The attached PDF details US Soccer’s PDI (Player Development Initiatives); dated February 2017.  The document covers the following:

·        Current Landscape

·        Structural Change

·        Birth Year Registration – Objective

·        Birth Year Registration – Registration Chart

·        Small-Sided Games-Objective

·        Small-Sided Games-Chart (Field Size, Goal size, Ball size, Players, Game time)

·        4v4 Standards – Player Development Philosophy (U6 – u8)

·        4v4 Standards – Concussion Initiative (U6 – u8)

·        4v4 Standards – Standards of Play (U6 – u8)

·        7v7 Standards – Player Development Philosophy (u10)

·        7v7 Standards – Concussion Initiative (U10)

·        7v7 Standards – Standards of Play (U10)

·        9v9 Standards – Player Development Philosophy (u12)

·        9v9 Standards – Concussion Initiative (U12)

·        9v9 Standards – Standards of Play (U12)

·        Implementation – Timeline