Kendall SC is a member of the Super Y-League (SYL), the country’s only national youth soccer league for boys and girls, designed to enable North America’s top youth soccer players to compete and develop under a professional structure. League age groups include U13, U14, U15, U16, U17 and U20. During the 2010 season Kendall SC will only be fielding teams in the Boys U14, U15 and U17 age groups.
The Super Y-League is operated by the United Soccer Leagues, which also runs two professional leagues - the USL First and Second Divisions - the Player Development League, and the W-League, and is affiliated with US Soccer and US Club Soccer. Kendall SC boasts and impressive track record in the Super Y-League including two North-American Championships. The club has placed at least one team in the semifinal round of the North American Finals in each of the last three of the past four years.
In 2010 the Y-League includes a select group of only 87 youth soccer clubs from the US and Canada organized into six divisions across North America. The league contains many of the youth academies of USL First Division, USL Second Division, Premier Development League, W-League, and Major League Soccer clubs, as well as many of the established premier youth clubs in the country. Kendall SC competes in the league’s Southeast Division of the Southern Conference with seven other clubs from central and south Florida.
Seasonal play is usually conducted in the Spring and Summer months, concluding by Labor Day weekend. Teams usually play between 12-16 games during the season. Division winners earn an invitation to the 2008 Super Y-League North American Finals, held in Tampa, FL in November.
Team rosters include up to 26 players, with 18 dressing for each game. This approach allows for player absences during summer vacations. A player that is registered to a club team other than Kendall SC under FYSA, can continue to play with his or her USYSA team while playing with Kendall SC in the Super Y-League and is not required to complete a player release form.
