Latest Updates
+ Click here to read all the details about the National League’s new event formats that will debut in the 2025-26 season, including the introduction of The National League Cup.
2025-26 Information
+ Click here to view 2025/26 National League Piedmont Conference information. The application is now open and will remain open through June 30th, 2025. Retained teams and state qualifiers are guaranteed acceptance into the 2025-26 league. Open Application teams will be notified of acceptance once the application deadline passes.
+ Click here to view automatically retained teams for the 2025/26 National League Piedmont Conference.
+ NEW FOR THE 2025/26 SEASON – The National League Piedmont will operate a 10-month season for the 14U age group. Teams in this division will have games in both the fall and spring seasons. the 13U age group will remain a spring only age group, with a transition into a fall/spring league for the 2026/27 season.
League Information
- 2025/26 Automatically Retained Teams
Field Maps
North Mount Carmel Park | Atlanta, GA
Truist Soccer Park | Bermuda Run, NC
Camp Jordan Park | Chattanooga, TN
South Carolina FC West Soccer Complex | Columbia, SC
Southeastern Freight Lines Soccer Center | Columbia, SC
Bryan Park (Truist) Soccer Complex | Greensboro, NC
Manchester Meadows Park | Rock Hills, SC
The Piedmont Conference will qualify up to twelve (12) teams into Premier I for the 2025-26 Conference season using the following criteria. The Team Selection Committee shall have the final determination on the number of teams in a gender age group.
- The two (4) highest finishing teams in each 13U-18U Premier I gender age group, according to the
standings of the 2024-25 Piedmont Conference season shall automatically qualify for their rising gender age group in their 2025-26 Conference. - The State Associations of Georgia and North Carolina will each receive three (3) qualifying Conference slots in each 14U-19U gender age group for teams not already qualified into the 2025-26 Conference.
- The State Association of South Carolina will receive two (2) qualifying Conference slot in each 14U-19U gender age group for a team not already qualified into the 2025-26 Conference.
- The 13U gender age group will include up to twelve (12) teams. Each State Associations will have these slots to fill this gender age group:
- North Carolina- zero (0)
- South Carolina- two (2)
- Georgia- four (4)
- Additional slots will be selected by the League Manager and the respective State Associations as needed
- In situations whereby a team does not apply for participation for a season where such team had previously qualified as a Premier I division team or if a state association qualifying position is not filled, such slot may be filled at the discretion of the Conference Team Selection Committee.
13U-19U Boys/Girls Premier I Hosting Dates (Fall 2025)
Aug. 23-24, 2025
McDonough, GA
North Mt. Carmel
Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2025
Winston Salem, NC
Truist Sports Park
Sept. 13-14, 2025
Florence, SC
Florence Soccer Complex
Sept. 20-21, 2025
Rain Date
Sept. 27-28, 2025
Greenville, SC
MESA Soccer Complex
Oct. 11-12, 2025
Columbia, SC
SCUFC & SE Freight
Oct. 18-19, 2025
Rain Date
Oct. 25-26, 2025
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Fire Scott Hudgins Park
The US Youth Soccer Piedmont Conference has partnered with TRAVELING TEAMS to provide superior support when it comes to hotel accommodations for your team. Through this partnership for the 2024-25 season, teams can more easily reserve, manage, and ensure the best rate for all their hotel needs during Conference play.
Click here to manage your hotel accommodations for the Labor Day North Carolina Event
- Editing Registration, Locating Account#, Viewing Balance
- Changing Payment Method and Changing Credit Card On File
- Clubs Building and Sharing Fields in GotSport
- Updating Team Contact Information
- Locating Team Contact Information
- Roster Building for Clubs Admins
- Roster Building for Team Admins
- Team Pre-Game Tasks
Q: When is the application deadline for the upcoming season and how do I access the application link?
Piedmont Conference teams are required to submit accurate information to the questions provided. Any misrepresentation may result in the team being disqualified from Conference participation.
Registration Deadline for 14U-19U teams: Thursday, July 10, 2024
Registration Deadline for 13U teams: TBD
Registration: https://system.gotsport.com/event_regs/d153a5c5bd
Please note that since GotSport is newer platform, a team official may need to first create a profile. A walkthrough guide to registering your team for the Piedmont Conference can be found on the Piedmont Conference webpage.
Q: How do I locate team contact information for teams in my division?
A: Click here to view a short walkthrough on locating team contact information on the GotSport public pages.
Q: How do I add myself as the contact person for my team and get emails from the Conference?
A: The coaches and managers on a team’s Conference roster is who displays as the contact person for a team and who will receive emails from the Conference. For steps on how to add a coach or manager to a Conference roster, please click here to view a short walkthrough.
Q: How many players can be on our team?
A: Teams may utilize thirty players during the course of a season in accordance with League Rules and Policies. A maximum 22-player Team Roster with additional use of a Club Pass Roster shall be utilized in all age groups. Club Pass players may only come from within a team’s club, provided that the player is a US Youth Soccer member. All rosters shall be submitted to the league through the GotSport platform.
Q: Can I remove players from my roster?
A: Once a player is on a conference roster, such player is frozen on such a team’s pool of thirty players for the remainder of the Conference season. Players may only be removed, prior to the team’s first game of the season, by the approval of the League Manager.
Q: What is the time frame to make adjustments to my roster?
A: Any roster modification for weekend games must be made before 12 PM EST on the Friday before the weekend games. There are no exceptions to this. Any modifications sent after this deadline will not be accepted.
Q: Can a player play for multiple teams on the same day?
A: Club pass players cannot play for two teams on the same day, see rules below:
17.04 Player Limitations
A player may play for only one Conference team during any single day. Once a player is on the roster of a team in the Conference in a gender age group and such team has played one match in Conference competition, such player may not appear on another team’s roster in such gender age group during the remainder of the Conference season. In situations where a club may have multiple teams participating in the Conference, a player or players may be listed on multiple teams rosters in different age groups, but at no time may a player play for more than one team on the same day, and not play on more than one team in the same gender age group. Under no circumstances may a player be listed on multiple team rosters if such teams are from different clubs.
During the conference season, a goalkeeper may be listed on up to two Conference team match day team lineups per day from the same club, with the written consent by the conference league manager. A goalkeeper may not play on more than one team in the same gender age group, and is subject to the same standards as club pass players.
Q: How much do we pay referees?
Piedmont Conference games will use a 3-man referee system. The amount and form of payment to referees in the Piedmont Conference will be in accordance with the Conference Operating Procedures. Payment amounts are summarized below:
13U-14U: $170.00 (Center $70, AR1 $50, AR2 $50). $85.00 per team.
15U-16U: $190.00 (Center $80, AR1 $55, AR2 $55). $95.00 per team.
17U-19U: $210.00 (Center $90, AR1 $60, AR2 $60). $105.00 per team.
Q: Who submits the GotSport Game Card?
A: ALL match scores must be entered and game cards uploaded by both teams. Please refer to the Post Game Responsibilities document located in the Walkthrough Drop Down
Q: How do we receive National League Patches and where are they supposed to be placed on our uniforms?
A: All patches are either handed out to teams at events or sent to the club for distribution to the teams as requested by the club. The placement of patches on uniforms can be found on pages 15 and 16 of the National League – Brand Guidelines document found in the Team Information drop down on the USYS website.
About the Conference
The US Youth Soccer Piedmont Conference consists of teams primarily from Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
The Piedmont Conference operates league play for boys and girls teams in the 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U, 17U and 19U age groups.
Boys and girls teams in the 15U-19U age groups play their games primarily in the fall.
Boys’ and girls’ teams in the 13U and 14U age groups will play their games in both the fall and the spring.
- The highest level of play for each age group takes place within a Premier I Division.
The Piedmont Conference is one of 13 Conferences within the National League that offer team-based competition, meaning each team earns its place into the appropriate level of play through its play on the field. The 13 Conferences share national connectivity via the Conference Playoffs, which provide a platform for the top 10 percent of teams from the 3,500+ teams playing in the conferences to come together and compete for an opportunity to continue on the pathway toward the US Youth Soccer National Championships.
The National League team-based divisions provide teams with two postseason pathways:
- USYS National Championships Pathway – Teams can apply for the National League Winter Events and have an opportunity to ultimately advance to the USYS National Championships. In order to do so, a team must:
- Be accepted into a National League Winter Event
- Teams who won their 2024-25 National League Premier 1 division are guaranteed acceptance into a Winter Event
- Win their group at the National League Winter Event
- Group winners will advance directly to the USYS National Championships
- Second-place finishers will earn a spot in The National League Cup
- Be accepted into a National League Winter Event
- The National League Cup Pathway – National League Premier 1 division winners will qualify for The National League Cup Playoffs to have an opportunity to ultimately advance to The National League Cup Finals. In order to do so, they must:
- Finish as the top team in their respective Premier 1 division to earn a spot in The National League Cup Playoffs at the end of that same seasonal year.
- Win their group at The National League Cup Playoffs to ultimately advance to The National League Cup Finals.
Any team looking to participate in the Piedmont Conference must understand the level of commitment it takes to participate in a league that stretches across three (3) different state associations.
All teams understand that this is a multi-state league and that teams may travel hundreds of miles to participate in conference games. Teams
understand that they may not play any true “home” games. A limited number of teams are accepted into then Piedmont Conference, so it is important that each team makes the commitment to travel BEFORE applying to the conference.
Contact
League Manager
Matt Dellaria – mdellaria@usyouthsoccer.org
Assistant League Manager
GunWan Park – gpark@usyouthsoccer.org