz on your socials with #VeoLaunch.
• Invite your friends and followers to tune in.

Get ready for a major leap in sports recording and live-streaming. We can’t wait to have you there!

Sign Up Now:

get.veo.co/0222/utah-youth-soccer-association

Thanks,

We are excited to share with you that we will be launching an updated website for membership on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. 

With the launch of the new website, we hope membership will be able to easily navigate on mobile devices and computers to stay up to date with current events and programs and find all the information you are looking for. 

If you currently have UYSA website pages bookmarked on your browser, be sure to update them once the website launch has taken place. 

The Ins & Outs of the new website 

• Our website link is the same!
  • www.uysa.org OR www.utahyouthsoccer.net

• Big Navigation Changes to Note
  • A full list of approved organizational members can now be found under the Members tab – Youth Players 
  • The Resource Center can now be found under the Coaches/Managers tab – Resource Center
  • Login access to Sports Connect can now be found directly on the navigation bar – Login Here
• Quick Links
  • Right below the rotating news story section of the site, you will find links to our frequently visited pages. There are currently 3 direct links.
    • Resource Center
    • Coaching Education
    • Sanctioned Tournaments