Westford Youth Soccer Association is aligned with Mass Youth Soccer's Gender Identify policy and supports transgender and gender expansive youth playing soccer on a team that best aligns with their identity. 

If your player is registering for gender based team different from what is shown on their birth certificate, please email the WYSA registrar at [email protected] and include documentation as described in the last paragraph of the Mass Youth Soccer Policy below.

Mass Youth Soccer Policy (revised and adopted by the MAYSA Board of Directors March 2016)
Mass Youth Soccer is organized to develop, promote, and administer the game of soccer, among youth (boys and girls under nineteen years of age) within Massachusetts for the benefit and development of all youth as young men and women as the higher and greater purpose of youth soccer and not just as players.

Each Mass Youth Soccer member Organization and League shall offer a soccer program, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or national origin.

For the purposes of registration on gender-based amateur teams, a player may register with the gender team with which the player identifies, and confirmation sufficient for guaranteeing access shall be satisfied by documentation or evidence that shows the stated gender is sincerely held and part of a person’s core identity.  Documentation satisfying the herein stated standard includes, but is not limited to, government-issued documentation or documentation prepared by a health care provider, counselor, or other qualified professional not related to the player.