Permission to travel is required for any team which wants to play any match or scrimmage outside of Massachusetts; EXCEPT if the team is playing in an affiliated league and the league match is scheduled outside of Massachusetts. The permission to travel requirement applies to all tournaments, whether a US Youth sanctioned event or not and to all individual matches or scrimmages. Permission to travel papers are no longer required for any US Youth Soccer sponsored tournament held in any of the states within Region 1. However Mass Youth Soccer asks that all teams going to any tournament to complete the on-line travel from, click on Soccer Travel below.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO A TOURNEMENT THAT IS NOT SANCTIONED BY US YOUTH SOCCER OR ONE OF ITS AFFILIATES, YOU MUST OBTAIN SEPARATE INSURANCE TO COVER YOURSELF AND YOUR PLAYERS. The Mass Youth Soccer insurance, both general liability and medical coverage does not cover play in events not sanctioned by US Youth Soccer or one of its affiliates.
Mass Youth Soccer has made it quite easy for teams to gain permission to travel. Go to Mass Youth Soccer Soccer Travel, fill out some information and submit and your approval will be on the screen in less than 5 seconds. PRINT off the approval, sign the bottom of form and you are all set to go. However you must comply with all requirements at the bottom of the form. There is no cost to use the Soccer Travel system.
Failure to properly register all your players and coaches will result in the $500 fine.
If for some reason you are unable to use the Soccer Travel system and you must submit the permission to travel form to Mass Youth Soccer, there is a $50 charge to submit the form.
A copy of the form is available under the forms section of our web site.
Travel outside of the United States:
Permission of the US Soccer Federation is required for all travel outside the United States. This includes such short trips as to Canada and much longer trips to Europe and Asia.
Teams must complete the following
Application for Foreign Travel
Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sport Act statement
Send all the required documents along with appropriate fees to Mass Youth Soccer.
These forms are available under the forms section of our web site
Special Rules for Under 10's
Permission to travel will not be granted to a team Under 10 or younger that is requesting permission to travel to a results-oriented tournament, nor will it be granted to such a team that seeks to play up in age. Teams must go to a festival style tournament.