Spring 2021 Illinois Youth Soccer Junior Cup

The Junior Cup is the statewide competitions for 11U and 12U teams and features 2 levels of 9v9 competition: Junior State Cup: Open to any Illinois Youth Soccer member team that is registered to an Illinois Youth Soccer member league Junior Illinois Cup: Designed for 3rd-Level teams and below only and recreational teams. Only teams that play in the following divisions are eligible for the Junior Illinois Cup C Division or lower of the Illinois Women’s Soccer League (IWSL) 3rd Division or lower of the Young Sportsmen’s Soccer League (YSSL) Gold Division or lower of Central Illinois Youth Soccer League (CIYSL) Gold Division or lower of St Louis Youth Soccer Association Illinois (SLYSA) Team that finished 3rd or lower in their Illowa Division the preceding season Teams from an Illinois Youth Soccer member competitive league NEW FOR SPRING 2021: Due to COVID-19 precautions, the Junior Cup will be formatted different this Spring. Teams will be broken into groups based on the geographic location. Group play games within those regions will be played as home-team-host games that must be completed by Memorial Day. Group winners will then advance to elimination games played June 5-6 in Rockford